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Do you need to get a new driver’s license, or renew your car’s registration, or apply for a vanity plate? Prepare to wait in the queue.
This was the situation on Wednesday, March 18, at the Georgetown branch of the DC DMV. Usually, this is the most efficient of the DMV branch offices, and [...]

Popularity: 25% [?]

This was the scene on Tuesday at my local polling place: a long queue to vote. And this was just the indoor portion, as the line snaked outside and down the block a stretch.
It’s a good sign that people are showing up to vote in the primaries. And I’m really pleased that the [...]

Popularity: 41% [?]

So the racist wingnuts won their races in Prince William County, Virginia. I’m not pleased.
But what’s even more infuriating? Only 17 percent of registered voters turned out to vote.
17 percent!
That’s criminal. I mean, one of the few freedoms to remain these days is the right to vote. If you’re over 18 [...]

Popularity: 41% [?]

George W. Bush should simply shut up.
I mean, c’mon: calling Iran’s development of nuclear technology (which is equally likely to be for energy needs as weaponry, if not more so) a potential catalyst to World War III is ludicrous, reckless, and pedantic.
You, Mr. Bush, are a fool. You’re trying to pick a fight for [...]

Popularity: 62% [?]

He does not speak for me.
He does not speak for intelligent people.
He lies.
He lies to his advisers - as they undoubtedly do to him.
He lies to the people of the United States.
He lies to the world.
Under his watch, the United States has become less safe from terrorism.
Under his watch, the moral footing of the United [...]

Popularity: 63% [?]

Some things that have crossed my mind today:

WAMU’s decision to relegate their bluegrass programming to the HD range is flat-out stupid. The powers-that-be at WAMU continue to prove that they know how to implode a local radio station, creating more of the same (political talk radio and over-syndicated NPR content) rather than provide a [...]

Popularity: 100% [?]