Recent news of note

Sorry for the downtick and then sudden uptick in blogging. Sometimes I feel like ignoring the beast, and other times I have this overwhelming urge to feed it, pet it, and buy it a bigger cage.

Here's a very sobering dailykos posting with a vivid map of how far average state incomes have fallen under our esteemed leader, George W. Bush.

The number of Republicans in the country has sunk to a 3 year low - down to 31.9% of people admit their Republican affiliation.

The number of Democrats has grown slightly, from 36.1% at the beginning of the year to 37.3% now.

Those who claim to be unaffiliated have increased to 30.8% this month. That's the highest total recorded since Rasmussen Reports began releasing this data in January 2004.

Add it all together and the Democrats have their biggest net advantage—more than five percentage points—since January 2004.

Sweet, all this is adding up to a landslide midterm election, I just hope we can ride this wave of discontent until November.