It’s come to my attention that the blog isn’t displaying properly in Internet Explorer. However, everything looks good when I put the site up on Firefox. I’d appreciate any suggestions on how to fix this problem.
I spent last night and most of today at a Civics retreat located at a YMCA camp near Hudson, just across the Wisconsin border. I didn’t stay overnight because I was pretty sure I wouldn’t sleep well on the wafer-thin mattresses available in the cabins. I also didn’t think others would have appreciated being woken up by my vent alarm should it have gone off during the night. But even a devoted city dweller like myself could appreciate being in a more pastoral setting. Some friends and I were sitting around a bonfire when I looked up and saw countless stars strewn like brilliant pebbles across the dark sky.
Busy day today. I’ll try posting again later tonight.
The mainstream media isn’t touching this story, but a few progressive blogs are reporting that Karl Rove may be indicted Friday. Could be true, could be a lot of smoke. An indictment might be enough to sink the President’s poll numbers into the high 20s. Not that this President needs much help in becoming ever more unpopular. The story about phone companies collaborating with the NSA’s secret effort to construct a massive database of Americans’ calling records isn’t likely to go away soon, particularly in light of the federal lawsuit filed against some of the participating telecoms (kudos, by the way, to my regional Bell, Qwest, for telling the NSA to screw off). Iraq is still a complete mess. Gas prices are still high.
If there’s any good news to be had, it’s that Americans seem to be growing weary of this Administration. These two maps compare Bush’s current approval ratings with those of a year ago. I’m still not confident that we can capture either the House or the Senate in the fall, but watching this country come to its senses gives me a total case of the warm fuzzies.
