Thought-Resolution Experiment.

Thanks to regular Tacitus poster Timmy the Wonder Dog I was alerted to this piece of Lileksian amusement. Amusing stuff... and, in the spirit of the holiday, we're going to designate this as...

THE NEW YEAR'S POLITICAL RESOLUTION THREAD!!!!!

Right.

Anyway, the rules are simple:

1) Come up with a political resolution that applies to your side. Let me repeat that: to your side. We don't care about resolutions for how The Other Side should do better: we can get those every day. And no trying to come up with a way to weasel around this.

2) Come up with a relevant political resolution that applies to your side; this is self-criticism (amusing self-criticism, to be sure), not boosterism. Don't try to weasel around this, either.

3) No getting ticked off by somebody else's post.

And, obviously,

4) Keep a sense of humor about it all.

We'll start with one from me:

I resolve to admit in public more often that the entire Freedom Fries thing was kinda lame and petty.

Game on.

Comments

[jackdied]

I resolve to heckle Bush every time he signs a bill congress has passed, until he vetos something - ANYTHING.

[Dell Adams]

I resolve to take a side, dammit.

[JKC]

I resolve to more forcefully discourage my fellow Democrats from forming into a circular firing squad.

[the Fourth Man]

I resolve to smack around armchair "militant" VLWCers until they figure out the difference between talking a good game and playing a good game.

[von]

I resolve to no longer consult with Senator Biden -- or his staff -- before I take a leak.

(I've been accused of placing too much reliance on the good Senator.)

[Edward]

I resolve to give Bush the benefit of the doubt on national security issues.

[Thorley Winston]

I resolve that the next time someone snidely refers to the president as “Shrub” or “Bush Junior” not to remind them that the current Democratic front-runner is known as “Little Howard."

[sidereal]

I declare Shenanigans on Thorley's entry.

I resolve to point out something positive about the developments in Iraq whenever I need to bring up something negative.

[Fafnir]

I resolve to stop drivin around Vatican City wearin the Papal Vestments speakin ex cathedra and canonizin saints. They just come after me and take all the stuff away anyway.

I also resolve to stop describin Fox News anchor Brit Hume as "former S&M star and Fox news anchor Brit Hume," despite his impressive performance in "Bound and Gagged Buttsluts 5."

I also resolve to start linking attorney general John Ashcroft's name to articles on Large Offspring Syndrome because thats how he'd want it if he were still with us god bless him.

[von]

I also resolve to stop describin Fox News anchor Brit Hume as "former S&M star and Fox news anchor Brit Hume," despite his impressive performance in "Bound and Gagged Buttsluts 5."

Priceless.

Yup, Brit really embraced that role. Happy New Year, Fafnir.

[Oberon]

I resolve to attack any portrayal of Soviet Union paraphenalia as as cool, hip, or even acceptable. It should be treated like Nazi paraphenalia.

[MattK/D1]

that the current Democratic front-runner is known as “Little Howard."

Always preferred Ho-Ho myself.*

*Is it shenanigans when a Democrat says it? I sent him money and everything once upon a time. Ref?

[Edward]

Gotta disagree with you there Oberon...despite their use, early Communist graphic works were second to none. Second to none, it bears repeating. Hate the politics, but don't misjudge the artistic achievement.

[Seth]

I resolve to call my leftier friends on their sh*t when they start talking about Blood for Oil, Bush being a fascist, the idea of withdrawing the troops from Iraq, etc. I resolve to do this even to my friends who are Dean staffers.