Give Credit where Credit is Due

I spend a significant amount of my workday scanning the New York Times and Guardian Unlimited for international and political news. I came across this article in the Times on January 30. Time and time again, it seems that the Republicans nowadays are playing the game so much better than Democrats. I am really impressed by their ability to organize around an issue and then stick the plan for indefinite periods of time. Although I rarely, if ever, agree with the end goal of their perseverance, I find it remarkable nevertheless. This article describes how the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court had been in the works since 1982! I find that to be especially amazing in light of the fact that they had been planning for this since I was only three years old. I can't even plan my outfit for work tomorrow, and these guys have been working towards this one goal for the last 24 years!

I was hoping to insert a link to the Times, but that article has already been archived and they charge 4 bucks to view it. So here's a link to the Yurica Report, which was smart enough to copy and paste the whole article on their site before the NYT archived it.

By the way, I'd like you all to make special note that this entry marks my very first crack at writing in HTML. It's actually so much easier than I expected, especially with the help of my man Jeeves.