Weekend Brain Drippings

Friday 21 May

On Fox News, Susan Estrich says that John Kerry needs to voice his positive vision for the future. Meanwhile, blogs across America are already ridiculing Kerry's new campaign slogan. "Letting America be America Again." Memo to Susan: if that's your guy's idea of vision and leadership, we wish you the best of luck!

Also on Fox News is a report from Rodanthe, NC about a group of fisherman in a boat offshore that were shocked to see a fish in the ocean! Well, granted it was a 16' white shark, but come on, we know sharks are out there. The 24 hour news cycle must be fed.

For three days last week I thought I might be adding an1879 $4 gold piece to my coin collection, valued at a minimum of Fifty. Thousand. Dollars. Never mind. (Anyone know what a $4 paper note is worth?)

Chris Matthews, interviewing Cokie Roberts on Hardball, actually agree that Ronald Reagan had a deep and well considered political philosophy. The point of this liberal Reaganfest was only to set up the conclusion that George W. Bush does not.

Martha Washington camped with the soldiers every winter of the Revolutionary War. Which, by the way lasted eight long years on American soil. Now Americans are hacked off about quagmires, defined as any war lasting more than a couple months.

John Kerry is threatening to refuse acceptance of his party's nomination at their convention in Boston. Why? Because the Dem's beloved Campaign Finance Reform would put him at a disadvantage were he to do so. As loopholes go, this kind of makes the non-existent "gun show loophole" seem like a rookie effort, doesn't it.

Saturday 22 May

Again on Fox News, Jesse Jackson is now inserting himself into the Iraqi prison scandal. What a freaking media whore. Fortunately, Charles Krauthammer is there with the real story.

My wife has likened blogging to a bunch of teenage girls leaving their diaries on the streetcorner, hopong someone will read them. My response? "Well, okay, I guess so."