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WWJD Going again to the

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WWJD

Going again to the well at Charisma News with a great article talking about the great work of a sidewalk preacher who called sorority members promiscuous. I guess that whole Mary Magdelan thing doesn’t apply even if such a claim was accurate? Provoking people seems to be code for being a huge gaping asshole. I imagine that isn’t the best strategy at spreading the Good Word, but maybe I’m missing something.

And for William Burton if he is out there, another mention of everyone’s favorite evangelist/gay porn star Dutch Sheets.

For the two men in

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For the two men in denial

Richard Rothstein’s column on Texas school funding should be a must read for the two twit running in Illinois. Ther ain’t no such thing as a free lunch and one has to figure out how to pay for schools. In a related note Capitol Fax has a good breakdown on the budget numbers.

John Ellis on Generic House

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John Ellis on Generic House Ballot in the NY Times

Ellis does a good job describing the problem with paid polls in journalism. It also explains why pollsters are off sometimes–probability.

How many times can I…

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How many times can I…

misspell Cornyn as Cornryn?

Bean gets trashed Normally this

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Bean gets trashed

Normally this would be nothing to comment on, but the Back Room reports a strident response from Crane in a mailing. While he isn’t out campaigning, this race could be closer than expected.

And remember Death is not

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And remember Death is not an Option

Four more years of Gray Davis or two minutes of Bill Simon?

Vote Molly Ivins has a

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Vote

Molly Ivins has a good column up on why you should vote.

Are politicians vane, vapid and power hungry? Sure. The wonder of democracy is that one can harness those traits to do your bidding. Or at least stop the bidding of the bigger idiot. While posting on a political blog is likely to be preaching to the choir, vote.

I have met those who were raped and tortured while struggling to achieve democracy. When my normal level of cynicism gets high, I remember them and their stories. What we have is remarkable and unique in the entire history of humanity. Don’t treat it lightly.

Why are we so cynical?

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Why are we so cynical?

My feelings are hurt so I’m going to appoint my pal. Don’t get me wrong. The individual and his party that controls the Governors office have every right to appoint a member of their own party. The cynical part of this game is that Ventura is trying to sell it as being about breaking down the party system. It isn’t. All he is doing is trying to use the system to advance his party. There is nothing wrong with that, but don’t try and dress it up as a great democratic breakthrough.

6 Degrees of Separation for

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6 Degrees of Separation for John Muhammed and Richard Reid

Jim Henly continues his bang up job deconstructing the nonsense surrounding the sniper investigation. Quote of the post:

Here is a very basic principle of international terrorism: You can not commit a suicide bombing on your way to another appointment. That’s in the handbook.

Thank you, thank you very much….

No Clear Trend In making

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No Clear Trend

In making my guesses for the election, let me make it clear–I don’t see a trend either way. What I do see are specific elections that tend to be turning towards Democrats. I can well be wrong on these, but from reading the background on them and looking at the poll numbers, it looks like Democrats will do better in Senate and Governor’s races this year. I don’t sense a clear trend towards a specific party though. The Governors are a combination of anti-incumbency (w/more Republicans) and strong candidates. The Senate is simply a factor of specific races. Given the Democrats haven’t tried to nationalize this race, it only makes sense that individual factors will determine the outcome. It just so happens those individual factors are probably helping Democrats.