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April 15th, 2005 Sorry for the delay - I got a little burned out on blogging this week. That, coupled with the importance of a few things going on here at work, led to an unannounced hiatus. I apologize if that offended you, but then again, this is my blog, not yours. And its for fun, so lighten up. Now, back to your regularly scheduled spleen-venting. This weeks regular features will be back-filled, as I get to them. I should have stuck to my guns - Last November I wrote that I would not vote for John McCain's return to the Senate. I got into the voting booth and looked at that ballot, noting the three names - Hancock, McCain, and Starky. I said to myself "you know, if we lose the Senate, we won't be able to put in those judges that we need." I felt I could rely on McCain to vote in favor of breaking the disorderly filibuster against qualified, consented judges. I was wrong. McCain went on Softball with Chris Matthews yesterday and said he would vote with the Democrats to uphold the cloture rule, which means he doesn't want the judges to come up for a yea or nay vote. The (602) 952-2410 Phoenix number, (480) 897-6289 Tempe number, and (202) 224-2235 DC number are probably jammed, so if you want to get through, try the Tucson number - (520) 670-6334. Personally, I think he should leave the party if he votes against cloture, but hey, what do I know? I'm just a constituent. His excuse is that if the Republicans destroy the Judicial Filibuster now we won't be able to use it if we become a minority party again. Doesn't matter. If we become the minority we won't have the moral or constitutional ground to stop judges because we won't have the votes to stop judges, just as the Democrats don't have that ground now. Further, does the experienced senator really think that the rule will remain in place if the Democrats ever regain control of the Senate? I thought he was a little smarter than that. Hugh Hewitt is worried that if we win this fight in a few months instead of losing it now the Republicans will suffer because the base will stop sending in money. That may be true, but the base would be wrong to do so. Why? Because you need to fight for what's right. It is right to bring cloture on these judges. It is right to bring them up for a vote. It is right to find out who is on our side and who is not, and it is right to support those on our side. Bring the cloture vote. Bring the midnight hour in which the allegiance will be announced. Then punish and reward, as appropriate. Fund those on our side and campaign against those who aren't. But don't cut off the funds. The battle may be lost, but the war goes on. Damnable taxes - I mailed them a few days ago. Due to a major screw-up in calculating my withholdings (I presumed I should enter 1 exemption for my wife and 1 for being the head of the household, which caused me to work through another worksheet, which gave me some ridiculous number of exemptions) I ended up owing the Feds a boatload of cash. State too, since AZ doesn't allow you to specify how much is withheld, but calculates it based on a percentage table. It's really disgusting. Why can't the withholding be just a percentage based on last year's stated income? Why can't we simplify? Oh, I know. One reason is because we have jerks like John McCain in the Senate, who, when the leadership wants to do something good for the country, they stand up and say "no!" like a two-year old who won't eat his peas. Can you tell I'm upset? Move over, Emily Dickinson - Today kicks off the Inaugural Carnival of Poets, over at my other blog. Go check it out. Posting at 12:00 MST. Booze - The Gibson, as seen in North by Northwest. Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant's character) orders one on the train.
It's a martini with a puzzled past. The idea is that the onions give it a different taste than the olives. Stir, because if you shake it you'll "bruise" the gin, or some other such nonsense. That's why I drink the vodka martinis with 3 olives & 1 onion. As always, avoid intoxication. Intoxication is a manifestation of rebellion against authority, and who wants to be like John McCain, huh? |
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