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Apparently that whole PEER thing about employees being told to not discuss the age of the Grand Canyon….not true. At all. Sorry. I’ll be double checking if not just ignoring their stuff from now on.
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The Stupidest Person In Canada
Judi Mcleod!. To her credit, if one didn’t know what a crackpot she is, one might mistake her site for the Onion. The two different spelling of Barack are especially entertaining. It appears they only got the correct spelling after reading the Insight article since the original article used only Barak.
And to think, crackpot Andy Martin is the guy who seems to have gotten this all started.
Ms. Mcleod is worried that Rockefeller funds the University of Chicago and that such ties to the Instructor of Con-Law are troubling. Also, you know, his parents met at a Rockefeller and Bill Gates funded institute. Of course, Bill Gates hadn’t even dropped out of Harvard then, but who cares.
But the money quote is when she asks if he isn’t a Manchurian candidate, but a Mohammedan Candidate.
But The man who receives his mail at 555 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington D.C., Capitol Hill is Madrassa-trained with the same kind of schooling as those infidel-hating kids in Pakistan.
Is this media darling in reality a brainwashed man?
Is Obama Osama Barack not really a Manchurian candidate but a classic Mohammedan Candidate?
As one CFP wag mused: “What happens when “our” President goes on a pilgrimage to Mecca after he discovers his roots?”
“Hillary doesn’t have to make like Maggie Thatcher to convince me. If I have to choose my poisons, I’d rather have Hillary. Better the devil you know.”
These kind of loons are getting crap on Fox News.
Law of Unintended Consequences
From SaukValley.com via Rich
Q: Did competition develop, and how did it affect consumers?
A: Competition developed for the commercial market, as several companies emerged to provide electricity for businesses and industries. But ComEd and Ameren strengthened their grip on the residential market because potential competitors were scared off by the rate freeze, fearing prices were too low to make a profit.
With any luck, greater electrical choices should be around the corner as the caps are gone. Blue Star and Commerce are the only listed Residential choices as of now, and while the consumer market isn’t as valuable as the business market, I would expect some green energy companies to jump in now that the caps are gone. It would be especially smart if the Governor were to recruit some of those green companies in conjunction with the Sierra Club and other environmental groups in Illinois.
I’ve generally stayed away from the commentary on the rate freeze–I tend to think that a more gradual rate increase would have been the answer, with perhaps a built higher rate at the end to help the companies recoup. That’s too much compromise apparently. That said, the Lege and the Governor need to think of ways to spur residential and business energy development with green sources. In theory, deregulation should help that by allowing individuals to choose green energy over other sources even if there is a slight premium. Given the disincentives to date, a little bit of salesmanship might be in order once the rate increase is finally dealt with.
It also has important long term competitive effects in green energy tends to have far fewer greenhouse gas emissions and as such, will be far more cost effective when regulations force standard energy prices higher. Additionally, the presence of such power providers increases the research and development that would go on in Illinois, another side benefit then being the technology spillovers as people move towards greener energy.
Daily Dolts
The Sun Times editors who allowed Mark Steyn’s column past the fact checking process. Steyn’s a moron and so I’m not really too worried about him being a dolt, he’s established himself as that brand. However, the Sun-Times should know better than to allow supposed ‘facts’ into a column they are publishing when the facts are incorrect.
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I’m saving the Daily Dolt
The real problem would seem to be here:
nor his vile hatred of George W. Bush.
W. isn’t too popular in the black community, Fran. There are many, many good reasons for that, but disliking George Bush isn’t being a black supremacist. It’s being with about 65% of the public in the US, slightly more in Illinois, and a hell of a lot more in Trinity’s community.
It’s All So Clear Now
Andy Martin appears to have started the Obama/Muslim storyline on Free Republic. This is back from 2004. You remember Andy? The loon who ran for Senate and Governor and was sort of a resident in Florida too….
So from Andy Martin to Fox News. Perfect illustration of how Fox News works.
On the Biggest Story of the Day
Remember I’m very superstitious about sports so there will be no mention of them.
Indonesian Story on Obama
And funny enough, that matches the exact information Eric Zorn got from David Axelrod.
And this former page indicates that Besuki is, wait for it, a public school.
They are referencing Frontline to point out that the Saudi’s didn’t start sending money for madrassas until late in the 1970s, but frankly this is sort of a common knowledge point for anyone who has a basic understanding of Middle East history (yes, Indonesia isn’t in the Middle East, but the relevant notion of Saudi Arabia funding radicals is the point).
The bit about Suharto is a bit more complicated, but essentially correct–Muslim students were part of the coalition he used when he undertook the coup, but they were not Islamist students.
The lesson here is that expect this to only get worse for all of the Democratic candidates. Loons and their publications will create thousands of rumors with just enough to them to make sure the regular press checks them out and puts them in print even if to debunk them. And reading the comment thread over at Eric’s you see one particular twit who still thinks it’s a credible story.
For extra fun, you can find many folks who attended Besuki on Friendster–though it’s hard to tell if it’s a district in some cases or the particular elementary school. None of the pics seem to be of Islamists and in fact, there is quite the international flavor of past school attendees with many having moved around the world.