Daniel Cody - “Left on the Lake”

Huckabee gets a historical correction on his statement that the founding fathers were all men of the cloth:

During the Republican debate, Mike Huckabee said he believes one of the defining issues facing the country is the sanctity of human life. Arguing that the issue is of historical importance, he invoked the Declaration of Independence’s rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and said that most of the signers of the declaration were clergymen.

Not even close.

Only one of the 56 was an active clergyman, and that was John Witherspoon. Witherspoon was a Presbyterian minister and president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Politifact.com

It’s always baffled me as to why so many on the conservative side of the political spectrum have tried to portray the founding fathers as some massive collection of devout super-Christians in the face of overwhelming historical evidence that they were anything but.

All you need to know about how the President feels about providing health insurance to millions of American children can be summed up today by his press secretary:

“We won this round on SCHIP.” - Dana Perino

And she says it with some sort of self congratulatory grin, as if the welfare of millions of kids in America was some sort of game to them.

So good for you President Bush. You “won”.

Here are the numbers from the most recent CBS poll on the subject:

WOULD YOU FAVOR OR OPPOSE EXPANDING S-CHIP?

Favor 81%
Oppose 15%

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PAY MORE TAXES TO EXPAND S-CHIP? (Among those who favor expanding S-CHIP)

Yes 74%
No 17%

Republicans can try all they want to cast this as some sort of game. The fact is real people are the ones affected, and we’re all disgusted.

Isn’t it amazing that this Country can’t find the money to provide health insurance to millions of children, but we have no problem finding the money for oil company tax cuts and a war?

Isn’t it also amazing that a small minority of Republicans chose to stand with President Bush and uphold his veto of a bill that would have provided the health insurance so many families rely on? All I can say is good luck in next years elections to those who voted against the children on this one. Talk about fiscal responsibility all you want, but that was never the point.

Why are we willing to run up the national debt in order to prolong an unjust and unpopular war and not to, you know, save children’s lives?

Lots of questions, no answers.

It’s been a while since we’ve posted any video of Carter, enjoy!

Congratulations are in order for former Vice President Al Gore for winning the Nobel Peace Prize:

Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s climate change panel won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for spreading awareness of man-made climate change and laying the foundations for counteracting it.

Gore plans to donate his half of the $1.5 million prize money to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan nonprofit organization that is devoted to changing public opinion worldwide about the urgency of solving the climate crisis.

In its citation, the committed lauded Gore’s “strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change. He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.” AP

Our electric company WE Energies recently sent a mailing that offered consumers the option of paying a little bit more for their energy that was derived from renewable sources like wind, geothermal, and solar.

After looking over the details, we decided to pay about $5.00 more per month to have at least 50% of the electricity we consume to come from those sources, and I have to say it feels good. If consumers are willing to pay a premium for the option of having part or all of their electricity come from renewable sources, it will send a clear signal to the energy companies that it’s something they should invest in for the future.

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