- The City of San Francisco is pondering charging drivers in downtown during business hours, a wonderful idea that has succeeded in London to cut down on traffic congestion. One ignorant motorist chides the idea, "It's bad enough that I gotta drive, and pay to park, and now I have to pay to drive?"

- Some republicans are finally thinking logically and questioning their support of the right wing's belief that "God's Law should be used to set public policy."

- Anyone who would rather watch Desperate Housewives than the Sopranos is not a true Sopranos fan (and good riddance). I have thought that the emotion and events within the first three episodes of this season is equal to a full season of any other television series. Am I wrong?

- Instead of (and in spite of) balancing the budget to pay for the Iraq war and the wealthy-man tax cuts Bush has enacted, the White House is looking to sell more than 300,000 acres of national forests and other public land.

- And Google is looking more and more like Microsoft as they hire lobbyists in Washington.

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