Central Scrutinizer

I hope so. That was a great line.

In the words of Rosanne Rossannadanna "it's always something. If it's not one thing it's another." The cameras distilled about 20 minutes of what must have been going on constantly for years. Any new endeavor by a band is a celebration of who they are at that time. I look forward to whatever the current lineup comes up with -- with whomever they bring in to help form and shape their vision.

I always wondered what make that guitar was, with the classical guitar headstock, but a conventional neck and steel strings.

Is this how Michael Vick is performing community service?

It looks like it's only proposed for youth-through-college. Having something with more realistic heft than aluminum will help some transition to the minors and majors.

Then I understand what you're saying. She could do it better but why, and at what cost? She is a calculating person but that isn't exactly a deficit in the political arena. But I also believe she's in a no win situation. Given this past primary, she could do worse than decide a career senator would be a pretty sweet gig and leave it at that.

Yesterday. No leftovers.

I'm sorry I didn't read it that way, and am not sure I still do. But I will apologize and defer. I would point out that the big speech was only one aspect of her stumping for Obama yesterday. Please follow up with her comments at the luncheon.

Two friends and I did that in college in '82, going from Union Station in Chicago to New York with no plans but our knapsacks and instruments. It was a meager but eye-opening trip, including several nights in a Wantaugh motel that offered hourly rates. But the sheets were clean.

I don't dispute that. But would you rather she completely go against everything she's said up to this point for the point of getting him elected? Then she would be blasted for lacking sincerity or going against what she's said (as opposed to Biden her time). She is taking one for the team and she's standing up -- has been standing up -- and supporting his candidacy. She doesn't have to. Knocking her for style points is disingenuous. A lot of these election threads tend to get ruled by hatred without context that IMHO is wrong whether it is partisan or bipartisan.

Then please help me see your point. It appears to me your point is she didn't do enough to satisfy you, or that you're in disagreement with others who are satisfied. As a politician HRC did everything one would expect her to do for the party and for her own self preservation. What more would you want her to do? Also, did you read any of the content of her speech at the luncheon with Obama's wife Monday?

This will break a lot of people's hearts: "Jay Mariotti, the opinionated and polarizing sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, has resigned after 17 years with the paper, he told the Tribune on Tuesday night. "Just back from Beijing, where he covered the Olympics, Mariotti said in a phone interview that he decided to quit after it became clear while in China that sports journalism had become "entirely a Web site business. There were not many newspapers there." He added that most of the journalists covering the Games were "there writing for Web sites." " This from a guy who covers th

Hope it's fair to piggy-back on this thread that Kevin Duckworth -- Eastern Illinois University graduate and center for Trail Blazers, among others, died yesterday (Monday) at 44. He went to high school at Thornridge. "Sir Duck" died on his way to Oregon to put on a free basketball clinic.

Yeah, to create the fill on keyboard was quick.

I'm sorry, I don't understand this approach. She is never going to do enough, short of opening up her chest and giving up her heart as sacrifice. Why shouldn't she protect herself for 2012. It's up to Obama to make that a non-issue by being a convincing enough leader from 2008-2012. If she would have given in to those things you suggest, she would be dragged through the press, blog and water cooler talk today as giving in, being soft, or kicking her for groveling. "talking about either Obama or McCain on the issues." HOW FREAKING REFRESHING!!!! What can she speak of, in front of her party,

Frontline has actually updated this two or three times -- it was an hour in 2002. Yes they pull it all together, and it's not fuzzy logic but facts and concrete reporting. It may be part of the most recent one, or a separate Frontline, but it also beat up the media for how badly they handled the run-up -- other than Knight Ridder, whose staff on the borders of Washington was left to wonder if they weren't completely on an island because the mainstream media refused to report anything that was under their nose.

More like the analogy of the plane on a treadmill never taking off (mythbusters busted that one). What do you mean something done regarding oil? You mean giving up drilling rights in environmentally sensitive areas? Or an energy policy that moves us away from oil and towards alternative sources (and not just ethanol). Oil is a bipartisan boondoggle, and someone(s) is (are) going to have to be courageous enough to make that issue the defining moment of his/her political career. It's easy to make Gore an environemtal god/pariah but at least someone moved the discussion forward enough to drag a

Dogma, Milwaukee Airport, Affleck and Damon getting on elevator: Loki: The last four days on Earth. If I had a dick, I'd go get laid. But we can do that next best thing. Bartleby: What's that? Loki: Let's kill people. [Lady next to Loki spits out her coffee] Loki: [to lady] Oh, not you.

Sad but true. But it hasn't always been that way. These guys would go toe to toe across the aisle, then head out for drinks and dinner that evening. They worked together when it made sense, stood their ground when it took care of getting themselves re-elected. Honestly that's one thing that hasn't changed -- the incumbent just doesn't have to screw up badly enough to hold his job. These guys still have the same damned constituents. It's been pointed out well by (jnick? -- dumbo the acrobat avatar) that the special interests are the house, backing both sides. The courageous thing is to reco

You are largely right, but that "just" rings mighty hollow. Honestly, a first step towards tearing down the partisan walls would be some sort of censure from Bush's own party -- that he and his administration did indeed go too far. I don't just mean moving away from him like he's radioactive prior to an election. Bobbob, I don't think you can deny that the administration used fear and intimidation in the process of going too far. I think a lot of this blind rage has as much to do with feeling they've been used. Unlike Obama, who used opposition of the war in Iraq to help secure the nomi

Kucinich brought a resolution before Congress and the Dems told him to sit on it.

I don't think it would be hard to prove, but I think it would be messy and far more counter productive than holding Bush's -- or more likely Chaney's -- feet to the fire.

Maybe he was just trying to ketchup.

... and when did you stop beating your wife?

I was just having fun.