Just goes to show you, the polls rule the politics, the tale wags the dog. With questionable backing from women who might be deluded enough to vote for a candidate from the Grand Old [white, male, middle-aged] Patrician party, John McCain has thrown out a desperate left jab, choosing as his running mate a completely inexperienced (two years as the Alaska state governor--golly, that's somethin'!), political lightweight in Sarah Palin. If you stack Palin, who is charming, young, and... Read Full Story

How I Fought Big Brother and Won A few months ago I got a surprise in the mail--a lovely packet of information about an alleged traffic violation in which I had turned right on red at one of those ubiquitous signals that features an automated traffic enforcement set-up. Two sheets of photos of me making the dreaded right on red movement, links to the video footage of me doing the same, and scary legal language about bail and appearing in court, and I better hurry up and pay the—get... Read Full Story

Amidst all the speculation, some of it clearly my own, Obama made his choice, and voila! It was the obvious one, Delaware Senator Joe Biden. Oh, well. At least it's done. And at least it's a choice of someone so well known, it won't be easy to pick him apart. Now, I it's my turn to goof off--forget about politics for a bit--go to yoga class with my five-year-old, congratulate myself on getting my $371 right-on-red traffic ticket dismissed (more on that soon, I promise), and watch and lots... Read Full Story

The political punditry announced last week that the VP running list for Barack Obama had been narrowed down to a carefully pruned four names: Tim KaineJoe BidenEvan BayhKathleen Sebelius Now each of them has some aspect that makes them imperfectly desirable: Tim Kaine—less experienced and less well-known than the other optionsJoe Biden—too obvious, too handsome, might outshine the boss, claimed he's "not the guy," although the Prediction Markets have him... Read Full Story

From time to time I get forwarded these sappy personal questionnaire thingies, wherein you are supposed to answer each personal question, erase the previous answers, and type in your own—then subject it to all you hapless friends who probably neither care nor have the time to do it, much less read yours. So, only if you are bored, only if you have a sort of voyeuristic instinct (which I definitely do) should you read the following. But, these are my honest, honest answers. If not, please skip... Read Full Story

Noticed that I have been getting a little slap-happy about polls, polls, and more polls on here? Blogger has a new polling tool that is too fun to use. And sometimes I really don't have a fanatical opinion about an issue and would like to hear what everyone else is thinking first. So please indulge my poll-mania, and share your thoughts in the three polls below: Barack Obama's VP pickPunishment for Russian invasion of GeorgiaChinese women's underage gymnast controversy Read Full Story

Shameful U.S. Olympics Team Opening Ceremonies Uniforms Blare Polo Brand and Ape Other Preppy Looks No, it's not just that Ralph Lauren copied British, Italian, and other countries' proletariat looks for his design (if you can call copy-catting a design) of the US Olympic team opening ceremonies uniforms—Lauren has always been a copycat. In much the same was as Bill Gates got his start, yup, Ralph Lauren has always made his name by echoing the work of, well, others. Preppy? Hasn't it been... Read Full Story

Edwards finally admitted to the affair with Rielle Hunter. The schmuck! His beloved wife, who had two of his babies while she was in her 50s--that's TWO--and gave up a bright law career to be his baby mama--dying of breast cancer, and he's off canoodling some dried-up, bleach-at-home scab. I mean, c'mon. When The Enquirer broke the whole story, I tried not to believe it. But then I read Wonkette.com, and I realized it was all gonna come back to bite Edwards on the butt. Poor Elizabeth... Read Full Story

Dr. Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois at Champaign, from his book, Biowarfare and Terrorism: “Could it truly be coincidental that two of the primary intended victims of the terrorist anthrax attacks—Senators Daschle and Leahy—were holding up the speedy passage of the pre-planned USA Patriot Act—an Act which provided the federal government with unprecedented powers in relation to U.S. citizens and institutions?”Go up against the mighty Patriot Act and you shall die. Not only would... Read Full Story

Wal-Mart upper management is making a concerted effort to sway its workforce to vote Republican. Yes, it's true. (And once upon a fairy tail, partisan politics and big business were not in bed with each other.) The argument Wal-Mart is preaching is that, ew, should a Democratic administration—not to name any names—take power, new laws would be enacted that would, heaven forbid!, make it easier for employees to join unions. Now, what's so evil about unions? Plenty, from Wal-Mart’s greedy... Read Full Story