What to make of today?

Today’s just been all over the place.  First, the good news … or what I see as the good news:  Obama is up 8 points in Rasmussen’s latest daily tracking poll:
This is the highest level of support ever recorded for Obama and is his largest lead of the year. It also continues a remarkable twenty-five [...]

Text of the “Rescue Plan”

If you’re super duper interested, here are all 451 pages of the text of the Senate “Rescue Plan,” er “Emergency Economic Stabilization.”  Go to it.  (Note: it’s a pdf.)

Mike Lane, Baltimore, MD

 *Quick note:  I just have to add that I love that this has been shoved into the Mental Health Bill.  I hope the irony [...]

McCain’s speech leaves my head spinning

I have MSNBC on in the background and John McCain is giving speech in MO.  He just caught my ear with this:
We will stop sending $700b a year to countries that don’t like us very much.
What about Iraq, John?  They don’t like us very much.  As recently as March, 61% of Iraqis said that our presence [...]

Hmmmm ….

Why don’t I feel all heroic and stuff?
 

Political Grandstanding: debate as flag pin

I hate this kind of crap.  Here’s what happened, as far as I can tell:
Wednesday morning:  Without talking to the press, Obama calls McCain and suggests that they issue a joint statement on the economy.  Obama, who is *leading* in the polls on this issue (and in general, I might add), had nothing to gain [...]

Think Twice

There’s a place I love to shop.  It’s called Etsy, and it’s an online marketplace billed as a “place to buy and sell all things handmade.”  My favorite jeweller, lilleyella, is there, as well as a host of other really cool artisans.  Every so often (like many times a day), they change the featured items [...]