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And The Survey Says.....
This really shouldn't be a surprize, but when surveyed about their awareness of The Supreme Court, about two thirds of the people surveyed had ZERO awareness of who is serving on the court. Given the results of the last election, why should that surprize me?

And let's hope that this tidbit ("White House Considering Product Placement Deal") is someone's idea of a joke, but I'm afraid it seems all too plausible.

And from the "what else can go wrong?" department.

And since other bloggers said it first (and better), two rants that really hit the mark: The fruits of an unneeded and mismanaged war

I Miss Republicans
No, seriously. Remember Republicans? Sober men in suits, pipes, who'd nod thoughtfully over their latest tract on market-driven fiscal conservatism while grinding out the numbers on rocket science. Remember those serious-looking 1950's-1960's science guys in the movies -- Republican to a one. They were the grown-ups. They were the realists. Sure they were a bummer, maaaaan, but on the way to La Revolution you need somebody to remember where you parked the car......

How did they become the party of fairy dust and make believe? How did they become the anti-science guys? The anti-fact guys? The anti-logic guys? I'm not talking McCain, Hagel, Snowe, or Lugar, here, the cool hard-ass Republicans who still operate in the real world. I'm talking specifically about the guys running the party right now.