Hello I am the Hag

I guess I should introduce myself and explain a little. The name of the blog comes from two sources - according to my son in law, I seem to be an expert in noting news stories about Republican politician's deviant behavior, so the stance is a Larry Craig reference. The hag comes from Hot Fuzz, a fine movie by the way. It takes place in an English village and the villagers murder people when they don't like someone's taste, chanting "The greater good...the greater good..." Two characters have this exchange during the final bloody fight - "Hag!" "Fascist!" For some reason, my son thinks that is very funny and calls me Hag regularly, and I have grown fond of the name. I have been encouraged to start a blog, which is the height of irony, being that although I incessantly read things on the internet, I am not that technologically evolved. I am an unabashed life long liberal/progressive Democrat. So here goes...