The "Rainy-Day File"

I have a feeling, now more than ever, that the Administration has a file (cabinet?) full of 9/11-related leftovers that they're gonna copy-paste into press releases every time they're getting fucking shellacked. Team Scooter says he was directed by someone "higher up" to leak the Plame info. Abramhoff seems pretty certain that the president hasn't conveniently forgotten who he is. Brownie adamantly stated that he had communicated the situation on the ground in New Orleans to the White House . . . er, staff with the president in Crawford. Support for Bush's wiretaps and the Patriot Act is dwindling.

It's time to press the button. And that button is marked "Fear."

There is a Better Way

After last night's State of the Union address, I can't help thinking that first goal for America should be to make sure that one party does not control all the levers of power in the government. The president went out of his way to use the word "bipartisan" as much as possible, but you know he doesn't view the Democrats as partners in making a Better America.