The Travels and Rants Journal

1. From Raising Kaine, about the Minnesota bridge collapse: “It’s not terrorists, it’s the tax cuts”. I’ve always believed this. The rabid anti-taxers are slowly but surely tearing down this country. Sure, no one wants to pay taxes, but the right conveniently forgets that taxes pay for things like schools, teachers, highways, and, ummm… bridges. We will eventually all pay the price.

Clearly, there is a distinct possibility that Republican Governor Pawlenty’s veto of a more comprehensive (if more costly) transportation bill perhaps contributed to the bridge disaster because of limited maintenance funding, and failure to pay attention to maintenance because of costs…

…we can see that the Republican philosophy that “taxes are bad and government is the problem” have contributed enormously to the present decay of our infrastructure, to shoddy no-bid contracts, and blatant obstruction of efforts to improve the “common good.” Indeed, in my opinion, most Republicans seem to act like parasites on the existing social and economic structure, sucking up its substance for their private gain and are, in effect, living off the capital saved and produced by previous generations. Now we all will be paying the price for their greed and lack of enlightened self-interest.

2. Take a deep breath, cuz it looks like JJ is dating Ann Coulter. Is nothing sacred?

3. This just in: Sex feels good.

4. Also found on Raising Kaine: Not that it’s gonna make any difference or anything, but here’s an audio clip of Chris Dodd kicking Bill O’Reilly’s hateful, lying ass.

5. Fox Attacks - They distort. We reply.

6. Hightop Cemetery.