Light at the end of the tunnel.

It clearly points out my long held belief that one party should never control it all. Each holds the other in check, nothing gets done, and the country putters right along. As soon as one or the other gets it all, voila, greed, corruption, massive debt, influence peddling. They do whatever it takes to hold control. Primarily open the federal coffers to their constituency. I hold no special love for many democrat programs, but I think they run a better government. The republicans are better at being the minority party. They are most effective when pointing out excesses, instead of creating them.

Check out Juanita's Dangerous Beauty Parlor. Activists in his home district. The real lowdown on what he's done for them, his charities, and so forth. It's also a real hoot.

• http://www.brazosriver.com

The problem is I see no such backbone in any leader anywhere. The acquistion and combining of our media is probably the most terrifying of all. Hearst to the nth degree. Thank god for the net. There's a hardcore group of bloggers on both sides that do good work. Let's hope that degree of freedom expands to where it cannot be stopped by the powers that be. Speaking truth to power was never more important.

Just read an interesting article that the guy who wrote "Bush's Brain" is on the no-fly list. Scary.