By BaxterA few thoughts as we start our beginning-of-August weekend.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, desperately searching for a Parliamentary majority in advance of hinted-at fall elections, has once again decided that "ugly" is the way to go. Our owners arrived in Montreal to find a Tory flier in their mailbox accusing the Bloc Quebecois of being soft on child molesters. How Rove-ish. "C'est inacceptable!" the flier screams. You know what, Canadian Conservatives? You're the ones who are unacceptable.
We cats think it's time for Montana Senator Max Baucus to get his act together on healthcare. Sure, being cautious has allowed him to make a long and even maybe distinguished career in the Senate, but now, it's time to be bold. Max, you've got seniority, the Democrats have a healthy majority, and your state, which had been trending red, has elected you, Jon Tester and Brian Schweitzer. You're untouchable. So if you take some non-bipartisan risks — and maybe even disappoint some of your donors — the Big Sky is not going to fall on you.
Finally, vomiting is a big part of being a cat, but we wanted to throw up all over again when we heard that the cable news networks had countdown clocks to the "beer summit." It's a good thing that Walter Cronkite didn't live to see that happen.
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