just a few things

Hanna's projected track seems to be improving, at least from my point of view. You can never be sure though, and those things change every time they get updated. Now, if everything goes right, it'll keep tracking farther right until it just stays over water and dissipates into nothing.

Watched a fair amount of the Republican Convention last night. My stomach is a little more cast iron when listening to those folks than it is listening to Democrats. I'll say this though. Having Keith Olbermann be a commentator for the Republican convention is a lot like what you'd get if Fox had Bill O'Reilly cover the Democratic show. I dunno, maybe even worse. Maybe Fox did have O'Reilly cover it. I didn't watch Fox. In any case, what a slanted, venomous load of liberal propaganda you got served if you caught the show on MSNBC. That man is so far out in left field he's foul. Fred Thompson gives a pretty good speech addressing John McCain's qualities of courage, integrity, and the kind of hope one has to have inside to endure in a POW camp, among other things. Afterwards, Olbermann comes out with something like "So he just painted John McCain as a nice guy with a gun." (not a direct quote I'm sure, but very close.) Excuse me? Hello, Captain Random. Maybe Thompson mentioned the word gun. Maybe he didn't. If he did, it certainly wasn't a highlight.

Having Joe Leiberman talk about John McCain at the convention was a coup. I'm not a huge Leiberman fan, but you have to admit, having the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee from eight years ago talking up the Republican ticket at their convention is pretty much unheard of. As much as I may not be a huge Leiberman fan, he must be one of mine. Some of his points, especially the idea that John McCain is his own man and not a George Bush clone, and Obama knows it despite what his commercials tell us, came right out of the Lumberyard yesterday. It's OK, Joe. I don't mind at all.