It's not just the lack of vacations that have American workers frazzled; they're also working longer hours and reporting more stress.

That's what MSNBC host Joe Scarborough told the Washington Post about his recent program that included a panel discussion on whether "George Bush's mental weakness is damaging America's credibility at home and abroad."

Scarborough concluded that "I think George Bush is in a league by himself. I don't think he has the intellectual depth as these other people."

Had we not done this, I really think we would have been overtaken by the Democrats.

Take out your pay stub and look at the line that says "state taxes," because that will double.

Do you see any contradiction between the Pope warning against the dangers of working too hard with too little contemplation, and the fact that 25 percent of U.S. workers in the private sector do not get any paid vacation time?

Cute piece in the Times courtesy Raw Story, which could be filed under "Told Ya So!"......

It isn't just about parties in this state. It never has been. I think it's about policies and people, and I think the Republican Party has lost sight of that.

Kate Witek, Nebraska State Auditor, in announcing her switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party (in which she also said the GOP is more interested in getting its candidates elected, and she feels that Nebraskans want more).

A Federal District Court decided yesterday that the warrantless surveillance program being conducted by this administration through the NSA is unconstitutional.  If you haven't seen the opinion, a PDF copy is here.

Read the following Q&A with the President regarding that court decision and see if you can find even one point bothered to even address whether the program is constitutional, apart from the bare assertion that it is:

You've heard of the piece of chocolate drippings that some workers think resembles the Virgin Mary?  The one that has given at least one employee "renewed faith?" Well exactly where was the chocolate Virgin Mary when this guy needed heavenly chocolate intervention?

You can't tell any more the difference between what's propaganda and what's news.

FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, talking about television stations' use of "video news releases," items prepared by private entities to look like news, and aired by some stations without any disclaimer that the material is not real news.

It didn't take Republicans long to start muddying the waters on the claim that there is a "culture of corruption" in Republican-controlled DC.  They wasted little time jumping on occasional stories of Democratic financial corruption, like the Congressman Jefferson episode.

Jack Abramoff and Duke Cunningham are probably the new poster boys for the most obvious form of corruption, but it would be a huge mistake to think of the "culture of corruption" as limited to taking money that you shouldn't have taken or giving money that you shouldn't have given.  You certainly can be corrupt without directly and immediately enriching yourself financially.

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