what does vaseline have to do with groundhog's day? well, he is a chubby little fella

It has been brought to my attention that I failed to mention the t-shirt fiasco from the other night. That was actually intentional as my initial response when details were made more clear was "What's the big whoop?" The President of the United States just made a major speech regarding the state of this country and all we care about is Cindy Sheehan and a Republican congressman's wife getting kicked out? First, let me be clear, I think it was ridiculous. It was obviously ridiculous to arrest Sheehan and not Young. It was a violation of their rights as citizens, but can we keep our eye on the ball? On the one hand, I can't believe the t-shirts are getting the press when the speech is so easy to attack on it's own merits. On the other, I think it's hilarious that Bush's bounce obviously didn't happen. People care more about t-shirts than a major policy speech outlining the next year. Think about that. T-shirts vs. domestic and foreign policy. The democratic party has a tendency to make mountains out of t-shirts. We focus on the little issues that end up making us appear petty and partisan. Nothing turns off a voting public more. Let's at least attempt to keep it together, people.

Iran, Iran, Iran....Whatcha gonna do now, George, that we have a legitimate threat and we're occupied elsewhere? At least this time we might have a shot at a real "coalition of the willing."

And in a surprise move, Alito shocks..well...everyone!

This is currently responsible for my stomach churning. I'm a little surprised at how little stateside press it's getting but, as someone native to the midwest pointed out, it happened in New England where we like to think these things don't happen. Had it all gone down in the south or the midwest, I would think it would be more visible. This is all the more timely as just today I had a "conversation" regarding Mr. Brad Pitt seeking out a "gay" role given the recent success of Brokeback Mountain. It's nice to see that everyone wants to ACT gay. I would think that the realities of a gay lifestyle would be less appealing. How's about a movie, Mr. Pitt, where you are denied the right to marry the love of your life, lose your job for being who you are, denied health insurance benefits from your partner's employer, live in fear that someone may harm you physically, unable to adopt a child with your partner, denied full acceptance into a religious denomination because your love is a sin, and stereotyped to death in shows like Will and Grace?

That'd be hot, Mr. Pitt.
Brutally hot.