Calpundit helpfully reminds us that this is not a good time to buy a house.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Sunny-Thoughts.

Let’s see: the US wants the UN to agree to a deadline of March 17. This probably means the war will start March 18. I’m thinking maybe if we buy a house on March 19, the bubble will have already burst…

Darin and I took the kids to Knott’s Berry Farm yesterday for our one meal of the day. (Not the kids’ one meal—Sophia and Simon had plenty of meals. Darin and me: not so much.) We like the fried chicken at Knott’s, what can I say.

In case you don’t know, Knott’s Berry Farm is in Orange County, and Orange County is renowned as Republican-central around these parts. I mean, Los Angeles is pretty damn right-wing to begin with, and OC is right of that.

On the way back from Knott’s, we passed one of the apparently legion of auto row dealerships that exist at apparently every exit off the freeway in OC. And on the gigantic electronic sign that would usually flash something like the weather or maybe “God Bless America” was

George W. Bush: It’s the Economy, not the War.

Okay, when you start seeing signs like that in OC, you’re losing the people.

I saw this cover at the grocery store today

and thought, Who knew the guys at Money magazine were so slyly subversive? I mean, everyone knows the fix is in, right?

Then it dawned on me that the story is probably serious.

My cynicism about this administration knows no bounds.