Went to see Springsteen for the second time on Saturday the 30th - completely forgot about this until I saw this Salon article. At each concert (at least in NJ), Bruce makes a short speech about the need for all of us to demand honesty from our elected officials. He's very careful to point out that it's "not a Democrat or Republican, or a conservative or liberal issue - it's an American issue," as he puts it. And I believed him. Until Saturday.

That night, he followed up with a plug for Al Franken's book - "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right"- before breaking into Land of Hope and Dreams. I haven't read Franken's book yet - but non-partisan he isn't.