In Montgomery, Alabama, yesterday Republican state senator Charles Bishop, punched Democratic senator Lowell Barron in the face after Barron allegedly called him a "son of a [expletive]." Turns out, the subject of their dispute was election reform. This is just one more reason to officially reform elections in this country. With that out of the way, we'll have one less reason for our lawmakers to get all Rocky III on us.

The Bush Administration has no shame.  Once again, they've taken a government agency and twisted it into an arm of the RNC.  This time it's the DOJ and their intervention in Alabama's election system.  Read today's NY Times Editorial to learn about the most recent potential voter disenfranchisement by Republicans.

Apparently there is no situation--or agency--this administration won't politicize.

Remember George Deutsch, the 24 year-old "Bush-Cheney '04" campaign staffer that was assigned to NASA?  He spent a year terrorizing scientists and demanding changes to their scientific reports.  The problem?  He didn't know anything about science.  In fact, he didn't even have a college degree.  His only qualification was a few months of propagandizing on the president's campaign trail--a trait that he brought along to NASA.  As a political appointee, Mr. Deutsch claimed that his job "was to make the president look good."