Late-night bad news can create ripple effects, as with the passing of Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. So now Bush gets to appoint two Justices, and the country is screwed for the next 50 years. (The two newbies, whoever they will be, won't live that long, but the precedents they set in court cases for the next 20 years will resonate for considerably longer...)
So, WTF, Rehnquist died. Ben is in Iraq, and the updates from his family in Maine are heartbreaking. The PATRIOT Act will be reauthorized and essentially made permanent by Congressional conferees. REAL ID will be implemented. I-343 is coming to Washington State.
Pre-emptive apologies to anyone who will encounter (or has encountered already!) the extreme bipolar moodiness that can result with a slew of scheisse on every possible personal and political front.
Time for some cheesy pop music to make the world go away...!!!
3 comments:
Yes! Karaoke will save us!
I am so disheartened... is there anything good happening just now?
There is good news, O'Connor's coming back for at least part of the coming SC term, which returns the court to the balance we've grown accustomed to. And this presidency is finally getting kicked to the curb where it has belonged from day one.
what are the chances the administration's approval ratings will recover from this latest blunder?
Do you think middle America is mad at him? They probably don't care about the racist part, but hopefully they can at least relate to the poor white folks dying in their nursing homes. Even the rich retirement communities and suburbs are getting shit on.
We're going to hell in a handbasket.
Post a Comment