2008/08/13

Political Rants

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 12:22 AM CDT

An article at CNN reads:

“Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said late Monday the changes were needed to ensure that the Endangered Species Act would not be used as a “back door” to regulate the gases blamed for global warming. In May, the polar bear became the first species declared as threatened because of climate change. Warming temperatures are expected to melt the sea ice the bear depends on for survival.”

Yes, we wouldn’t want the sudden disappearance of polar bears making people notice that there’s no more ice at the north pole:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/11/bush.endangered.species.ap/index.html

There is also a lot of talk lately about a forged letter the Administration had done to link Saddam to 9/11:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93319762

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/spytalk/2008/08/suskind-to-release-cia-intervi.html

Also, the Health Dept. is drafting a rule to classify using any contraceptives as abortion:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=agclip2V0QNk&refer=home

And Christopher Hitchens finally got the last laugh on his arch-rival in debate, George Gallaway:

http://www.slate.com/id/2170981/