I have been in a HBO slump for awhile now. The Wire and Sopranos are done. Curb Your Enthusiasm nor any other show I am really excited about is on…so I started to question why I was paying to get HBO. A few weeks ago I happened to catch Real Time with Bill Maher and really enjoyed it. I enjoy his humor, outlook on politics, and guests that really make for an interesting look at what is going on in politics today. I am sure Ken would pretty much hate him - but he does make an effort to bring both sides to the table. Anyway - that is what I have been enjoying on HBO lately.

During college, I by chance, picked up a biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson and ended up reading in and many others in between games of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. By the end of the summer, I had a new and profound understanding of one of our greatest Presidents of all time. After a hard week, I like to go back and find a quote or two to pick me up or remind me of someone who went through a lot more hard times than I hope to ever see. This week, these quotes seemed to work:

Any jackass can kick down a barn but it takes a good carpenter to build one. - LBJ
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. -LBJ

Have a great weekend!
[tags]Lyndon Johnson, quotes[/tags]

Perhaps people do not realize how important voting really is, perhaps people do not fully understand the President's duties.
Something to consider.

After having quite the discussion this morning with co-workers, I thought it might be handy to have the links of some of our important documents.

• Declaration of Independence
• US Constitution
• Bill of Rights

It is always good to go back and re-read the documents that have shaped our country.

I have had enough. The jokes, the comments, the bashing, and now the proposed marriage amendment? I do not understand the big deal...and I am tired of the christian right constantly trying to tell me how to live. Bush wants to "preserve marriage", but he and his christian right friends do not get it...so let me put it in terms they might all understand: we want the right to divorce. Does that help W? Do you now understand? All the straight people have the opportunity to marry, screw up their marriage, screw up their kids, and then divorce. How is that fair? So please, do not talk to me about "preserving marriage" when half of these sacred unions end up in divorce.

From the White House press release:
"America is a free society, which limits the role of government in the lives of our citizens. This commitment of freedom, however, does not require the redefinition of one of our most basic social institutions. Our government should respect every person, and protect the institution of marriage. There is no contradiction between these responsibilities. We should also conduct this difficult debate ... [more]

I bet all Americans (well all Americans that do not want to see the same fiasco as "Operation Brother Jeb: 2000") feel relieved to hear we now have a plan to hold elections, even if under attack, during the upcoming November election. Perhaps we were fooled by Operation Brother Jeb: 2000 in the 2000 election, but I bet you Bush and friends would love to get in office again with another shenanigan like "Operation No One Changes Presidents During War Times, So Bring it on Right Before the Elections." A "conflict" or an "attack" right before the elections would likely make it possible for a recount, miscount, hero status, or anything else that Bush's friends could do to get W in office again, so what will it be this time? Perhaps Bin Laden will be "captured" a week before the elections, what are the chances? Hmm...