Obama will nix “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy

4 comments January 14th, 2009

 

Fox News is REPORTING that Barack Obama will order the Pentagon to cancel its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and allow gays to serve openly in the military.

I can hardly wait to hear the howls of protest from certain homophobes.

School district exposes kids to bitter cold in weird experiment; angry mob protests

2 comments January 14th, 2009

 

The Rockford School District, apparently pursuing a strange new science curriculum, is planning an experiment for tomorrow in which the question of how much cold children can endure before coming to harm might be answered.

At this writing in early evening, the forecast is for temperatures tomorrow to climb only to between minus-4 and minus-8 degrees. Wind chills — in the daytime, mind you — will measure as low as 40 degrees below zero.

Accordingly, much of the city likely will be shut down for the day.  Certainly most schools in the area will be closed

But the Rockford district announced this afternoon that ordinary school schedules will be observed. As I say, it must be some experiment.

Meanwhile, local radio shows and Web sites are registering the howls of a citizenry aroused by prospects of kids suffering frostbite.

The photo above shows a mob passing by my gated estate just moments ago, headed who-knows-where.

Seriously, though, it’s too damn cold for kids to go to school.  I’m guessing that the poobahs will come to understand this sometime before dawn and do the right thing.

UPDATE: They did the right thing.

Obama invites all of us to participate in his Inauguration, even if we can’t attend

3 comments January 14th, 2009

One of every five Republicans rates Bush among the worst presidents in American history

1 comment January 14th, 2009

 

If history eventually is going to think better of George W. Bush than his contemporaries do, as some of his admirers predict, the shift in sentiment will have to be huge.

The NUMBERS in a new Rasmussen poll are pretty grim.

Is stupidity losing its fashion?

4 comments January 14th, 2009

Yeah, there are still too many Americans who disdain intelligence or great academic achievement and who celebrate such numbskulls as Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher, but Liz Langley SAYS there’s also cause for hope.

Prominent GOPer assesses his party’s dilemma

2 comments January 14th, 2009

Former Congressman Tom Davis (above) laments the Republican Party’s current situation, and Kos puts it in a USEFUL CONTEXT.

This isn’t political, but it’s truly amazing

2 comments January 14th, 2009

I simply had to pass this along:

Helsinki Complaints Choir

1 comment January 14th, 2009

NOTE: A few mild vulgarisms herein: