Thoughts from a Sunday morning

--Weekends are the best. But I state the obvious.

--The warning I wrote of a couple of times, about the Supreme Court ruling in favor of corporations and their ability to spend unlimited amounts on political campaigns has just gotten increasingly worse, as if I thought that were possible.

There is an article on page A4 of The Star today, explaining that the one thing that was said to be in the people's favor about this insane ruling was that the corporations would have to announce they were backing--paying for--whatever advertising they put out.

Surprise!

There's apparently a loophole big enough to drive a truck through, giving them the ability to remain anonymous after all.

Get ready, folks.

The elections this Fall will be the ugliest, most advertised, most bitter and divisive and finally, most expensive this country has ever known.

And the Roberts court made sure of it.

--Lightning has struck 3 times. I agree with Right-wing, Conservative Thomas McLanahan's column today for the 3rd time.

The $50 million "given" back to the Kansas City area last week, announced by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Representatives Emanuel Cleaver and Dennis Moore for--sidewalks?--is almost silly.

We need to stop borrowing from the Chinese for this kind of nonsense.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of things we need taken care of and paid for for our infrastructure but sidewalks? Are you kidding me?

--Why doesn't some enterprising, admittedly opportunistic Senator or Representative propose a bill making financial "earmarks" to run our country and
come out of Congress illegal?

It would make huge news and a big benefit to the name of the person who did this. They'd likely be popular to all the American voting public
(except contruction company owners and employees), and virtually all people who consider themselves Progressive, Conservatives, Libertarians
especially Libertarians), Republicans, Democrats and, yes, even Liberals (socially liberal), like myself.

Demagoguic?

Yes, absolutely. But in a good way, for once.

--I'm a supporter, mostly, of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi--especially in her fight for us for health care reform--but I have to say one thing and that is, Can you really trust anyone who can keep a huge, frozen, seemingly artificial smile plastered on their face? (I don't think so).

And how in the heck does she do it?

(Her "people" should tell her to stop it).

--Charlie Rangel should step down.

Now.

--The Sunday morning news programs were "lily white" this morning, I believe, and that shouldn't be.

With the exception of Clarence Page of The Chicago Tribune on "The McLaughlin Group" on KCPT/PBS, there wasn't one minority represented on these programs today. (I have to note, I didn't see NBC's "Meet the Press" but the guests did include Marc Moral of the National Urban League and Nancy-Ann DeParle, White House Health Reform Director but these were guests, they weren't moderators and that's my point and issue/beef here).

And Clarence Page's presence doesn't even technically count because this is a rerun of the show, which is always originally done of Fridays, of course.

It's shameful.

ABC needs to get Donna Brazile on the show weekly, along with other minorities--certainly African-Americans but also Latinos, etc.

This country was never "all white" and certainly isn't now.

All the news needs to be covered and it will more likely be so if people of different backgrounds are there, reporting on us.

--Finally, it was so nice to not see or hear Monica Crowley's white, Right-wing, Conservative, Republican whining and ranting today, on "The McLaughlin Group."

It made a sunny, slightly warmer Sunday at the end of February all the more pleasant.

Enjoy your Sunday, everyone and have a great week.