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I Come Not To Praise Oregon

But to Bradbury it.  AlGore's little Tinkerbelle, Billy Bradbury, is "90% certain" that he'll run for the governor's office.  He's not 89% certain, nor is he 91% certain.  He might be 89.99% certain, but he's not giving that data out.

He's certainly got his priorities right:  "Basically, you have to approach it...'what do I really believe in?', 'what do the people of the state really care about?' and do those two fit together? If they do, it makes sense to pursue the Governorship."

Reality check, Billy:  do you really believe that the people of Oregon give a rat's heinie about your "man-made global warming" religion?

Blood For Oil

This was a popular refrain among Leftists: President Bush plunged the nation into a war that was all about oil, and enriching his fat-cat pals.  It became a constant background drone, though it never actually got legs (because it was a stupid claim).

Where are the strident voices of the Leftists now?  It has emerged that the repatriation of the Lockerbie bomber was clearly a blood for oil trade.  Where is the outrage?  Why isn't Pelosi all over this?  Why is our loony local blogger from Lewis and Clark not venting hysterically, with his panties in a twist?  Oh, right - it has nothing to do with Sarah Palin.  Well then, nevermind.

What Likely Killed Princess Diana

The car wreck was bad, but it appears that what was worse was French government-run "health care".  The USA employs what is known as "scoop and run".  The U.S. system is grounded in studies that show a trauma victim's best chance for survival is reaching the operating room within 10 minutes.

By contrast, the French practice what is known as "stay and play".  Therefore, Diana didn't actually arrive at a hospital until one hour and forty-five minutes after the crash.  She was repeatedly "stabilized" in an ambulance, rather than receiving what is standard in American responses: rapid transit to a nearby hospital.

This is what Democrats want to bring to America.  The Europeans, after all, are so much smarter.  They also die needlessly early, but that's not an issue the Dems want to discuss.

Does The Loony Law Perfesser Have A Sideline?

Now, this is funny!  Portland-area part-time tax-law perfesser over at Lewis and Clark College fancies himself more as a political pundit, so he spends most of his time surfing the web and blogging.  Being a liberal, he is intolerant of opposing views and takes great pride in his "banning" trigger-finger.  I don't mind his spending so much time surfing, though I do object to his generally ham-handed (typically liberal) approach to what passes for discourse over there.  Interestingly, although he uses college systems to facilitate his blogging endeavors, he attempts to justify his perpetual stifling of speech by claiming that he "pays the bills".

It was amusing, then, to find that his site has a clone.  Two hacks, one name. 

Density

This is a concept that many Americans just don't like.  But it is one that government, and their legions of "planners" wish to force upon you.  According to them, the whole idea of living in a single-family home, with a yard and all that - that's really bad.  In fact, it's terrible.  You and your family need to live in an urban, high-rise development.  You need to get rid of your car and take subsidized transit to...well, those places your government and "planners" believe that you should go.

This paradigm is referred to currently as "Smart Growth".  There is, however, nothing "smart" about it.  It's simply a concerted effort to limit your freedoms; the latest of many attempts to impose governmental controls on your living conditions and upon your available options.

Jackasses

They're everywhere.  A Rasmussen poll indicates that 57% of Americans would like to replace the entire U.S. Congress.  Oregon's alleged "governor" is a jackass.  Portland's alleged "mayor" is an admitted liar and a jackass.  Portland city commissioner Leonard is a pushy, in-your-face jackass.  And the rest of Portland city council may not be as pushy as Leonard, but they're still jackasses.  Portland blogger and occasional "tax law perfesser" Jackass at least hasn't been elected to represent constituents, so of all the jackasses, he's at least got that going for him.

Folks vote jackasses into office, then complain.  Why do they do that?

Help Is On The Way!

$228,000 gets Portland four more Leonard Loos .  Yes, in this dismal set of economic circumstances, the city of Portland can spend a quarter of a million dollars to build (not to install) four toilets.

Sweet!  Portland City Council has a Big Pipe.  The time to start flushing is now, so it seems.

Best Buy Seems Poorly-Named

I've never liked Best Buy.  First, I don't like the name of the place, and second, I don't like the whole "geek Squad" thing.  It's all just too creepy.  I build my own systems and networking, and I'm not inclined to go to Best Buy for anything.  The format may work for them; it doesn't work for me.  Anyplace that sells refrigerators and stoves along with computer gear is automatically suspect, in my view.

If I have an issue, like wanting to pick up more chips, I go to a local "mom and pop" shop that does nothing but computers.

This horror tale simply confirms my long-held view when it comes to places like Best Buy: run away!

It Seems That We Need More Volcanoes

Some of the folks involved in The Religion have decided that we should look into creating man-made volcanoes to counter the effects of man-made climate change.  If we shoot a bunch of dust into the air, then that'll change everything.

The society will this week call for a global programme of studies into geo-engineering — the manipulation of the Earth’s climate to counteract global warming — as the world struggles to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Well, pip-pip and all that rot!  We can just fling a few million tons of dust from our bins into the air and solve that whole global - whoops!  They called it "global warming"!  Did the Brits not get the memo?  The new term is "climate change", you twits!

I'd Rather Be Waterboarding

Interesting article in the Washington Post on the conversion of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who calls himself the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, began giving lectures to U.S. intelligence agents - or what the agents referred to as  "terrorist tutorials."

Apparently, he grew weary of sleep deprivation and waterboarding.  It's interesting that the Left wants to "investigate" such "torture" techniques, which cause no physical harm.