If I had any lingering doubt whether the current government was 100% incompetent, or only 98.6% incompetent, this pretty much decided it for me: the Dept of Defense has apparently screwed up extensions of service in Afghanistan so badly that some soldiers landed in the U.S. only to be immediately told that they had to get on the next plane and return to Afghanistan.

Remember how often Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, the National Review crowd, et. al. have accused the sane portion of America of helping the terrorists by criticizing the war (and exposing secret government programs, and voting Democratic, and on and on)?

Okay, he really did make the health insurance tax deduction proposal in the state of the union.  Even though the White House leaked the idea early, and just about every sane analyst said it won't solve the problem, and pretty certainly will create another problem.

As Jim Webb noted in his rebuttal to the official State of the Union, it's almost like the Repubs & Dems get their economic news from two different universes. Compare these two statements from the State of the Union and the rebuttal:

Uh-oh! Guess what! Scooter ain't happy with how is trial be a goin'...

WTW reported on the indictment of three Ohio election workers for flouting Ohio law on conducting recounts during the 2004 elections.  That trial is now underway, and what appears to be the main defense is, frankly, insulting as hell.

I cannot make a case for capitalism or democracy from the Scriptures. God's obvious choice of political system is a kingdom with a king who understands that dominion is a regal state where the king cares for the subject and in turn is loved as a leader worthy to follow.

This is George Bush's war and let's be clear who is responsible for the ultimate outcome. His failed policy led to the current intolerable situation and nothing that he has proposed has worked. If the "surge" helps to somewhat stabilize Iraq, I'm willing to let Bush claim some credit, but he cannot undo the damage he has done to American foreign policy around the world or to the overall strength and readiness of our military.

It isn't often you see a smear of a leading presidential candidate, which is then used to smear that candidate's strongest rival, then, to top it all off, to re-smear the subject of the original smear.  Think Obama smeared, with that smear laid at Hillary's feet, then implications that, no, maybe Obama smeared himself.

Good old Richard Viguerie has issued a press release claiming that the Senate lobbying reform bill (S.1) will require bloggers with more than 500 visitors to register as lobbyists.

The emergence of the religious right as a national and local force has put our schools under constant scrutiny, with well-funded religious groups chomping at the bit to sue some school over some supposed slight to Christianity.  It not only fuels the misperception that Christians are persecuted, but creates an ever-stronger chilling effect: schools voluntarily change their behavior in ways that please the Christians, simply to stave off the cost and bad publicity of a lawsuit accusing them of discriminating against Christians.

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