Sure, it’s nice, but it won’t last

Love this weather, man. Spent the afternoon on the porch reading Al Franken’s Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. Here are a couple excerpts. Good book. I laughed a few times. And yes, I think it’s pretty obvious that members of the Right have been lying their little butts off. But I think, too, that Democrats have done their share of truth-twisting … unfortunately, a lot of politicos and hangers-on seem to think it goes with the territory, that the American People don’t want to worry their little heads about big issues.

Most importantly, I fear that these people lie, people from both sides, because 1) they can get away with it and 2) [scarily enough] they don’t actually think they’re lying. But what I really like about the book is that [and Michael Moore does this too] Franken actually researches the claims put forth by rabid Republicans. With like, actual facts. This is important, folks. Make all the claims you want, about whatever you want. All I ask is that you be able to back it up. And that I be able to check out your research.

This is why the current administration is in hot water. Not so much for what their policy [such as it is] is, but for their shadowy, mystery-cloaked reasons for doing whatever it is that they do. Sunshine laws were created to stop this kind of shadiness from continuing, and many Republicans/people of this administration don’t seem to like people knowing what they’re doing.

Ridiculous. In my opinion, a damn good reason for we ordinary Americans to start paying a hell of a lot more attention to politics and Capitol Hill than to Survivor: Supreme Reality Death Challenge or whatever the hell is on TV these days.

Anyway. Other forms of entertainment this weekend consisted of playing Super Mario Bros. on my SNES, reading the newspaper, examining a new zit, having a cookout with Tom and Carole [OK, that was a good time], discussing mortgages, and sniping at Iain.

Hold me back, y’all, I’m having too much fun.

Yawn.