Subject to Change

This is brutal! 30 hornets vs. 30,000 honey bees. Those hornets are like Navy Seals!
Can you imagine working this hard for your lunch?

Kevin is home from Afghanistan! His wife made this video to show him what he missed.

Wendy has a current events quiz posted.

I think I failed.

I’ll let Nick do my blogging tonight. He’s dead-on about global warming politics.

In particular, why not build more nuclear power plants if green house gasses are such a threat? We could solve this thing in a nanosecond, and put plenty of engineers and contractors to work.

With nuclear power, suddenly plug-in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells make sense as a way to fight pollution. They might even offset the cost of gasoline.

Build nukes. Save the Earth.

Here’s what I imagine the first draft of tonight’s State of the Union speech must’ve looked like:

My fellow Americans (and Russ Feingold), tonight I stand before you to report upon the state of our great nation. Tonight’s speech will be short and to the point, so that you may resume your prime-time schedules as soon as possible. I mean, how ’bout that Jack Bauer, fella? I sure wish you people trusted our real government to fight terror the way he does. You don’t seem to mind that he’s listening in on the terrorists’ phone calls, for crying-out-loud.

In September of 2001, our nation was brutally attacked by a force of evil, bent on the destruction of our way of life. For the next few months, the nation rallied against this enemy and we went hunting. We took the fight to our enemy and scored a quick victory in Afghanistan and later, Iraq. With the capture of Saddam Hussein, the short attention span of the American people expired. Nation building is no longer in the people’s lexicon, because it involves a long term commitment. They’ve come to expect that any struggle can be overcome in a series of thirteen to twenty-four one hour episodes.

America, In November of last year you voted that you were through with the war in Iraq. Many of you voted for resolutions to withdraw our troops. And then you voted against incumbents and Republicans everywhere. You sent a message, loud and clear, “we want our mommies!”

Well, be careful what you wish. You just might get it. This administration is throwing in the towel. We’re going to let the new Democrat controlled congress walk all over us, and it’s all your fault. The election was just the beginning. You want to party like it’s 1999? Well, let’s roll.

We’ll start by raising the minimum wage. Sure, it’ll make everything more expensive across the board and actually decrease individual buying power. But, what the heck? We’ll just exempt a large producer of canned tuna from the bill, that way the little old ladies with houses full of cats won’t have to feel the impact.

Oh, and do you remember those tax cuts I talked about years ago? We’re giving up on those, too. You weren’t interested in them, anyway, and it’s just too hard to make them permanent.

Next, this country is going to commit itself to burning corn for fuel. We’re going to tell you that ethanol is cheaper and it will ween us off of foreign oil. Then, we’ll stop subsidizing it and gas prices will go straight up. It’s a win-win situation: politicians win because we’ve duped you into thinking we’re doing good for you and the environment. And, investors in ethanol and corn win because we’ve created an industry from scratch overnight, using your tax money. The price of corn will increase dramatically because of the sudden increase in demand.

Of course, the losers will be the other people of the world, who will have to pay more for food because the cost of feeding livestock will also rise with the cost of corn. Also, we’ll need to use energy to produce the ethanol and some say that the energy cost of producing ethanol is greater than the energy produced by the ethanol. So, we might have to buy some more oil or burn more coal until we get it all figured out.

Now, I know that some of you may not be happy with the new direction the country is taking. There is something you can do about it. Nearly two weeks ago I discussed our “Surge” strategy for the war in Iraq. The true purpose of sending over twenty thousand additional troops to Iraq is not to win the war. This is a war that cannot be won in short order. The real reason I’m sending those men and women to Iraq is to protect them from the dangers of a Democrat controlled congress. I’ve put them safely out of harm’s way until the country comes to its senses.

If you wish to seek shelter from the upcoming apocalypse, enlist in the military. We’ll keep you fed and sheltered, far away from all the madness, until it is safe to return to your normal lives.

Once again, my fellow Americans (and Russ), I wish you good night and good luck.

In case you forgot or haven’t heard, Fred is having a campaign kickoff event in Racine next week.

Thursday, February 1, 2007
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Suggested donation: $25.00

I was updating Kelly on the story about the West Allis company that insulted our soldiers (see McBride and The Early Spin), when I said something that caused her to bust out laughing so hard I just had to share it.

I told her that the web site for the company was shut down and I was thinking that this company belongs on the S**T List for its behavior. Then, in an off-handed way I said I ought to go and toss little toy soldiers all over the parking lot or lawn in front of the place.

I’m not actually about to do it (while sober), but the image was funny enough that Kelly almost drove us off the road.

Instead of “vandalizing” the place, shipping them a box of toy soldiers would be just as effective. I just might do that!

Kelly came home from grocery shopping tonight and reported that she’d seen a fight break out in the store. Police were called, all over a game of bumper-carts, apparently. The girl at the checkout told Kelly that this kind of thing happens all the time.

These are the kinds of people who will make the upcoming nuclear apocalypse much less enjoyable for the rest of us.

Thank God for short Winters.

The snow really seems to be getting to Ann Althouse. Check out her posts from today, then watch her vlog. I’d say this is a woman on the brink.

Maybe that’s not the caption of this photo yet. In a few months, it probably will be.

H/T to Jones for the photo.