I love this essay, which heralds the Democrats' change from wimpy liberals to progressive warriors. Let me just dust off my chain mail...I want to help.

Alert reader Doc, from Virginia, is complaining of withdrawal symptoms due to my blog inattentiveness. I need to provide a little methadone, I guess.

My confession: I've been working on another blog. I tearfully admit my infidelity and beg forgiveness. But I'm going to continue seeing the other blog. Call me a blogamist if you must. Just don't make me move to Utah.

At the moment, the other computer in the room is under the control of four pre-teen boys doing MadLibs online. You know MadLibs, right? You arbitrarily choose words to fill in blanks designated for nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, and then you read the wacky story that results. These preteens--Andrew, 12, Aidan, 11, Garrett, 9, and Jackson, 6--have the lowest common denominator of potty humor going for them right now. So, as I type, I'm listening to MadLibs filled to the toilet seat with "crap," "crappy," "poop," "pee," etc. They're laughing so hard that two of them have the hiccups. They will mature into fine young men, I assure you. But, sometimes, I think that parenting boys is like the adage about making sausage. That crappy adage about sausage.

It's about damn time.

Progressive radio may be coming to us soon. Yesterday's New York fishwrap reports that Al Franken will have a show opposite oxyincontinent Rush Limbaugh. Randi Rhodes will follow, opposing Hannity and O'Reilly's shows. Janeane Garofalo will have the 8 - 11 slot in the evening. Where can you find them? On New York's WLIB, of course. And Chicago and L.A. Surely they can find a station in the Detroit area, right? For me, this would be the best reason in 20 years to listen to AM radio.

Bush's Budget: Loot the Treasury, Multiply the National Debt and Hope that No One Notices




Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) used this graph to demonstrate the difference between Bush's promises and reality. He also gave an excellent speech the other day...it should be required reading for everyone, particularly fiscal conservatives.

Thanks to truthout.org for the jpeg.