The Eleven Day Empire returns, asking those running against The Shrub in 2003, Well, What Would They Do? - Certainly it's a fair argument; there's a lot the Administration has done (or not done) which can be criticized. But for men who want to be in Mr. Bush's chair in 23 months, criticism is not enough; they have to offer better alternatives, which they haven't done all that much of...
I resolve to come up with an actual plan to fight the War on Terror™ should I choose to run for President in 2003.

Meanwhile, Alex at Heretical Ideas asks What Is A Democrat, Anyway? - ...when somebody tells you they're a Democrat--you still don't know a goddamned thing. There are large numbers of Democrats that sound like the Greens. There are large numbers of Democrats that sound kinda like Republicans. There are large numbers of Democrats that stand somewhere in between. The result is a party with a muddled message, muddled leadership, and muddled membership.
I resolve not to be muddled (or pigeonholed) in my politics in 2003.

Seth at The Talking Dog cautions our Beloved President™ against taking too many bribes from the Saudis, lest we think something untoward might be happening (perish the thought!), in The Prince Alalweed Extra - ...either we can look for yet another Saudi hook into our President (at a key moment, perhaps, intended to alter our Middle Eastern or Iraq policy in some way); or perhaps there is a small child in the Prince's life that he needs to get into a good school, and all the seats were taken in the Little Red Madrassa.
I resolve to take as much money as anyone will throw at me in 2003. Bribes rule.

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is jumping up and down over the seemingly unreported dip in the President's approval rating. I got it straight from the marsupial's mouth - update on cnn/time poll - many (all right, two) blogs are discussing the cnn/time poll which puts poor mr. bush's approval rating at a mere 55%, and the fact that it appears only in the dead trees version of time magazine, and not anywhere else in the entire physical world, nor on the time or cnn's websites.
I resolve not to ignore the nice poll takers the next time they ask me about the President in 2003.

Diane at Everything Must Go is concerned that the Family Leave Act will allow some workers to take extra time off at the expense of others - The problem with good attendance in a bureaucracy like Kaiser is that you get worked to death doing forced overtime to cover for the people who take every minute of their paid sick leave and then some. It's a political thing. If your supervisor likes you, and at Kaiser Oakland, that means if you're not white or Jewish, you get to take all your sick leave, and a socially unpopular Jew will come in weekends to run your desk.
I resolve to take all the leave I can get my hands on in 2003... just to spite Diane.