I'm not having it.  I'm not.  Promises were made and promises godamn well better be kept.  I'm gonna vote for you on Tuesday because I believed certain things.  Now you've let me down.

Sellout

It was often tradition in war time for hostilities to suspend during the christmas holiday.  So let's declare a cessation of candidate flame wars for one day only.  The previously scheduled bloodbath will return soon enough.

Merry Christmas, kossacks!  Have a holly, jolly!  Snuggle with your loved ones and remember all those in harms way.  Give peace on earth a chance and celebrate the season of giving.  Let all the crap go for one day and try to love one another.

Whether you believe or not, take the day for what it could be and just grab your nearest love one and say "Peace be with you."

You'll feel better.  Merry Christmas, peace be with you and Happy New Year!"

And for the little kiddies in all of us, here is government spending I approve of:

Santa!

According to a new article by Ben Smith at the Politico, Rudy may have billed thousands of dollars to obscure New York agencies for weekend getaways with Judith Nathan on Long Island.

I know it's Friday.
I know Bush sucks.
I know David Broder will soon publish a column letting us know that Bush would have had his predicted bounce but Broder himself underestimated the inability of the Democrats to act in a sane, serious, and centrist way by giving Bush everything he wants.
I know Richard Cohen will publish a column to tell us that after much thought and many tears he has concluded that no Democrat can unite the country, so we must elect a Republican in 2008.
I know Cheney wants to attack Iran.
I know that fear is exhausting.
I know that anger is empowering.
I know my vacation can't get here soon enough.

Adam Zagorin has a new article up on Time magazine, and it's a scorcher.  Seems a witness has come forward to say that Rove may have been behind the Siegelman prosecution in Alabama.

Don Siegelman was the former Democratic governor of Alabama convicted in 2006 of bribery and conspiracy and faces thirty years in prison.  But today Zagorin reports a twist in this tale.

Now Karl Rove, the President's top political strategist, has been implicated in the controversy. A longtime Republican lawyer in Alabama swears she heard a top GOP operative in the state say that Rove "had spoken with the Department of Justice" about "pursuing" Siegelman, with help from two of Alabama's U.S. attorneys.

Zagorin identifies this lawyer as Dana Jill Simpson.  On May 21 she filed an affadavit and Time has a copy.

Well, well, well, seems the sane part of America isn't the only group of people unhappy with Dubya.

Check this out:

GOP furious about timing of Rumsfeld resignation

They really thought Bushie cared about them.  Juicy bits after the jump.

They want you to forget:

PFC Matthew Keith Maupin
$9 billion missing in Iraq
14,000 missing weapons in Iraq
Terri Schiavo
Jack Abramoff
Tom Delay
Bob Ney
Duke Cunningham
Mark Foley
No bid contracts
No oversight
Hurricane Katrina
The people of New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Heckuva Job Brownie
Scooter Libby
David Safavian
100 or more dead Iraqis everyday
Mahdi Army
Moqtada al-Sadr
Brits pulling out of Basra
Stay the Course
"last throes"
Donald Rumsfeld
Eric Shinseki
Pat Tillman
"Old Europe"
Abu Ghraib
liberators
sweets and flowers
evil doers
Axis of Evil
buh-bye Habeas Corpus
"We do not Torture"
"The Geneva Conventions are quaint"
2814 dead Americans and over 20,000 wound
Signing statements
Outsourcing

Ok, correct me if I'm wrong but this could be funny.

Harris Beats Nelson -- Leads 54% to 45%

Thursday, October 05, 2006

TAMPA, FL- Congresswoman Katherine Harris, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate, soundly defeated Bill Nelson this evening by a 54% to 45% margin in the straw poll conducted at the Lakeland Bi-Annual Politics in the Park. The Harris campaign continues to build momentum, engendering tremendous grassroots support throughout the state with a pro-growth, pro-family message that resonates across the political spectrum.

Congresswoman Harris commented, "I appreciate the strong support of a majority of voters who are disillusioned with Bill Nelson's lack of leadership and his record of voting against Florida's best interests.  I will fight for Florida in the United States Senate."

Harris Campaign

 {emphasis mine}

The Westboro Baptist Church has announce its members are coming to Pennsylvania to protest the funerals of the five little girls killed in the Amish School Shootings.

It seems they didn't like Ed Rendell's position on their insane protests at US military funerals.  Holding signs that say things like "God hates Fags"  members of the Westboro Baptist Church protest US soldiers funerals because they claim god is punishing the US for tolerating homosexuality.

Westboro Baptist Church

According to Drudge tomorrows New York Times will have a front page story about the Democrats improving chances to take back the senate.

http://www.drudgereport.com

More after the jump.  This is good news.  

The top story on MSNBC right now is about the possibilty of a devastating earthquake along the San Andreas fault.

Earthquake

It's a nice piece about how scientists think the SoCal region is long overdue for a sizable earthquake.  I've decided to archive it here.

When the earthquake hits I want documentation when someone in this worthless administration trots out to tell us:

I don't think anybody anticipated an earthquake of this magnitude in California

Hi, I'm a blogger and I'd like to work for the Washington Post.  I hear you are in need of a Liberal blogger to balance the new Conservative you have hired.  Well, I'd like the job.

I needed to share.  My seven year old son is learning to retell stories in school.  Tonight he choose to tell me about 3 historical figures that he found to be "good" people.

I waited to hear about Spiderman or Batman or Yu-Gi-Oh.  I thought I might have to launch in to the whole real not real speech again.  But to my surprise my son told me that the three people who impressed him the most were:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Martin Luther King, Jr
Jackie Robinson

Eleanor Clift has a new article up on Newsweek that argues that Hurricane Katrina will be the death of the GOP Agenda of "tax cuts, SS privatization, and slashing government programs" is over.

 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9271481/

From Reuters

Roberts hearing delayed until at least Thursday-aide
Sep 05 11:07 AM US/Eastern

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate leaders agreed on Monday to briefly delay the start of U.S. Supreme Court nominee John Roberts' confirmation hearing, which had been set to begin on Tuesday, a Republican official said.

The official said the hearing would now begin as early as Thursday and no later than next Monday, with a final decision on timing expected following further discussions