More Odds and Ends

There are only 12 more shopping days until Boxing Day. Here's the news...

Repeat after me... Tax Cuts Don't Boost Revenues

And here's more encouraging economic news: "Small business confidence in the U.S. economy tumbled for the second straight month in November because of worries that economic growth will slow." It's the lowest it's been in over 14 years.

The final Democratic debate of 2007 was yesterday. Sounds like it was fairly routine.

Republicans <3 torture. They also <3 the war.

Al Gore to U.S.: Stop blocking our climate conference, jerks!

Here's a depressing find. A university professor discusses, in reading student papers, how many young people have internalized the 'Iraq-9/11' propaganda. Funny how that happened.

The President has named conservative economic author (?!) James Glassman as the State Department's foreign policy PR man. I've always said the way to win muslim hearts and minds is with a former guest-host for Rush Limbaugh's show.

Halliburton employee in Iraq gang-raped by coworkers? That'll need smoothing over, James.

Finally, Christianity gone wild!!! The Pope adds abortion, birth-control, and gay marriage to the list of obstacles to world peace. Conservative congressmen grab their legislative firearms to do battle in the War On Christmas. And take a trip to the Creation Museum! Fun for the whole (holy?) family!