Wyden I think of that?

It might be too early in the morning for the title of this post. I should apologize, but that one wounded me as much as it will wound you, dear reader. I'm really just sharing the love.

(Actually, that lame pun is intended to honor the Sunnyside Up Cafe, which has just created a dessert with the hilarious name "You're doin' a heckuva job, Brownie." I have never eaten there, but I will absolutely be buying one of these brownies.)

Senator Ron Wyden, possibly our weirdest* Oregon Democrat, came to Corvallis last night for a town hall meeting. According to the Gazette-Times, he spent much of the meeting discussing the sale of ports to the U.A.E. and the difficulties inherent in balancing national security with civil liberties. While discussing executive powers and national security, he actually quoted Ronald Reagan, which, considering the secret sales of arms to Iran during Reagan's administration, seems a bit odd.

*Wyden is a bit of an odd bird. Very few blue-state Democrats support a flat tax, eliminating estate taxes and capital gains taxes, and think quoting Reagan is a good idea. Even fewer attempt to toe the moderate line while still having the courage to oppose the Iraq war before we invaded.