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Partisan Burnout

Look, I don't know what the excuses are for the rest of the writers at Atlas Blogged, but I have been suffereing from partisan burnout. It seems absolutely pointless to even comment on Rep. William Jefferson, illegal immigration (an interesting op-ed, even if your eyes fall out of your head at the phrase How can we encourage those already in this country to send even more to their families in Mexico?), gas prices and gouging, Al Gore and global warming, or the ubiquitous violence in Gaza.

Even the opening of the rebuilt 7WTC - an excellent story that has a lot of potential tie-ins and the bonus of conspiracy theorists - couldn't get a good article out of me.

I am just trying to write my final exams for my students, finish up the school year, and enjoy the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs - my Buffalo Sabres have been doing very well, thank you.

One of the problems with being interested in politics but unwilling to wed myself to either of the filthy major parties is that as issue after issue comes up, personal liberties are eroded. I am frustrated that the tack taken by the various branches of government at all levels never seems to be to get off my ass - to increase personal liberties in any theater is simply not a realistic government action. The argument is never one of liberty versus authoritarianism - it is simply an argument of which flavor of growing statism we would like. There is no party of small government in this country. Thomas Jefferson is dead.

Atlas Blogged has a very small number of regular readers, but they are an appreciated group. I respect and thank each of the people who comes by on a regular basis, and I apologize for the partisan burnout that grips me. In other words, I blame myself. I'm sure all will be right as rain soon - like, when the Sabres finally win it all.