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The Cheeseburger BillFat people might not be able to bankrupt eateries in the future: The Republican-controlled House voted Wednesday to shield fast-food chains from lawsuits that blame them for making people fat. Nicknamed the "cheeseburger bill," the measure stems from lawsuits accusing...If It Ain't Live It Ain't Dead
Do you love music? I certainly do, and I especially love music when it's live. While in Rapid City this weekend an old high school buddy of mine downloaded some live shows for yours truly. If you have a little...Know Where I Can Get A Used Scooter?
Looks like Scooter Libby is going to be indicted. Karl Rove won't bet getting the call, at least for right now. I told you so. (Well, me and lots of other people probably.)...Year 11
The Boss still has faith. After meeting with Steinbrenner for 45 minutes to an hour in Tampa, Fla., Torre was sure he wanted to return for his 11th season as Yankees manager. "We didn't use the word love, but it...Where The Good Jews At?
Oh, lovely. Asking "Where are the good Jews" is awfully close to saying "There are no good Jews in the public eye", isn't it? Or perhaps that's just my neocon imagination....An Alternate Response to Weather Woes
Spin ControlThis has been making the e-mail rounds up here on the northern plains this week, as a sort of response to some of the rhetoric and political posturing connected with the hurricanes. It's worth passing along - take it for what it's worth:
For those of you who are not aware, North Dakota and southwestern Montana got hit with their first blizzardof the season a couple of weeks ago. The following text is from county emergency manager out in the western part of North Dakota state after the storm.WEATHER BULLETINUp here in the Northern Plains we just recovered from a Historic event --- may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 24" inches of snow and winds to 50 MPH that broke trees in half, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed all roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.George Bush did not come....FEMA staged nothing....No one howled for the government...No one even uttered an expletive on TV...Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.....No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House....No news anchors moved in.We just melted snow for water, sent out caravans to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars, fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Aladdin lamps and put on an extra layer of clothes.Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early...we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.Everybody is fine.Why the differences? Admittedly, after a blizzard your house is (usually) still standing (if the weight of snow doesn't collapse the roof).
Another critical difference that the Chief has noted is that the presence of cold harsh winters tends to filter out a lot of riff-raff! I know, some eastern states get lots of snow - but generally not with the extreme cold that we have out here on the northern plains. This combination does seem to move winter into a whole new dimension.
Not being as smart as Jason, it took me a while to figure out I could just turn on my television. Watching Fox News, it looks like the White House will spin the Miers withdrawal as a defense of executive...A Category Four Pooch Screw
That, I say with considerable reluctance, is my judgment on the Harriet Miers nomination. Part of my reluctance comes from the fact that Powerline and Hugh Hewitt have been defending Miers. Hewitt is an authoritative voice in the conservative blogosphere,...
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