From CNN.com: Huckabee takes Kansas, CNN projects
This race is over, but I’m only blogging about this because I like the following Huckabee quote:
“I know the pundits, and I know what they say: The math doesn’t work out,” Huckabee said Saturday morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. “Well, I didn’t major in math, I majored in miracles. And I still believe in those, too.”
This is a great video, almost brought a tear to my eye. For the first time in a long time I feel someone in politics that pulls me in and makes me want to do more. That there’s hope for American and that the job is not too big for all of us if we set our goal to do it.
From TheStar.com: Can Obama ride the wave?
Theodore Sorensen, the great JFK speechwriter who backs Obama, says words can move an electorate and Clinton seems not to realize “the important quality in a presidency of being able to move, arouse, inspire, galvanize. Neither Congress nor the allies would pay any attention to you otherwise. Words still matter. You bet they do.”
From NYTimes.com: Bush Urges Conservatives to Rally Behind 2008 Nominee
“Four more years,” the audience chanted after Sen. Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, introduced him, and again during his speech. It was a striking contrast to the reception Mr. McCain received from the same audience the day before, when he was jeered and booed by some.
Four more years? Talk about drinking some Kool Aid. I think the one more year that Bush has is one year too many! He’s arguably going to go down as one of the worst presidents ever. It’s hard to claim the title of worst president, since you’d pretty much have to cause a civil war in the United States to get that.
From men.style.com: Glenn O’Brien’s Style
An interesting article on the dressing styles of all of the ’08 Presidential Candidates. Lots of hilarious pictures, especially the Hillary photos.
Plus a picture of Duncan Hunter. You remember, Duncan Hunter who ran for president? Oh. Well, never mind.
From IESB.net: IESB Exclusive: G.I. Joe’s Cover Girl Revealed
After the success of Transformers, you had to figure a G.I. Joe movie was going to happen. I’m not sure if this is going to be a serious movie or something seriously campy. But either way, I think I’ll end up spending half the movie laughing my head off. Especially when Cobra Commander hits the screen with his lisp and temper tantrums.
I was given these three radishes by my grandmother for luck this year. You’re supposed to leave them out somewhere in your house and they slowly dry out over time. I think I was given some last year and I don’t remember where I put them. Oh well, I guess that explains last year!
From the NYTimes.com: A Medical Mystery Unfolds in Minnesota
This story is not specifically about meatpacking but a mysterious disease occurring at a meatpacking plant. However, it still makes me a little queasy about going out grab steak for dinner tonight.
From NPR.org: Americans Spending Less Time in Nature
Since the late 1980s, the percentage of Americans taking part in such activities has declined at slightly more than 1 percent a year. The total effect, Pergams says, is that participation is down 18 percent to 25 percent from peak levels.
I’ve only been actively making trips to see the natural wonders of this country in the last 5 years. Whenever I’m in a National Park, I’d say it seems a large percentage of them are foreign visitors. I’m amazed at how few Americans actually take advantage of our amazing National Parks.
From news.com.au: China ‘will stop the rain’ for Olympics
Stopping pollution was a little too hard, so China decided to start with “stopping rain” and “slowing the revolution of the earth” so that there are longer dryer days for the Olympics!
