The DNC's New Chairman

The irascible Howard Dean is at it again. Recently, he told a Houston crowd that House Republican leader Tom Delay should "go back to Houston, where he can serve his jail sentence down there courtesy of the Texas taxpayers." Never mind that Delay has not been convicted of anything, much less charged. But Dean is also infamous for another quote, in which he urged Americans not to "prejudge" Osama bin Laden's guilt, and that he should first be tried in a court of law. So it's okay to prejudge Republicans, but not terrorists. Last Sunday, Tim Russert nailed Dean on this, among other things.

But sadly, Dean is only all too representative of his party, which increasingly views the Republican Party as a greater threat to America than are bin Laden and his minions. While Dean's remarks may warm the hearts of the rabid Democratic faithful, I doubt it will win any converts to the Democratic side. As long as the Democrats use harsher language to describe their domestic political opponents than they use to describe our nation's foreign enemies, they will struggle to gain the electorate's trust on national security.

What is the Council of 305?

The Council of 305 is different things to different people, but for me it is an idea. It is the idea that like minded men and women who feel strongly in their convictions should band together for the common good of mankind.

To be truthfully honest The Council of 305 is a class room in Chattanooga, Tennessee half filled with nerds listening to a wise man question ideas for the purpose of finding only the truth. The great thing about it is that usually nerds are the ones who eventually run the world.

The Council of 305 blog was created to have a forum where we like minded nerds could debate ideas or thoughts from issues ranging from the filibuster to how the Pistons did last night.