SNL does Palin-Biden

This is just great! I laughed so hard I would have shot beer out my nose, if I had been drinking...Maverick!

Palin bingo

So for those of you who are planning to watch tonight's vic-prez debate, here is something to make it more enjoyable: Palin Bingo! I was alerted to this great public service by one of the political blogs I read on a regular basis, Cogitamus. I might just print out a couple of these cards for Benjamin and I tonight. I am mostly just hoping that she says something that helps the campaign self-implode...

Go Barack Go!

I just finished reading The Audacity of Hope. I usually avoid books by politicians and celebrities, because they tend to be a rehashing of stories widely available in the press, or just bad writing. Not so with this one. I am glad I read it - it makes me more enthusiastic about Obama, and more hopeful that he can help to get this country back on track if he wins. On that point, however, I am very worried. I am just terrified that McCain will win and then become incapacitated somehow, and then Sarah Palin will be acting president. Please folks, don't let this happen. Vote for Obama and encourage all your friends and relatives to do the same.

We watched the presidential debate last week with a group of other like-minded people. I got a free t-shirt, the cops stopped by a couple of times to make us turn the TV down (we were watching outside using a projector and a garage door), and people drove by, honking car horns and shouting racial slurs at us. Welcome to the south. Sigh.