I think the shrinks call it "free-floating anxiety". I call it "Kinison mode". That's when you irk, spark, and rage against anything at any given moment. My muse for the occasional pent-up frustration meltdown is the late, and truly great Sam Kinison. It's hard to believe, I think it's 18 years now since he was killed by some idiot kid driving drunk in Arizona. 18 years. I read a post on BigHollywood.com, it wondered if he'd even be able to do his act these days, given the political climate. Agree or not, you should allow dissenting voices to speak. If I disagree, my option is to prove you wrong...not to tell you to be silent. If Sam were alive today, there would be way too many telling him to be silent.

The latest flap in the realm of public safety is TSA pat-downs and body screenings at airports. Not an issue for me, my job requires a lot of driving, but flying is an extreme rarity. What does cause me some concern is the inevitability of those screenings filtering down to other forms of mass-transit. Again, not something that will affect me overmuch, but when it occurs, it will signify the loss of our liberty to a degree we may not recover from. I understand security, and we're far from having a decent system, but the scourge of political correctness is preventing that from happening. You want secure airlines? Ask Israel. They do politically-incorrect things like "racial profiling". It seems to work, they've never had an airborne incident related to terrorism, and they're the world's primary target. If I'm looking for a potential Muslim extremist, should I yank some blonde-haired blue-eyed Swede out of a check in line for a random search? Really?

Nancy Pelosi is gonna run for Dem minority leader. Oh please do. I cannot think of a better way to shrink the democrat house minority from 191 seats, give or take a few, to less than 160. Nancy, you owe it to your constituents, few of whom have held a meaningful job outside of holding up campaign signs, to run for this office. You need to remain employed. I believe botox is one of the freebies you get as a member of the legislature. Without it, well, lets say the years have been less than kind...and Dr. Frankenstein called...he requests that you cease making public appearances, says they are a trademark infringement.