Is this how Yani orders a Gyros?

Freestylin

Promise Made, Promise on the Way to Being Broken

There were many talking points that Democrat candidates used this past year to help them win election. One, that we repeatedly heard, is that they were going to enact all of the recommendations from the prestigious 9/11 Commission. Well, according the Washington Post, promise made, promise broken. As the Dems are now learning, sometimes, it is much easier to sit back and complain all the time than actually having to govern.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112901317.html

Deck the cats with boughs of holly

This picture was not posed.... and, if you have ever owned a kitten, you know I'm not making that up.

Do you Want a Judge, who has been Impeached on Bribery Charges, Chairing the House Intelligence Committee?

Thank Nancy Pelosi for this one. Per her orders, this guy is about to be the new Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. OY VEY!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcee_Hastings

Watch your Wallet. Tax and Spend on the Way?

I was surprised to see the majority-leader elect in the Senate - just about a week after the elections - promising to expand entitlement programs and raise taxes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/14/AR2006111400637.html

Sometimes people complain about all of the warning labels you see,

when they find out I'm an attorney. I think, in the future, rather than explain how products liability law works, I will tell them about this person. I can only imagine having to write this warning label:

Use caution when using this product near or inside orifices...

Over???

Yup...

Over???

Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor? HELL NO!!!

Limbaugh versus Kerry

In my view, statements by both men were offensive and in very, very poor taste. The statements of both undoubtedly hurt the politcal parties of both men. Was Limbaugh's statement or Kerry's worse?

Say NO to Negativity

I know that politics, like sports, can be a passionate thing for people. But, unlike sports - politics really does have very real consequences in peoples' lives. Republicans versus Democrats this election isn't the same thing as Texas vs. Oklahoma. A football game's outcome truly matters little in the grand scheme of things - which is hard for me to say because I am a HUGE lover of sports. In politics, though, the outcomes of elections matter. Who wins this election could determine, quite frankly, the stability in the Middle East, and America's ability to combat terrorism, for generations.

The stakes are enormous, and for this reason alone, politics shouldn't be treated as a game. No party, no individual is correct 100% of the time. Yet, regretably, people choose sides and blindly support their party like a sports team - even if another candidate is better for America.

Moreover, politics is more and more becoming a race about negativity. I hardly believe that anyone running for office on a major party ticket wants to take homes away for seniors; wants to increase college tuition for hard working Americans; wants to give "giveaways" to drug companies and big oil and gas; or wants to take more and more money from the American people in the form of significantly higher taxes.

In light of these points, I ask all to please consider the following:

(1) Don't treat politics as a game. Cut through the B.S. and support the best person. Sometimes this will be a Democrat. Other times Republicans. Other times a 3rd party candidate. Even the "liberal" Washington Post has endorsed a few Republicans this time around (Bob Erlich; Tom Davis; Frank Wolf to go along with their Democrat endorsements (Jim Webb; Jim Moran; etc..).

(2) As a blog, let's not stoop to the level of many of the candidates. Let's be for a candidate without having to morally and personally question another candidate.

Thank you for your consideration.