I love reading quotes that say something very accurate, even when it is 180 degrees away from what the speaker intended to say. Today’s contributor, The Goracle:

“We live in a world where what used to be called propaganda now has a major role to play in shaping public opinion.”

“They’re trying to manipulate opinion and they are taking us for fools.”

Heh.

I know that the headline writers at AP are busy, so I thought I’d help them out by making this headline more accurate.

Gore ‘Fraud’ calls Canada climate plan a ‘fraud’

You’re welcome.

Many people are like instant coffee: the minute they get in hot water they dissolve. ~ Unknown

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Iowa Voice (Private Pigg) Al Gore: “If the crib’s on fire, you don’t speculate the baby is flame retardant.”

Global warming is not like a doctor telling us we have a fever. Global warming is like one doctor telling us we have a fever, and another, more convincing doctor, simply telling us the first doctor forgot to use a thermometer and is simply guessing about our temp.

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Democrats Undone Over Iraq

The Democrats thought they rode to power on a wave of anti-war sentiment, but they have discovered that their victory had much more to do with Republican failures than with Democratic platforms. Most of their new members come from center-right districts where Democratic messages about corruption and abuses resonated — but where they see Congress’ role in Iraq as limited at best.

Gina Cobb The Partisan Game Called “Let’s Destroy the Entire White House!”

While I’m not actually keen on seeing the Democratic Party-controlled Congress “get some work done” — since the results of their best efforts are likely to be expensive, painful to economic and personal freedom, and destructive to our national security — I certainly agree that manufacturing pretended scandals in an effort to destroy the entire White House is deeply wrong.

Nancy Astor: “If I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee.”
Sir Winston Churchill: “And if I were your husband, I would drink it.”

Blogiversary Database Update

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In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) American Muslim Group Backs ‘John Does’ in CAIR Suit

An American Muslim group I had never heard of before, the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, has pledged to raise legal fees for the ‘John Does’ listed in the CAIR sponsored suit of the six Imams who were ejected from a flight from Minneapolis.

Sister Toldjah Gore accused of violating Environment & Public Works Committee’s hearing rules (UPDATED)

Maybe in order to further accomodate Mr. Oscar-winner, they can provide him with two chairs to sit in. The other one will be for his gigantic ego, which has proved to be much more of a pressing issue than ‘global warming.’

Wizbang (Jay Tea) They don’t know Jack

Recently, Hillary Clinton caught a bit of flak after comparing herself to President Kennedy. Other candidates have also made comparisons, and it occurred to me that it might be entertaining to take a look at some aspects of our 35th president — and which current candidates might best embody them.

The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. ~ Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr.

Peace n.

1. The absence of war or other hostilities.
2. An agreement or a treaty to end hostilities.
3. Freedom from quarrels and disagreement; harmonious relations: roommates living in peace with each other.
4. Public security and order: was arrested for disturbing the peace.
5. Inner contentment; serenity: peace of mind.

“peace.” The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 02 Feb. 2007. http://www.answers.com/topic/peace

Yesterday (February 1) was the nomination deadline for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Canadian activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier were nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their efforts to raise awareness about the threat of climate change.

Uh, What?

Are humans at war with The Thermometer now?

This nomination makes much more sense:

The side benefit to Rush’s nomination is to observe the spittle inducing sputtering this has caused on the left. UPDATE: If you think I was kidding in the last sentence, read the comments in this post by Dan Riehl. Should he win (a scenario as unlikely as Al Gore having any real impact on, well, anything) it would create a nutroots meltdown that is almost too delicious to envision.

I second the nomination.

You make good coffee . . . You’re a slob, but you make good coffee. ~ Cher, in Moonstruck

Iowa Voice (Brian) Get Ready For That Tax Increase

What kills me is that people are actually surprised by this move. We warned you before the elections what was going to happen, and within a matter of days, it has already started to come true.

Flopping Aces (Curt) Democrats Plan To Dig Deep Into Your Wallet The Democrats are threatening to pull funding for our troops who are risking everything for this country while at the same time they are planning to dig deep, very deep into your wallets.

But at least the Republicans were taught a lesson huh?

Don Surber Eco snobbery

The elitism of the Global Warming Chicken Littles has bugged me almost as much as their high-pressure sales techniques (if we wait for proof, it will be too late). Al Gore note only inherited his daddy’s Senate seat but his oil well as well. Oops, did I let out that little secret?

For a while I was concerned about the 2006 and 2008 elections. The more I hear the left speak, the less worried I become. Perhaps it is my unique sense of humor (some say bizarre, some say off beat, some say warped. Take your pick) but I just find the things the left says totally funny. Take this story about potential 2008 Presidential candidate Christopher Dodd:

He [Dodd] went on to rouse the group with a speech that criticized the war in Iraq, called for a minimum wage increase, stressed the need for alternative fuels, declared education as the nation’s most important issue, promised to protect Social Security and pointed out problems in the health care system.

Dodd said people are “nauseated” by the country’s polarization under President Bush.

Maybe it’s just me, but those two paragraphs together are just funny. Don’t you need two polls to be polarizing?

But I really laughed when I read this paragraph:

Jacqulyn Mack, 36, of Sarasota said she likes New York Sen. Hillary Clinton but questions whether she can win the presidency and would love to see a run by former Vice President Al Gore, who lost the presidency in 2000 after Florida’s five-week recount gave Bush a 537-vote win.

She questions whether Hillary can win the presidency and would love to see a run by Al Gore? Al Gore was wide left when he lost and has fallen off the farthest left side of this warming world in the six years since.

Oh, please DemocRATS, please get Gore to run again. If laughter is the best medicine I won’t need Medicare.

Proving the importance of point of view, John Hawkins at Right Wing News took the premise of Keith Olberman’s new book The Worst Person In the World: And 119 More Strong Contenders and asked right-of-center bloggers to submit their list of contenders for that title. They even used Olberman’s definition:

“It’s a euphemism for somebody who’s wrong and egregiously stupid and abusing their own position.”

The results are in and tallied. I have a sneaking suspicion that the list compiled by John matches up pretty poorly with that in the book.

Here (in no particular order) is my top ten:

John Murtha
Vincente Fox
Nancy Pelosi
John Kerry
Ted Kennedy
Howard Dean
Dick Durbin
George Soros
Al Gore
Hillary Clinton

Agree? Disagree? Who’s on your list? Leave a comment.