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That’s a good question. Even better is: Can local farmers survive on the cash Wal-Mart gives them? Though, if Wal-Mart saves a bundle on shipping costs (suddenly that cheap produce from Mexico isn’t so cheap thanks to rising diesel fuel prices — another motivator to go local), they might actually pay local farmers good (or at least liveable) money.

John McCain’s Surge 20 08 2008 Surfing cable news, just heard Fox announcer tease new presidential polling before the commercial break, as evidence of a “John McCain Surge” — bad pun, in REALLY bad taste.  Subconsciously evokes the idea that like in Iraq, McCain’s surge means redoubled patriotic American military ferocity is winning against the fading Muslim foreigner interests .

I heard “oral sex” ten thousand times more than “terrorism”. I saw her face ten thousand times more than bin Laden’s. If only it had been otherwise… photo source:

Truman reminds us this morning of Evan Bayh’s failure as a Senator in 2002. No, that’s not right. It was not just a passive failure, but rather an active betrayal by Evan Bayh. Bayh’s position as a Senator is a position of trust.

Zack has called us both Mama since he could talk. He just learned to say Ainschley and sometimes it comes out Mama Ainschley. I guess this makes me obsolete? Content on this blog is copyrighted to Tracee Sioux. Any unauthorized use of this blog or it's content is expressly prohibited.

I can't say I'm a big fan of the individual microphones that NBC has clipped onto certain notables in the Olympic crowds of Beijing--Michael Phelps's mom, Nastia Liukin's friends, whoever--ya just never know what you're going to hear.

Andrew J. Bacevich — Professor of International Relations at Boston University, retired Army colonel, and West Point graduate — joins Bill Moyers on the JOURNAL to encourage viewers to take a step back and connect the dots between U.S. foreign policy, consumerism, politics, and militarism.

‘Two Americas,’ one big ego The “two Americas “ that John Edwards refers to — one where you do what is right, and the other where you do what you want — point out the basic flaws with any politician. Firstly, they tell you that you live in the greatest country in the world but want you to change it with them.

So what does a secular European think of Saturday’s Presidential election event with evangelicals at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church? Writing for Switzerland’s Nachrichten newspaper, Patrik Etschmayer writes in part: “The absurdity of this entire affair was best illustrated when John McCain called for coastal oil-drilling and was cheered for it by his Christian-conservative audience.

This just in from the Bill Hedrick campaign! It looks like another of our local candidates will be featured on national radio this week! Go OC Democrats! Oh yes, and thank goodness for Thom Hartmann & Air America.