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Net Neutrality at risk, from the back door this time......

Put Down the CD, and Step Away from the Computer Slowly

The RIAA should be exterminated (altho time and incompetence may take care of that for us!) and Congress should be horsewhipped for passing the obscene law that gives them cover for their insane actions. Jeebus!

Another Top 'x' List

This time the Top 50 Most Loathesome persons (including 'you'!)

Examples:

48. Carson Daly

Charges: Otherwise too banal for derision, Daly, who cut his shmuck-teeth warming musical Similac for tweens on MTV, acted as Writer's Guild strike breaker by returning to air without them.

Exhibit A: We didn't know his show employed writers.

Sentence: Forced to appear nightly on The Carson Daly Show.

47. Mike Huckabee

Charges: What's worse, a calculating politician pretending to be a devout Christian, or a genuine heartland preacher who didn't come from no monkey? Huckabee is both -- a Southern Baptist who rejects Darwin, wants to give everyone a gun and thinks people with AIDS should be quarantined, and a seedy, corrupt politician who's never seen a payoff so low he won't stoop to pick it up. Democrats see Huckabee as easily defeated in a general election, but they shouldn't be so sure -- Smooth talking preachers tend to do well in this country. Huckabee is well-spoken, kind-faced, and the opposite of wordly -- he's Obama for hicks.

Exhibit A: "I got into politics because I knew government didn't have the real answers, that the real answers lie in accepting Jesus Christ into our lives... I hope we answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ."

Sentence: Just as he's about to win the GOP nomination, a freak gust of wind catches Huckabee's excess skin and carries him out over the Atlantic, where he drifts for hours before God appears to him, tells him He's a Unitarian, and sends him to hell.

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43. Sherri Shepherd

Charges: Perfectly illustrated the Creationist's level of intellect when she declared her disbelief in evolution, and was immediately stumped about the shape of the earth, explaining her ignorance was due to the fact that she was too busy feeding her children to acquire rudimentary knowledge about... well, about anything, presumably. Further compounded her astonishing lack of basic knowledge when she authoritatively declared that Jesus Christ came before the ancient Greeks, and that she didn't think "anything predated Christians." Judging by these statements, Sherri probably thinks there are dragons on the other side of her desk.

Exhibit A: Accurately reflects the intelligence of her viewing audience.

Sentence: Pushed off the edge of the earth.

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40. Lou Dobbs

Charges: Obvious, intensifying xenophobia and distrust of the yellow and brown races, possibly exacerbated by Mexican wife. Whatever useful message Dobbs once had about economic populism and the deleterious effects of globalization and cheap labor on American wages has long been tainted by his obvious animosity towards foreigners, specifically Mexicans and the Chinese. Every installment of his hour-long broadcast on CNN is dominated by reports about the "menace" of foreign imports, be they illegal immigrants crossing "our broken borders" to spread disease and rape our women, or poisonous products from "communist China." Proof that Dobbs is a venomous yellow journalist shithead can be seen in his reaction to media criticism of a segment on his show in which it was erroneously reported that there had been a sudden upsurge in leprosy cases, totaling 7,000 in just three years, the source of which was a lawyer who had also said in speeches that Mexican immigrants tend to molest children. In truth, there had been 7,000 cases of leprosy in the past thirty years. Dobbs was confronted several times with this fact -- first he strongly defended his numbers, then strongly denied ever having used his numbers. A real journalist admits his errors. Dobbs is an ass.

Exhibit A: Sharply criticized the use of Mexican flags in immigrant demonstrations, then denied the obvious double standard of that comment by going on to say that he would have the same problem with Irish flags at the St. Patrick's Day parade, and, in fact, that he was against St. Patrick's Day. Yeah, sure, Lou.

Sentence: Stuffed with Green Cards; turned into amnesty pinata.

39. John Boehner

Charges: A Tom Delay disciple of shameless hypocrisy, Boehner won't stop weeping openly on the House floor -- real crying, from his tear ducts. It's not passion; it's the pathetic noontime inebriation of an obvious, documented alcoholic. Job title, "Minority Whip," is ironically hilarious. Bound by ideology to destroy nation.

Exhibit A: His name is Boner.

Sentence: Afflicted with voodoo hex that makes him cry poisonous spiders.

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35. Tim Russert Charges: Mountainously inert, he explained his failure to verify the Bush administration's prewar claims with other government officials by lamenting, "I wish my phone had rung." Smirks defiantly at his own humorlessness. Has held the most visible and secure seat in political media for over 15 years without once mustering the courage to call his guests liars. Impossible to watch him interview any woman on "Meet the Press" without fearing he'll suddenly waggle his sinewy tongue, Jabba-like, and beslobber her.

Exhibit A: Self-mythologizing non sequiturs such as "Look, I'm a blue-collar guy from Buffalo. I know who my sources are."

Sentence: Life as an actual blue-collar guy from Buffalo, i.e. a call center drone in North Carolina.

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31. Dana Perino

Charges: In a nation weary of White House press secretaries who feign ignorance, the Bush administration took an innovative step this year, appointing one who genuinely doesn't know anything. No more lies, America -- Dana Perino really can't answer your questions, honest! This slightly comely, over-promoted office wench not only didn't know what the Cuban missile crisis or the Bay of Pigs even were; she actually thought it was a funny story to tell on NPR.

Exhibit A: "This is an issue where I'm sure lots of people would love to ridicule me when I say this, but it is true that many people die from cold-related deaths every winter. And there are studies that say that climate change in certain areas of the world would help those individuals."

Sentence: Sent back in time to '62; Strapped to bottom of U2 spy plane for extreme history lesson.

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26. William Kristol

Charges: Bears the burlesque Cheshire grin of a sophist born with a large silver spoon jammed sideways in his mouth. A second generation neocon raised in the tradition of Straussian perception management and myth creation, Kristol is basically lying about everything -- always -- and he knows it. Whether at the helm of Rupert Murdoch's Weekly Standard, appearing on Murdoch's Fox News Channel, or co-founding the disastrous Project for a New American Century, Bill is arguably the most egregious media hawk of a generation. Seems to have suffered no ill impact to his career or prestige despite having been completely wrong about everything to do with Iraq and Iran, and actually laughs about it with obnoxious frequency.

Exhibit A: "First of all, whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it's a good idea. I'm happy that the President's willing to do something bad for the kids."

Sentence: Corners of mouth torn apart by metal hook towing mules and face stomped by high-heeled elephants.

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23. Bill O'Reilly

Charges: If judgmentalism were sugar, anyone in the same city as this paragon of intellectual overconfidence would lose their teeth within five minutes. O'Reilly is everything that's wrong with America: Won't ever admit he was wrong about anything (and will lie repeatedly rather than correct himself), accuses all who disagree with him of treason or insanity, attacks all who criticize him, and glories in his own troglodytic bluster. Anoints himself an authority on morals, despite common knowledge that he is a sexual harasser. Pretends to be an "independent" who just happens to look, sound, and act exactly like a Republican. Hasn't engaged in a valid exchange of ideas in his entire career, because he knows he'd be crushed in seconds by an average college freshman. O'Reilly wins by interrupting, shouting, and if all else fails, cutting off his opponent's microphone. A tiny, scared child of a man.

Exhibit A: "And this is what white America doesn't know, particularly people who don't have a lot of interaction with black Americans. They think that the culture is dominated by Twista, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg." Gee Bill, where would they get that idea?

Sentence: Marinated, barbecued, and served at Sylvia's restaurant in Harlem, where the blacks eat just like real people.

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14. Glenn Beck

Crimes: If Fox News isn't quite asinine enough for you, just click on over to Headline News, where the CNN brand is eagerly defiling its vestigial credibility by giving an hour a day to the dumbest dumbfuck in dumbfuckistan, Glenn Beck. A white-knuckle, dry drunk, closet case man-child with apparent xenophobia issues and a penchant for end-times theology, Mormon convert Beck is palpably horny for the apocalypse, passive-aggressively accusing even the world's most benign Muslims of plotting America's destruction and likening withdrawal from Iraq to slavery. Beck's combination of faux everyman persona and deliberate misinformation -- The hottest year on record was 1934 (actually 2005), tax cuts increase revenue (patently false Reaganomic mysticism), Antarctica is cooling, Scooter Libby went to jail -- seems increasingly insane, as his whole persona seems to be a frantic pantomime of how he thinks an even-keeled, "smart" bigot would act. Thinks Al gore is "like Hitler." May actually be in love with the president of Iran.

Exhibit A: "I don't know if the Muslim community will ever step to the plate like the Japanese-American community did during World War II. You know, it was absolutely disgraceful how we rounded innocent people up then and, sadly, history has a way of repeating itself no matter how grotesque that history might be. The Muslim community can prevent this if they act now."

Sentence: Anchored to the Florida shore, Beck is forcibly compelled to vigorously deny the gradual rise of water levels around him as boats full of gay, Marxist Muslim illegal immigrants arrive and disembark nearby. Eventually, after two decades, Beck drowns.

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9. You

Charges: You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you. You suddenly give a damn about border integrity, because the automated voice system at your pharmacy asked you to press 9 for Spanish. You cling to every scrap of bullshit you can find to support your ludicrous belief system, and reject all empirical evidence to the contrary. You know the difference between patriotism and nationalism -- it's nationalism when foreigners do it. You hate anyone who seems smarter than you. You care more about zygotes than actual people. You love to blame people for their misfortunes, even if it means screwing yourself over. You still think Republicans favor limited government. Your knowledge of politics and government are dwarfed by your concern for Britney Spears' children. You think buying Chinese goods stimulates our economy. You think you're going to get universal health care. You tolerate the phrase "enhanced interrogation techniques." You think the government is actually trying to improve education. You think watching CNN makes you smarter. You think two parties is enough. You can't spell. You think $9 trillion in debt is manageable. You believe in an afterlife for the sole reason that you don't want to die. You think lowering taxes raises revenue. You think the economy's doing well. You're an idiot.

Exhibit A: You couldn't get enough Anna Nicole Smith coverage.

Sentence: A gradual decline into abject poverty as you continue to vote against your own self-interest. Death by an easily treated disorder that your health insurance doesn't cover. You deserve it, chump.

I had to include Glenn... the BF thinks he's hot (in the way that Kathy Griffin's mother thinks Bill Orally is hot... sigh, just bloody fucking sigh!

Build a Bunker?

It may yet turn out that Howard Ruff wasn't a buffoon, just a generation early in his dire predictions. The construction and real estate markets are tanking. Citigroup, JPMorganChase, Merrill Lynch, MBIA, Ambac and others are reeling from the mortgage (and (mainly) the mortgage deriviative) market, to the point that they may not survive (at least with current and/or American ownership). And if the big boys are reeling, the littler boys (BofA, Wells Fargo, Cap One, et al) have got to be getting nervous, if not downright sick. And, of course, we have the Gang that Couldn't Shoot Themselves in the Dick If They Wanted To in charge. I have to cut this short; I think my local gold dealer and survival gear store are open late tonight.

Top Ten Legal Whoppers

Steve Benen, subbing for Kevin over at Political Animal, points us Dahlia Litwick's top 10 list of Bu$hCo's most egregious legal lies of the year. Solon weeps.....

Sometimes, We Get What We Deserve

I hope the NYT and Bill Kristol are VERY happy together......

Good For Nothin'

I don't think Benazir Bhutto was 'the answer' to Pakistan's problems, but she was a piece in the puzzle that is the answer. Her death has irrevocably damaged Pakistan and U.S. strategy in SW Asia is in tatters because of it.

Almost everyone of the candidates has announced how her death indicates that they should be the candidate. Almost every one of the talking heads in the MSM has indicated why it's good for whichever candidate they favor or bad for whichever candidate they oppose. This is not good for democracy, it is not good for the democratic process (here or there), it is only good for nothing.

Stick to the Blogs

Greenwald gives us a broad selection of reasons to avoid the MSM, including the ever-pungent Joe Klein:

"I have neither the time nor legal background to figure out who's right"

-- Joe Klein of Time Magazine, reciting the anthem of our modern press corps in explaining why he can't be bothered to correct the script Hoekstra fed him.

Just Bidness As Usual

AAARRRGGGGHHH!!!

Scrooge Stooge Out

Tom Tancredo dropped out of the Republican primary rumble and has slunk (slinked?) back his Secret Chamber of Horrors in Colorado. After backing....(wait for it).... Romney!

Breathe Deep the Gathering Gloom

EPA denies CA's request for waiver to allow stiffer than federal pollution regs. Schwarzenegger vows to sue Feds. Hold your breath for a while.

Orwellian Hooplehead

Bob Ceska, at HuffPo, has a great polemic on the Presidency, mostly the inadequacy of Bush, in what turns into an ode to Barack Obama. But it's still worth reading for the Bush-bashing:

From the very beginning -- back when our torture chambers still had that new torture chamber smell; and before our chief executive's incompetence exploded like an M80 inside the clenched-fist of the world -- George W. Bush has been an embarrassment.

We know his disgraceful deeds and policies. But it's his utter lack of quality; his unsubstantial presence; his marble-mouthed oratorical retardation; his inability to inspire greatness; and his empty-suit absence of intellectual curiosity which preordained him to be the worst President of the United States in modern history.

Admittedly, when it comes to the presidency, my personal level of idealism rests somewhere between Frank Capra and Aaron Sorkin. I'm a presidential geek. One of my life goals is to work in the White House for one week. My Dad's old office at the Treasury Department used to look out over the east lawn, and when I was a kid I used to imagine that one day the president would invite me and my Dad for a ride on Marine One.

But after seven years in this Dark Age, I've almost forgotten what it was like to have a real president occupying the White House: a president who, even if I disagreed with his policies and ideology, dignified the office with a stature that symbolized the awesomeness of America.

Emerson wrote, "Every hero becomes a bore at last. Perhaps Voltaire was not bad-hearted, yet he said of the good Jesus, even, 'I pray you, let me never hear that man's name again.'"

We seem to experience this routine with almost every two-term president. But President Bush was never a hero in the first place and only grew more ridiculous with each subsequent crime against the Constitution, against human decency and against democracy itself. If there's any justice left in this nation, history will record that President Bush was an entirely inadequate tool; a bungling villain whose early popularity grew out of a traumatic and patriotic need to support the office regardless of who occupied it.

And when the flood waters literally rose up and washed away the disguise, the slack-jawed poseur was revealed -- the "bore" who had always been there, but who had been previously and cynically costumed in cowboy drag. Some of us recognized the charade from the beginning, but it required a second national tragedy, this time in New Orleans, to alert the media and the rest of America to his criminal incompetence.

American history is inextricably tied to the presidency. It's how we mentally assemble the chronology of our past. For going on eight years, we've endured a chief executive who never should have ascended to this post. Consequently, this decade has been an aberration; a time when Americans somehow championed an illegitimate, Orwellian hooplehead and naturally suffered the consequences. This is how most of the first decade of this century will be remembered.

We're Getting Hosed

The result of the mass-ification of the media is readily apparent today. With the tapes destruction cover up scandal unfolding, the ongoing telecom immunity scandal heating up, and several dozen other issues/scandals (aren't all issues ultimately scandals with Bu$hCo?) floating around, what's the lead story each hour of the thirteen Eyewitless local news broadcasts? JAMIE LYNN SPEARS IS PREGNANT! NATION DOOMED! Look, it's a NEW bright shiny object to distract the masses from what's really important.

Snark from Edwards?

The Edwards campaign, apparently fed up with being treated like an idiot stepchild in the primary season, has fired back with a 'we are TOO running for President' memo to the press. It may backfire (the press is not noted for its ability to take (or recognize) a joke) but it's great reading, anyway. Greg Sargent at TPM has coverage.

Woohoo! Edwards on Top?

Political Wire reports a new Iowa poll (from InsiderAdvantage, so I have no idea of its value) that shows Sen. Edwards in the lead. For what it's worth.....

Ron Paul "Crucifies" Huckabee

Ron Paul, who I kinda like, as an ex-Libertarian from Texas, lays into the Huckster over his Christmas Cross commercial:

"It reminds me of what Sinclair Lewis once said. He says, 'when fascism comes to this country, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross.' Now I don't know whether that's a fair assessment or not, but you wonder about using a cross, like he is the only Christian or implying that subtly. So, I don't think I would ever use anything like that."

Arianna on The Repug's Jesus Problem

Arianna has a great post today on why the Repug's are aghast that one of their theo-con wing is the front-runner for the nomination (Peggy Noonan had a good article the other day, from the other side of the aisle, saying the same basic thing, but I've lost the link.) Well worth the read:

With Mike Huckabee's continuing surge, the Republican Party now has an Iowa front-runner whose religious beliefs are virtually identical to those of George Bush. He's anti-choice, born-again, against gay-marriage, and gets political advice directly from God.

So why is the Republican establishment suddenly in a state of near-apoplexy about Mike Huckabee? Shouldn't they be happy? They've been cultivating evangelicals and fundamentalists for 30 years. Now they finally have a candidate who's truly part of the movement. So what's the problem?

Actually, that is the problem. The evangelical crowd was fine when it was just a resource to be cynically exploited every few years in demagogic anti-gay get-out-the-vote campaigns. But now the holy-rolling monster the GOP's Dr. Frankensteins have created has thrown off the shackles, fled the lab, and is currently leading in Iowa. And the party doesn't know what to do.

Income Inequaliy Quantified

Kevin has a great chart at Politcal Animal showing how divergent income growth has become between the various 'classes'. If you aren't in the top ten percent, your income, in 'real' dollars, has gone down since '79. If you aren't in the top 1%, your income has, at best, been flat. If you're in the top 1%, you probably aren't reading my blog, so screw you- go count your money!

Yet Another Reason to Vote for Edwards

Stolen whole cloth from Atrios..... Edwards from Stephanopoulos' show:

STEPHANOPOULOS: Four years ago, The Des Moines Register picked you. They said, "His time is now," and it clearly gave a boost to your campaign then. So this endorsement of Hillary Clinton is a blow this morning.

EDWARDS: Oh, I think The Des Moines Register's a great newspaper with good people. There are good people there. I think it remains to be seen how important it turns out to be, but congratulations to Senator Clinton.
I didn't consider it a consolation prize. I'm excited about being on the cover of Newsweek. The only thing I would add is, we did have a very serious debate when I was at the editorial board about a really fundamental difference that I have with them, which is, I do believe we have to take on a very serious issue of too much influence of corporate power in Washington and how it affects the public policy in this country.

STEPHANOPOULOS: I wanted to get into that. Because here's what they said in the editorial this morning. They noted that they endorsed you four years ago, but then they went on to say this: "We too seldom saw the positive optimistic campaign we found appealing in 2004. His harsh anti-corporate rhetoric would make it difficult to work with the business community to forge change."

How do you answer that charge?

EDWARDS: Well, we just -- what I just said. I mean, they have a position. I respectfully disagree with it. I think that if we're going to have serious change in this country, universal health care, attacking global warming, a tax policy that works for most Americans instead of just a few, a trade policy that creates jobs instead of costing jobs, I mean, all those things are going to require us to have a president of the United States who's tough and willing to fight these powerful corporate interests that stand between us and the change that we need.

And I think the notion that you can sit at the table and negotiate and compromise, and these powerful interests will give away their power, I think is a fantasy. If it were true, it would have been working over the last few decades. And it does not.

I think we have a huge fight, an epic fight on our hands against those powerful interests, not against politicians. Nobody cares about politicians fighting. But I think we need a president who's tough enough to take these people on and win, and I've been doing it my whole life.

Dodd Issues Challenge to Hillary, Obama

Presidential Candidate Sen. Chris Dodd basically threw down the gauntlet today to HRC and Obama to support his promised filibuster of the telecom immunity issue.

Take Action in the Strike

Use the link below to write the producers of your favorite show(s) and urge them to negotiate (and to negotiate in good faith) to help end the strike ASAP!

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What Bush Has Done To America

Being the sort of person I am, I always pretty much assume that if someone in government has moving lips, it means they're lying. But, until Bu$hCo, I always assumed that they were at least trying to make it LOOK like they weren't lying. The last seven years have removed even that. Steve Benen, writing at TPM, sums it up perfectly:

And speaking of not telling the truth, the White House emphasized yesterday that Bush has "no recollection" of being made aware of the tapes' destruction before Thursday, when CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden briefed the president.

Given the quality and reliability of White House denials of late, I'm inclined to assume this means the president keeps a DVD copy of the video in his desk drawer and has held multiple screenings of the interrogations in the White House screening room.

Or maybe I'm just cynical.

Fight or Flight?

The more I look at news coming out of Bu$hCo, here in the waning days, with the wheels flying off in all directions, the more I wonder how many Bushistas will reside inside the U.S. by the end of Jan '09, and where the ones that leave will go.

It becomes more and more obvious that Bu$hCo is not just an evil mess, it's a criminal operation that puts the mob to shame (hey, did Joey Banana ever have nuke-you-ler weapons?!?!?!?) RICO, anyone? With a Dem Congress and a Dem Administration come 2009 (barring a miracle of nativity proportions to save the Repugs), which means a Dem controlled Justice Dept, D.C., and the U.S. generally, may not be such a nice place for former Bushies to be, what with all those subpoenae flying through the air.

The problem is, at some point, as truth comes out, the Hague is going to start getting VERY interested in some of these guys, and NOT being in the U.S. could be damaging to their well-being (life in solitary is hard on the health!) So, as we head into the holiday season, let us spare a moment to pity these poor RICO-ettes; instead of singing holiday songs with the rest of us, they're crooning, 'Should I stay or should I go? If I go, there will be trouble, an' if I stay, it will be double...'

Why Repugs Must Be Extirpated!

Mitch McConnell, your Senate Minority Leader, on US casualties in Iraq:

"Nobody is happy about losing lives but remember these are not draftees, these are full-time professional soldiers."

What a Surprise?!?!?!

DHS sucks. Liebermann in charge of oversight. Do the math.

Jesus!

Or not. Romney made his big 'explaining Mormonism' speech. Governor, I knew Jack Kennedy... oh wait.... Anyway, not only was Romney's speech not Kennedyesque, it was barely Bushesque. It was probably less rambling and incoherent than a Bush speech, but it did have less content. He said nothing, clarified nothing, satisfied no one, and thus achieved most of his goals.

They Came for Me and There Was No One Left to....

In the post below, I pointed to the Times of London article on Bu$hCo's new enthusiasm for kidnapping non-terror suspects, under old court rulings and new laws and interpretations. A new post at DailyKos examines it in further detail and explains some of the basis and some of the ramifications. We need to change this now.

More Unbefreakinglievable!

Apparently, we can 'rendition' anyone.... yup, they hate us for our freedoms all right!

Bush to Gut More than Constitution?

Responding to a NYTimes article that lobbyists are pushing to get Bu$hCo to change, gut, and reverse various rules and regs before the clock runs out, Kevin asks:

I can hardly wait to see what kind of last minute damage Bush decides to inflict on the Republic as his term in office draws to a close.

Some interesting info in the article as to why it will be harder for Bush's replacement to fix this than it was for Bush to shred Clinton's work.

BCS-apalooza

For the sixth week in a row, the number 1 or 2 ranked BCS team lost (both this week) which has thrown the final BCS ratings are an accident looking for a place to happen. Ohio State should be number one come tomorrow, but the remaining places are up for grabs. Georgia is currently number 4, but didn't even win its conference, so it's likely they won't be moved up to the 2 spot. LSU beat Tennessee and is probably one of the 2 or 3 best teams, and wouldn't upset anyone (except the Bulldogs) if they jumped to 2, which is what I think is most likely. USC is probably the best (at least, the hottest) team right, but their fall earlier in the season is too much to overcome, I think (as a UCLA fan-in-law I'm not allowed to want them to jump either!) Hawaii remains as the only undefeated team, having won a SPECTACULAR game against UWash tonight, that given the time it kicked off finished after most of the poll voters were sound asleep (or profoundly drunk, knowing sports writers!) :)

When, I hear the masses cry, will we get a Division 1 playoff? Not anytime soon, I reply, sadly. The powers-that-be in college football are too stupid and short-term oriented to want to switch from the current cash-cow of bowl games to a playoff system, even tho, properly marketed, the system could make them a lot of money, probably more than the current one. I do understand the fear of the Bowls that a playoff would render them moot (read, less profitable) but surely a system could be designed that used them as a part of or a feeder to a playoff. The ideal system in my mind would be a post bowl playoff system, feeding to a final game that was paired with the Superbowl; the day before, the week before, whatever.... give the Superbowl/Finals town a HUGE boost with a HUGE payoff for everyone. Probably in my lifetime, but not in my goldfish's, tho, I fear.

Even Repugs Think Repugs Are Doomed in '08

DHinMI at DKos (see below for his excellent piece on the election) reports on Nat Review's outlook on the upcoming elections. Doom and gloom, with an action plan that wouldn't work if they reincarnated Rube Goldberg to put it together. A sweet read.