One Day at a Time

I'll be honest with you. I really don't know how I feel about the issue of illegal immigration. Frankly, I feel that I'm in agreement with our own DNC Chairman Howard Dean on the issue with regards to what he said Monday evening on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:

Here's the big difference between us (the Democrats) and the right-wing bill that passed the House with the President's support: This is a President who can't find a six-foot-four Saudi terrorist. How's he gonna find 12 million undocumented people and send them all back across the border? That's what he wants to do.

You know the only reason why Bush is doing this. It's an election year. He would not be doing it otherwise.

You remember the whole chaos that came out with a county clerk's primary in Fayette County a while back. Take a look at this. Oh and Blevins won anyway.

Kentucky Atty. General Greg Stumbo is not a candidate for governor. So he's out of the picture for the gubernatorial election now. So we will take our time. Most likely, someone will announce in November or December of this year. Congressman Chandler had this to say on the subject. The current names now for the governor's race are: U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., State Auditor Crit Luallen, House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson, and former Lt. Gov. Steve Henry.

The Red Sox crushed Baltimore 11-1 on Monday as Josh Beckett picked up the win. Lowell, Pena and Varitek went yard. On Tuesday, the Sox won 6-5. Schilling got the win and Jonathan Papelbon, the save. Trot Nixon and Manny Ramirez went yard. Wednesday saw a 4-3 loss as Ortiz went yard.

Missouri Senate candidate Claire McCaskill has been busy unveiling her military bill of rights.

This press release from NH State Rep. Peter Sullivan was in my inbox the other day:

State Rep. Peter Sullivan released the following statement in response to President Bush's remarks on Monday evening:

"The President's pledge to work with local law enforcement to provide better training and resources is a welcome development, as is his call for an earned path to citizenship. This aspect of his remarks recognizes the enforcement problem while acknowledging the need to accept and assimilate new members of the American family.

"Unfortunately, the Administration's proposal to deploy the National Guard along the border amounts to government by gimmickry. The Guard is already strained by deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq. The last thing that we need is the introduction of a training distractor of enormous proportions.

"In addition, the militarization of the border is a diplomatic step in the wrong direction. In an increasingly interconnected world, an armed southern border sends an ill-conceived message to the nations of Latin America, nations that have the potential to be important political allies and economic partners in the coming decades."

Evan Bayh is sponsoring Camp Bayh for aspiring politicians.

Pennsylvania candidate Chris Carney released the following statement on Tuesday:

"I am not surprised with the results in the primary. Mr. Sherwood has not represented our interests or our values in Washington. The primary results prove that the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania crave change and new leadership on issues like our nation's healthcare, our energy security and gas prices."

"Most of all, we all want a representative in Washington who we trust to represent our families with honor and integrity. We don't have that now. From the over $21,000 Sherwood has taken from big oil to his failure to ensure our troops receive the best support when they are sent overseas - Don Sherwood has not made us proud."

"I will make the 10th District proud."

It does not look too good for Sen. Lieberman's re-election to Senate. He is in the race of his life! However, at the end of the day, I am optimistic that Joe Lieberman will be back in the Senate come January 2007.

Former Gov. Julian Carroll is doing well after an operation to fix his heart. My thoughts and prayers go out to him.

In Lexington, Teresa Isaac will face Jim Newberry in the Mayor's race. In Northern Kentucky, it looks like Dean Kent Kelso will not be a candidate for fiscal court come November.


The Byrds have a new box set coming out.

Actor-comedian-director Harold Ramis speaks out on Ghostbusters 3:

"What Danny had originally conceived was sending us to a special-effects hell, a netherworld full of phenomenal visual environments and boiling pits," Ramis revealed. "But what works so well about the first two (films) is the mundane-ness of it all. So my notion was that hell exists in the same place as our consensus reality, but it's like a film shutter. It's the darkness between the 24 frames.

Ramis continued, "So we create a device to do it, and it's in a warehouse in Brooklyn. When we step out of the chamber, it looks just like New York, but it's hell. Everything's grid-locked; no cars are moving and all the drivers are swearing at each other in different foreign languages. No two people speak the same language. It's all the worst things about modern urban life, just magnified."

Eric Clapton on Coldplay and U2.

I'm done for now. Will update Redbirds Fun after TDS. In the meantime, I have arranged for a few more blogterviews.