Politics and other nightmares

For those of you who aren't content to know how popular Barack Obama is from month to month or even week to week, you can check out his Daily Presidential Approval Index:

So, they want to extort a fee from us for getting around the way we want to so they can use the money to force us to get around the way we don't want to:

MUNSTER, Ind. - A mass transportation organization wants Indiana residents to pay a "green" fee of $10 on each car and truck on the road to help promote mass transit options.

The Bill and Hillary tag team:

At least the BMV is smart enough to know when to back down:

The state Bureau of Motor Vehicles has ditched a new rule that prohibited the mention of God on personalized license plates.

The rule, which took effect Nov. 6, had drawn protests from people who for years had bought license plates with sayings that included

"Lost cause" update, in a Detroit Free Press interview with Harry Reid:

Q: With more Democrats in the Senate and the House and a Democrat in the White House, how do you see congressional efforts playing out on such issues as health care and immigration?

This is a "Saturday Night Live" skit waiting to happen, isn' it?

After being skewered by Congress and lampooned on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," the CEOs of Detroit's three automakers may end up making their return trip to Washington by car as they seek a federal bailout.

Ouch. Zogby did a poll right after the election that found Americans don't really trust the media and that Republicans are more distrustful than Democrats -- big surprise. Here's the distressing part:

Nearly 80% of respondents consider national television news to be unreliable and 84% consider radio to be unreliable.

According to 37.6% of those surveyed, news sources on the Internet are considered to be the most reliable

My first impression is that people like Gail Collins are delusional and should be under lock and key in an asylum somewhere, given all they are willing to ignore, not the least of which are the requirements of the Constitution, the incredible logistic necessities of the intricate transition process, the safety and well-being of the United States and common sense.

Barack Obama may be a believer in public education, but his support goes only so far:

It is the Quaker ethos that is the most striking feature of Sidwell Friends School, the one chosen by President-elect Obama for his daughters Sasha and Malia. A sense of community, equality and friendship runs through every classroom: children are encouraged to strive for their best, but to value above all their relations with each other and their place in the school family.

This is never, ever going to end, is it?

The Indiana House will once again invite clergy members and other guests to give opening prayers before legislative work begins, a tradition that had been halted temporarily because of a lawsuit challenging the practice.