1. San Diegans are rightly proud of how smoothly things are going down at Qualcomm Stadium for evacuees. People have really pulled together and on TV we saw some nice images of kids watching magic shows, drawing pictures etc. I am glad. However, I can't help thinking about how sad it is we live in a country where life is very very different if you are evacuated from a place called "Rancho Bernardo" than a place called "Lower Ninth Ward". I guarantee Rancho Bernardo will be rebuilt long before New Orleans is.
2. My political party is run by complete morons:
I just saw Rahm Emmanuel on Hardball saying that because some people in the industrial midwest have economic insecurity nobody in the country cares more about the war. Neither apparently, do they care about the fact that the Democrats look like a bunch of bumbling fools every single day as the Republicans punk them over and over again with savvy political tactics. Good to know.
It reminds me of the very successful 2002 campaign in which it was decided that the "smart" thing to do was vote for the war so we could get back to the kitchen table issues that people really care about. It works so well because voters are always very interested in the minute details of health care plans and find rousing demagogic speeches about the flag, God and mortal threats terribly dull and disengaging. And their most faithful supporters just love it when their political leaders are forced to kneel at the feet of their rivals over and over again and beg for forgiveness for something their rivals do every day. It makes them feel so proud.
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