May. 2nd, 2007
It's official: I'm hooked.
May. 2nd, 2007 01:43 amYou knew it would happen sooner or later... Yep, I wrote a Heroes filk. Original tune still in progress. The singer could be Hiro...or Peter...or Claire...or some other new character with powers who hasn't shown up onscreen yet. (My money's on Hiro; he's such a drama queen. [g])
( Memo to Sylar )
As if Junior Bush hadn't already demonstrated, by carrying out his promised veto of the spending bill with its out-of-Iraq timetable, that he does not consider himself the least teensy little bit bound by the will of the people who elected him, now comes a bill in which he seeks to arrogate even more broad, unconstitutional power unto himself and future holders of his ill-gotten office.
The more I read the columns of former GOP US Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia in our local paper, the more tempted I am to add him to the very short list of conservative politicos and pundits for whom I actually have some grudging measure of respect (although I think he may actually be more libertarian than conservative). This list includes Charles Krauthammer and George F. Will. Barr's latest column reports on the above-mentioned atrocity wending its way through Congress presently. Kudos to him for recognizing courage in opposing it even when such courage is exhibited by the opposition; it must just be killing him to have to acknowledge hard-left Dems like Pat Leahy and Hank Johnson for standing up to the Bush Regime on this...and to have to break Ronnie Reagan's 11th Commandment ("Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican") and dis fellow GOPers for backing it.
At this point, I might almost—almost—be willing to forgive ol' Bob for being one of the Clinton impeachment managers back in '96. If he's willing to impeach Junior too, I definitely would consider it.
*Vince beat Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to that particular political filk by at least three decades.
The more I read the columns of former GOP US Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia in our local paper, the more tempted I am to add him to the very short list of conservative politicos and pundits for whom I actually have some grudging measure of respect (although I think he may actually be more libertarian than conservative). This list includes Charles Krauthammer and George F. Will. Barr's latest column reports on the above-mentioned atrocity wending its way through Congress presently. Kudos to him for recognizing courage in opposing it even when such courage is exhibited by the opposition; it must just be killing him to have to acknowledge hard-left Dems like Pat Leahy and Hank Johnson for standing up to the Bush Regime on this...and to have to break Ronnie Reagan's 11th Commandment ("Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican") and dis fellow GOPers for backing it.
At this point, I might almost—almost—be willing to forgive ol' Bob for being one of the Clinton impeachment managers back in '96. If he's willing to impeach Junior too, I definitely would consider it.
*Vince beat Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to that particular political filk by at least three decades.
Today Apple Inc. announced changes to its environmental-impact policies, as MacMinute.com notes here. While the Cupertino colossus has long prided itself on being not only Cali-hip but Kelly green, the global enviro/animal-rights group Greenpeace International has placed them at or near the top of its list of worst computer-industry environmental offenders, based on way stricter standards than Apple's for what constitutes a truly "green" company. Chief among GPI's peeves with the Home of the Macintosh are continued use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing computers and monitors, and poorly implemented take-back policies for its older and obsolete models.
CEO Steve Jobs, personally penning the statement announcing the changes, insists that his own investigation has found Apple to be leading or on the way to leading the industry in sustainable and pollution-minimizing practices, but admits that there is still room for improvement. Remaining to be seen is (a) how well Apple will follow through on honoring its promises to improve and (b) whether this will be enough to move Apple to Greenpeace's "good" list.
CEO Steve Jobs, personally penning the statement announcing the changes, insists that his own investigation has found Apple to be leading or on the way to leading the industry in sustainable and pollution-minimizing practices, but admits that there is still room for improvement. Remaining to be seen is (a) how well Apple will follow through on honoring its promises to improve and (b) whether this will be enough to move Apple to Greenpeace's "good" list.
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