for suggesting that America become energy independent

I’m worried, though, when I check out his point paper on the issue. He hangs his hat on increasing CAFE standards by 2015, or sometime in Hilary’s second term (which I support – CAFE, not HRC, but which don’t address the issue in the near term), on the mythical “hydrogen economy” without addressing the source of the hydrogen (or more specifically the source of the energy to break water into 2H’s and an O), and on burning more coal.

He’s got a good bit on increasing natural gas use (Is Sen. John Breaux (D-LA) on Kerry’s team?), but even that counts on increasing our dependence on Mexican and Canadian supplies. And, he includes GWB’s provisions for swapping pollution credits, letting clean energy sources sell pollution rights to fossil fuel plants.

[ spoken like a teenager: ]

All the teen starlet fans are agog over pictures of Lindsay Lohan’s recent nip slip (which eventually revealed itself as a full-on breast baring) which always leads to the most popular discussion of when she’ll be 18 — July 2nd, just 5 weeks away — which is totally irrelevant since the age of consent in Texas is 17 anyway, but after her most recent paprazzi pictures I’m not talking about her breasts or her age anymore.

If you know me well, you know that one of my biggest dislikes is fecal humor. I am thoroughly grossed-out by all things bum-originated. So, sharing a story about a tape worm is difficult for me, but I think this story will warm everyone’s heart bowels.

… I thought hard how I could have become impregnated. Oh yeah. When I first came to Belgium way back when, I had sat in a restaurant looking at a menu in French and Flemish, neither of which was very enlightening. I spotted something on the menu that read, “Filet Americain.” I was American, it said a filet; this was made for me. I assumed it had to be a hamburger, or a steak; I didn’t want to reveal myself as a typical American abroad and demand explanations in slow, half-shouted English; I was a hopeful sophisticate. I ordered my filet, sat back and waited to be served something recognizable with a little American flag stuck in it.

They returned with a platter of raw hamburger; an equally raw egg lay in a mini-crevice they had pushed into the top of the mound. They showed it to me. I thought, This is special. As though this lump of meat was some exotic fresh fish or an expensive piece of sirloin they were displaying to me before cooking. I nodded, thinking, Great, go cook it, put it in a bun and bury it in ketchup and yellow mustard and onions and bring it back. Instead, my nod was taken as agreement and they placed the dish in front of me. …

Oh, yeah. May be NSFW and it’s definitely disgusting in parts.

As if we’re surprised, the White House has now put federal agencies on notice that there will be spending cuts for virtually all agencies in charge of domestic programs in 2006 should Bush win the election.

Oh, that Darby Conley

Today’s reason: Ashcroft is bigot.

Is that really a shocking statement? The font’s too big on this anti-Ashcroft article discussing the JD(Justice Department)‘s imprisonment of Brandon Mayfield but when it’s shown in contrast with Michael Breit’s story, it’s clear that the Ashcroft is wearing the worst kind of blinders. A Muslim convert’s attempted conviction rests on a poorly-matched set of prints using an obsolete method and he’s trumpetd in the press as a terrorist and held under the Patriot Act. (God bless Mayfield for having faith in the system and remaining calm through this ordeal.) Another man builds bombs and writes essays and hit-lists about killing liberals, but the JD handles him like a white-collar criminal.