Listen to the announcer.... then it becomes obvious through the finish.



Apparently, your wife knows everything.

Here in DC, we have signs put up by the local city government that are usually a little more "helpful" than Obama's stimulus signs. They list what the construction project is and how much it costs, both to the DC city government and to the federal Department of Transportation. Here's one such sign that I snapped a photo of yesterday in the Gallery Place/Mt. Vernon Square area::

That's right: it's a $5.5 million dollar project for a "streetlight and street scape." I didn't see much "street scape" construction going on, so I'm just going to assume that's over $5 million of U.S. taxpayer money going to replace some light bulbs. I didn't know those new "green" light bulbs cost so much! Oh, and the District of Columbia had the good sense just to leave their amount of money contributed blank, rather than cop up to a big fat "$0" beneath their name.

Yeah, yeah...some of you will complain this post (a) isn't about politics and is therefore irrelevant, and (b) is inaccurate because the college season technically kicked off Thursday night.  Fine--but few things get me more fired up than college football Saturdays in the fall.  Since game time for today's first wave of contests is upon us, I just can't resist posting about it. 

I hope Townhall readers are enjoying their long weekends and sporting their school colors today.  Me?  I'm wearing purple and whistling this tune:



Go 'Cats!

(Feel free to talk trash in the comments section).

UPDATE: 23-21 NU over Vanderbilt.  (1-0).

This morning, political prognosticator extraordinaire Charlie Cook sends along a delightful bit of analysis for Harry Reid, Bob Menendez, & Co:  "The Senate's In Play."

For much of this year, it seemed a near mathematical impossibility that Republicans could score the 10-seat net gain needed to flip the Senate, which is split between 59 Democrats (including two independents who caucus with Democrats and largely vote with the party) and 41 Republicans. As recently as six weeks ago, I wrote in a CongressDailyAM column that a GOP win was "certainly possible" but "still fairly unlikely." Although the "fairly unlikely" part is still valid, the possibility of a GOP takeover is growing.

Enjoy that Labor Day BBQ, Blanche Lincoln!

Robert Reich was President Clinton's Labor Secretary and is currently a professor of public policy at U Cal, Berkeley.

Regarding his statement: Unfortunately, the weight of his comment will probably be lost due to the lack of knowledge about FDR's "New Deal." Furthermore, if you did attend public school and remember anything about the WPA (Works Progress Administration), I'd assume it would've been taught as FDR's great achievement.

"For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another." Galatians 5:13

Huh? Did we lose? Does President Obama and the Democrat party think we lost in Iraq?

A new study is showing that more young people ages 18-29 are not calling themselves democrats.

That is what happens when you pay a ton of money for a degree and then can't get a job due to liberal policies and "stimulus" packages.