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Hope for Euros yet! Poll: Brits more worried about Fido’s piles than global "warming"

From the Beeb:

The public believes the effects of global warming on the climate are not as bad as politicians and scientists claim, a poll has suggested.
The Ipsos Mori poll of 2,032 adults – interviewed between 14 and 20 June – found 56% believed scientists were still questioning climate change.

There was a feeling the problem was exaggerated to make money, it found.

The Royal Society said most climate scientists believed humans were having an “unprecedented” effect on climate.

The survey suggested that terrorism, graffiti, crime and dog mess were all of more concern than climate change.

Graffiti? Dog crap? Those things worry Brits more than does that piece of science fiction known as global “warming” (or “climate change”, depending on the time of the year).

July 3, 2007 Posted by | Beeb, global warming | 1 Comment

Reflections on the Libby clemency; UPDATE: Shakedown, Jr., wants to investigate and impeach

UPDATES AT BOTTOM.

As many of you know by now, Scooter Libby was granted executive clemency by Bush yesterday. Here is his statement. I’ve got mixed feelings on the matter.

On the one hand, Libby lied under oath. Period. That’s perjury, and yes, I know that Bubba got away with it. But since OJ got away with murder, would you say that you are now entitled to kill your spouse? No. Just because Bubba wasn’t convicted in a court of law for perjury doesn’t mean that the law ceases to exist. Therefore, in my view, Libby did commit perjury, end of story.

On the other hand, I was stunned to see jurors talking afterwards to the MSM about how they wanted to nail Cheney and/or Rove, but since that wasn’t happening, Libby would have to do. Those particular jurors (two that I know of) were determined from the start to advance their political agenda. That’s hardly what I call a fair trial. Also, as Dubya rightly notes, Libby “was handed a harsh sentence based in part on allegations never presented to the jury.”

I disagree with Bush when he says that “My decision to commute his prison sentence leaves in place a harsh punishment for Mr. Libby. The reputation he gained through his years of public service and professional work in the legal community is forever damaged.” Libby will likely get a lucrative book and/or speaking deal, so while I have no doubt he has suffered up to now, I do indeed doubt he’s going to feel the repercussions from it for very long.

Prediction: Just as the left got all bent out of shape when Bush exercised his constitutional authority to fire the U.S. Attorneys and wanted to hold investigations into Bush exercising said authority, look for them to investigate this exercise of his authority, too.

You know what’s funny, though? I don’t seem to recall the left getting too bent at Bubba for exercising his authority on Mark Rich (international fugitive and tax evader), or on Mel Reynolds (convicted pedophile, obstruction of justice, bank fraud), or on Dorothy Rivers (who swindled $1.2 million in federal grant money for Jesse’s Rainbow/PUSH), or on Carlos Vignali (organized coke trafficker), or on Benjamin Berger, Kalmen Stern, David Goldstein, and Jacob Elbaum (conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, false statement, money laundering, and filing a false tax return…but were all part of the Hasidic Jewish community in NY that inexplicably defied all prior voting patterns and voted overwhelmingly for Shrillary in her 2000 Senate bid, which I’m sure was TOTALLY coincidental and not a quid pro quo based on promises for upcoming pardons).

But that was different, I’m sure.

UPDATE (7/3/2007 1:47 P.M. EST): Well, what a prophet I turned out to be, huh? Jesse Junior is calling for a Congressional investigation into Bush exercising his constitutional authority, calling said exercise of constitutional authority a “very serious crime against the constitution of the United States” and an impeachable offense. Because, you know, doing what the Constitution says you can do is…uh…a crime against the Constitution?

July 3, 2007 Posted by | Libby | Leave a Comment

Quote of the day, part II

From Silky Pony’s fundraiser…er, wife:

Mrs. Edwards said that any impression that she was the 800-pound gorilla of a spouse (I knew she was a bit on the chunky side, but 800 lbs? She doesn’t look half-bad for a 3/4-ton primate. – Ed.) — second this year perhaps only to another candidate’s spouse who once lived in the White House — resulted from the fact that she was a person given to strong opinions, expressed strongly.
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“But I like it when somebody expresses their view with clarity and force,” she said.

She does? Seriously?

I’m gonna have to go ahead and call “bovine feces” on that one, Lizzie.

July 3, 2007 Posted by | hypocrisy, John Edwards, quote of the day | Leave a Comment

McCain’s sinking campaign

Infuriating the base by constantly voting against their interests, thumbing your nose at them, sidling up next to Teddy the Hutt and kissing his ring, and pimping the amnesty deal full bore doesn’t strike me as a prudent way to win your party’s presidential primary. People don’t give up much of their money when that stuff happens. They can be funny that way.

So does Johnny Mac think that he’s the problem? Maybe his message? Nope. It’s the staff’s fault. From MyWay News:

Republican John McCain reorganized his campaign Monday, cutting staff in every department as he raised just $11.2 million in the last three months and reported an abysmal $2 million cash on hand for his presidential bid.

“We confronted reality and we dealt with it in the best way that we could so that we could move forward with this campaign focused on winning our primaries in the early states,” said Terry Nelson, McCain’s campaign manager.

Once considered the front-runner for the GOP nomination, McCain trails top Republican rivals in money and polls.

More than 50 staffers, and perhaps as many as 80 to 100, were being let go, and senior aides will be subject to pay cuts as the Arizona senator bows to six months of subpar fundraising, according to officials with knowledge of the details of the shake up. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the campaign would not publicly discuss details of the restructuring.
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His popularity among Republicans has dropped since the start of the year. He has become intimately linked to the unpopular Iraq war, and, in recent weeks, he’s drawn criticism from already wary conservatives for his support of Bush’s immigration reform bill. He declined to participate in an early test of organizational strength in the leadoff state of Iowa this summer, and, he’s fighting the perception that he’s yesterday’s candidate.

Stick a fork in him. He’s done.

July 3, 2007 Posted by | McCain | Leave a Comment

Quote of the day

Her Highness on Bush’s pardoning of Scooter Libby:

“…in this administration, cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice.” – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.”

Geez, since when did Shrillary get so mad at her husband for cronyism and ideology trumping competence? Oh, wait…she wasn’t talking about Bubba, was she? It was a Republican she was referencing. Well, that’s different!

Pots and kettles are coming to mind right now. Not sure why.

July 3, 2007 Posted by | Hillary, hypocrisy, Libby, quote of the day | Leave a Comment

   

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