It's crazy these days, and I don't mean that in the sloppy, vernacular way.  It's crazy these days.

In making sense of where we are and how we came to be here, try these quotes from people that absolutely fit right into a time characterized by craziness:

Neat little oped piece courtesy The New York Times regarding the possible similarities of Dick Nixon and Dumbya...

Those who know me personally, those who know me by my rants know full well: Living in a red state has its pitfalls....

If anyone needs to ask what America's genuine religion is, look no further than outgoing CEO of Exxon-Mobil, Lee Raymond....

Although you don't hear a lot about it on t.v., and virtually nothing on the right's "squawk radio" territory, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been fairly active in investigating the offshoring phenomenon.

Former (retired) military men of the rank of General who have publicly called for the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld, as of today:

Read through the headlines below and see if you can identify the White House's favorite method of dealing with bad news.

For those interested in the underlying details of the Delphi bankruptcy, and the many other automotive industry bankruptcies in process or to come, check out this in Business Week.

For the millions of us who have watched inflation eat away at our ability to live, economist Mason Gaffney offers up a digestible explanation at The Progress Report.

Hats off to today's Morning Call for the intelligent quote of the day, made at the end of an editorial on the White House's role in leaking intelligence info in 2003:

"War isn't the time to be playing political games."

Too bad that conflicts with the mantras of RoveBush (It's always time to be playing political games) and Cheney (don't waste a war, you never know how long it might take for the next one to come around).

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