There is something very, very wrong with a society that thinks it is acceptable for police to violently kick down the door to a private family's home, shoot the family dogs and physically restrain the family while they conduct a search for drug dealer materials or other incriminating evidence, all because a large package of cannabis sativa was discovered in the postal system with their address on it.

A co-worker saw a license plate frame that said: "My next license plate will be made by Bush and Cheney."  Now isn't that a pleasant thought?  Happy Monday!

This is a call to action. Every election needs trained election officials to be non-partisan for a day and help the polling places run smoothly. These officials are mostly volunteers (yes they get paid, but often the pay is nominal and trivial), they have only a little training from their county board of elections. Mostly they are severely understaffed during Presidential elections.
Yes, during a low-turnout primary they are bored; and should bring reading material or knitting... but during a high-turnout presidential election every precinct needs far more people than they already have.

Please get in touch with your county board of elections now and get the few hours of training needed by the county. The November, 2008 elections looks like it will be one of the busiest in decades.

The current members of the United States Supreme Court are:

"Liberals"

• John Paul Stevens, born in 1920, is 88 years old; appointed by Gerald Ford (R).
  
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg, born in 1933, is 75 years old; appointed by Bill Clinton (D).
  
• David Hackett Souter, born in 1939, is 68 years old; appointed by George H.W. Bush (R).
  
• Stephen Gerald Breyer, born in 1938, is 69 years old; appointed by Bill Clinton (D).
  

• Clarence Thomas, born in 1948, is 59 years old; appointed by George H.W. Bush (R).
  
• Samuel Anthony Alito, born in 1950, is 58 years old; appointed by George W. Bush (R).
  
• John Glover Roberts, Jr., born in 1955, is 53 years old; appointed by George W. Bush (R).
  
• Antonin Gregory Scalia, born in 1936, is 72 years old; appointed by Ronald Reagan (R).
  

• Anthony McLeod Kennedy, born in 1936, is 71 years old; appointed by Ronald Reagan (R).
  

I am trying to think of ways to heal the rift between Clinton supporters and Obama supporters, because the most important thing is to defeat John McCain in November.

I started this election (years ago) liking first General Wesley Clark, then Senator John Edwards once Clark endorsed Hillary Clinton.  When John Edwards dropped out (just in time for my state's primary) I voted for Senator Barack Obama.  I began contributing to his campaign after his truly inspirational response to the first time he was publicly connected to Reverend Wright.  At that point, for me, this switched from being the best choice available to being about someone I really thought was presidential.

Over the months since then I have been appalled by a few things Hillary Clinton herself has said, and quite a few things that senior members of her campaign staff have said.  I do not attribute things her volunteers and supporters who are not actually on her staff have said to her; though I've debated some of them as individuals.  As an Obama supporter I have even over-reacted and said some unkind things about Hillary Clinton when angry, and I am sorry for doing so.  I am not part of Obama's campaign though; and as an individual I feel free to speak my mind.