I missed this one when it originally happened, but a friend pointed it out.

California Governor Gray Davis on his vision for the state: "My vision is to make the most diverse state on earth, and we have people from every planet on the earth in this state. We have the sons and daughters of every, of people from every planet, of every country on earth," he said.

Another friend noted that Gray Davis is so boring that bringing out Al Gore was intended to "spice up" his campaign!

Posted by: Ted at 05:48 PM | category: Politics
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Let's hope the implementation lives up to the potential.

(from Rec.Models.Rockets newsgroup)

Imagine if you will, someone looking up the name of a senator opposed
to improving the lot of hobby rocketry. This person would write
letters - not to the senator, but to the entities funding the senator.
This person would tell said entities how unhappy they were with the
senator's position. This person would tell said entity that they would
be boycotted until they a) quit funding the senator or b) got the
senator to change his or her mind.

So what? One person writing letters doesn't accomplish much.

But imagine what would happen if everyone here started writing
letters....

If you thought the senators were amazed at how many letters we
generated, imagine what the corporations would think!

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"If you liked the California energy crisis, then you'll love Kyoto." -- B.F. Skinner

America took a lot of heat for unilaterally deciding not to join in with the Kyoto accords. This was a more honest position than many countries took, because some signatories had no intention of compliance. Others counted on accounting tricks and the closing of already-obsolete factories to achieve their goals.

Others are finding out what the true cost of compliance is (see note below). The choice is clear. Should they continue to implement the policies despite the negative impact, or decide that the burden is just too onerous? If they do decide to scrap Kyoto, a new set of choices presents itself, none of which look very appealing. Will they have the courage to break cleanly from Kyoto, or will they try to let it wither away quietly? Either way, I don't think the environmentalists nor the EU will let anyone back out without raising a stink.

I'm glad we said 'no' right up front. Lumps taken. Moving on.

Thanks to Random Nuclear Strikes for the pointer.

Note: Live from Brussels is on blog*spot, so if the link doesn't work, scroll down to "I Love It When That Happens..."

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Help me choose:

1. Pearls before swine

or

2. Straight from the horses ass mouth

Either way, Aljazeera has it's own website in english. Oh joy.

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