Category: Politics

The Washington Note has a long and very interesting piece today on Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth.

It doesn’t lend itself to easy exerpts, so just click through. It’s worth a read.

In the “how can this be serious??!?!?” department:

New York has no national monuments or icons, according to the Department of Homeland Security form obtained by ABC News. (Click here for the actual document.) That was a key factor used to determine that New York City should have its anti-terror funds slashed by 40 percent–from $207.5 million in 2005 to $124.4 million in 2006.

The formula did not consider as landmarks or icons: The Empire State Building, The United Nations, The Statue of Liberty and others found on several terror target hit lists. It also left off notable landmarks, such as the New York Public Library, Times Square, City Hall and at least three of the nation’s most renowned museums: The Guggenheim, The Metropolitan and The Museum of Natural History.

What kind of dreamworld are those people at DHS living in?

UPDATE: More here.

Although anyone who knows me (or reads this blog) will tell you that I am not shy about my opinions, I do try not to leap to conclusions about people’s motivations. Given the choice between calling something “evil” or “stupid” I’ll gravitate to “stupid” until there is good reason to move to “evil”.

That said, this “Vox Day” person is either supremely unaware of the subtext in this passage (and therefore deeply stupid), or he’s one sick, evil fuck. In this case, I’m leaning towards the latter.

[President Bush] will be lying, again, just as he lied when he said: “Massive deportation of the people here is unrealistic

It would be funny if it weren’t so sad …. but actually, the bit about California was just funny, period.

I so, SO hope he runs again in 2008. Gore / Obama? Mmmmm…..

The plot thickens…

The U.S. prosecutor in the CIA leak case has told a court he plans to use as evidence a newspaper article with notes that he says were hand-written by Vice President Dick Cheney referring to Valerie Plame shortly before she was exposed as a CIA operative.

My guess: we will soon be told that Cheney’s health is worsening, which is why he’s been photographed nodding off in meetings recently. He will step down “for health reasons” and then when he is put on trial we’ll be told that the medications he’s been taking have messed with his memory and he can’t remember anything having to do with l’affaire Plame.

Yes, I too saw the C&L video of Colbert at the White House Correspondant’s Dinner last night. I think I annoyed Scott a bit when I went so far as to say, ‘I want to have this man’s baby,’ but WOW did he kick ass.

Shakes & co came up with a bunch more ways to say how much Colbert rocks, and even granted him the coveted “Brass Balls” award.