harbinger

The Los Angeles Times discusses the Tennessee Republican Party’s “Proud Video” as a harbinger of things to come as their spokesman needles the

I heard GM’s CEO speaking on the radio yesterday saying that there was no way GM could have predicted the rapid rise in gas prices, as if that was the reason he’s had to cut fifteen billion dollars in expenses in the last year, laying off a quarter of what remains of their workforce.

Homer: I read your blog.

Me: I’m glad someone does.

Homer: Why the fascination with Cousin Oliver?

Me: I don’t know. We watched him before it went in repeats. How’s 40 treating you?

Rick Moran argues that Hillary Clinton continues to run for the Democratic nomination for President not because she seeks the Vice-Presidency or to embolden her case for candidacy in 2012 should Obama lose but because she feels an obligation to the little girls of this country:

Badger and I were talking about Cousin Oliver on the Brady Bunch the other day and about the Cousin Oliver syndrome as a whole. We both agreed that when a television show adds a cute and snarky kid, the show is doomed.

The spiritual dimensions of BG zoomed past cliche to profoundly theological last weekend in the episode called "Faith," which has Starbuck's rendezvous with the Cylons and President Laura Roslin's gripping confrontation with mortality via the speeches of Gaius Baltar.

A.C. Kleinheider, of Volunteer Voters is leaving WKRN due to budget cutting measures. Having been there twice, I know some of what A.C.’s going through. The political atmosphere of blogging has lost a leader and WKRN has screwed up once again.

Nathan Moore asserts that the only thing different or exceptional about what Barack Obama is selling is his presentation:

David Brooks satirizes the dissipation of Barack Obama’s campaign magic

The afflicted had already been through the phases of Obama-mania — fainting at rallies, weeping over their touch screens while watching Obama videos, spending hours making folk crafts featuring Michelle Obama’s face. These patients had experienced intense surges of hope-amine, th

Fox News just reported that Mike Huckabee has won the West Virginia caucus. This is Huckabee’s first victory since Iowa. Interestingly, Mitt Romney won the first ballot, but failed to get to 50%, forcing a second vote. In the second vote, McCain’s supporters went to Huckabee, giving him enough votes to claim victory. A harbinger of things to come? We shall see.