Gonads and strife

It seems to me that we might well be witnessing the death of the Republican party as we know it. It might be a little premature, and I was at first reluctant to think anything of the way they’ve stumbled around since November, but it’s just not getting better. I think that the demise of the two party system as a whole would be a good thing (even though I identify with the Democratic party), so the Republican party’s entropy is fascinating to watch. It wouldn’t be good to just have the Democratic party either, so if one goes down, the other needs to be taken down. People can run for office based on their ideas and their records.

Maddow on Letterman.

The scandal (or whatever you want to call it) with AIG is really not a huge issue in and of itself. We gave them a lot of bailout money, and they are spending a relatively small amount of it on the current thing which is getting people pissed. They’ve been mismanaging the bailout money, but how could we be suprised about that? They’ve been mismanaging financial affairs for a good bit now, and the government needs to be more hands on with how the bailout money is being spent, not just in the case of AIG.

Looks like there’s a second stimulus bill in the works. Speculation is that the first won’t be enough to kick start the economy like people had hoped. I’d like to see some specifics, but it’s encouraging that while they tried with bill #1, they’re not just going to ride it out when economists say that the jobs created or saved are going to be 2.5 million instead of the 3.5 million that Obama had originally thought were going to be saved/created, but they’re going to try and take another crack at the issue at hand.

Brad Blakeman might be one of the most insufferable commentators I’ve ever seen.

Oh wait! There’s Tucker Carlson.

New Rules.

It turns out I have to get to work. See you soon.