democrats on the attack, raising wages, and arrogance...

bring out the cavalry...the democrats are on the attack. what a perfectly inept system we have developed when running for president requires so much attention so far ahead of the next presidential election. al gore has resurfaced...the man who couldn't even carry his home state...count him out.

and there goes hilary running for the presidential nomination, er, i mean reelection out of new york.speaking of mrs. clinton, i think she mistook herself for her husband and thought that she had been accepted by blacks in the same way bill was embraced a decade ago. speaking in harlem she told the crowd how she really felt about the republicans...saying the house of representatives was "being run like a plantation"...and then following it up with "you know what i'm talking about" (with the emphasis on "you"). ooo, not good hilary. a wealthy, perpetually powerful white lady comparing the united states congress to the horrors of slavery as if she had any idea what it is like to be black and on the wrong end of a plantation...and that it is anything like the pampered life of a member of congress...go ahead and keep that foot in your mouth for awhile. how about a populist candidate for once?

kennedy got a taste of his own socks too, and the episode pointed out how ludicrous our current process for confirmation of judicial appointees is...kennedy was all over alito for joining some organization in college that didn't like the influx of immigrants and foreigners into school...somebody politely pointed out to eddie that he was a member of an organization banning women. and does dui kennedy really want to get into indiscretions of youth? i would think he would want to stay as far away as possible of talk of the past. to tell you the truth, i don't give two shits about what organizations either of these schmucks were when they were in their 20's...people do all kinds of stupid shit back then, they are arrogant, think they know all the answers, and looking for someone to hate...and then they grow up (we hope).

still, it pointed out just how ridiculous this process has become...it is all about Roe and what a nominee thinks of Roe...and if they don't agree with me on Roe then i must find something in their background that shows they are a bigot or a murderer or hitler or a god-forsaking hippie, etc...so this man gets marched out there and ransacked over comments he made when he was young and stupid. it's ludicrous. heard an interesting argument on the radio for doing away with Roe this morning...from a pro-choice person...or as i like to call them, anti-life folks (with the other side becoming anti-woman)...said we need to get rid of this decision because it has completely stopped this country from having any sort of intelligent discussion about abortion. he's right, there is no middle ground anymore...which is unfortunate for democrats because as long as this remains a hardline issue, they will continue to suffer for it in elections...

bill richardson wants to rage minimum wage in new mexico...i have no idea what to, but good for him. here is what i don't get about folks worried about the cost of their sandwiches going up if minimum wage goes up...or of any products increasing if worker's wages are increased...why not just take it from the folks at the top? does anybody really need 50 million a year while the assembly line folks get squeezed out? hell, take half of that away and you can give 10,000 employees an average raise of $2,500 a year. of course that will never happen....but i can dream...

american arrogance makes another appearance compliments of the white house. an air strike in pakistan killed 4 al queda members...problem is it also knocked off about 15 innocent villagers, children included. pakistan is pissed, doesn't want flyovers anymore...the people are marching against us...again. what is the white house's response? not an apology for the lose of innocent life...not a promise to improve our methods to protect civilians as much as humanly possible...nope, instead the standard "we will continue to fight the war against terrorism as we see fit and people will die"...basically a shoulder shrug and a "yea, so, what's the problem...we got a couple of the evil-doers...isn't that good enough?" i don't know about anyone else, but i still can't understand why folks in that corner of the world hate us so...

put down that weapon or we'll all be gone...