I've been having some bad thoughts for a while. Thoughts that I don't like giving a voice to.

With respect to the increasingly hostile climate towards women in the political arena, I've been thinking if Bush and the fundies didn't exist, the Democrats would have to invent them. Because without them, how would they explain their need to placate the with-belt-spankin' NASCAR Dad?

I present to you, the Fall 2005 network television line-up:

"One of the things we've noticed this season in all the pilots we've seen is the level of violence, particularly against women, has been ratcheted up to some really gruesome levels.