bread lines

While I am tinkering here on my blog, my son in law is discussing the economy and how we are basically screwed if the government defaults on debt - bread lines doesn't begin to describe the chaos that will ensue. What a cheery thought. God help us if McNut is elected. Although the polls look good, I must admit I am holding my breath and wonder what the repugs will pull in the next few weeks. They are capable of anything.

Oliver Clark

Two things about this story interested me - one how Gallup decides who is an undecided voter, and McCain's condescending assumptions about the man who asked the question. I also thought Oliver Clark was quite gracious in his reaction to McCain's foolishness in assuming that he knew nothing about Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/9/173349/097/963/625503

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...