A question for those that might follow news/politics.

[slimslamfl]

Al Franken recently was declared the winner of the Senatorial race in Minnesota. So, he's like the most freshmen of Senators. Today, I see he's on the judiciary committee chatting with the "wise latina" up for the Supreme Court. Is it because he's a "celebrity" senator, that he's on such an important committee literally days after geting to

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[vancemarr]

Did Franken get special treatment because of his celebrity status? There's really no way to know, but I seriously doubt it. The Senate is full of egomaniacs who all consider themselves to be celebrities in their own right and most of whom believe they ought to be president. I don't think any of them would defer to or give up the privileges of seniority to a c-lister like Franken.

BTW, this post and your recent Hillary one seem like perfect fodder for the Boot & Musket Blog. Did you guys give up on that already? After being promised an online revolution, I visited over there expecting to find the Spirit of '76, but instead it looks like the project petered out before you even got to the Beer Hall Putsch stage.

[slimslamfl]

Yeah, our 'webmaster" Jeff has managed to f**k up the blog and is supposedly setting us up on another site that is "better". I'm not too friggin' thrilled about the whole thing because I thought Boot & Musket was fine, but... I'm just the semi-crazed voice from the right of center, what do I know. But yes, the post would have went there first. As Jeff likes to say its "under construction"...pisses me off.

I was just suprised to see Franken on such a high profile deal and getting so much media after being in Washington for only days. Well... maybe not so suprised that he's getting the press, I'll bet he'll be a "media darling".

[slimslamfl]

www.oneworldplanet.com

So, Jeff tells me this is the new site.... I liked Boot and Musket better, frankly... but I'll still contribute. Maybe we could talk you into contributing too, VJ.

[vancemarr]

"One World Planet?" Sounds kind of touchy-feely and New Age. Hippie-ish, even.

Anyway, I just visited. It looks like the focus has been expanded to include showbiz as well as politics. Or is it going to be about a little bit of everything?