So You Thought You Were A Central Committee Member?

Politics As Usual
If that had been a Republican, every media outlet would have been screaming Fascism, But I bet you never saw this when it happened.

Sold Out By The Senate
Senate Blocks GOP Effort to Include Census Citizenship Question Senate Democrats on Thursday rejected a GOP attempt to require next year's census forms to include a question about citizenship status -- an effort opponents called anti-immigrant.The proposal by Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Robert Bennett of Utah was aimed at excluding non-citizens from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional representatives for each state.But the Vit

Dia de los Muertos
The Day of the Dead (El Día de los Muertos or All Souls' Day) is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and by Latin Americans living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and frie

Banned Is Better
This whole Fox versus the Whitehouse has brought to my mind the story given by Billy Joel on the origin of "Only the Good Die Young." There appears to me to be some parallels and I find the dichotomy hilarious.First listen to Billy Joel.    I have this mental picture of average American's sitting in their family rooms and as Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod and  Anita Dunn  spouted off about Fox News,Reacting with  What?What Can't We Hear?What Is It They Don't Want Us To Hear???While at the same time a cackle of fiendish glee aros

Political Transparency
A lot of folks have been getting tired of politicians with "hidden" agendas or activities.It seems that the Linn County Democratic Party made a good faith effort to combat this issue recently.I would say they were totally upfront about their relationship with the average family that works hard and pays taxesWhen they used a Stretch Limousine to pull their float in a local parade.  BEHOLD