An Early Christmas Wish

May you all have a great and joyous Christmas.

May everyone feel the love of family, friends and G-d, and may your families have the blessings of G-d as we move into a New Year.

But more importantly may everyone get a chance to hear The Kink's "Father Christmas" just once before the 25th. It is IMNSHO the best, funniest, and rockingest Modern Christmas song.

Will Wonders Never Cease?

Arlen Specter (RINO-Pa) is trying to get the Senate to keep the Patriot Act alive.

Specter said he is trying to broker a deal that would allow the Senate to pass the current legislation "on my commitment to take up issues that they are so worried about. We'd have hearings early next year and consider the amendments, no commitment as to passage, but give consideration to that so we don't have the Patriot Act lapse, since it's important to America."

Specter held out hope that a deal could be made quickly. "I think there's a fairly good chance at this moment," he said.

President Bush, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Republicans congressional leaders have lobbied fiercely to get the Patriot Act compromise passed by the Senate. The House passed the compromise last week.

Am I missing something? This does seem like good news, but ...

Senator Laffey... I Like The Sound Of That

Liberal Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee has voted AGAINST ending the filibuster of the defense appropriations bill over ANWR.

So The missing Linc and Jumping Jimmy from Vermont,both think that talking about the rights of Caribou trumps the needs of the troops.

These are the other Senators that they would rather be siding with:

Baucus, Mont.; Bayh, Ind.; Biden, Del.; Bingaman, N.M.; Boxer, Calif.;Byrd, W.Va.; Cantwell, Wash.; Carper, Del.; Clinton, N.Y.; Conrad, N.D.; Corzine, N.J.; Dayton, Minn.; Dodd, Conn.; Dorgan, N.D.; Durbin, Ill.; Feingold, Wis.; Feinstein, Calif.; Harkin, Iowa; Johnson, S.D.; Kennedy, Mass.; Kerry, Mass.; Kohl, Wis.; Lautenberg, N.J.; Leahy, Vt.; Levin, Mich.; Lieberman, Conn.; Lincoln, Ark.; Mikulski, Md.; Murray, Wash.; Nelson, Fla.; Obama, Ill.; Pryor, Ark.; Reed, R.I.; Reid, Nev.; Rockefeller, W.Va.; Salazar, Colo.; Sarbanes, Md.; Schumer, N.Y.; Stabenow, Mich.; Wyden, Ore.

Enough said!

And they wonder why Steve Laffey is getting support from the members of the Republican party that vote. Meanwhile the National Republican Senatorial Incumbent Protection Committee continues to fight for a man who couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were printed on the heel.