alienation

Brendan Loy suggests that Barack Obama announce his runningmate sooner rather than later to cut down on all the “dream ticket” talk:

Brendan Loy suggests that Barack Obama announce his runningmate sooner rather than later to cut down on all the “dream ticket” talk:

In a week, my street will again be closed to roll out the red carpet for the fan-voted CMT Music Awards, a night where the Average Joe decides who best expresses in musical form the malaise of a life of run-down trucks and sickly stray dogs.

I just lobbed the following out to the papers.

To the Editor

By the time this letter is published, our newly seated Board of Mayor and Alderman will have chosen my Alderperson.

As we enter 2008, we collectively hold our breath and hope Bush doesn't get us in another war, and come November, whomever is elected will restore our Constitution.
(Unless, of course, Bush suspends the election...could happen)

The New York Times has a wonderful editorial about the difficulty of recognizing our country.

Looking at America

Absolute horsehockie.

Since when do we have to "compete" to save the lives of our fellow citizens?

This is the major problem of legislation like McKinney Vento. It forces agencies to compete for very scarce resource dollars.

When agencies must compete for minimal resources there is a strong incentive to overinflate their own accomplishments while minimizing the positive impact of competing agencies.