Happy Dance time?

Ah... The fresh clean smell of a New Week. :-)

State of the Onion speech is tomorrow; it'll be where the Republicans will sit on their hands and do their best to look like Mitch McConnell and the Dems will likely do lots of, sometimes reluctant, happy dancing.

The Times has an interesting post by Thomas Edsall; last week he asked "What the Right gets right" and this week he asks "What the Left gets right". Some interesting points in there; I'm not sure I'd agree with the characterizations - which seem to say nothing that could be construed as admiring those Obama Nazi Communist supporters in any way whatsoever - but one point did perturb me: science. The Right, as you know, has a dodgy relationship with science. They hate the Dismal Science (economics, if you're wondering), but real science? The stuff that seeks to explain whatever is being examined? They definitely have a troubled relationship with such things. As I've often said, "facts don't matter to the Right". Never mind Patrick Moynihan's "you can have your own opinion, but you can't choose your own facts!" ("Wikiquotes"... What a great idea!) I can't help but wonder what is so frightening about plausible suppositions and explanations that causes such angst? Aside of the obvious "if there's no creator who the hell am I going to appeal to when I want to get elected", that is...

I thought the timing was interesting, considering SA-ET's recent piece about transsexual separatism. Two disparate themes, all in the same timeframe! Neat! :-) I should, when I get a chance and am inclined, write about why some individuals' views about transgender folk are so odious and offensive. In many ways, the discussion is the same as the left/right thing: neither "side" actually talks about the same topic. Even the language, the meanings and connotations of words and phrases, is different. I know I've written about the topic, but I should try to do a dispassionate piece about it all.

Right, I need something to eat. A late night, last night, ensured I got up later than I wanted to this morning. So, munch time it is! :-)

Carolyn Ann