Iowa…important why?
Is it just me or does it seem odd that a bunch of insular happy-clappy farmers get all this attention from the worldwide media. Surely its a bit of a danger to have these people be so influential on who gets selected for President. To me the fact that they have given any time whatever to Pastor Huck worries me. Do those nitwits not realise that Huck getting the nomination would almost assure a Democrat taking the White House? Don’t they realise that not everyone is an evangelical loon like they are?
And have you looked into the system they use to pick the winner? The Republican one is a bit silly but the Democratic caucus is just insane. Why can’t Iowa get with the 21st century and just have a primary. Do they really think its sensible? Or are they just annoying deliberately. I personally think its great that Guiliani has ignored Iowa. Lets hope its a trend.
One good thing is that NH is so soon after Iowa. New Hampshire is a far more sensible and intelligent state. They actually realise there is a world outside the US.
I find it really sad that a state that sums up what most foreigners think of Americans (fat, ignorant, isolationist, fundametalist Christian, self-obsessed and keen on government handouts) is allowed so much power in the selection of the nominee.
At least tonight its all over. Lets hope there is no clear winner on either side. Then everyone can see just how ludicrous the whole Iowa truly is in the end.
Update: TCS has a great explanation of the whole palava.
No commentsEarth is not warming right now
The period 1980-98 was one of rapid warming – a temperature increase of about 0.5 degrees C (CO2 rose from 340ppm to 370ppm). But since then the global temperature has been flat (whilst the CO2 has relentlessly risen from 370ppm to 380ppm).
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This means that the global temperature today is about 0.3 deg less than it would have been had the rapid increase continued.No comments
Islamophobia? Try Jewophobia more like…
In 2006, a whopping 66% of religiously motivated attacks were on Jews, while just 11% targeted Muslims, even though the Jewish and Muslim populations are similar in size. Catholics and Protestants, who together account for 9% of victims, are subject to almost as much abuse as Muslims in this country.
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Libertarian Party UK
After much discussion and faffing about; the UK finally has a proper Libertarian Party of its own. Of course they have a website and its clean running well. Obviously whomever designed it knows their stuff when it comes to doing a website; unlike many of the major parties. We shall see if they can make any headway. However its good to see a proper party for libertarians in the UK.
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Welcome to the January 3, 2008 edition of carnival of the vanities. Hope you have recovered well from whatever you did over New Year’s Eve.
Machione presents A Window On The World – The Secret Life of Trees posted at The Lives and Times… of Anthony McCune.
Jenn presents His Christmas Legacy posted at Mixed Metaphor.net, saying, “A man leaves a Christmas legacy for his family. A fictional short story about love within the context of marriage, family and family traditions.”
Jon Swift presents Best Blog Posts of 2007 (Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves) posted at >Jon Swift, saying, “I asked bloggers on my blogroll to submit links to their best posts of the year and got more than 150 responses spanning the political spectrum.”
Louise Manning presents Do you have stamina? posted at The Human Imprint.
Lucynda Riley presents Wicca: Satan’s Little White Lie posted at The Witchy Woo.
Jason presents ExecutedToday.com » 1849: Not Fyodor Dostoyevsky posted at Executed Today, saying, “Christmastime, I’m afraid, has this a couple of days before the last carnival, but it’s an outstanding guest post from a (pseudonymous) literary friend on Dostoyevsky and his mock-execution, including a bit of original translation.
If you’re ruthlessly strict about the dates (or you’re feeling incredibly bounteous), please consider this more recent entry:
http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/12/30/six-current-heads-of-state-at-risk-of-execution/”
Sholom Anarchy presents Stumping for Ron Paul again posted at Anarcho-Judaism.
Nick Queen presents On the Bush Administration and the Coming Election posted at NickQueen.com.
Hell’s Handmaiden presents A Generation of Damned Relativists posted at Hell’s Handmaiden.
TherapyDoc presents At the Check-out posted at Everyone Needs Therapy, saying, “Two stories. The second’s about that vanity thing.”
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