Battle of the Nutcrackers on Ovation

Ovation Network is having a Battle of the Nutcrackers on tv. Their
promos are funny, done in the style of professional wrestling,
Smackdown!

I've now seen all 4: Matthew Bourne's, George Balanchine's, Mark
Morris's Hard Nut and finally the Bloshoi's. I enjoyed each one never
having seen any version all the way through before. I thought it was
time.

Matthew Bourne's is all kitsch and surreal gay design gone mad. I
don't remember much of Balanchine's except that it was more
traditional than Bourne's and starred a young (isn't he always
young?) Macaulay Culkin. Mark Morris's had both beauty and humor and
I think it gets my vote for the contest. The Bolshoi's was entirely
traditional, had the music at slower tempos than what I've heard
otherwise and had some wonderful dancing. I was impressed also at the
crowd interrupting the performance with Bravos and applause whenever
they liked what they saw.

Why impeachment isn't happening

Bush should be impeached for so many things. I have asked myself, can
we impeach him yet?, so many times.Why isn't it happening?

The Democrats want to leave him in power so voters will have built up
so much antipathy towards the Republican party that Democrats will
get the votes that would go to Republicans by those who wouldn't vote
Democrat unless Hell freezes over. By letting George continue to make
the Republicans look so bad, Republicans will turn against the party;
Democrats will look good.

Impeachment would cause a backlash against Democrats no matter how
well deserved. This way, as long as the country can suffer through
this president, voters will be eager to vote for a change, albeit not
too big a change, by voting Democratic in '08. The fringe candidates
who offer significant change like Ron Paul or Ralph Nader are still
too scary for incurious, lazy middle America.

Of course, many will sour on the Democrats for not impeaching but I
guess those numbers are lower than the voters the Democrats hope to
gain with this strategy. Let's hope the country can survive this guy.
It will be a challenge.