Benny Hill on ICE
A bit of video is stirring up a little controversy on YouTube. A dash cam video of a Border Patrol stop of a vehicle carrying a whole lot of, presumably, undocumented immigrants is set to the Benny Hill theme song. Of course, mocking such a serious issue in this way has a lot of panties … Read more
The Coming Democratic Sweep
Bush’s approval rating has fallen to 28%, its lowest level yet. Much further and his quip about Laura and his dog being the only ones following him might turn out prophetic. But the Harris poll revealed a few things more than just how disliked Bush is, it revealed how much we Americans dislike our government … Read more
President Creep
Many have pondered the reason why Presidential campaigns have started earlier and earlier the last few cycles. There are many theories: the pressure to raise ever more money, the front-loading of primaries, the lack of clear front-runners, etc. I think these are all plausible components of an explaination, but none are indespensible. I’m listening to … Read more
Renzi to give Democrats a Blue Arizona Delegation?
UPDATE 4/27: Looks like Renzi is putting up a fight. This should be entertaining and embarrassing for the GOP. Every day Renzi hangs on is another day of negative press that helps CD 1’s voters decide that a Democrat might better represent their interests. Tedski at Rum, Romanism and Rebellion is predicting Renzi’s resignation by … Read more
Way Early Presidential Polling
NAU’s Social Research Laboratory apparently having nothing better to do with its funding decided to run a Presidential poll.Download srl_release_2008_election_matchups.pdf The poll was conducted April 13-19, 2007 among 493 randomly selected, registered Arizona voters. Survey results are valid at a +/- 4.5 percent margin of error, at a 95% confidence level. Unfortunately, I don’t know … Read more
Bringin’ It Again in 2008
Democrat Lord’s Work at Fundraising Draws Rare Look at Arizona District – New York Times. Since Bushco has had their asses handed to them in Iraq, you would think that GOPers would be somewhat circumspect about using a certain testosterone-laden taunt for fear that it would come back to haunt them. But no. They will … Read more
Understanding Iraq Though Real Journalism
If you really want to understand what will happen in Iraq, I contend, you have to understand what the people of Iraq want. You have to understand how the people of Iraq think, what they are actually trying to accomplish. Iraq is not a helpless blank slate upon which mighty America writes its will. Far … Read more
