Thursday, May 15, 2008
Scam of the DayNo matter who wins the election, I predict more of the same stupidity in the name of protecting the Earth. Polar Bears are doing fine. So are lying environmentalists counting their grant dollars.
Alaska industry and political leaders reacted with disappointment, even vehemence, to the decision Wednesday to protect the polar bear as “threatened,” despite assurances from the Bush administration that the listing would mean no new regulation in Alaska.
Industry officials worried that the listing decision would give environmentalists a new tool for opposing development in the Arctic, especially new offshore oil exploration and development. Politicians attacked the science behind the decision as speculative.
“Reinterpreting the Endangered Species Act in this way is an unequivocal victory for extreme environmentalists who want to block all development in our state,” said Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska.
There’s a predicted 70 seat loss to Republicans this election. That will mean, no matter who wins, that Democrats fully control the Congress. McCain is also a RINO, so he will probably do “environmentally friendly” stuff as well, supporting Global Warming measures and so on. All of this is bad for the people in a lot of ways. Loss of freedoms, loss of rights, loss of services and things you used to take for granted.
Watch. Protecting polar bears sounds so innocuous. But that’s not what this law is for. It’s to block oil exploration and drilling. Something we need to do. And more land owners are likely to have less ability to work their land in the future because of draconian laws.
And look, this came from Bush. Wait’ll you see what the next president does.
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A Monkey Walks into a Bar
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Funky Furniture
Some real wacky stuff. I think the plant furniture is a great idea for an outdoor setting.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
American Idol Top 3We’re down to the penultimate episode before the finale. Three singers, singing three songs. Here’s how I saw it.
David Cook was the best of the three by far. He gave two of his songs a signature stamp. I think his version of “The First Time Ever I saw Your Face” was excellent. His closing song was also superb.
Syesha was second best in my opinion, but she will probably not be back next week. I liked what she did better than David A. But she could have done better.
David A has the teen vote sown up so he will be back next week. He sang each of his songs well, but there was nothing surprising or amazing about it. It was more or less what we expect from him except the Chris Brown song “My Boo” which I felt was kind of lame. But the song is pretty weak anyway.
As most of us have surmised, next week will probably be the two Davids duking it out. As far as I’m concerned Cook should win. But we’ll have to see how both of them do next week. I just hope the winners song isn’t as bad as some of them have been in past years.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Ron Paul’s Reverse Money BombThis could be very bad for the country, even though the intent is a good one.
The dollar is being devalued by the fed by making money so cheap. It is bad for the US in many ways, mainly for the working and middle classes. But I’m not sure this is really a solution. This could cause bank runs and other disasters we don’t need right now.
What do you think?
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Moore Re-Runs
Michael Moore wants to make a sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11, his last successful movie. Sicko bombed, as I said it would.
Moore’s decision not to make his next film with the Weinstein Co. comes after “Sicko” failed to ignite the box office. Film, which took on the U.S. health care system, grossed $24.5 million domestically and $11.2 million internationally. Topically, the film didn’t resonate with overseas auds.
To be fair, those are good numbers for a documentary, but Moore probably thinks he should be making the kind of numbers Fahrenheit did. Here’s the problem, that was then, this is now. When his next film comes out, a new President will have been elected. Bush bashing will be quaint nostalgia, like Nixon bashing is for old hippies. And on top of that, Michael Moore isn’t the celebrated darling of the left he once was. The truth is, his inability to tell honest facts has hurt his credibility with many who were once his core believers. Fahrenheit 9/11 was revealed to be made up of one lie after another. Sicko was full of ludicrous claims about Canadian, British and Cuban health care.
He’s got an uphill battle, and I suspect he will find a lot less people interested in thi rehash than he thinks. Especially if Obama were to win.
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Wolverine and the X-Men
Marvel has a new animated X-Men movie coming out.
UPDATE: Iron Man meets Spiderman
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DNA in Action
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Japanese Pushers
They’ve been doing this since the 1970s.
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