Florida got to see some science happen on Saturday, as the Democratic National Committee voted to sanction that state for breaking party rules and scheduling their primary earlier than allowed.

Boy, we were worried for a while there that this week's Mailbag would be all serious. Fortunately for us, someone decided to ask a Ron Paul question.

Activism is important, and it allows ordinary citizens to address questionable practices by government in a reasonable way. For instance, the State of Texas is shipping by- and waste-products of VX nerve gas across Texas to Port Arthur, where it is incinerated. Not everyone is happy about that.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Jean Whiteside, the Panola County Democratic Party Chair.

I think President Bush has been listening to those crazy left-wing bloggers too much. He seems to have liked the many comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam so much, he's started using them himself. Of course, he's taking them in a different direction — one that many would argue isn't quite historically accurate.

Saturday is going to be a day of reckoning — the Rules Committee of the DNC is going to meet in Washington, and they will be charged with the task of figuring out what to do about the states that go "rogue" and set their primaries on dates against party rules.

Washington Post columnist Dan Froomkin says you should beware of the administration's song and dance over the September report on Iraq.

Well, another subpoena deadline for the White House has come and gone, and Presidential counsel Fred Fielding has requested another extension to the deadline. But Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has let the White House know in no uncertain terms that he won't have any of that anymore.

In case you missed it, the American people were winning yet another Democratic debate this weekend, this one on a Sunday morning — and on network television.

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Carolyn Salsberry, Committeewoman for Senate District 28 and Lamb County Democratic Party Chair.