Eye~ma to you, Toddson! I can offer another positive anecdote: my mom had cataracts removed in the late 1990s, had both lenses in her eyes replaced, and ended up with near-20/20 vision, which she'd never had before. Personally, with my 20/900 vision, I've been wondering why they can't do that for me NOW.

They don't have a candidate. It's, what, 16 months away? If they had a viable candidate by now -- sorry, Mitt -- that person would be campaigning so hard right now he/she would be more visible than The Bieber and the cast of Glee put together.

Yeah, that's kind of amazing. I'm kinda rooting for Mitt because I get the vibe he's a reasonable guy. Not that I'd have loads of common ground with him, but I don't get the impression he's going to anything batshit crazy. I think he has chance in the same sort of way as Kerry took the '04 primary. Nobody is really that excited by him, but nobody else really emerges.

Thanks - I have a good doctor. The really good part is that they may be able to correct my near-sightedness to the point I won't need glasses most of the time. (boggle) I've been wearing glasses since I was seven.

On the debt ceiling - since it's kind of up close and personal - seemingly a lot of the new representatives have signed a pledge to not raise taxes ever under any circumstances. And Grove Norquist - the author of this pledge - first said that repealing the Bush tax cuts wouldn't not violate the pledge and then changed and said it would (and who the hell is Grover Norquist? he seems to be setting economic policy for the country these days). Then, one of the freshman reps. reportedly asked what would happen if the House passed it and the Senate changed it. Seriously. Obviously they never watched "Schoolhouse Rock." Which actually explained it well and clearly.

Have y'all heard that Wisconsin Republicans passed a bill requiring photo ID to vote? And then Walker closed 10 or 15 DMVs in Democratic areas and extended the hours of DMVs in Republican areas.

I'd heard. Plus there's a big redistricting push, trying to improve Republican chances for election and re-election. I think they're a bit worried about having their asses handed to them in the upcoming recalls.

On an unrelated note, I think we may have another lurker web cartoonist in our midst: [link]

I think they're a bit worried about having their asses handed to them in the upcoming recalls.

Stuff like this is going on on a national scale. Future demographic shifts will really hurt the Republican party, so I think that's what's behind the Citizens United ruling, all the attacks on unions (as they strongly fund the Democrats), and this voter photo ID stuff.

On an unrelated note, I think we may have another lurker web cartoonist in our midst: [link]

Heh.

On an unrelated note, I think we may have another lurker web cartoonist in our midst: [link]

His fiancee has breast cancer.

His fiancee has breast cancer.

I figured it was something like that, but the "fuck cancer" really pinged me.

Kat, I'm sorry you have to deal with all that bs over the handicapped plate. I'm ridiculously paranoid about how I use mine, never letting my mom or TCG be near the car with the plate up if I'm not also near the car because they can also take the driver's license away if they feel they are using a handicapped plate improperly.