As the media continues its obsessive focus on the 2008 race, other important news
is getting short shrift. For instance:
Iraq is slowly becoming a functioning democracy. Even the anti-war crowd has given
up trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The US and Iraq are soon to
be
negotiating a power shift
for US forces. Oh, and Iraqi National Police just graduated
1,830 new recruits. The list goes on...
Government At Work:
In a stunning victory for the nanny state, the NYC Board of Health decided to
require all city chain restaurants to post calorie data on their menus.
For our own good, dontcha know.
Meanwhile, in Brattleboro, the town fathers are deciding on whether President Bush
and VP Dick Cheney can be
indicted and arrested for war crimes if they ever step foot in Vermont.
I guess they can't forgive Bush for winning in Iraq.
In the same vein, erstwhile presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich announced
he will be filing articles of impeachment against President Bush. Oh, the
next day Kucinich dropped out of the race and decided he needed to focus his efforts
on retaining his day job.
In Iowa, an
Iman offered a prayer at the
Iowa Statehouse asking Allah for "victory over those who disbelieve." I wonder if
Iowa politicians knew he was talking about victory over America.
The only good news is, a California
judge has ruled that Christian schools can set standards of behaviour for
their students, and impose penalties if they're not.
Government Education:
A
bomb factory was found in the house of a Columbia University professor.
And students at Wallingford prep school showed their commitment to diversity by
protesting the choice
of Karl Rove as their commencement speaker. To think I used to regret not having
a college education.
A Georgia school will become the first to try the
"Learn and Earn" program where students get paid to learn. They're probably
following the example in Britain where the Government is considering
paying fat people to lose weight. Almost makes me want to pork out and get
some cash.
Did you know that Harvard University has a staggering
$34 billion stockpile? 76 other universities have endowments over $1
billion.
Meanwhile, college tuition continues to rise, with D.C.'s George Washington University
leading the pack as
the most expensive university in the world. Only $39,240 a year to indoctrinate
your kids. Such a deal.
Hill and Bill:
Hillary made clear she would deal with the shaky economy by
putting her emphasis on issues like inequality and the role of institutions
in government rather than market forces. The markets continued to tank. This bid
for socialism garnered her
the endorsement of the New York Times. Oh, the NYT also endorsed McCain,
feeling he is the candidate best situated to undo the harm of the Bush administration.
Which is one more reason not to vote for McCain. On a personal note, does anyone
remember the last time McCain ran for president? His wife Cindy was spotted wearing
a Hillary pin.
Gotcha of the Week: After lambasting Obama for associating with 'slumlord,'
Tony Rezko, a picture surfaced showing Rezko with Hill and Bill. You'd think Hillary
could remember the few of her 'contributors' that aren't Chinese, or Puerto Rican.
In another amazing Clinton coincidence, Hillary got the
coveted endorsement of an influential black, Harlem-based leader. This,
after Hillary directed more than $1 million of our tax dollars to him last year.
The media silence was deafening.
Speaking of deafening, Bill has managed to focus Hillary's campaign on himself,
wagging his finger and pontificating. The good news is, Obama had the
audacity to call attention to Bill's '"statements that are not factually
accurate" (This is liberal speak for lies). Once the taboo was broken, others jumped
on the bandwagon, highlighting instances of Bill's 'aversion to the truth.' What
a shock.
By the way, someone should tell Bill to ditch that yellow shirt. It looks like a
big blob of mustard on white bread.
The 'Peace' Bandwagon:
The son of Osama bin-Laden wants to be an
'ambassador for peace' between Muslims and The West. He's a little late,
as the UN just decided to
confer that honor on anti-America actor George Clooney. I'm not making this
stuff up.
Culture Watch:
A British woman is set to become the
most prolific surrogate mother, just as soon as she delivers her eighth
surrogate child. More men are turning to breast implants to give them
'chests of gold.' Saudi Arabia has decided to
lift the ban on woman drivers. And a liberal advocacy group has decided
to spend $8.5 Million in a
campaign to ensure president Bush's approval ratings don't improve. It's
hard to imagine anyone living with that much hate. Maybe a contributing factor is
a
new
video game that offers kids an opportunity to assume the identity of a presidential
contender and then shoot their political opponents.
A story on 'The Three Little Pigs' was
turned down for a 'government' award because the subject matter could offend
Muslims. For the second straight year, ABC
led nominees for awards from an organization that monitors depictions of
gays and lesbians in the media. The good news is, ABC may get socked with a
$1.4M fine for showing naked butts on TV.
Studies and Surveys:
A 7 year-old ape
trounced the (human) reigning memory champ at a computer game.
The recent study, widely published by the NYT and AP, claiming that Bush lied, was
found to have been
funded by George Soros and a plethora of liberal organizations. I believe
this is called 'stealth propaganda.' Media silence followed this revelation. Score
a big one for anti-American Soros.
Another study that received little media coverage was the one which found that most
diversity training efforts at American companies are ineffective. Duh.
New research shows that while men
and women are fairly equal in terms of IQ, women tend to underestimate their own
candlepower (Hillary being the exception that proves the rule), while men overestimate
theirs.
A new study
of world-wide technological competitiveness suggests China may soon rival the US
as the principal driver of the world's economy. This advance has had some costs,
as the divorce rate in China
went up 18.2% last year. Or maybe the rate was higher because the government
offers one day divorces that cost $1.40
A deep reservoir of natural gas stretching from New York through Pennsylvania and
into W. Virginia could pump more than
$400 Billion into the Mid-Atlantic economy and push the US towards energy
independence. I wonder why this isn't being talked about by the candidates.
In order to leave you all with a smile on your face, I include the following, which
seems to validate the concept of divine justice:
A would be suicide bomber fell down a flight of stairs and
blew himself up as he headed out for an attack in Afghanistan. It was the
second such incident in two days. You think maybe Allah was pissed at him? :)
And that was the week that was.
Nancy Morgan
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