On the United States Senate

Half of these people have never run so much as a bath for themselves, and now they want to run the entire country. If it wasn't so damned scary (Harry Reid and Mitch "the bitch" McConnell - yeah, I really want those 2 calling the shots, NOT!), it'd be damned hilarious.

Note to the Republicans

I got an idea for you guys. How 'bout instead of voting for the 42nd (or is it the 43rd, I'm kind of losing track here?) time to get rid of Obamacare (not to mention grandstanding/waste of time filibusters), you put your frigging thinking caps on and put forward a feasible alternative to it?.......................................................................................I mean, it isn't as if you folks don't have some decent ideas, for Christ; tort reform, health savings accounts, buying insurance across state lines, etc.. But a) you've got to put 'em all together, b) you've got to take your plan to the American people, and c) you've got to find some moderate partners on the other side of the aisle (folks like Manchin, Warner, McCaskill, Pryor, Wyden, etc.) and get their input (which, yes, may possibly include such items as catastrophic care, premium support, the re-importation of drugs from Canada, etc.). Yes, the President himself is a fairly committed leftist when it comes to domestic policy but the man is also a pragmatist, and if he sees a way in which his signature achievement can be salvaged, he just might relent a tad. Kind of like he did with Syria....Hey, it's worth a try.

On David Niven as the Young Suitor in 1939's "Wuthering Heights"

What was he, like 12?

The Best Damned Caucus/Circus Ever

Just need to stop taking themselves so seriously.

Buffalo 41 UConn 12

Alright, now it's gonna get really ugly.

Environmental Rat-Holes, Part 2

Alright, let's have a little fun with this. The predicted global warming (according to the IPCC) over the coming decade is .17 degree C. For the world to somehow be able to stop that (extrapolating from the previous post to include all countries and to actually achieve this goal), the total cost would be approximately $540 trillion, or 80% of global GDP. Does anybody out there really think that this constitutes a good investment?.....................................................................P.S. And, yes, I ask you to compare that to the cost of doing nothing now and adapting to global warming if necessary. The Stern Report (a rabidly pro-AGW document) - according to this analysis, the cost of climate change would run anywhere from 1-3% of global GDP. So, even if we take the higher end of this projected cost, that would only be approximately $20 trillion, 96% less (or, if you prefer a ratio, 27:1), 96% LESS!!! I mean, are you starting to see the craziness here?

Environmental Rat-Holes, Part 1

The Australian carbon tax, the aim of which is to reduce the country's emissions by 5%, is slated to cost the taxpayers of that country $160 billion. Being that Australia only produces 1.2% of the world's total CO2 emissions, the tax would only cut global CO2 emissions by .06%, and so instead of the atmospheric CO2 level being 410 ppm by the end of the decade it will only be 409.988 ppm, and instead of the temperature being X it'll be X - .00005 of a degree C. Yeah, that's a real huge "greening". LOL