WHY IS IT.....

Whole wheat bread costs more than white bread? It has to require some labor to refine the wheat into white flour? It's counterintuitive that the whole wheat should be more costly.

YOU SUPPOSE BRETT FAVRE.....

is watching Tom Watson?

SULK DAY--SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM

Injured, in pain, listening to gas bags fail to ask Sotomayor meaningful questions. Listening to untrained folks call her a racist and just not up for a full post.

Comment on the issues of the day and I'll post the useful ones later.

THIS IS SORT OF THE REVERSE MCNAIR

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Maybe they oughta just let him out and let her become his "caregiver." She could decide what kind of "care" he deserved.

I'M SORRY, I REALLY WAS GONNA GIVE THE SCHOOL BOARD THING A REST

"If they'd been a little nicer"

You cannot make this stuff up!

GOOD PARTY BUT NO BOOZE, WE GO HOME

While you're trying to figure out what movie that's from, consider this:

Mr. McQueen spoke about the lack of "access" to the City Council, while he was enjoying.......uh, access to the City Council.

Toto doesn't understand it either.

GOVERNMENT STUPIDITY ABOUNDS!

Hearing no testimony, Senators drone on about the Supreme Court Nominee.

Todd Stroger declares the Sheriff needs more resources for the Burr Oak Cemetary caper but he has "no idea" where they will come from.

Pat Quinn is very proud of borrowing $26B while we're 11 Billion upside down and is going to pay for it with a "dandruff tax."

And then, of course, there's 6-0 Bud.

BUDSTER ON REGIONAL TV

Saw Les interview Bud.

The six of you who voted for this outcome (and some of you are very good friends of the Basin) must be very proud.

Harry Callahan said, "Man's gotta know his limitations."

THE DEBATE OVER MCQUEEN'S MERITS MISSES THE POINT

Been noticing a lot of debate over the recent McQueen publicity breakout. Is McQueen just a poser or does he have the public interest at heart?

It doesn't make any difference. He is the hood ornament for a transparency push. In a democracy change doesn't usually get made without an outside push. Right now, whether you agree with it or not, there's a bigger than usual push for spending cuts and a resulting push for more "access" to decision-makers. The push is part of the process.

That's the way it's been here since the revolutionary war. Some of our greatest visionaries have been peacocks and whack jobs (Can you say "Aaron Burr" or "Andrew Jackson"?). A viewpoint is going to have a spokesman. Love him or find him wanting, he's filling a vital role in representative government.