It's Sunday morning and I'm listening to Church, like I do every Sunday morning. I've been criticized on these pages before for some of my statements about religion and, what I call, Christian Terrorists. The message today reminded me why I do sometimes rail against what I consider false Christianity. False Christianity is when religion mixes with politics. The message was, "How do you keep the main thing, the main thing?" What a very good question! What is the main tenet of Christianity that strengthens my Faith? We can look to Luke 10:25 for the answer:

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"/"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"/He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"/"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."

I could commit to that, but it doesn't mean I won't continue to call out liars, hypocrites and those that preach evil and damnation as opposed to grace and forgiveness.

I love a good suit. I'm usually a little too particular to buy one from Men's Wearhouse, but this sounded like a good deal and I thought I'd pass it along.

Here are some tips when buying a suit:
1. Do not buy a double-breasted suit. These don't even look good on David Letterman
2. What suits are must haves? Navy blue, Black pinstripe (not chalk stripe), Charcoal Grey, and then you can expand into patterns like houndstooth, glenplaid, and I wish you people in Texas knew what seersucker was.
3. Always have your suit altered! Have the jacket taken in. It should not hang on you like a cloak. Eliminate the pleats. Some tailors will bitch at you for this, but a flat front suit is very high-end looking. Also, get rid of those damn cuffs. Ugh, that's so gross. Request a very slight break, too much and it looks like you shrunk.

Happy shopping! And, if you are too good for Men's Wearhouse (I totally understand), I hear Brooks Brothers is having a sale!

The vote was 60 Ayes, 39 Nays and 1 Not Voting. Who was the one? Senator John McCain. As usual, who were the 39 Nays comprised of? Our very own, Cornyn (R-TX), Nay & Hutchison (R-TX), Nay both cozied up next to Larry "Wide Stance" Craig to vote Nay on the hate crimes bill.

President Clinton makes me laugh. I find it hilarious that you can just get on the news and it cause controversy because you tell the truth. Listen to how angry he gets just telling the truth about the GOP.

Hey Rick" Your new digs may not be constitutional. . No problem-- how about considering this place?

Personally, we'd support a constitutional amendment to get him out of town.

Wonder if this is marketing opportunity for PD? We could all contribute to buy PD a pink Oreck Vacuum or some pink Frango mints. PD may want to post a registry!

We'll begin our annual Breast Cancer Awareness campaign on Monday. We strongly encourage everyone to "Think Pink" and not just in October.

A federal judge has ruled that provisions of the Patriot Act are unconstitutional, claiming they are a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment. I don't know why, but it just sounds so quaint to hear judges talking about the Bill of Rights. When is the last time there was an administration that was consistently accused of violating our rights granted by the constitution?

It's just so...Patrick Henry.

Governor Perry is moving in.

Here's Jenna Bush's interview with Glamour Magazine. I made it to page 3 before I gave up.

Seriously. There has been another one of those bizarre amoeba deaths in Arizona. It's the same thing that people here in Texas have died from. Have you heard about this? It's some amoeba that attaches itself to the olfactory nerve and kills you within two weeks. That is so messed up. Let's all panic and not ever go in the water again.

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs convicted. Sentencing hearing set for November 20th. Still creepy. FWST

From In Fact Daily...

Democrats seek top post . . . Three candidates are currently running for Travis County Democratic Party Chair. Fidel Acevedo, Andy Brown and Rosie Mendoza have said they want to lead the rambunctious Democrats through the 2008 election. Mark Nathan is consulting for Brown; Mendoza, who also serves as Sen. Kirk Watson’s campaign treasurer, has hired Alfred Stanley. David Butts, a friend of Brown’s, said the contest could cost each of the candidates upwards of $30,000. Bearing in mind this is a job that involves LOTS of fundraising, maybe it’s good practice

Do you ever feel like the airline industry is being held together with bubble gum? Yesterday's radar and communications outage at the Memphis Center only highlights the antiquated systems used by air traffic controllers. Flight delays and an airline's response to them are so awful that the congress is reviewing legislation to create a passenger bill of rights! Customer service is laughable, airport security a joke and prices are continuing to go up. On top of all that, the airlines aren't hiring flight attendants because they have laid so many off that they can bring them back and not hire new people. You know what that means? The flight attends are old. I mean rickety old, too.

I hate to say it, but maybe congress does need to get involved. The FAA needs more funding and a mandate to upgrade equipment and the industry as a whole needs a swift kick in the ass.

George Herbert Walker Bush's pool boy from his compound in Maine talked about his experiences working for the uber-rich in Maine.

Razsa recalls one day when former first lady Barbara Bush was on her way over, and it looked like there wouldn't be time to bring the pool's temperature up to her desired 82 degrees in time. The family's caretaker was in a panic, he says.

"He kept shouting, 'Barbara will go crazy! Barbara will go crazy!'"

Mormon leader Warren Jeffs has been charged with rape by accomplice (in the arranged marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin) and deliberations for his trial resumed Tuesday after a juror was replaced. Jeffs, the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led the church, which moved into a large complex in Eldorado, TX (approx. 145 southwest of Abilene) in 2002.

According to the FWST, Jeffs could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted.

Check out some pictures from the Mormon complex named Yearn for Zion.

Ex-church members say he reigns with an iron fist, demanding perfect obedience from followers.

That kind of shit creeps me out. Kind of like the Movementarians.

The LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index (not related to global -- but yes to other types of warming) -- ought to be real recruitment tool for some colleges -- just not in Iran, since that country is NOT gay!!

Texas schools on the list include: Texas State in San Marcos and UT (Austin and San Antonio). Notably absent was A&M. We hear it's kind of like Iran there.

I have two things for this category.
First--Bill O'Reilly's comments about eating in a restaurant owned by black people:

Bill O’Reilly reported that he “had a great time, and all the people up there are tremendously respectful,” adding: “I couldn’t get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia’s restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it’s run by blacks, primarily black patronship.”

Later, during a discussion with National Public Radio senior correspondent and Fox News contributor Juan Williams about the effect of rap on culture, O’Reilly asserted: “There wasn’t one person in Sylvia’s who was screaming, ‘M-Fer, I want more iced tea.’ You know, I mean, everybody was — it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn’t any kind of craziness at all.”

Some dude from West Virginia sent a text message to a phone number he thought belonged to his friend. The message was the idiot asking his friend if he wanted to buy some reefer. The text was received by a state trooper who set up a bust. That really sucks for that guy. (Chron)

Lesson to be learned: Don't make any drug deals over text messages. Buy your drugs from Mexico...or the Capitol Extension.

The Park Cities People believes that George and Laura will call Highland Park or University Park home after they leave the White House.

Larry Kilgore is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. His website first contains a test to see if you are a good Christian. The home page also includes an auto-playing YouTube video that I had to shut down when it started out with Operation Rescue. The web site also contains a photograph of a mass grave of Jews.

Kilgore got 50,000 votes last time he ran. Here are some of his platform issues:

Judges will execute those convicted of bestiality (Ex. 22:19; Lev. 20:15-16); those convicted of incest including with in-laws (Lev. 11-12, 14-15, 17, 19-21); of homosexual acts (Lev. 18:22, 29; 20:13); of child molestation; of kidnapping or rape (Ex. 21:15-16; Deut. 22:25-27; 24:7); and of adultery with a married woman (Lev. 20:10; Deut. 22:22; Ex. 20:14). Judges will flog those convicted of fornication; of public use of vulgar sexual and excretory language; of sexually suggestive dress or behavior; of intoxication; and of possession of pornography. Judges will flog more severely those convicted of transvestism; of public nudity; and of distributing pornography. And judges will flog more severely still those convicted of prostitution; of producing pornography for any use; and of sexual acts in public places.

The latest candidate to catch my attention is Alan Steinberg. A 25 year-old from Sugarland, Texas, home of previous douche, Tom DeLay. Alan even has a MySpace page. He's so social networking, this guy!

Why is he a douche? This is why, on his bio this sentence confirms all you need to know about Alan. Opportunist, douche. From his bio:

2001 was a decisive year for Alan; a witness to the tragic Houston flood during the summer and later to the horrors of 9/11, Alan decided to focus his efforts on the issues of homeland security and emergency management.

Second, tragic flood? In Sugarland? Really? Were you out there in a skiff rescuing poor people from their roof?

Lastly, I know a lot of people that were affected by 9/11. For kids like Alan, it was the first dramatic event to happen in their lifetimes. A lot of them ran off and joined the military. I'm not sure how many of them thought, HEY! This would be a good time to get into the whole Emergency Management thing, that will be an awesome career move. It sure is a growing industry, Alan, so we'll give you that.

Witness, my ass.

This guy is either totally nuts or so out of touch with his country that he doesn't know what he's working with. I can see it now --- Iran will become the new sanctuary for homophobic members of the Moral Majority.

In other news, his comedy bit was a huge success. He'll be here all week!

What better way to continue reminding people of the above than to hold a big ol' party for Giuliani and aim to collect $9.11 per person. I mean, shit, they're not even trying to be subtle about it anymore.

A supporter of Rudy Giuliani's is throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican's presidential campaign.

Abraham Sofaer is having a fundraiser at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Wednesday, when Giuliani backers across the country are participating in the campaign's national house party night.

But Sofaer said he had nothing to do with the "$9.11 for Rudy" theme.

"There are some young people who came up with it," Sofaer said when reached by telephone Monday evening. He referred other questions to Giuliani's campaign.

Does this creep you out?

The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel or plan to stay, the personal items they carry on their journeys and even the books that travelers have carried, according to documents obtained by a group of civil liberties advocates and statements by government officials.

Reading that the government is tracking where you go, who you stay with when you get there, what you take along to read and what personal items you took on the trip sounds to me like the Russia I grew up with in the cold war. We were scared shitless of Russia and and how oppressed their people were. Remember being afraid they'd send a nuclear bomb over and we'd all be forced into farm labor by Communists?

I'll be glad to send the government the title of the book I'm reading right now. It's called "You're an Asshole."

I stumbled upon great public transportation blogger, M1EK's blog about automobile drivers paying for new roads and road improvements. Exactly how are we collecting money to pay for new roads in the ever-urbanizing city limits of Austin? There was a national study on Streetsblog, which I didn't bother to read. I'm more interested in an analysis of where our road money comes from within the city limits of Austin.

Someone break that shit down for us.

The U.S. says that nearly 90 percent of all cocaine entering the U.S. comes through Mexico. First, is this number based on cocaine seized? Estimated cocaine in the U.S. or just a number some government official pulled out of his ass before doing a booty bump?

Every time I read a story about the drug trafficking in Mexico to the United States, the report paints a picture of lawlessness, corruption and incompetence. What I don't understand is why the feds are turning a blind eye to our drug addicted neighbor. Maybe it's time for an intervention.

Blogs are such an influence in mainstream media, political campaigns and foreign policy that even the State Department has a "Digital Outreach Team" posting comments on blogs visited by Arabs. I found this fascinating that the government has embraced the New Media Frontier with such enthusiasm.

Look at me....applauding the feds. I must be off my meds.

Last night I was flipping channels and came upon Scott Pelley's interview of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 60 Minutes. I don't know what I expected, but I have to admit I was disappointed in the interview. Pelley's reports are usually of a better quality. Some of Pelley's comments and questions in this interview were just laughable, such as his question to Ahmadinejad, "What trait do you admire in President Bush?", his calling Bush "a religious man" (ha!), and his reading Iran's President some comments from Bush:

I asked President Bush what he would say to you if he were sitting in this chair. And he told me, quote, speaking to you, that you've made terrible choices for your people. You've isolated your nation. You've taken a nation of proud and honorable people and made your country the pariah of the world. These are President Bush's words to you. What's your reply to the president?

I'm not saying I agree with Ahmadinejad or his politics, but he threw some great barbs at Bush.

I think Mr. Bush, if he wants his party to win the next election, there are cheaper ways and ways to go about this. I can very well give him a few ideas so that the people vote for him. He should respect the American people. They should not bug the telephone conversations of their citizens. They should not kill the sons and daughters of the American nation. They should not squander the taxpayers' money and give them to weapons companies. And also help the people, the victims of Katrina. People will vote for them if they do these things. But if they insist on what they are saying right now, this will not help them.

Was the interview supposed to make Ahmadinejad appear well-spoken and Pelley look ridiculous? If so, mission accomplished. The whole interview is online. Maybe the parts not shown on tv are deeper and more objective, but from what I saw, I kinda doubt it. Did any of y'all see the interview? What did you think?

60 Minutes: Ahmadinejad Interview

An event to open the UT Center for something about politics invited speakers to discuss the future of Texas politics. Mutually Assured Destruction was the overall conclusion. The well-qualified political consultants in Texas outlined the growth of the Hispanic population as key to future electoral gains in Texas (and the nation). As the fastest growing minority, the voting patterns of the Hispanic population provides a guidemap for political election predicting.

Hispanics account for 50% of the country's population growth between 2000 and 2004, but only accounted for 1/10th of the growth in votes cast. In Texas, Hispanics account for nearly 30% of the voter turnout.

The Republican Party has discovered that if they can garner 20% of the Hispanic vote, they'll win the election. The Democrats have discovered they like queso and margaritas.

When I worked in another industry, we hired a lot of people. The hiring process was pretty regimented and included full background checks and drug screens. There is one story where I learned to ask a new interview question I would previously never had cross my mind.

One night, an employee called me at home. This particular level of employee had two levels of management between her and me, so I was wondering what was so serious that she felt it was ok to call her boss' boss' boss. As she rambled on I imagined the ass-shredding I was going to give her immediate supervisor. When I got past my confusion of how and why she thought it would be ok to call me and ramble on the phone at night, I cut her off. I asked her if there was something related to work that she needed to share with me. I assured her that our policy is not to retaliate against anyone bringing something to our attention.

She paused, and said, "I don't want to lose my job. I like my job." Again, I assured her that our company policy protects employees, thinking I was about to get some dirty news about something, I listened intently for her reply. She said, "I killed someone and I was thinking that since it didn't show up in my background checks I should be able to keep my job, right? I like this job."

That's right. We'd hired a murderer. Murderess, excuse me. Her supervisors did receive a call that night. I put those managers on a conference call with human resources and by midnight we had gotten over the shock and fired the murderer. I never let those two managers live that down, either. Anytime they questioned my hiring skills all I had to do was say, "Uhm, I'm not the one that hired a murderer."

I don't know how that conviction and jail time got through our background checks, but it did. It reminds me that just because there are systems in place to prevent things, like hiring a murderer, sometimes people mysteriously get through.

The story in today's Statesman about the nurses aides reminded me of this story. As an employer, we relied on the tools available to us: Drug screening, background criminal checks, references and state licensing status. None gave us any indication that we'd hired a murderer.

What if this employee had done something to an external constituent? Hell, what if she had tried to murder me! Our company's name would be in the headlines and we would have all been blamed for hiring a murderer and our statements to the press about following all the rules would have sounded like lame excuses.

Hillary has declared, "I am not a lesbian.". Looking for a balanced ticket? This one ought to do it!!

The YouTube genius that put this video together must have spent hours pouring over their complicated MSPaint program.

The New York Times has a fascinating article on the growing profitability of nursing homes and the declining level of care by clinical staff. As the population ages, more and more business will develop methods for generating revenue off of the goods and services provided to this large population. That is just a fact of business (and a good business model).

Nursing homes have long been the target of both regulatory agencies and sue-happy lawyers. This deadly combination brought many skilled nursing facilities to the brink of bankruptcy. In the past few years, large private investment firms began acquiring these facilities and breaking up the management, leaseholder, license-holder, clinical management, vendor management and non-clinical management into differently held companies. This structure makes it nearly impossible to determine liability for "level of care" issues.

While this structure increases profitability and therefore ensures the continued operation of skilled nursing facilities, the impact on level of care in these facilities is left open to determination.

There is a thin line between increasing profitability in what essentially is a business, after all, and crossing that line into providing sub-standard care. Being in health care for many years, I have seen this line up close and personal. I used to be confident that those that crossed that line were few and far between and gave the rest of the industry a black eye. Now, I'm not so sure.

I support legislation that requires a transparency in ownership of these facilities and direct responsibility for clinical care to be tied to revenue centers in these businesses. For regulators to issue fines for violations and they have no impact on the way a business does business defeats the purpose of regulatory agencies.

Someone draft up some legislation for next session and call me in to help review and comment. I'm serious.

I haven't said anything about the Jena, Louisiana mess. Mainly because it's absolutely unbelievable to me that people would tolerate anything like hanging nooses from a tree, much less celebrate it. There are few things I hate more than an ignorant, racist small-town hick. What kind of people teach their kids that it is ok to hang a noose from a tree or tie one to the back of your truck and drive slowly through town or create a web site with the addresses of black people and direct people to go "deliver justice?" What kind of justice, pray tell?

This is exactly the reason that we have to have 'hate crime' legislation. Groups like the American Family Association wrap their opposition around false claims that hate crimes legislation will criminalize their religious beliefs about homosexuality. (Watch YouTube's collection of congressmen speaking about the legislation.)

Absolutely false. Hate crimes are crimes committed against a person for no reason other than the criminal's hatred towards that person. Why a Christian wouldn't want to be protected by these same laws is beyond me. Especially since some Christians think there is constant persecution against them.

The mayor of San Diego reversed his position on gay marriage when a resolution from the city council appeared on his desk. His public statement shows his emotional struggle with coming to his new political position. I found it an amazing and riveting bit of video. It is the first time I have seen a politician consider the ramifications of a political position and publicly struggle with the right thing to do. I commend him and only wish that we had politicians with this strength and bravery in Texas.

...and not because he's a man with an unfortunate name OR because he was governor of Iowa. Vilsack made some comments about GOP candidate Rudy Giuliani (Watch here) that has some conservatives calling "Foul!" I don't see why? The GOP has put themselves up as the party of family values and if people don't know that Rudy married his cousin and is estranged from his own children then maybe they ought to know that.

If it's fair that people call John Edwards a homo, Hilary Clinton a lesbian with a philandering husband then why can't we hear about Giuliani's marriages?

Ugh, while googling on how to even spell Giuliani's name I ran across a story about his fundraising in Texas and a possible Giuliani/Perry '08 ticket. Now I have to go vomit.

Remember the lawmaker that filed a suit against God in Nebraska? Well, God has finally responded to the suit with a filing in the Clerk's office. There are two responses. One response claims immunity from prosecution...clearly that's from George Bush's God. The other response claims the lawsuit is frivolous and without merit as God created Man and Woman with free will and he cannot be held responsible or liable for their actions.

This response lists a phone number of a law firm in Corpus. I don't know why God had to settle for a lawyer in Corpus. That just seems so bottom of the pile. I know several lawyers on the East Coast that would love a case like this one. He should have asked for a referral.

The Texas Observer has spent two years fighting the DPS for the surveillance tapes in the Capitol on the day that it was rumored Dr. Leininger made his first foray into politics up there. The DPS has lost every challenge, but continues to pay such high-price law firms as Akin Gump and Diamond McCarthy to fight the Texas Observer.

Since the Observer doesn't have tons of taxpayer money to waste, they did what all good press folk do. They posted all those invoices online and asked all of us to go look at them. Once you do, you can probably call the DPS yourself or send a strongly worded letter to the official of your choice.

Okay, you all may have already seen this Samantha Bee story from "The Daily Show." But if not, watch it now!

My favorite part (well, it's all good, really): the conservative commentator who says that she's not ready for a nurturing President. Because who needs that - really - at this time in our nation's history?

And, no, I'm not voting for Hillary unless I absolutely have to.

I finally watched that video and I still think that little shit deserved to get tasered. When the police surround you and you don't comply then you're pretty much asking for it. I don't think it infringed on his freedom of speech at all. He was obnoxious and totally deserved it.

Protests at events are going to happen. I remember one campaign I worked on and we had people showing up in Pinocchio costumes to the events and I had to put volunteers all over the place with signs to block out these freaks from getting on camera. I didn't realize the White House had a full-on manual about it, cause that would have come in handy!

State Representative Kirk England (Grand Prairie) is joining the dark side and becoming a Democrat. FWST He said he was tired of the bullshit and called Craddick a sissy boy. (I wish)

The last election results for his district:

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 106
*England R 10,459 50.6%
Hubener D 10,224 49.4%

The Republican majority will change to 79-70 (not counting Rep. Mowery seat) with the switch.

The White House has named a new spokesman, Dana Perino. While she may be woefully unqualified for the job, I found a few quotes in this Austin Chronicle article to be on the verge of offensive. Let's take them out of context and you tell me what you think.

Five years ago I was having lunch in San Diego with a friend, a PR bunny [emphasis added] who was pitching high tech companies.

On one level, Perino's rapid accession certainly provides further evidence that the Bush administration has been the land of opportunity for midlevel staffers, a Washington, D.C., where those old bugaboos of achievement and experience are not as important [emphasis added] as loyalty and faith.

She is tiny, wee, munchkin short. Her appearance on TV is another White House-orchestrated ruse. They must have her standing on a stepladder at the podium.

...a cutie press secretary...

(Austin Chronicle)

Next week, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will feature an online display of a photo scrapbook that depicts the day-to-day lives of Auschwitz's SS officers. It was donated to the museum by a former United States Army intelligence officer who found the photographs over 60 years ago in Germany. The New York Times has an audio/visual slideshow of some of the photographs. (via)

Well, you know those rabble-rousers that blog. They create such problems for big companies. A hospital in Paris is suing to obtain the name of an anonymous blogger that posts information critical of the hospital.

The hospital claims that the blog has violated HIPPA laws by releasing patient information on the Internet and that employees of the hospital have violated HIPPA laws by providing patient records to the blogger. If true, these are the two things that will get this blogger into trouble.

Being critical of a company and having employees of that company post anonymously on a blog isn't defamation. It's the truth, and instead of focusing on going after the blogger and the commenters the hospital should be doing some Quality Assurance reviews of their procedures.

That's only if they didn't violate HIPPA. If they did that, they're screwed.

From Mark Russell: "Sure it isn't fair, but there is no stopping the inevitable laid back Fred Thompson jokes: What can we look for in the Oval Office under President Fred Thompson? A La-Z-Boy recliner."

"How would Fred Thompson restore the legacy of Ronald Reagan in the White House? With the cabinet meeting nap."

"Would a Thompson White House pet be a dog or a cat? Maybe a turtle named "Speedy."

"What would be the theme of Fred Thompson's Inaugural Address? "Ask not what you can do today, but what you can put off until tomorrow."

Since I haven't even watched the entire video of the kid being tasered at the Kerry event, I feel absolutely qualified to discuss it ad nauseum. Clearly this jackass kid should have been tasered. He was resisting arrest and causing a disturbance. I would like to have my own taser and when some asshole was "loud-talking" and disturbing me I could just take him out for a while.

Tasers for everyone!!

The New York Times is back to being free. The paid walled off parts of their site became free at midnight. They claim that subscriptions went well, but it does not outweigh the potential ad revenue from those pages viewed when visitors link through to their site.

Really? Gee...we could have told them that months ago.

It appears that Austin is the most congested medium sized city in the nation. Duh!! But who in the hell wants to live in Laredo? The Austin traffic is a disaster, but, at least we have a good public transportation system! Bwahahahahahahahahaha

Disclaimer: This post is not really funny except for the fact that people are taking Ron Paul SERIOUSLY.

The popular networking website Facebook.com has an application that allows users to vote for their favorite presidential candidate. The Election '08 feature has tallied 219,001 votes as of 8:53 p.m. 9/17/07. So far the results are:

1. Barack Obama 25% (55,724 votes)
2. Rudy Giuliani 9% (20,318 votes)
3. Hillary Clinton 8% (18,411 votes)
4. Ron Paul 7% (16,845 votes)
5. Fred Thompson 5% (11,128)

It's interesting to see what college students think and even more that Ron Paul is on the top five. We will see if college students actually show up to vote though.

(PD Adds: Does anyone really think it's interesting what college students think? I don't. I guess I could be interested to know if they do think at all. They don't vote and no matter how many times we hear that the youth are invigorated in this election it rarely turns out to be true. This concludes my "bitter old man" rant. Thank you...I'll be playing dominoes at the Petticoat Junction later this week.)

A Nebraska Senator is suing God.

Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants."

All I can think of is that I wouldn't want to be anywhere near this man that is suing God, because the smiting that is going to take place from the Heavens above may have some unintended collateral damage.

... while keeping this quote in mind:

"It's a sad, sad state of affairs when liberals campaign like Republicans to get elected and Republicans govern like liberals to be loved. If you see a candidate who wants to tax like a Democrat, regulate like a Democrat and educate like a Democrat, they should not have the honor of being called a Republican."