Theme of the day: contempt
Contempt seems to be a common theme in today's news cycle:
Josh Bolten and Karl Rove have been held in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas in the US attorney firing scandal.
The White House and the obstructionist Senate Republicans are showing nothing but contempt for renewable energy; they're also showing contempt toward American consumers by refusing to tax the scandalous profits of oil companies.
The White House is holding the rest of the world hostage with its ongoing contempt toward doing anything meaningful about climate change.
Yet another county commission in Tennessee is showing contempt for the public's right to know what our government is doing in our names.
I can't really say that any of those stories surprise me.