Furtive Glances - Mr. Mom Edition

I stayed home from work today so that the lovely Gwendolyn could further her education at a seminar in Boston.  I found myself busy with childcare, chauffeur duty, food preparation, medical liason, housekeeping - all of those things that Gwendolyn handles so flawlessly that it boggles the mind.  I thought I'd take a look around tonight.

• Jason Smith apparently started his original blog, Generation Why?, in response to the Dixie Chicks complaints of persecution after they expressed their opinion of President Bush on stage in London.

They have the right to say whatever they want (obviously) and we as the consumers, the people who can put money in their pockets or not, have the choice to stop purchasing their products and services. The beauty of capitalism.

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The only difference is this time next year, she might not have a world stage on which to spew her idiocy, she’ll be relegated back to a local bar or street corner… but her free speech rights will remain fully intact.

Well, the DC's are back with a new album, and they're still having problems with their fans.

• When is an Army Ranger not an Army Ranger?  When he's a fraud.  By the way, what exactly is a "volunteer social justice cameraperson/video editor?"  A milblog link roundup is at Citizen Smash's place, which is probably a description of what he'd like to do to Mr. MacBeth.

• Honestly, I didn't see this post title until tonight.  Scout's honor.

• Blog quote of the night goes to Dean Barnett, who discusses Scot Lehigh's hypothesis in the Globe that Sen. John Kerry is a strong presidential contender for 2008:

He likens his situation to that of Nixon’s in 1968. Lehigh is just a little off. Kerry’s chances are actually more comparable to Nixon’s in 2000 when Nixon had been dead for six years.

If you're not reading Mr. Barnett regularly you're missing out.  Bonus points if you're a Sox fan.