Hey, Let's Politicize Global Warming!

Surprised? Not particularly. Frustrated? Absolutely. I like Pelosi's idea of a new committee to address global warming, but other than that, the Democrats' and enviro-lobbyists' ideas about waiting a year or two to start working on this are maddening:

That is why some environmentalists want Pelosi to delay until she can send a bill to a more sympathetic president in 2009, and why some Democrats want her to delay so they can use the issue against Republicans in 2008.

Don't get me wrong, I have no love for any Republican, but to quote well-known political commentator Eric Cartman, "Democrats piss me off!"

Colbert v. O'Reilly

I didn't see part one of this stroke of marketing genius - I wouldn't even know which channel Fox News uses to pollute DirecTV's signal - but Jenny and I did stay up for part two on the Colbert Report, and it was worth it. The best dig at O'Reilly was probably the Barnes & Noble 30% off sticker, which covered O'Reilly's head on the book cover. And the comment about Jon Stewart being a sexual predator, that was wonderfully vicious. I must admit, O'Reilly was a surprisingly good sport - still a pompous windbag, but a good sport nonetheless.

Brzezinski Tells It Like It Is

This opinion piece by Carter's National Security Adviser is the best - and most succinct - deconstruction of Wednesday's presidential speech that I've read thus far.

Big Three Still Clueless

It's really no mystery why U.S. car companies lose money these days - they employ chief economists who choose to take residence - along with our current administration - in a 'denial-based' alternate universe. No wonder Toyota continues to crush these clowns.

Ah, Winter

So I go out running on Saturday morning, and then following that, I take Marty over to the park for her walk. Now, it's around 70F, I had just run 7+ miles, so I'm obviously wearing shorts. That must have been the reason that local human-interest TV news reporter dude (for the city's NBC affiliate) comes over to me and wants to ask a few questions about the weather. I'm caught off guard, but I don't want to be a jerk, so I agree. What followed was an exercise in banality, as he asks me what I think of the weather (um, it's warmer thasn usual?), isn't it weird to be wearing shorts in January? (uh, yeah), et cetra, ad nauseum. I'm not sure whether it was the dumb questions, or the fact that he didn't look the least bit interested in my oh-so-profound responses, but the whole thing was a bit annoying. Plus I wasn't looking as pretty as I could have, because I had just been out running. Then the cameraman wants to get a shot of Marty, who by this point is really impatient to get on with her walk, and is wondering why this camera guy won't give her a treat in return for her allowing him to film her. Anyway, we were out in DC that night, and weren't even home to see the evening news, but Liz & Jarriel's friend Derek saw it, and I got a call from Jarriel the next day.

Now Marty think she's a TV star, and is demanding a limo to the park and the expensive dog food. And while this morning (32F) felt a bit more like winter, our BGE (gas & electric) bill for December was less than $26. We should probably get used to these winters, because even if we do figure out how to stop global warming in our lifetimes, how are we going to reverse the damage that's already been done - build a big ice maker in Greenland that spits iceberg-sized cubes towards the North Pole?

UFO Sightings

There have been two supposed UFO sightings in the past few months, a recent one in South Africa last Saturday with a lone witness who claims she saw a crash, and one at O'Hare in Chicago back in November that was witnessed by several United Airlines employees.

The Chicago Tribune article also claims that the politically-correct/preferred term for UFO is now UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena).

Continuing with the Comics Theme

Here's a list of the top ten lamest superheroes. Since I only recognize one character (#10, Cypher), I think it's a pretty weak list. Shouldn't a list like this only be populated by superheroes that people might actually have heard of? Just off the top of my head, I would think Aquaman would have to make the list (a rip-off of the Sub-Mariner, who debuted two years earlier, FYI), also Jubilee from the X-Men and Ant Man from the Avengers.