Thoughts: GAO and O'Reilly and Natural Law. The first post is a bit tongue in cheek, but actually, I do somewhat respect O'Reilly ... people (including my mom) like him because he seems to care and attacks those who deserve to be attacked. His anti-government sentiment does overall seem to fall more on Democrats, but one can take his demand for accountability at face value. On the other hand, his has the tendency to be a hypocritical blowhard, and Al Franken's attack on him at a book event and elsewhere is classic. Franken is clearly a bit of a jerk himself, but (of course my political leanings help) he can be a hilarious sort of jerk as well. His anger is real and often well placed. And, as always, humor is a great way to send a message.

Another Democratic Debate is on right now. A couple things that annoy me is about these things ... well at times more, but two come to mind. First, how even long shots like Gephardt talk about "when I'm President ...." One smuck actually talked about his second term! Second, when these morons talk about how the President f-ed up Iraq, and how they warned him about it earlier, and so forth. These same guys gave the guy a blank check, did little to stop him when they saw where he was going (which was no great shock to most people), and now self-righteously speak in superior tones. The best shot they have is to say that the President lied or misled them about WMDs ... but the material supplied was dubious, and people knew that in early March, if not earlier. The fact that it is clearer now is relevant, but only to a degree. Oh, and yes, the debate was sponsored by a Spanish station or something, but the Spanish one-liners were stupid. Cringe!

Kansas City is not making it easy. They started yet another nobody v. Randy Johnson, and was up 4-1 in the 6th. All the same, they couldn't hang on for more than an inning or so, and soon it was tied 4-4 and 5-5 ... they lost in extra innings. The light hitting Diamondbacks vs. the leaky Kansas bullpen, and the former won again. A win would have put KC only 1/2 back, now it's 1 1/2 games, with another extra game to play. Poor competition, good hitting, and more than one deserves from a bunch of retread starters got them this far. A light schedule as well as some more games v. Chicago actually gives them a shot ... and one still hopes they have something left. It is time for them to go on one more run, like they did at least two times this year. They are due to fall short, but they surely are the Bad News Bears of the MLB (surely the AL), and lovable for that reason.