Day: February 25, 2009

Bonus Quote du Jour

Buck Banks

An organized mind at work is a wonderful thing to watch. During his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama placed the mind of his presidency on display, and it was wonderfully organized. The speech — a State of the Union stand-in — presented a clear, mostly left-of-center agenda for his presidency and a series of forceful rationales for his proposed actions. Obama offered all this up with a now-familiar fair dose of charm and grace. It’s been years since any BMOC in Washington has presented such an extensive and well-articulated plan for — dare one say it — change.

David Corn of the Nation, commenting on President Obama’s speech before the Congress last night

What Would You Give Up?

Trish

We’d like to take a moment and salute our Catholic friends and relatives who are giving something up for Lent, which starts today and continues for 39 more. We know our cousin Dianne is giving up smoking — a corker idea and one for which she has our full support.

Others cite sweets and sodas. I am not Catholic and already quit smoking, drinking (mostly), eating animals, and bashing Bush on a daily basis so I’d have to get creative if I were to participate.

What about you? Are you giving something up for Lent? Are you giving something up for other reasons, like the fact that the economy is in the crapper and you got laid off? Let us know what you’re going without. We’ll sympathize, we promise.