| I remember back in aught-four when the Big Sioux River burst its banks. Yeah, thems was the days. (FYI, just fiddling around with posting video to Google Video. Seems pretty slick.) | |
Well, we've suffered a blow to winning the War on Terrorism. In 2007, Nancy Pelosi and her clown posse will seize control of the House and turn national attention away from the most critical issue of our era. Republicans blew it, thanks to moderates and sellouts who abandoned their ideals and betrayed the people who put them into office. My only hope is that in the next two years, the party will slough off the chaff and come back stronger than before, ready to redeem itself. Meanwhile, President Bush needs all the help he can get to keep his prosecution of the war on track.
All style, no substance. If rhetoric was cats, Al Gore would put crazy old cat women to shame. Seriously."We didn't do a really good job of evacuating the city of New Orleans [due to the onslaught of hurricane]."On our planet's "rising fever,"
"If the crib catches fire you don't say: ‘Hmmm, how fast is that crib going to burn? Has it ever burned before? Is my baby flame retardant?"On Earth studies,
"It's still shocking to me that we have more detailed information in some fields about Mars and Venus than we have about Earth."His speech appears to be littered with so much hyperbole, without the backing of reputable scientific theory, that it's more an exercise in gratuitous blather than a reasonable call to caution.
For today's post, I direct your attention to my favorite columnist: Thomas Sowell (bio). I've been reading his articles since my early teens, and every reading is a graceful academic exercise reaffirming my own common-sense ideas and ideals. An economist by trade, this guy has the best-thought-out arguments about everything ranging from liberal activist judges to elitist environmentalists to anti-war peacemongers. Read any comments below his column, and you'll find very few well-crafted rebuttals--a testament to his strong grasp of today's issues and how they fit in the moral scope of the country.
Let me start by saying that Sting is incredibly gifted. He displays an adeptness for jazz and other musical conventions rarely seen among popular artists, deftly infusing them into his rock music. That's why I consider myself a fan, normally shunning standard FM radio fare."Rock music has come to a standstill -- it's not going forward any more, it only bores me."For me, it's no coincedence that Sting's music is the thing that has become boring in the last few years. I don't disagree with him; today's rock music is generally a huge waste of time--along with just about everything else you hear on the radio. However, an old college friend once told me, "Only boring people get bored." This seems to be the case with Sting. If he wants to shake off the doldrums of boring rock music, I think he would truly benefit from listening to the Flower Kings, Neal Morse or Ayreon. Worked for me.
Doesn't Gorbachev have anything better to do? Apparently not. I can't figure out why anyone puts a microphone in front of the guy.
What a handsome picture of Nevada's dear Senator. And what a nice lapel pin.
Oh yeah, right. Go Harry!
Who wouldn't want to gaze upon Babs as they listen to their favorite music and compliment themselves on their own fine taste?
In just a few thousand years we have swallowed up more than a third of the planet's land for our cities, farmland and pastures. By some estimates, we now commandeer 40 per cent of all its productivity. And we're leaving quite a mess behind: ploughed-up prairies, razed forests, drained aquifers, nuclear waste, chemical pollution, invasive species, mass extinctions and now the looming spectre of climate change. If they could, the other species we share Earth with would surely vote us off the planet.Swallowed? Commandeer? Mess? Looming spectre?
In some countries, including Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands, there is no longer any night sky untainted by light pollution."Bobby, turn off that flashlight right now! Don't you know you're tainting the environment?!"
"America is the only industrialised nation in the world experiencing significant population growth."Gee, isn't that the goal? I know in many circles, (particularly those elitists who can't stand the unwashed masses, and countries like China who have little regard for human life) a growing population is a bad thing. But everywhere I've lived, the goal is to grow the economy, grow the workforce, expand the company, etc. All with the intent to create a higher standard of living.
Boy, it never gets old. This happens every single time I wear a tie to work. Without fail. Which is why I only wear a tie about once a month. Sheesh.
So I bought a couple clearance bookshelves. $15 apiece. Normally $60. I think they're barely worth $15, but they're serviceable, as far as particle board goes.
Anyway, this is about as advanced as my Sketchup skills are at this point. If they inspire you, you have issues.
I now have my triumvirate of signed photographs of South Dakota's three congressmen. (Yes, Stephanie Herseth isn't a man, but if she was, she'd be quite the looker!) For your enjoyment, I present Tim Johnson, unofficially deemed by South Dakotans as "South Dakota Congressperson I'd Least Like to Play Cribbage With."
I don't know how or when (though I have an idea), but my stinking eye is swollen and itchy. I thinkning a piece of noxious weed got in my eye when I was whacking the abundance of foliage in our little orchard out back. I also have little rashes and swollen areas breaking out on various parts of my body. I hate this!
To vent my frustrations, here's an autographed picture of Stephanie Herseth I just got in the mail.
This really doesn't have anything to do with being crappy (except that it happened during my crappy 35-minute commute) but look at the silly car! What a little sissy! It's like the short bus for private school! Whatever that means.
