Al Franken

Al Franken finally gets to take his place in the U.S. Senate tomorrow. What a great thing. Too bad the Republican mischief-makers were able to chisel six months off his term. But better late than never.

It seems Al is not showing any humor. Which is probably smart. You don't want to provoke people at this point. And the Republican mischief-makers (is there any other kind?) are on the lookout for something to bellyache about. Like always.

I see the tea party/teabaggers were out in (reduced) force on July 4. Where were these people when George W. Bush was running up the deficit? Good question. They didn't decide to object to government mismanagement all those years. Now we have someone trying to put the house back in order and they come around bellyaching about it. It's like someone sets fire to their house, they don't make a peep. Someone shows up to put the fire out, then they complain. Weird bunch.

I saw some of these folks in my town on July 4. And they seemed to have it pretty well disguised what they were pushing. They really did. I bet there wouldn't be 2% of the people where I was that day who had any idea what their name and literature had to do with. Because they weren't protesting anything in particular, just pushing the idea of these "parties." But I knew and let them pass without taking any of their literature.

They're very choosy protestors. Very partisan, you might say. Very selective in what they object to. In other words, as principled as the Republicans usually are. (Not.)

Anyway, welcome to the U.S. Senate, Senator Franken. (I hope O'Reilly has head insurance, because his is about to explode.) LOL. Senator Franken. Suck on that, Bill.