Fumin-Human

From the page: ""How you frame a problem frames what the public thinks is the right thing to do," said James Steinberg , dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. "If Iraq is a democracy struggling against insurgents and you describe it that way, people might still support you. If it is a civil war, it is indisputably the case that Americans will say, 'What are we doing in the middle of a civil war?' ""

Yeah, what indeed?

More from the page: "The whole idea of the US being able to preemptively attack other nations was penned by White House lawyers two weeks after 9/11; former justice department lawyer John Yoo wrote memos for then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales arguing that "no limits" stood in the way of Bush's ability to take military action and that "the president's decisions are for him alone and are unreviewable."

But giving someone like Bush "unreviewable" and unlimited military powers is reckless; the man can barely construct a sentence, let alone articulate a humane and effective foreign policy."

So what on earth is he doing in the White House? Where is the outrage?

Beautiful images from an obviously experienced astronomer with nice equipment and a beautifully dark-sky environment.

From the page: "Its conclusion, the court said, was further required by the common law understanding of rape, under which the crime is viewed as an infringement on the property rights of the woman's husband or father. The common law, the court said, "views the initial 'de-flowering' of a woman as the real harm or insult . . . after this initial infringement upon [her husband or father's] interest in a woman's sexual and reproductive functions, any further injury was considered to be less consequential. The damage was done.""

In the 21st Century!!!! Isn't it about time these archaic and discriminatory laws were changed to bring women into the same century as men?!?

Good Gawd almighty!!

From the page: "Spurlock suspects his 2004 documentary "Super Size Me," which showed the unhealthy effect of a strictly fast food diet, helped influence McDonald's Corp. to add healthier items to its menu.

"McDonald's is launching its new 'Go Active! Adult Happy Meals' nationwide," he wrote on his Web log when his movie first began generating buzz. "Coincidence? Yeah, right," he wrote.

McDonald's has consistently denied any connection between the film and changes to its menu."

YEAH,RIGHT!!

Personally, I have what the kids used to call a "hard-on" against McDonald's and the lousy doctor who sent me there when I was trying desperately to get up to 100 pounds. What did the M.ember of the D.iety tell me to do?

"Go to McDonalds" said he.

"WHAT? Are you trying to kill me?!?" I responded (with a witness present, thankfully.)

But I did go to McDonald's. And, although I went there infrequently, I seem to have locked in some evil "fat cells" left over from my fat childhood and they have pooched out my tummy and
added unwanted bulk to my trim 5'-2" frame! (If only I could find a bra that fits!) But I digress: the point is that a doctor , a PCP (Primary Care Physician) seriously prescribed McDonald's for me!!!

Then he dumped me.

But that's another story -- maybe M. More will care to produce it? Maybe. Maybe not.

More from the page: "Else said the filmmakers are akin to the rabble-rousing reporters who took on the railroad empires and mining giants of the early 20th century.

"These guys are doing what any good crusading journalist would have done in a time when everyone was reading the newspaper everyday," he said.

© 2006 Associated Press" (Must respect the copyright after all!)

Thank you for the lovely pictures of Tibet.