We are a despicable little species at times. But we can, if we wish, reverse this trend. In that regard we are a magnificent little species. I count myself fortunate to have been taught a sense of wonder about these animals. My world is infinitely richer because of them.
I've noticed a few more Monarchs migrating this year. About 12 total. Nothing like the year before the introduction of Star Link corn. 98, I think. I took my binoculars out at that time and at all distances to infinity I could focus on Monarchs in the air. They were everywhere. It was incredible! The year Starlink was introduced, 99, I saw two total. I prefer butterflys to increased corn yields. I certainly do.
Posted by phidipides at October 6, 2008 09:34 PM99.9% of all of the species that ever lived are now extinct. Just "gods" way of tell'n us we suck.
Our cat came close to joining them when he popped my inflatable Marilyn Monroe doll.
Posted by TIKI AL at October 7, 2008 04:38 AM"I prefer butterflys"
...I've actually gone off butterflys since those ballots in Florida ruined the world.
No. Obama is not Dukakis. Or Gore. Or Kerry.
The swing voters are leaning Obama. This is the kind of ad that brings them home.
Posted by Anonny at October 7, 2008 05:47 AMacross the Media I'm seeing a similar meme - Both candidates are going negative. After only one day of renewed negativity, McRage's campaign has succeeded, with the able assistance of the always "balanced" Media, in painting the Obama campaign as negative as the McPOW campaign, regardless of the fact that it was the McPOW group that admitted they were going negative. Keating 5, a historical fact, is a negative attack by Obama.
Posted by T2 at October 7, 2008 06:11 AMClimate change is an existential crisis, but you won't hear much about it from either of the candidates. The circumstance that is causing other species to face extinction - habitat destruction - is a crisis, but apparently not as important as scoring points by talking about winning in Afghanistan or paling around with terrorists.
Posted by angel at October 7, 2008 06:40 AMClimate change is an existential crisis, but you won't hear much about it from either of the candidates.
That's one of the four major premises behind Obama's proposed 10-year energy independence initiative.
1) Reduce CO2 output
2) Remove negative impact of dependence on foreign oil.
3) Rally country, economic jump start.
4) Finite fossil fuels.
He doesn't spend a lot of time discussing climate change because -- as I've said before -- he is hitting the issues that reasonate with swing voters. People who think climate change is a critical issue are already voting for Obama, so he doesn't need to sell them. But it is a key factor in his platform.
Posted by Anonny at October 7, 2008 06:53 AMthe repubs consistently show they are the party of all of those people not of color. s. palin was part and parcel to a party that wanted to split from our country. as k. olbermann stated, wanted to take a star from our flag. looking at a panorama of obama's crowds, you see a true cross section of our country. however, mc cain's is homogenous. it makes me wonder how exaclty they plan to govern. it also shows how hyprocritical they are, when surrogate allude to obama "governing with black people in mind."
all this to say is that they mc cain campaign is not only getting nasty, but dangerous as well. shouting 'terrorist,' and 'kill him,' during rallies should, but seems to not, get the msm up in arms. advocating the death of a human being during a campaign rally without denouncing, disagreeing, or simply stating that is not what i believe in is crass and gives greater insight into the palin/ mc cain campaign than anything (imo) they've said so far.
then theres this from tpm:
Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's questions for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy."
nothing from the palin mc cain campaign, nothing. and those that consistently drink the kool-aid, could take this as tacit approval to cause someone bodily harm.
Posted by anthony at October 7, 2008 06:57 AMthere you have it..more proof that not only are the repukes the "party for white bigots", they display their true rascist colors with a florish..wonder what the MSM and repukes would do if minorities started yelling "kill him" at mcpalin?
Posted by headxray at October 7, 2008 09:11 AMHow is the audience chosen for tonight's town hall debate? It's at a conservative Christian college.
Posted by CG at October 7, 2008 09:13 AMHow is the audience chosen for tonight's town hall debate?
Chosen by Gallup, allegedly undecided voters.
Brokaw picks questions submitted in advance, questioners have to ask what they submitted. 1/3rd of questions are read by Brokaw from the internet submissions.
Of course, as I pointed out earlier, Rove got a GOP plant into the audience in the 2004 town hall debate to ask a trap question of Kerry on the abortion issue.
But more interesting will be the racial composition of the audience. There aren't many undecided black voters in this election.
Posted by Anonny at October 7, 2008 09:22 AMHaving a "town hall" of fake "undecided" voters a month before the election is bullshit. No remotely leaning left vote is "undecided" at this point, including Hillarians. And Brokaw is a partisan Repub who has been enabling Repubs so far. So watch out.
Someone has gotten ahold of an uncensored version of a Bushco SEC memo which reveals the SEC sitting on the sidelines ignoring red flag after red flag at Bear Stearns before it melted down, starting the current conflagration. More deregulation fever from McCain and Gramm.
Obama better have McLiar's history of deregulation quotes n' votes at his fingertips, because the Nazi Party is running a complete Big Lie operation at this point. McLiar will literally deny having said something.
Posted by euzoius at October 7, 2008 09:35 AMSo watch out.
Obama is used to going into the lion's den and coming out looking better.
Posted by Anonny at October 7, 2008 10:36 AM