ReThug Community Values

& they claim racism is a thing of the past. Here's a letter from the The Sand Mountain Reporter, an Alabama newspaper. Feel the love.

Sounds Good To Me

Beautiful paragraph to open a good editorial from the Toledo Blade.

"FURTHER evidence that Ohio’s Board of Education has become a painful carbuncle on the posterior of state government comes from the close vote by which the board decided to retain a high school lesson plan that includes intelligent design."

Usa, R.I.P.

Too bad.

"The Toledo Zoo euthanized its 13-year-old snow leopard Tuesday when it became clear that the orange-size tumor on the side of her face was spreading out of control."

PETA?

What kind of a sick brain would do this? Just asking.

"A fence at a Portage County hunting preserve that has housed deer with chronic wasting disease was deliberately cut, state officials reported Friday, and sharpshooters were dispatched to the farm to shoot deer outside the enclave to stop possible exposure to wild deer.

'This was not an accident,' said Alan Crossley, the state's coordinator for chronic wasting disease.

He said that a 3-foot-by-3-foot area was cut in the fence and then was wired to remain open. A bait pile was placed outside the fence to attract deer."

Heckofa Job Bu$hCo

It's things like this that, frankly, require the Democrats to fillibuster Scalito. The ReThugs just don't care about people, poor people, in particular.

"'The poorest of the poor, who were assigned to a plan automatically, were the ones who had to test a system,' said Helene Nelson, secretary of the Department of Health and Family Services. 'And the system didn't work.'"

Friday Random Ten

I'm Alabama Bound - Jelly Roll Morton
Everyone - Van Morrison
Crazy Love - Van Morrison (Random? Random?)
Wade:Hurricane Suite-II. Storm Surge - Dr. John
Everything - Headhunters
Stalalee - Dr. John (OK, Apple, what's up?)
Total Devotion - Irene Sage
Laissez Faire (Let It Be) - Bruce Daigrepont
Frankie and Johnny - Sansone, Krown & Fohl
Bayou Breeze - Tab Benoit

Wal-Mart Must Serve The People - Maryland Version

This is a start.

"Maryland legislators voted today to enact a first-in-the-nation requirement that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spend more on employee health care. The measure, touted as a money-saver for the state-supported Medicaid program, takes effect despite the governor's veto of the bill."

Interesting Stuff

I'm just glad they can still find stuff like this.

"Archaeologists excavating two American Indian burial sites in downtown Miami say they have found hundreds of remains piled in limestone fissures, some of them stacked in stone burial boxes."

Broke Party?

Read.

Bad News For Bears, Melting Division

So it's not just flame retardants that are killing polar bears. Now they are drowning. Thanks to MR for the article. Here's the URL for the article (warning, it's the Wall Street Urnial, they require money):

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113452435089621905.html

Here's a bitter taste:

It may be the latest evidence of global warming: Polar bears are drowning.

Scientists for the first time have documented multiple deaths of polar bears off Alaska, where they likely drowned after swimming long distances in the ocean amid the melting of the Arctic ice shelf.
....
In a quarter-century of aerial surveys of the Alaskan coastline before 2004, researchers from the U.S. Minerals Management Service said they typically spotted a lone polar bear swimming in the ocean far from ice about once every two years. Polar-bear drownings were so rare that they have never been documented in the surveys.
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"For anyone who has wondered how global warming and reduced sea ice will affect polar bears, the answer is simple -- they die," said Richard Steiner, a marine-biology professor at the University of Alaska.
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...bears have been found either in the ocean or on beaches, congregating around carcasses of whales butchered by hunters. In the past, polar bears were rarely seen at such kill sites, because they spent their time hunting their favorite meal -- seals -- on sea ice.

Jeez, we need more studies, it can't be true, it will affect my paycheck, I think, no wait, the tax cuts will make up for it, wait, I'm not rich. I think I'll just jump off the oredock & drown myself, like the bears. Emphasis added.

The Long View

I wonder if any ReThugs have purchased future shoreline property? They're probably already working on legislation to keep the lower classes from using the beach. Typical.

"Ethiopian, American and European researchers have observed a fissure in a desert in the remote northeast that could be the 'birth of a new ocean basin,' scientists said.

Researchers from Britain, France, Italy and the United States have been observing the 37-mile long fissure since it split open in September in the Afar desert and estimate it will take a million years to fully form into an ocean, said Dereje Ayalew, who leads the team of 18 scientists studying the phenomenon."

Via Buzzflash.

Ouch

& from a fellow warrior. It must bite.

"A senior British officer has criticised the US army for its conduct in Iraq, accusing it of institutional racism, moral righteousness, misplaced optimism, and of being ill-suited to engage in counter-insurgency operations."

Big Tent My Ass

What will it take for the Log Cabin ReThugs to finally understand that the party they support hates them?

"The group trying to put a gay marriage ban on the Florida ballot in 2006 is being bankrolled by the state Republican Party."

Back, & I Mean Back, To Grantsburg, WI

I don't know, man, I just don't know.

I have always liked the top of swamps. I'd like to know why the police don't know where this seriously injured person is. So much for homeland security.

Jan. 2, Ali N. Vogel, 20, Grantsburg, was seriously hurt after she lost control on County Road F due to heavy ice and slush on the road. The vehicle skidded into the ditch and landed on the roof on top of the swamp. The occupants escaped through a broken rear window. It’s unknown which hospital she’s currently at.

Riske Dicks? You've got to be kidding. So much for safe sex.

•Jan. 5, Luther G. Icard, 45, Shell Lake, was arrested at the Pour House for a warrant. He was later dropped off at Riske Dicks to collect money for his bail.

File this under What The Hell? Or Sounds Just Like The President.

The unique relationship of a JV coach running the program with a varsity coach responsible for just the varsity is something many wondered if it would work.

I'd be a little nervous about Mr. Higgin, the reporter, if you know what I mean.

It was well worth the wait. With 37 teams on hand, hundreds of wrestlers and lots of fans, it was a feast for the eyes.

Happy Birthday

Far out.