I can’t say that I would support an invasion of a nuclear-powered freak show like North Korea, but I don’t understand why China and Russia cannot help us do something to keep this country under control.  They, more than anyone, will be affected by the increasingly insane Kim Jong-Il.

So, as Mel Gibson finds more and more reason to blame others for his drinking problem and his anti-Jew tirade he is now blaming the disingenuous The Passion of the Christ scandal as a reason.  What a load of bullshit.  I used to be a big Mel Gibson fan.  I really enjoyed the Lethal Weapon movies and I thought Braveheart, while excessively violent, was very good and We Were Soldiers was some of his best work.  Heck, I even enjoyed Bird on a Wire (althought mostly because of Goldie Hawn) and What Women Want.  I saw The Passion of the Christ, and while I enjoy a good Biblical epic, Passion
was not my cup of tea; however, I still thought Mel had the right to
make and distribute the film.  I was disgusted by the pseudo-scandal
and the way churches turned themselves into moneychangers in the
Temple, but again he had the right to make the film.  However, I don’t
think I could ever watch a Gibson film again.  This latest scandal and
the way in which he has blamed everyone but himself has just turned me
off for good.

For the most part, I’ve kept my hopes low as to whether or not Claire McCaskill could win against Jim Talent.  From what I’ve been able get from local voters in my area, Talent is not particularly well liked, but he’s a Republican and for too many people in the rural Ozarks that’s all that really matters.  Moreover, I don’t think Claire McCaskill has run a particularly good campaign.  Recently, however, I’ve seen more advertising from both her and DSCC and I’ve found them to be much more effective that Talent’s or the RSCC’s.  It all just may be working.  According to a couple of polls, McCaskill is ahead by a small margin, above 50% in one.  McCaskill’s problem, I think, are the rural areas.  They are conservatively religious and ardently Republican for not other reason than their church says they should be.  Granted, McCaskill has some small town roots considering she grew up in Houston and Lebanon, MO, but that matters little in those areas since they rarely elect local Democrats to office.