Internal Monologue

Obviously needs a lot of work and tweaking, but the potential is there (HT: Jak Koke on Facebook ): Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Surfacescapes on Vimeo .

This is good. It looks like the new policy is "If they're in compliance with state law, don't go after them .": WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday. Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws. The new policy is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which insisted it would continue to enforce federal anti-pot laws regardless of state codes. Hat Tip: Adam Buchen on DailyKos .

...then you get 10 geek points or 10 80's pop culture knowledge points (take your pick). From here . Hat tip: Mad Latinist via email.

This tends to confirm my worst prejudices about Obama-haters: A new focus-group of Republican base voters by the Democracy Corps (D) , the consulting and polling outfit headed up by James Carville and Stan Greenberg, presents a picture of the GOP base as being motivated by a fundamentally different worldview than folks in the middle or on the Dem side -- and they see the country as being under a dire threat. "They believe Obama is ruthlessly advancing a 'secret agenda' to bankrupt the United States and dramatically expand government control to an extent nothing short of socialism," the analysis said." While these voters are disdainful of a Republican Party they view to have failed in its mission, they overwhelmingly view a successful Obama presidency as the destruction of this country's founding principles and are committed to seeing the president fail." The analysis argues that Obama's unpopularity among conservative Republicans is both quantit

The sense of humor evident is awesome. Now Obama and congress need to act. It is past time.