Operation Orange Alert

In reading over the weekend, I've been amazed at the number of different blogs and political sites hinting that we're about to be launched into another orange alert and for no other reason than that the alerts seem to occur whenever Mr. Bush is encountering a credible gap (which seems to have to reach massive, bottomless pit status before it's recognized by the press and even more to have it register for much of the public).

At the same time, we keep hearing how wonderful it is that Mr. Bush is the honored guest at the Daytona 500 today. This means taxpayers are footing a huge bill for security while the GOP operates a voter registration drive at the event to bring in more potential voters who are naturally GOP (reasonably affluent, dumb, and inclined to vote like all their neighbors so they fit in proper like).

Personally, with two wars going on, an economy in the dumpster, a rising by the second deficit, and a record number of people without health care, I'd be inclined to think Mr. Bush should have other priorities than NASCAR. But that's just me.