Tête-à-Tête-Tête

Lots of love fests on the internet & in the media today for President Ford & rightly so. He was a good person. He brought some honesty and integrity back to the office of the Presidency. He was in it for the country, not for himself. He expressed a kind of humility [...]

via Dave.

It’s been said before & it’s been said better. All the guys who were so famously and cripplingly wrong about Iraq on so many different points - they are still the ones calling the shots. They - President included - are the ones favoring a “Surge” of troops, in opposition to the Joint Chiefs, [...]

Buy your loved ones girly crap for Christmas.
Disclaimer: That’s the SO’s side business site.

dKos diary is a good read, unless you don’t like hearing these things. If that’s the case, plug your ears good - because it’s going to get more difficult to ignore this.
…Another good one

I just don’t like the guy and I never have.
This makes me like him even less. 
My favorite quote in the comments section
Who knew that a 5-year stay at the Hanoi Hilton wouldn’t make you crazy but a few terms in the US Senate would.
McCain is just an old worn out authoritarian who needs to go ahead [...]

I have always been a sucker for good poetry especially when it is attached to mesmerizing imagery.
Check it out.

Count me down as one of those people for whom the last 6 years has brought not only fear of Republicans, but fear of one party rule & fear of institutionalized political parties. I’ve squeaked before about needing a viable third party.
This post, and my subsequent reflections sparked an idea.
How would a revitalized, reformed [...]

just don’t light a match!

Does anybody know what happened to Billmon? Is he still alive? Will he ever post again?
No post since November 15th.
If anybody knows anything let me know.