it's time for supper. what do you want?

florida's hanging chad problem will not happen again this year, b/c they have replaced chad/punch ballots with optical recognition ballots. that's right - they have replaced one paper-based system with another paper-based system. if they were going to replace the whole shebang, why didn't they go paperless? criminy.

oil dropped today to less than $100/barrel - the lowest price in 5 months. mini-me spotted gas today at $4.49/gal - the highest i have ever heard of in these parts. criminy.

farmer's almanac for 2009 predicts a global cooling trend for the next 50 years. this prediction is based on sun spots & global climate trends since the almanac started publishing, in 1792. that's a lot of data, especially compared to the paltry 25 to 50 years of data our current weather establishment uses to predict that we will need to take our jackets when we step outside.

the success of liberty at home is dependent on the success of liberty abroad. - the bush doctrine, incorrectly quoted by charles gibson in his interview with sarah palin. snooty charles tried to act like she should have known, but he didn't even know himself.