I'm reading it but I can't believe it!

The Vatican announces that Cardinal Law to lead in a mass celebrating Pope John Paul II?

You gotta be fucking kidding me right? This is the same Cardinal Law who resigned in disgrace because of his role is the sex abuse case. They pick HIM to lead in a mass? This is fucking crazy! What a SLAP in the face to every person who was sexually molested by a priest.

The Vatican announced Thursday he will lead one of the daily Masses celebrated in the pope's memory during the nine-day period that follows the funeral, called Novemdiales. The service will be held Monday at Rome's St. Mary Major Basilica, where Law was appointed archpriest after leaving Boston.

Talk about having no accountability. The Vatican and the Catholic Church should be ashamed of themselves...obviously they have learned nothing from the sex scandal.

More bad news for the President

You know things are bad when your own party is turning on you.

Seems like the republicans really miscalculated the public's support when they got involved in the Schiavo case.

The Schiavo case has opened another rift. Though Mr. Bush and Republican congressional leaders acted to maximize the opportunity for reinserting Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube, 39% of Republicans said removing the tube was "the right thing to do," while 48% said it was wrong.

What's really going to hurt as summer approaches the President is the economy with the oil prices steadily rising...

The economy remains a concern for all Americans. Amid rising gasoline prices -- ranked as the second-most-closely watched issue of recent weeks after the Schiavo case -- 53% of those surveyed disapprove of the president's handling of the economy, up from 47% in January. The national mood has darkened somewhat in recent weeks, as 51% say the country is heading "on the wrong track" while just 34% say "in the right direction."

Here's how the senators voted

Here's a breakdown on the senator's vote on the civil unions bill that passed last night (pdf file).

CT senate backs civil unions bill

It's so nice to live in a Blue state.

Here's my favorite part of the article:

Half the Senate's 12 Republicans and all but three of its 24 Democrats voted for the measure. The bipartisan vote puts Connecticut on a path to become the first state to approve civil unions without court intervention.

Bill to allow civil unions up for vote in CT

This is a very important vote for civil unions in CT and it's happening now.

I'll post more once the vote is over.

Rowland defendants demanding dismissal

From The Connecticut Post

They're asking for a dismissal on most of the charges? Ah...I dont' think so.

Bush approval rating lowest ever for 2nd-term President

From Editor and Publisher

FYI: Clinton's approval rating was higher than Dubya's at this point in his presidency.

Chris Shays' town hall meeting

Rep. Chris Shays (R) held a town hall meeing in Darien on Sunday night. Seems like there was a pretty balanced panel with deputy Social Security commissioner James Lockhart and AARP President Marie Smith offering their views on the privitizing Social Secutiry.

Here's my favorite quote from from Shays:

"I am not going to impose my beliefs on Americans if they don't buy off onto it because this is too huge a program."

This is a political way of saying that he isn't totally sold on the whole notion of privatizing social security. I don't awlays agree with Shays but I really admire him as a Republican who doesn't aways walk the party line or drink the kool-aid.