Energy Imbalance Behind Global Warming

We are creating a greenhouse effect...our pollution and use of fossil fuels has resulted in the Earth letting sunlight in, but trapping the heat that it generates.

This was detailed in an online verion of the journal Science on Thursday, April 28th, 2005.

Sometime by April 30th, 2005, you can expect many Republicans to denounce this report as "junk science." Bush will be one of them. We can't have anything that impedes his and his buddies' oil profits, can we?

Bush's Press Conference

I will withhold comment on Bush's press conference last night pending further review. Sure, it sounds good....tilting Social Security to the poor and all, but Bush's rhetoric rarely matches his action on social issues. He has rarely done anything that benefits that majority of Americans, and with his party controlling the entire government, why should he start now?

The Wisdom of Peter Griffin

Peter Griffin, protagonist of the cult cartoon Family Guy, was riding an elephant in one episode as he led a parade into his backyard (don't ask).

From atop the elephant, he says to his wife, "hey Lois, look...the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who's afraid of change."

Round-Up: GOP Finally Starting to Be Held Accountable

Let’s see-

-Bush’s Social Security ideas don’t seem to be getting anywhere

-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is under fire from Democrats AND some Republicans over possible influence peddling, ethics violations, and not-so-veiled threats of violence to judges of whose decisions he disapproved

-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is having trouble in his quest to change Senate rules so the GOP can hammer in Bush’s too-conservative judicial appointees. There is major opposition from sensible people, both Democrats and Republicans. In addition, both evangelicals and business leaders are starting to disapprove, creating headaches for Frist and putting his 2008 presidency hopes in peril

-Bush’s nominee to represent the U.S. for the United Nations, John Bolton, is getting heat for both his harsh treatment of his staff (not a big deal, really….who hasn’t had a boss who was harsh?) and his apparent cherry-picking of intelligence to suit his needs. THAT is a big problem. Bush and his buddies did the same thing to force us into invading Iraq.

Bush and the Republicans are finally starting to get some heat for their dishonest and sometimes fraudulent actions, and not because of the "liberal media" that they often blame for their problems. They brought these problems on themselves, and it’s about damn time they faced the music for all their nonsense.