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Archives for December 2007
Open Thread
Anything that can exist does exist. Discuss “white holes” and the “multiverse.”
President Bush’s Speech
In case you missed it.
In light of recent testimony from untouchable warrior-bookworm General Petrolus, the surge is working, and it will continue to work. Peace is breaking out all over, especially in remote, uninhabitable swaths of useless Iraqi desert, thanks in large part to the military troop surge I done wink and nodded into existence eight months ago. The surge has done everything I hoped it would do, which was buy political time so I can pass the buck to whatever poor son of a bitch – or straight up bitch – occupies the Oval Office come 2008.
Sadly, although Whitehouse.org is a humor site, I fear that this is not too far off the mark.
U.S. Reversal in Bali
The Bali meeting approved a “roadmap” for two years of talks to adopt a new treaty to succeed Kyoto beyond 2012, widening it to the United States and developing nations such as China and India. Under the deal, a successor pact will be agreed at a meeting in Copenhagen in late 2009.
The deal after two weeks of talks came when the United States dramatically dropped opposition to a proposal by the main developing-nation bloc, the G77, for rich nations to do more to help the developing world fight rising greenhouse emissions.
My feeling is that this comes as a result of one of two things:
1. Europe threatening to pull out of talks with the US on climate change
2. Somebody bound & gagged Bush in his office and told him to shut the fuck up
Quick Question
I normally use firefox, but need to use IE with a specific application. When I clink on links, it opens the page in a new window, but the window is not maximized. How do I set IE up so that when I click on a link, it either:
A.) Opens a completely maximized new window.
B.) Opens it in a new tab like firefox.
Thanks in advance.
A Good Cause
There are thousands of readers here, so it is worth a shot. Can you help Michael?
**Update** Not that you need a holiday to do good for people, but I think this is a good time of year to get tested to see if you would be a suitable donor for someone who needs you. Michael is one case but, as you are aware, there are tens of thousands of Michaels. One of the coolest things I have ever done is to put myself on a bone marrow registry. I have a fairly rare blood type, and I figured it would be a great idea. No calls yet, but I’ll go wherever I need to go if that call comes. That would be the coolest gift I could ever give someone.
Huckabee Schmuckabee
He made an appearance on the leftist, commie, socialist radio show All Things Considered today on NPR. Republicans won’t have that! You’ll see those numbers slide tomorrow.
Q. Do you feel you’re getting an unfair shake here about being a Baptist minister, and that people are going after your beliefs more than is appropriate in a presidential campaign?
A. For people to dig back 20 years and say “Oh, you know what, you said something in a church somewhere” — I’m not running to be the pastor of America, I’m running to be the president.
Does Mike Huckabee even listen to himself?:
“faith doesn’t just influence me, it really defines me.”
“I put my head on the pillow and I just want to make sure that the Father above is pleased”
“In essence, I can say that I have one client I have to please”
And it’s not the American people. Sounds like a Pastor in Chief to me. All the same, let him win the primary. Please! It will be fun to watch Republicans eat each other alive.
If you haven’t heard, he’s just hired Ed Rollins to be his new campaign chair.
Update: Rollins just said on CNN that 26 of the signers of the Constitution were ministers. Is this true? If so, it’s something I didn’t know.