Libertarian Librarian

Not really feeling like tackling anything heavy or requiring much detailed analysis. So, I think I'll look at the Democrats strategy for taking back Congress and the White House, bah-da-bump! Seriously, just lightweight stuff, like Bush's solution to the health care crisis. bah-da-bing!

• Antonio Davis deserved a suspension, though I would've gone with three games, not five, and his wife may be certifiable.
• Wisconsin has it's own little Abramoff scam going, only very few people seem to care. At present the Wisconsin state legislature is attempting to ram a 10% ethanol mandate down our throats. If passed, all gas in Wisconsin would have to be cut with 10% ethanol-- a measure that benefits nobody but the corn growers and the ethanol producers. Ethanol is bad for the environment, it's bad for the consumer, and it's bad public policy. On top of that, one of the people who stands to make millions from the mandate is the brother of state senator Luther Olson (R-Ripon). Luther is a strong advocate for ethanol production. No conflict of interest there.
• Orson Scott Card has an interesting take on Intelligent Design in his semi-regular web column. The conclusion is probably not what you'd expect from reading the beginning, and while I think his distaste for the "Darwinists" is overblown, I think his basic read on the subject is probably close to dead-on-balls accurate (tm).
• Who's scarier, Ray Nagin, who is the chief executive for a (formerly) major U.S. city, or Pat Robertson, who is the "spiritual guide" for millions of our fellow Americans? I think you still have to give the nod to Pat, but I must say that Ray is making a sustained and substantial challenge to the throne.
• I have different interpretations of the OBL "truce" offer, some saying it's a sign of weakness and conciliation on OBL's part, while others say that it is a sort of token requirement of his faith. Something along the lines of offering the infidels mercy before you obliterate them, so you can say, "Hey, look, I tried to get them to be reasonable, but watcha gonna do?" Given past history and that the source for the second intrepetation was a former-CIA guy who worked almost exclusively on Middle Eastern issues, I gotta go with the "pro-forma" explanation. 'Course, it could be a bit of both, I suppose.

I guess that's it for now. Have a good weekend everyone.