Absolutely! It is so much a tit-for-tat thing. People like your t-shirt wearing gal drive me bonkers too for the same reasons I imagine. They don't understand the history and are unclear on the concept.

I would posit that the Electoral College is even more important today because we are now entering, in my opinion, the age of the Super-Cities. Cities that have expanded into far-spreading suburbs, where the large majority of the population all resides.

It should never be possible for the electorate of 5 or 6 states to determine our highest office. The little people in flyover country matter too, even if some of do shop at Walmart and Target. But, many don't see it that way.

And, frankly, people who are constantly calling for impeachment look like fools because impeachment is only the first step. You still have to have a trial and find the official guilty. Another pesky detail, I know.

What I'd like to know is, what do they think they gain by impeaching Bush? That just makes Cheney President (if they succeed).

Furthermore, have you seen the tshirt that Cindy Sheehan is wearing lately? "Arrest Cheney First". What the heck is that supposed to mean?

I guess I'm just an ignorant neocon witch/redneck living in flyover country, because I can't figure out what he's supposed to be arrested for...

Sorry for the long comment...

psst. I need your e-mail

Excellent post! I've never understood liberals turning bitterly hateful and wanting to throw everything out because they can't control it...
It's just an odd state of mind.

CalTechGirl,

You appear confused.

What about my post

a) Gave the impression I did not read the Babalu website?

b) And where do I give the impression I agree with Cuba in any way?

Please be specific

1) You implied that someone on Babalu was praising the castro regime
2) I never implied that you supported the regime. In fact, I suggested you share your stories.

The electoral college thing drives me crazy!

When a person goes off half-cocked as you just did, it give us conservatives a bad rap.

Let me educate you on where you went wrong.

"There is an eMail I recently received from a friend. It contained a link to the Babalublog about someone who was waxing philosophic about the greatness that is the worker's paradise known as Cuba. I had something to say right away, but I held off for a few dasy in order to take care of some other things, and get a few minutes set aside to write about Cuba."

What other people understood quite clearly, as this "someone" was a TROLL on that website, and was ARGUING with the good people at Babalublog.

Maybe you just had too much caffeine today, or you just like slapping innocent people around because you feel superior?

Tell you what, in case you still "think" you know more than I do about Cuba, or you think you still know more about the "intent" or "moral" of my story, or God forbid, my intentions than I do...

Take a moment and following this link.

So, tell me, you still think I was trying to say that the people at Babalublog are Pro-Cuba, or did your brain short circuit?

Thanks for clarifying your position, I'm glad you really aren't saying terrible things about my friends and, again, I invite you to share your firsthand experiences with the crew at Babalu.

As for half-cocked and short-circuited, I'd say there's more than enough of that to go around.

Perhaps it's because I've been done with the Bushies for about five years now, but there are plenty of examples of possible high crimes and misdemeanors, I think...

As a couple examples - authorization to commit torture (violations of the US Code and several treaties that we are parties to - and treaties made pursuant to the Constitution are "the Supreme law of the land); use of signing statements to circumvent the intent of Congress (questionable, but could work); unilateral, unconstitutional suspension of habeas corpus (only Congress can suspend habeas corpus and only in certain circumstances); one could also probably make an argument for war crimes...

I'm not saying that he should be impeached, but I do think there is as good a case against Bush as there was against Clinton.

And before you ask, no, I haven't gone soft in the head or all liberal. I just call it as I see it.

As far as the Electoral College anecdote, I find the greatest failure of our education system to be the complete lack of education in civics/government. I remember having to explain simple points of our constitutional system to people in law school.

Confront such ignorance. Don't lose your appetite and go back up to your office. It's up to people like us to confront these people. Don't let these idiots win simply as a result of our sense of disgust.