With all of the flak he's justifiably receiving concerning his $200+ mil. taxpayer-funded "pork" bridge to nowhere, Alaska's GOP Sen. Ted Stevens has attempted to shift the focus by throwing red meat to his base by making noise about regulating cable and satellite radio. Ah yes, if oneself is in trouble, look to bash and censure Howard Stern. Don't you just love the way the righties lambaste the government for overreaching and being too large on some things, and yet when it comes to matters like the airwaves or the Patriot Act or privacy concerning abortion, then they want a government as big and huge as possible.

Pat Robertson, in his usual infinite wisdom, has helped to uncover the big lie within the ID debate. With his harsh scolding of Dover, PA, Robertson made clear that the ID supporters are all about God -- despite many such ID folks proclaiming their side is not God-centric. What they want is to appear as if they're not violating the separation of church and state precedent, yet to do so exactly in a wink-wink fashion. For more, click here to read a piece by the rightwing Ayn Rand Institute.

The following is a day late (Veterans Day) but I wanted to post anyway:

Dems Who Served
Richard Gephart
Tom Daschle
Al Gore
Bob Kerrey- Medal of Honor, Vietnam
Daniel Inouye- Medal of Honor, WWII
John Kerry- Silver Star, Bronze Star, Vietnam
Charles Rangel- Bronze Star, Korea
Max Cleland- Silver Star, Bronze Star
Ted Kennedy- US Army 1951-53 (France)
Tom Harkin
Jack Reed- Army (Ranger) 1971-79
Gray Davis- Bronze Star, Vietnam
Pete Stark
George McGovern- Silver Star, WWII
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Tom Lantos- Hungarian Underground WWII

GOP POW
John McCain, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Vietnam

GOP Served
Chuck Hagel, Vietnam
Tom Ridge, Vietnam
Darrel Issa, W. Germany

GOP Did Not Serve
Dick Cheney
Denny Hastert
Tom Delay
Roy Blunt
Bill Frist
Mitch McConnell
Rick Santorum
Trent Lott
Jeb Bush
Karl Rove
Saxby Chambiss
Paul Wolfowitz
Richard Perle
Douglas Feith
Eliot Abrams
John Kyl
Christopher Cox
Dana Rohrbacher
Rudy Giuliani
Don Rumsfeld- Flight Instructor, US Navy

DID NOT SERVE- Wingnuts
Sean Hannity
Rush Limbaugh
Bill O’Reilly
Michael Savage
George Will
Chris Matthews
Paul Gigot
Bil Kristol
Ken Starr
Ralph Reed

POTUS Did Not Serve, Did Not Inhale
Bill Clinton

POTUS, Did Serve (?), Did Inhale
George W. Bush