Thieves in the Temple.

Light posting notice.

Posting will be light for a few days. Everyone have a safe and happy holiday!

Light posting notice.

Posting will be light around here for a few days. I wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Light posting notice.

I won't post again until Monday.

So Congress, no shenanigans in the meantime!

"Really? A light posting notice? I hadn't imagined!"

Not to belabor the obvious, but I won't have any new posts up until the New Year -- or until some politician does something so unconscionably stupid and evil that I won't be able to shut my yap about it, whichever comes first. These days, you never know.

There will be stuff to do at the year's outset, of course -- the FDA used the Christmas holiday to announce that it won't issue rules to stop rampant antibiotic abuse at factory farms, and the Republican House majority has already signaled that it will go after the EPA's new mercury/air toxin rules. So enjoy your break, because, as a citizen, you don't get very many of them, especially with the clowns we have in high office.

Light posting notice.

I've been rather ill these past few days -- and with so much happening, no less! -- so I haven't posted. As I recover, I expect I'll post more.

In the meantime, remember to act as if Republicans want to take the food out of your mouth, and Democrats want to help them without looking so much like they're helping them.

Light posting notice of terror and horror and doom and death and probably also fury.

We'll get back to the action alerts on Monday, January 3; until then, please patronize the excellent websites found on the left- and right-hand sides of this page, and have a happy, healthy and safe New Year.

All in one day (2010 midterm edition).

I'll get back to the action alerts tomorrow, by which time I should be done eating this giant barrel of crow about yesterday's election prediction. I clearly imposed my own moral sensibility on events yesterday -- I assumed that, since Republicans didn't deserve to win back all those seats after throwing a two-year-long tantrum, the voters wouldn't reward them. But I suppose voters had a different agenda -- punishing Democrats for not doing enough. I may question their wisdom, but I certainly don't question their impatience.

Regardless of the outcome, our task as citizens is the same -- communicate our will to our Reps and Senators until they do our will, as is their job. And I doubt our will has really changed all that much: we still want good government, and we don't want incompetent or evil government. And I maintain that this is not too much to ask.

Light posting notice et cetera.

Congress is off all this week -- please take a moment to jump for joy! -- and I have an appointment tomorrow morning, so I won't have anything new at least until Wednesday. Please patronize all the excellent links on the left- and right-hand sides of this page until then.

Light posting notice plus bonus teabagger slam.

I probably won't have another post up until Monday or Tuesday, so I thought I'd get this off my chest now:

I didn't get my way very often this past decade either, but I didn't break windows or threaten my Congressman or cut my Congressman's brother's gas line or whatever -- I just attended peaceful rallies and contacted my Congressfolk every day, and I encouraged those around me to do the same. So, right-wingers: stop acting like a bunch of whining little brats, and start being Americans again.

Everyone have a nice weekend, and please patronize all the excellent sites posted on either side of this page.

like I was saying, ah, what was I saying? Oh, that's right -- nothing.

A number of things have kept me away from my computer for the last few days, and will likely continue to do so for a few days more. I plan a New Years' Eve post of some philosophical import (though not of length), but other than that, I'll have little to say until Congress gets rolling again. So, again, please enjoy the excellent sites on the left- and right-hand sides of this page.

light posting notice destroyed by fire.

I'll be out of town for a few days, so posting should be light at least until Tuesday. Please visit the excellent sites on the left- and right-hand sides of this page in the meantime.

I should mention that H.R. 1147, the Local Community Radio Act, passed the House yesterday. Also, I still think Bernie Sanders should have just let the Senate read out his entire bill yesterday. If the Senate produces the right bill, no one will regard the 16-plus hours spent reading it aloud as any big loss. As it is, the Senate will probably waste at least that much more time producing an ever-crappier bill that's three times as long.

the rare light posting notice that actually precedes an expected period of light posting.

Congress won't be very busy this week -- which is always a cause for celebration! -- so I don't expect to get many action alerts in the near future. Therefore posting should be light for a few days.

In the meantime, please patronize the excellent links on the left- and right-hand sides of this page.

today's version of "I got nothin'."

I've had an unusually high number of outside commitments this week, so I apologize for the light posting. I plan to post an action-alert-with-penny-rant-tacked-on-at-the-end tomorrow, but it'll go up later in the afternoon than usual.

In the meantime, please patronize any of the excellent links I have on either side of this page. All of them will enrich you.

yet another light posting notice that follows, rather than precedes, a period of light posting.

So, yeah. Congress is off this month (please take a moment to savor this boon), so I get fewer action alerts, so I post less. I'll put a few alerts up tomorrow, but in the meantime, check out this super-class act. She may well be the biggest winner out of all the idiots who've yelled nazihitleretcetera at health care townhalls. I'm so blessed to share a country with her.

the ever-popular tortured light posting notice effect.

I had a morning appointment, and deluded myself into thinking I could whip something together in the early afternoon, but, in a word, no.

Tomorrow's post may be even more ornery than usual -- even for those of you who like my brand of ornery.

light posting notice, qu'est-ce que c'est?

Because when I have nothin' to say, my lips are sealed. Say something once, why say it again?

I should be back Thursday. In the meantime, please patronize the excellent blogs on my blogroll.

almost not a new post.

I had a morning appointment, and I only have one action alert in my inbox (and it is a solid test of our devotion to the Constitution, I promise you), so I have little to say today.

Except this: I congratulate Sonya Sotomayor in becoming the first Hispanic-American ever nominated to the Supreme Court. I haven't yet read her opinions in very much detail, so I may still find her insufficiently liberal, but I do know that the "objections" I've heard so far are rubbish. Especially Greg Mankiw's (the second link). By Ford, she only had $30,000 in the bank at some points during the last four years! Yeah, that's going to resonate with a lot of people -- if I had $30,000 in the bank, I'd be halfway to Catholic sainthood. Plus, he thinks he's so much smarter than you -- his summary of his paper "The Savers/Spenders Theory of Fiscal Policy" makes me think a better title would have been "The Articulation of the Obvious Using Big Words as Weapons Against the Reader." I really hate that in a person.

the late light-posting notice.

Ah, yeah. I'm going to be away from my computer (and Philadelphia) for a few days, so please patronize the other excellent blogs on my blogroll and/or entertain yourself with the news that Newt Gingrich will consider running for President in 2012. Please remember to visit his campaign website at nochance2012.org.

another no-post post.

I've one alert in the inbox, no penny rants warm, and work later, so I won't have anything important to say today.

In the meantime, I've been meaning to share this and this, because they're damn funny. I don't know why I only seem to link to Manning Krull in the early winter months, because he's damn funny all year round.

I got nothin'.

Congress is off this week, I have no action alerts in my inbox, and the "liberal" media haven't offended me so deeply I've felt like spouting off about it, so I probably won't post again at least until Thursday. Of course, if the Executive branch tries some crap before then, I'll address it.

Of course, there's nothing stopping you from calling your Congressfolk and demanding a 90% tax bracket for the top one-fifth of one percent of income earners, or an immediate end to the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, or a Constitutional amendment affirming that corporations are not people and don't deserve more rights than people.

hungry? well, have another light posting notice!

I'll be away for a couple of days, so I won't have a new post up until early next week. All the penny rants I thought to write might be spoiled by then, but then again they might not. In the meantime, thanks for visiting, and please visit the excellent links you see on the left- and right-hand sides of this page.

the ever-evolving light posting notice.

So, er, yeah, since I ain't said nothin' in a little over a week now, a light posting notice must be in effect. Please continue to patronize the excellent blogs in my blogroll in the meantime. Also, please continue to patronize the excellent blogs that are not in my blogroll. You probably know where they are.

However, I realize that my biennial public accounting of my political donations is long overdue, so here goes: I gave $100 each to Independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader and Independent House candidate Cindy Sheehan (CA-8), and $200 to U.S. Senate candidate Jim Martin (D-GA). (The latter figure should show up on some public database, but I haven't found it yet.) I didn't give to Mr. Martin because I don't like Saxby Chambliss -- I don't like Saxby Chambliss, but I believe that giving money to someone who just happens to oppose someone you don't like is, well, kinda like a hostage situation, and American citizens should never act like hostages. I gave Jim Martin money because I think he's damn terrific, and I'm damn sorry he lost.

light posting notice because it's Friday, pimps!

Ahem. I'm planning about six paragraphs this weekend, but none today. Continue to patronize the excellent blogs on my blogroll in the meantime.

light posting notice no. 87942.

This will likely be it for me for a few days, as appointments once again take up my mornings.

In the meantime, the News Dissector suggests, and I'm sure this will come as a tremendous surprise, that the worldwide financial crisis is just getting started.

another week, another light posting notice.

I'll be away until next Tuesday, so I doubt I'll post before then. So have a happy and safe Labor Day, everyone!