The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Gemini Cricket]

I still think it's awkward. The number of news stories on GoogleNews that surfaced that surmised that Tony was whacked was in the hundreds so I figured it was the theory of a lot of people.

But this could be fodder for nicknaming Hills, too. Hillary Soprano, The Godmother...

[scaeagles]

Some random thoughts....

I typically do not like governance by polls. However, when such a vast majority of Americans want true border enforcement prior to any discussion of what to do with the existing 12 million illegals, I do not understnd why there is such a push on the stupid amnesty bill once again.

If it were not for Jimmy Carter, I would now have to agree that GWB is the worst President of my lifetime, no doubt, and perhaps one of the worst in history. If it weren't for his tax cuts (and maybe a couple of other things as well), I'd have no love for the man at all.

Two recent articles provide some of the reasons I do not subscribe to man made global warming....
This one....

As recently as 6,000 years ago, it was about 3C warmer than now. Ten thousand years ago, while the world was coming out of the thou-sand-year-long "Younger Dryas" cold episode, temperatures rose as much as 6C in a decade -- 100 times faster than the past century's 0.6C warming that has so upset environmentalists.

And this one...

The other greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen dioxide, and various others including CFCs, contributed only five per cent of the effect, carbon dioxide being by far the greatest contributor at 3.6 per cent.

However, carbon dioxide as a result of man's activities was only 3.2 per cent of that, hence only 0.12 per cent of the greenhouse gases in total.

I hate non smoking laws. Private property is private property. Even though I hate being around smoke.

Trent Lott is an a$$. Now that talk radio isn't supporting something he wants (immigration reform bill), we must "do something" about how talk radio is "running the country". He seems to forget who came to his defense during the whole Strom Thurmond uproad. Putz.

It brings me great joy to see support for McCain falling. I don't know anything about Fred Thompson. I so desperately want someone in the image of Reagan....could he be the man? No one else in the field is, but I don't know about him.

That is all I can find to rant about at present.

[Strangler Lewis]

George Will on Fred Thompson.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19140623...wsweek/page/2/

[Alex]

I almost didn't notice since Page 2 starts in an ok spot, but here is the link that starts at the beginning of his column.

[Strangler Lewis]

Whoops.

[innerSpaceman]

I believe polls indicate a vast majority of Americans want the U.S. military out of Iraq.





Thoughts, Mr. scaeagles?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Not that I'd go to Warren Buffet for advice on Constitutional law anyway, but perhaps he should read the whole thing, including, say, the 12th amendment.

Read the last paragraph

Meanwhile, the quip qoted in this post might indicate that Bloomberg himself stopped short of the 12th. Geniuses.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Not that I'd go to Warren Buffet for advice on Constitutional law anyway, but perhaps he should read the whole thing, including, say, the 12th amendment.

Read the last paragraph

Meanwhile, the quip qoted in this post might indicate that Bloomberg himself stopped short of the 12th. Geniuses.

Never mind the Constitution...I'd like to see these gentleman enrolled into a logic 101 class as per this statement: "I know he(Arnold) can't be President but...he can be Vice-President"

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Never mind the Constitution...I'd like to see these gentleman enrolled into a logic 101 class as per this statement: "I know he(Arnold) can't be President but...he can be Vice-President"

Actually, until the 12th Amendment, that would have been a true statement.

[Strangler Lewis]

I'm not sure about that since before the Twelfth Amendment, the guy who came in second in the race for president became vice president. I would think that if a controversy arose, the votes of any non-native type would have been invalidated rather than counted to see if he came in second.