Good News, Great News

CBS is reporting a poll showing Bush's approval rating at 34% and Cheney's at 18%. That means statistically that not only does every Democrat hate the president but just about half of Republicans!!! I don't know the quantum physics to figure out just why Cheney hasn't been arrested for his performance as Veep. John Nance Gardner said that the vice presidency wasn't worth a bucket of warm piss and yet here Cheney has done more to tarnish the image of this office since ol' Spiro thirty-three years ago. And to think, he's the first sitting vice president to shoot anyone since Aaron Burr...

My friend Tony Holt (where's the blog, dude?) panicked and thought that Bruce was knocking off an album of Bob Seeger covers!!! That would be pretty funny, but in all actuality, I really like Bob from Detroit. He's got a great voice, some great albums and a new one with a possible tour due by this summer! I'm just hoping for more than a single-date obligatory Bay Area performance.

Is the United States ready for a third party to motivate the majority of American voters and steer the nation away from the two dinosaurs? What would a viable third party's platform consist of? The Greens are too liberal for mainstream, libertarians too unrealistic in their foreign policy and anything Pat Buchanan's a part of smells of religio-fascism. Regarding a progressive movement, what should a "liberal" political party shoot for on:

immigration
national security
taxes
military and military spending
international relations
federalism
abortion
campaign finance reform
term limits
education
health care

As I stew on these issues, I would really like to hear others' on this as well. It's time that people got moving and took action.