I'll be out of the pocket this weekend (dontcha just love business speak?) and at the coast enjoying crab, the fresh air off the Pacific ocean, the company of my t.v. killin' missus and an enormous storm that just seems to have swept through the state. 50 foot surfing waves. 
Does anyone else find in ironic that the go to tactic that Republicans always seem to roll out in a political fight is to emulate the terrorists they claim to hold in such disdain by taking hostages? Every debate on Iraq funding, for example, is met by the President pushing the troops between himself and the Democrats pushing for withdrawal and threatening their safety should the Democrats do anything he doesn't like."There will be less investment in American energy, there will be less production of American energy, we will have more dependence on foreign oil, and we will have higher fuel prices," said Rep. Kevin Brady (R., Texas). "Make no mistake: Politicians are shooting at Big Oil, but they're hitting American energy workers, and they're hitting families in the pocketbook."Excuse me? The oil industry has continued to report record profits and any attempt to reign them in will automatically translate into oil industry workers getting the shaft? Don't even get me started on what it will mean to consumers.
The Onion has provided a handy Election Glossary for those of us confused about all the terms thrown about.absentee ballot
A form of voting that does not involve the inconvenience of having to get up off the couch and walk to a high school gymnasium.
caucus
The process by which Americans are quadrennially reminded of Iowa's existence.
election worker
A male or female at least 70 years of age.
likability
The degree to which each candidate is able to hide the extent to which he or she is full of shit.
political consultants
Individuals who are very savvy politically, but don't have enough hair to run for office themselves.
Thank you Dr. Zaius for the wonderful award.
It almost makes up for the generations of my kind being hunted and captured by your Gorilla soldiers. I still won't forgive you for the lobotomy. Besides the complete loss of memory and inability to pronounce multi-syllabic words it's also left me incapable of getting the part in my hair just the way I like it.
Glancing at the big lefty blogs today it appears the war between supporters of our two candidates has just gotten uglier. I think we could all use a reminder from Life of Brian --
She's focusing of course on the influence of money and political influence in judicial elections which she feels leads to unqualified, overly political judges.
Of course she doesn't mentioned the elephant in the room: federal judges appointed by the president for political reasons who are just as unqualified and overly political as the elected lower-court judges she's railing against.
Why would she leave that part out? I suspect it has something to with the fact she is one of the five people personally responsible for that president and, by extension, those horrible federal judges.
You want to fix our courts? Let's begin by putting a President with above-room-temperature I.Q. in office. Until then maybe you ought to keep your advice to yourself, mkay?
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