-- I'm in the midst of what has become an afternoon routine during my stints in Buffalo, where I watch my nig Wolf Blitzer on CNN's Situation Room, drink that last cup of coffee that was one too many (yall know i got self control issues) and procrastinate getting my writing done and/or excersizing.

Today, Wolf and "The Best Political Team on Television" or whatever he calls his troop are reporting some pretty interesting things.

For instance, Bush's approval rating is at 29%, its the lowest approval rating for any Preseident in the history of the U.S.; below his Pops' rating at the end of his term, Nixon during Watergate, Post-WWII and early civil rights Truman and Jimmy Carter, who looked like Mr. Rogers and perfect candidate to be a pedaphilic Catholic priest.

What's funny to me is that Bush seems no worse of a Pres than he did when America voted in 2004. I was stunned when he won. I dont vote due to religious belief and convictions of political neutrality (I have no faith in any human to run America or the world. I'm not sure John Kerry or Al Gore would have done DEMONSTRABLY better. The world keeps getting worse no matter whos in office)...anyways, I kinda feel like America is getting their just punishment for re-electing this bufoon. Did these people, in 2004, think he was gonna do any better? Hadn't he provided a claer track record of obstinance, dimwittedness, duplicitity and crony agendas?

But whats REALLY comical is that number -- 29%. Really, who thinks this dude is doing a good job? Who are these people that approve? Those are rhetorical questions. I atually met many people who pumped with Bush when I lived in exurban Florida. These are two types of people (here come the stereotypes)...one group is hillbillyish and say things like, "We need to keep bombin' the sh*t outta them Osamas for knockin our towers down." The other are white collar martians that wanna kick out all the mexicans and reverse Brown vs Board. They all make me chuckle and then furrow my brow. But its their America. I'm just livin in it, hoping theyre not serious when they tell me to "go back to Africa."

-- One other thing made me both laugh and shake my head. This dude David Vitter, a US Senator, is now involved in some scandal when he turned up in some ultra-exclusive D.C. escort service. Outrage has ensued. I just ask myself, What US Senator hasnt had some extra-marital affair? I think the perecentage is much less than 25%. Just sayin...