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World of Quotes - Eugene J. McCarthy Quotes.: "Being in politics is like coaching football. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important."

Good luck to those in harm's way.

I had a client (Stennis Space Center) a few miles east of New Orleans. It looks like Katrina will get pretty close to Stennis.

It also apepars, that by Wednesday, Katrina will hit the old homestead. Mom and Dad are in Bowling Green today for their 50th Anniversary. They aren't leaving Ohio until Thursday.

Happy Anniversary!

At least he spelled USA correctly

Pat Robertson Clarifies His Statement Regarding Hugo Chavez

"Is it right to call for assassination? No, and I apologize for that statement. I spoke in frustration that we should accommodate the man who thinks the U.S. is out to kill him."

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Hand that man some more rope....

A relgious leader calls for the murder of an elected official in another country? Isn't that conspiracy to commit terrorism?

Cars are Cars

California's Legislature, in their wisdom, passed a law that would allow certain Hybrid vehicles to use HOV, or car pool lanes. That law couldn't be implemented until the Feds passed legislation. The recent energy bill was just the ticket.

It only cost eight dollars to DMV to get the stickers to allow one to play. I got mine Saturday.

Because every silver lining must have a cloud, this isn't a simple process. How many (of a nice shade of reflective yellow) stickers do you think one would need to communicate to the CHP that you're legally in the car pool lane? One? Two, maybe? How about FOUR! One for the front bumper and one for the back bumper and one each for the rear quarter panels. (That's the part of the car between the back wheels and the back bumper.)

Four stickers! And the two that go on the side of the car are about 7" long and 3" tall at their peak. God awful, non-trivial disfigurement of the car, I tell you.

DMV, of course, doesn't provide an easy way to be contacted. The Air Resources Board, foolishly, provides an 800 number! (800) 242-4450.

I, of course, call to complain about the number and size of the stickers. A polite marketing bureaucrat answers. Her story was, it's a done deal, no one else has complained (my sticker is #127, i.e., no one has complained in the four business hours that had passed since people started getting the stickers.) and we had to make it easy on the CHP to spot us. (There are, by the way THREE MODELS THAT QUALIFY for the program). She wasn't interested in passing on comments in case there's a phase two.

So I put the damn stickers on my car.

Vigils for Cindy Sheehan

This is an America we can be proud of.

Geek Theology Humor

God is Real. Unless declared an integer. (saw that on a white board at work. I must be the last to hear it.)

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Something to tide you over...

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: "The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 11,000 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, childrens and manuscript maps. The collection can be used to study history, genealogy and family history."

My iBlogger

Berkeley Blog: My iBlogger: "Life interferes with blogging and vice versa. To integrate the two better, I bought a little paper notebook that I take everywhere so I can write down potential blog ideas. I think this used to be called a journal, or a notebook, but I call it my iBlogger."

That's hilarious, right?