I wonder if the subject will come up during his employee evaluation.

Once again, I am reminded that the word "pundit" comes from merging the word "pun" meaning a half-assed word game, with the word "idiot", meaning a damnable fool. That's not actually where the word comes from; the sanskrit word payndita, which means "learned man", but that's where the word should come from, none the less.

Yesterday, Mark Davis, the Dallas/Fort Worth talk radio host (WBAP), was filling in for Rush Limbaugh, and he proclaimed that we don't really know whether the oil spill is BP's fault, and that we should be trying to find out who's really responsible so we "can scapegoat with some manner of accuracy". Until then, he points out, "it's just a really bad thing that happened," adding, "Sometimes, things just happen."

But That's Immaterial

Sarah Palin was talking with Chris Wallace today on Fox News Sunday, defending Rand Paul against the media. She calls it "gotcha journalism", and all the Democrats call her crazy for making that complaint.

Democrats, on the other hand, complain of "swiftboating". Republicans generally poo-poo that complaint, pointing out that they are only asking the public to remember facts which occurred more than twelve seconds ago. Joe Sestak, for instance, screamed of "swiftboating" when Arlen Specter pointed out that Sestak, a three-star admiral, had retired as only a two-star admiral because of deficient performance. Sestak refused to release his service record, and refused to deny the allegation, and acted as if this was some sort of malicious attack which proved that Specter was really still a Republican.

Taking Sides

There doesn't appear to be a great distance between Ron Paul, Rand Paul, and racism.

I suppose I ought not be too critical of them for that. I can't imagine one ever wants to be a racist. At best, one can fight to recognize and resist racist impulses. One learns racism at a very young age. When I was growing up, my grandfather's best friend was a former Buffalo soldier, and there was a "negro" family in our threshing ring, so I wasn't prejudiced against African-Americans, but I was prejudiced against Mexicans - and to this day, if I have a nightmare of being cornered in a dark alley, I'll give you three guesses who is cornering me.

On the 11 PM news, they showed a sign in front of the Farmersville home of the Landises. The press, it said, was not welcome - and it suggested that he who is without sin should cast the first stone.

Gee, Mrs. Landis, it appears you are casting the first stone. I wouldn't categorize a violation of International Cycling Union rules as a sin.

It's Not A Bad Thing

And I don't consider it a bad thing to tell the ICU that their rules are unenforceable. If you cannot enforce a rule, establishing it is a bad idea, because it means that only those who are honest and without honor are competitive. It seems to me that Floyd is doing something fairly honorable.

I normally pass through Farmersville on the way home from the dairy farm, but today I hopped on 222, so I wasn't able to snap a picture of the sign. This picture, in case you wondered, isn't from the Tour de France, but rather from the Wachovia race that used to be held on the streets of Lancaster.

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