strife

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
Napoleon I. Bonaparte

Politics, noun. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
Ambrose Bierce

Think of the races as rival cheerleading squads, only most of us will need bigger uniforms

Sean Braisted posts the list of Nashvillians who signed Eric Crafton's petition to try to put his failed English Only initiative on the November ballot. To paraphrase a line from Schindler's List: this list ain't life; this list is strife.

Becky has a theory - this one does not advocate breaking any of the ten commandments or blaming the pope for stuff.  The theory goes that every conflict and many negative emotions come from one’s expectations not being met.  And all sense of security, contentment and bliss occurs when one’s expectations are being met or exceeded. 

From Michael Collins:

Republicans have brought much of the strife on themselves by failing to deal with issues such as energy, fiscal matters and health care when they were in the majority, said U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Chattanooga.

The Los Angeles Times reports on reaction to the Dutch film Fitna, which looks at the Islamofacist threat to Europe. The 17-minute film is available all over the 'net.

Joe Powell stands in strong opposition to the proposed Real ID, a standardized Federal ID card which would likely supplant your state drivers license:

Most of the stories about Blackwater depict a company of rogue paramilitary contractors out of control. But who do you call when you need help in a war torn country? BLACKWATER!
Three young women have returned home to Michigan after being rescued from an orphanage in a remote village of strife-torn Kenya by Blackwater [...]

Matt Pulle explains why Karl Dean’s people were so reticent to tell him exactly where the Mayor was last week:

Turns out, Lacy had a very good reason to keep Dean’s whereabouts as vague as possible: The mayor of Nashville was in the middle of a burgeoning war zone, a country succinctly characterized by the BBC as “strife-torn.”