‘Capital’ Punishment

Despite polls, Bush says he has 'capital' – Our president isn’t worried that he is polling at Nixonian levels. It’s clear the guy is simply not smart enough to panic; he thinks that “his presidency, in retrospect, will be viewed as an ‘agent for peace.’” You know, in the same way that Hitler was an agent for tolerance, or Scott Peterson was an agent for women’s rights.

Bush denies Iraq civil war threat – Now I’m no Kreskin, but isn’t there at least *a chance* that Iraq is headed for a civil war? We get reports everyday that dozens of people are being killed, there’s rioting in the streets and terrorists are running wild. Maybe war can be stopped – I certainly hope it can – but to deny the premise that war is possible is to deny reality. Does this guy even get intelligence reports? Oh yeah…

Smithsonian Museum Plans Hip-Hop Exhibit – The forecast: dark and cloudy, with a 75% chance of drive by.

What? Too much?

Study: Few Americans Know 1st Amendment – It seems that while only 20% of Americans can name one of the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (who knew we could petition for redress of grievances?), more than half can name at least two members of “The Simpsons” (the cartoon, not the wife-murdering kind). Before anyone loses perspective, it’s not as if the Bill of Rights is longest-running animated primetime series in history. When it’s been around for 18 years, maybe folks will know something about it.