Open Thread

Lots to do today. Still on the adrenaline jag from having finished the album. (Okay, here's some blatant begging for validation. Seriously, those of you who have it -- what do you think of it?)

Have fun, play nice.

Moral Cowardice

Josh Marshall sums things up nicely.

Somebody Tell The Dorsai

Scottish distillery Glenmorangie is up for sale.

Defend Johnny Cash

As this story in The Nation tells, the Republican Party is trying to claim they're the party of the late Johnny Cash.

A man who spent his entire career singing about, and defending, the kinds of people that the Right Wing routinely stomps on.

There are a bunch of great links in the story above, the most important of which is DefendJohnnyCash.org.

They've stolen the government, they've stolen our money, they've stolen our freedoms. They ain't stealin' The Man In Black.

Update: I will take this at face value. Rosanne Cash says that the party is not a co-opting of her father by the Republicans, but a party for an old family friend, Sen. Lamar Alexander.