Splitting The Dems

Robert Novak has been outed as a Republican Party operative who is used by the party for leaks and to spread propaganda. His latest task is to make some unsubstantiated accusations about Hillary having dirt on Obama and deciding not to use it -- in a tone that suggests she probably will use it.

The first thing Hillary should have done when the news broke was to call Obama personally and say that this is another slimy Republican dirty trick to try to stir up dissent among the Dems. But she didn't.

Failing that, Obama should have called Hillary up and asked her if this had any merit, since Novak is not to be believed. But he didn't.

Instead, Obama went to the press and said Hillary better not try to "Swift Boat" him.

So Obama got big headlines -- which may be what he wants and what may serve him best. It casts some shadow (if not some mud) on Hillary.

But the Republicans (and Novak) succeeded in their dirty deeds.

A Wake-Up Call!

There's nothing like the bright light of publicity shining in your eyes to wake you up.

In this case, since I've only posted once in the past year(!) -- I was surprised to see that this blog had been randomly chosen as a feature at San Diego Blogger.

So, thinking that might attract people to click on my link, I thought it time to either give up, or to get back in action. My choice must seem obvious by now.

Why did I stop (pause)? Not because I lost my sense of outrage. Simply, lack of readership and feedback and more pressing things happening in life.

Why start again? For one thing, we approach another General Election, and this should be historic since the last two were totally subverted and the American people were cheated of their right to choose their own leaders.

As a result, we've lost many of our Constitutional rights, our country has been plunged into costly, unnecessary military excursions, our treasury has been plundered by privateers to the point of bankruptcy, our Supreme Court has been packed with political operatives that do things like redefine Eminent Domain to mean that honest home-owners can be evicted so their land can be sold to strip mall developers and used-car lots.

Did the tide turn during mid-term elections? A new political party is now in the majority in the two houses of congress. But is that a change? We haven't seen anything substantial. The people who finance campaigns are the same for the Democrats as the Republicans. The two parties have different names -- but that's about the only difference.

So this blog is back, at least for a while. We will try to illuminate the things that should outrage the common citizen. One year until the next elections, and the question remains, "Will there actually be any change?"