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I've moved my site, please check it out at the new address.  ¶ 12:15 AM

  Happy Flag Day (Belatedly)- Clearly one of the most underrated of the US holidays, often forgotten, and without a day off from work.

Just because I know that you were curious, you can find a history of Flag Day here.  ¶ 9:33 AM

  In case you were curious about Brood X - You can follow their progress here.

And you can get some humorous info (I hope) here.  ¶ 2:34 PM

  Unease with the GOP over on The Corner - Statements like this one over on the National Review's The Corner should cause some unease over at the RNC (or at least among those operatives who are worried about more than the next 5 months.) Conservatives are really starting to question this administration, and the Republican leadership in Congress, not only over a whole range of issues, but more specifically about what type of government they are running now that they have control of the two elected branches.

I don't think that this increasing unease will be that costly come this November, but the demoralization of the conservative base is a very serious problem. It is even more damming for a party that came to power in 1994 on the platform that it would change the way things work in Washington. Now, 10 years later, what has changed? There has been some tinkering around the edges, a few social agenda issues have been addressed, but government is bigger, the budget deficit is back and growing, and the party leadership is sounding the same as the Democratic leadership (circa 1990) by attacking anyone who doesn't hew to the party line.  ¶ 12:06 PM

  Jon Stewart's Graduation Address to William and Mary - Unsurprisingly, his speech is pretty funny.  ¶ 9:47 AM

  Kerry's VP Pick This poll from North Carolina is just one more reason that John Edwards must be on the very short list fro the VP nomination. The poll finds that Edwards makes North Carolina a toss-up, at least right now.

In my mind there are only two candidates that Kerry should consider: Edwards and Evan Bayh from Indiana.   ¶ 9:11 AM

  Trying to figure out what to do - I am thinking about making some changes to this site, but I haven't figured out what yet. I will keep you updated.  ¶ 9:17 AM

  Chaos in Iraq - Despite the declaration of the President Bush the Younger that we are going to turn over control of Iraq to some type of an Iraq government come June 30th, this weekend's tragic events make in more and more likely that the US will have to retain control. If the Shitte Muslims, who make up 60% of Iraq, are turning against us (and presumably whatever government we set up), then Iraq requires even more US attention and control, not less.

It is easy to feel that things in Iraq are spinning out of control after this weekend. Hopefully, we can restore order and convince the majority to turn on the violent minority, but doing so will require even greater control, as well as, the establishment of a government that can be viewed as legit by the vast majority of Iraqis.  ¶ 3:34 PM

  Is Southern Dominance of the GOP a Problem for the Future? - That is the premise of this post from Mark Schmitt. It is a interesting idea. If Bush loses, the Dems pick up the Senate and Tom DeLay faces legal problems, all of which seem possible, if not probable at this moment in time, the Southern GOP could find itself in a lot of trouble.

I for one would be pretty happy about that.  ¶ 1:32 PM

  Did You Know? - That the Afghan government has postponed elections until September?

The reasons behind the delay seem sound, and I am not particularly worried about the Afghanis not having an elected government for another 3 or 4 months, but I do think that it casts a pall over the likelihood that the US will be able to turn Iraq over to any kind of acceptable government on June 30. If the Afghans can't even hold safe elections two years after they were liberated and the Taliban routed, can we expected an Iraqi government to prosper in the much more uncertain and volatile atmosphere that is Iraq today? I don't think so.  ¶ 9:49 AM

  The Difference in How Parties See Terrorism - I think Peter Beinart of The New Republic has it exactly right in this op-ed. Democrats see terrorism as non-governmental based and, at its roots, based on societal problems. Republicans see terrorism as contected to rouge government (ala Iraq, Iran and North Korea).

I think that by now the non-governmental view is prevailing, but I don't think that this view has yet implanted its way firmly into the Bush the Younger's White House paradigm.   ¶ 9:37 AM