I'm just trying to fight off a feeling of impending doom. For all his protestations, Rehnquist can't last and that means another Bush nomination. Which is going to further skew the court to the right. I'm trying to not think about the next 25 years--when my son graduates from college and is ready to start his life but he's not going to enjoy the same level of freedom in this country that I had when I was his age.

Maybe I'm stuck in Worst Case Scenario Land but it's hard to leave that place when I see comments on the Columbus Dispatch's website by Bush supporters who, in the face of the Rove debacle, STILL think this country is being led by a morally upright man who is going to keep us safe from the terroists.

I'm stuck between wanting to crawl into a hole and disappear and wanting to go out and start bitch slapping conservatives left and right.

Cash, when my parents were first married, the McCarthy hearings were going on. It seemed to them the whole country was on the side of these witch hunts and personal freedoms were being trampled left and right. People were being thrown into prison for political affiliations. By the time I got to KINDERGARTEN, civil rights were beginning to flower and by the time I got to college, well, it was the '70s. Things change.

Robin, Thank you. That is an uplifting post and I'm marking it for when I need it again. I'm trying to keep my perspective.

This is what I mean about the rubber band snapping back.

This is what I mean about the rubber band snapping back.

I'll try to remember to duck when the rock comes.

Cash, FWIW, I worry too. While I agree with Robin and Allyson that we're due for a swing back in the other direction, and I think that's the most likely outcome (though who knows whether that swing will come in 1, 5, or 10 years), I don't think it's guaranteed. Countries do occasionally degrade away from democracy, after all.

I do know I'd really love to be such a successful author that I could live anywhere. Like Vancouver or Victoria, or maybe even London or Edinburgh.

How a guy used Google Maps to get out of a traffic ticket: [link]

That's hilarious. But honestly, who would argue that 110th is one way?!?!

But honestly, who would argue that 110th is one way?!?!

I know! Must have been his first day on the job.

If nothing else, it's just a fact -- it's not a judgement call. There had to be people in the hall or something who could have confirmed it.