It's been an interesting week. The Republicans thought they were going to get a good base-riling fight going over gay marriage but their amendment failed to even get out of the gate. Then they thought they could secure support from the uber-rich but their attempts to eliminate the Paris Hilton Tax surprisingly failed. The Republicans can't seem to get their shit together in the senate. Poor bastards. Just wait until all the old people who can't figure out plan D get back into the polls. They're going to be so screwed.

Things continue to look worse and worse for them. Despite the military's capture of Zarqawi things still appear to worsen in both Iraq and Afghanistan where they are seeing a Taliban resurgence. Most people are doubting that the death of the one bastard is going to have a long term effect, especially considering all his crazy underlings are planning to retaliate in honor of his martyrdom.

Finally, Dow 10,000 anyone? This bodes poorly for these jackasses trying to convince Americans that tax cuts have been good for them financially. The only indicator they've been able to reliably point at has been the markets, but now the inflation damage from the weak dollar and huge debt is starting to sink in.