After another commercial, this one for CNN's political coverage.

Typical man-on-the-street opinion stuff regarding who the Dems should nominate for President in 2008.  I think there was a "Hillary," and maybe a "Warner."   That's not what did me in, so I confess to a sort of memory blockage caused by pending aneurysm.  What popped my noggin was the last man-on-the-street who said:

"I don't know, but they'll be running against George Bush, so they'd better be good."

Running.  Against. George W. Bush.  Who will, at the 2008 elections, have already served two terms.  As president. 

I really, sincerely hope I heard that wrong, all three times I heard it.

No wonder we keep voting to abrogate certain of our hard-won civil liberties, some of us may not even be aware of what they are.  Some of us apparently don't even know that GWB cannot - at this time, anyway - run for a third term.  Such a thing would literally require an act of Congress.  Not that I put the current Congress above that, offered the right combination of threats and bribes.  As a group, they respond particularly well to bribes.

You know, comparing the State to Caesar was a figure of speech, not a suggestion. 

Oy vey.  Somebody please tell me I heard it incorrectly; that the guy said "Jeb Bush," or "Laura Bush," or even "The Burning Bush." 

Someone hit A Voce today looking for "Beetlejuice Treatment."  Took me a minute to (A) figure out that they were probably looking for a script treatment rather than some sort of alternative medicine and (B) remember that I've got "Beetlejuice" in my disclaimer section.

Anyway, it's always good to know I'm number 83 on Netscape for "Beetlejuice Treatment."

Visiting a convenience store recently, my Irish friend M. encountered a sales clerk who commented on his accent.  "My goodness," she added, "your English is real good."

"Especially," the young lady went on to say, "since you've only been in America for a few months."

When asked about the massive increase in federal debt over the last four years, Congressman Chris Shays (R-CT) sagely replied, "But 40 percent of that is due to spending."

Um.  Hmm.  You mean the leprechauns didn't come and steal it back for their pot o'gold?  It wasn't bad fairies looking to buy huge quantites of crack to feed their trolls and keep them docile? 

Spending?  Really?

I don't believe it.