Veterans Day Blogroll!

We're off to St. Louis for Spamalot later, but for now...it's blogroll time! So I spent an earlier part of the morning freeing our outdoor cat from a tree after a neighbor dog chased her up it. That really happens? Does this mean I get to put "Volunteer Fire Fighter" on my resume? And speaking of "This really happens?" moments...I'm still having trouble grasping the fact that we might actually see steps toward energy independence, and we might actually see hearings and accountability in government...I mean, I got used to wishing for it...I don't actually know how to react now that it might actually happen. Strange. This must be what I'd feel like if the Pirates won the World Series.

Anyhoo...

Time for some well-deserved schadenfreude.
-- Wolcott stages an intervention.
-- Damn that Blame America First Crowd (Alicublog)!!
-- Poor macaca... (TBogg)
-- Hmm...apparently Bush has always been open to bipartisanship (AMERICAblog). Who knew? Apparently the problem was just that nobody reached out to him or something...uh huh. And apparently, his definition of bipartisanship is re-nominating the same guy that even his own party turned down (FDL). Okie dokie. But that's okay...even the Lame Duck Congress has already said no...again... (Pandagon).

Lovely cartoon (Mercury Rising).

When did The Onion stop doing satire (Atrios)??

Dana discusses what this election means for the netroots. So does Demosthenes.

I have a serious problem with the fact that Republicans have once again gotten away with demonizing something they did themselves (Avedon). Pelosi's getting pressure to take impeachment off the table, and it's just silly. They should just investigate what needs to be investigated. If it leads to impeachment, well...tough. That's their fault, not ours. But according to Digby, pressure Pelosi all you want...she's got quite a set of metaphorical balls. Others who have them: Charlie Rangel (Greenwald). This is gonna be fun.

And speaking of Republicans still getting away with stuff...heads I win, tails you lose (Upyernoz)...

And now, Rumsfeld! Erik at Alter Destiny discusses him and the other candidates for Worst Defense Secretary Ever. While others, uhh, have a different point of view (LG&M). Steve Soto wonders what will change now. Meanwhile, Attaturk takes a look at his likely replacement. YIKES. Meanwhile, Susie asks the LA Times a simple question about their look at his likely replacement. Note to self: don't mess with Susie.

And speaking of Rummy...this is priceless... (C&L)

Billmon tackles the enigma that is Lincoln Chafee. Wow...speaking of enigmas, Rahm Emanuel actually does something admirable (BooMan)...huh. And while Matt Blunt hardly falls in the "enigma" category, this is quite an enigmatic comment (as long as "enigmatic" means "observing an alternate reality") (Fired Up! Missouri).

I'm sure those damn bloggers caused this in some way (First Draft).

Thomas Schaller's looking pretty smart right now (Gadflyer).

Echidne needs your help.

And finally, in case you missed Mannion's Election Night blogging...