Speaking Of Missing Links . . . .

My God--it's alive! Alaska's lone congressman, Republican Don Young, has surfaced. Don rarely bothers to show up on the House floor, and rarely speaks unless he sees a campaign opportunity. The Big Oil stooge and outspoken gay-basher has suddenly chosen to enlighten us with his views on a couple of contemporary issues. He has informed us that:
--The decision to halt off-shore drilling in the arctic is part of an Obama-backed liberal conspiracy.
--Homosexuals should be denied some of the rights enjoyed by others.
Thanks, Don.
Hopefully, Rep. Young saw his shadow and will crawl back into the 19th Century for another 6 months.

Anthropologist Discovers "Missing Link"--While Shaving

I wonder if Dr. Venter, while he is creating new life forms, could put together something with an opposable thumb and a large brain immune to thoughts of cruelty and mayhem.

Anthropologists have been searching a long time for the "missing link"-- the intermediary creature between animal and man. They may have overlooked one obvious site: the mirror.
It has often occurred to me that scientists are unable to find a missing link because we are the missing link. I think it is quite possible that future anthropologists will look back at the current version of Homo sapiens and see us as something clearly separate from "lower" animals, but still falling short of what a true human being would be.

Tricky Footwork, But I Think Our Athletic President Can Manage It

Among the lessons of the Exxon Valdez disaster--such as, the technology to seal off catastrophic oil leaks does not exist--there is this:
BP will do whatever it can to screw the Gulf Coast out of reparations. It has already started.

20 years after the Prince William Sound spill, there are people here still waiting for their money. Exxon has used every legal loophole available to stall on its payments--and the strategy has worked. Many who were owed money have died. Many have settled for lesser sums. Many, out of frustration, have simply given up and moved on.
If Obama has one "boot on the neck of BP" to keep them working on the leak, he better have the other one up its ass to make sure that the folks down on the Gulf get what they have coming.

What's To Ask, What's To Tell? Everyone Is In--If You Break The Law, You're Out. Sheeeeeeeesh!

I can't believe that the "problem" of gays in the military is being debated again. This is a total non-issue. It's already handled. Completely.
-Is it illegal to be gay. No.
-Is sexual harrassment--including harrassment of a straight soldier by a gay soldier, or harrassment of a gay soldier by a straight soldier--legal? No.
That's it. All we need. Over. Done. Finished. Period. End of story. Good-bye. Move on.

She Has Nothing To Hide

It's been a week of shocking revelations from our ex-governor. Based on her public statements, it turns out that the originator of "Drill, baby, drill!" who has proclaimed global warming "a farce," and whose family was supported by BP for 18 years is actually an environmentalist.
Now, this Fundamentalist, "pro-life" former beauty contestant who opposes all forms of contraception and who would deny abortion in cases of rape and incest, and who supports only abstinence-based sex ed. has declared herself a feminist.
I can only assume that if Ms. Palin were addressing PETA she would be a vegan, if addressing OPEC she would be a Muslim, and she would address the NAACP in black-face.
I'm sure that the tabloids are anxiously awaiting her address to the American Nudist Society.

Just A Matter Of Time Before He Invades Canada And Delares War On England And France

The Neo-Cons' blind, irrational hatred of Obama is so extreme that nothing they say shocks me anymore. In a recent speech, Newt Gingrich jumped on the "Obama as Fascist" bandwagon by comparing the president to Hitler.
Come on, Newt:
1. Hitler was a vegetarian--Obama eats meat
2. Hitler hated tobacco--Obama smokes
3. Hitler was a teetotaler-- Obama drinks beer
4. Hitler loved cake and pastry--Obama favors pie
5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holy shit-- it's incredible! Except for these few important differences, the two men are practically indistinguishable.

The Broomstick Is Passed

Move over, Sarah, Lisa is making her bid to be the new Wicked Witch of the North. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska's Republican senator who I once considered a moderate, has become a total shill for the Big Oil and Big Coal lobbies. She is currently waging a one-woman, tooth-and-nail campaign to amend the Clean Air Act. If her resolution passes, the EPA would be blocked from enforcing hard-won anti-pollution rules upon the nation's biggest polluters.
As we face our biggest environmental disaster ever, it seems hard to believe that any legislator would take such a stand. This is just another example of how far to the right even moderate Republicans now feel they have to move in order to be re-elected.
Hopefully, there will be enough votes in the Senate to stop Lisa.
And hopefully there will be enough voters in Alaska, come next election, to throw water or drop a house on our Republican senator.