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Gaywo Jima, gays storm heterosexual marriage.Mark Sanford’s heterosexual affair and crumbling marriage are the work of gays and Democrats, according to his wife Jenny. In her own words:

“Of course I’m not saying that Mark is gay, but he may as well be.  The moral decay in this country has claimed another victim and this time it was my family.  Our marriage was perfect until these laws started passing around the country. Clearly the slow dissolution of the sanctity of marriage in America seeped into Mark’s psyche until he no longer felt compelled to abide by our vows.” – Jenny Sanford Read more

Europe and China both came out this week asking the U.S. to do more than what is in their landmark climate change bill. As countries around the world prepare for the Copenhagen summit where global powers are poised to make pivotal agreements around goals and standards for dealing with climate change, the major powers and emissions producers are clamoring for position and relevance. Politics are by no means reserved to the halls of Washington, and long gone is the time when Washington and the U.S. could think of itself as an island in the midst of the climate change debate. The idea of not participating in the effort to battle the global environmental problems or of not coming out of Copenhagen as part of the agreement the way we did with Kyoto is unacceptable. Read more

The GOP is full of embarrassing things, like Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney and President Bush's administration; however there are a few things the GOP should REALLY be shamed for.

 1. Opposing Health Care for All: Read more

Two other major players in the climate change world are the European Union and China. China has been using EU benchmarks to gauge their own projections and commitments, a nod toward the EU’s self-proclaimed leadership in the global battle against climate change. The EU is now offering assistance to China and India deal with carbon emissions.

Remember when you were a little kid and you were eating in the kitchen and instead of cleaning up your crumbs on the floor you just swept them under the rug? Well, there is a high-tech process called Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) that sounds kind of similar. You take the emissions from coal-fired power plants and bury them. Like, underground. Read more

The politics leading up the Copenhagen summit in December are fascinating. Major players like the EU, China, Russia and the United States are all jockeying for position, some playing a few cards, some holding them- and I’m sure there is some bluffing going on as we still have almost 6 months to go.

I wrote in Politics Report how the Democrat-sponsored climate change bill is still stalled in committees as lawmakers work to satisfy Democrats, and further satisfy Republican legislators whose votes are necessary to pass the bill through the House.

Russia rang in with a long-delayed play of their own.

The general guideline from green groups and developing nations has been a request that Industrialized nations cut their emissions 25-40% from 1990 levels, a number reached in reference to UN climate scientist panel suggested cuts. Read more

The Democrat-controlled Congress is focusing on creating legislation to combat climate change- perhaps the most far-reaching and influential shift in administrative and legislative policy in decades. The New York Times calls it a comprehensive energy and global warming bill- but how the bill will look once it satisfies everyone enough to pass both the House and the Senate is still anyone's guess.

In fact, the Democratic Party still doesn't agree with itself on everything, though the House Democrats say that they are close to an agreement and hope to be ready to move forward next week. Whether they have a bill that will satisfy rural and fiscal conservative Representatives is not apparent.  Read more

The biggest culprits and the biggest players in climate change seem to be the United States, the European Union, and China. With the meeting in Copenhagen of these three with everyone else who has a say and a responsibility, preliminary meetings and decisions are in full swing.

China recently unveiled a pledge to do as much as the EU does. The U.S. continues to talk big but do relatively little. The EU continues to set the pace and the tone. This week in Brussels the European Union agreed to the basis of its collective financial contribution to the coming global climate change deal. This financial contribution will go primarily to help developing nations deal with the effects of climate change. Read more

I just knew there was some kind of catch. A man just couldn’t be that wicked cool, smart, tech-savvy and generally all-around groovy with two cute kiddies and an awesome, intelligent wife. Something had to give.

Behold, Obama the Fly Killer!

A fly on the wall has no business during a White House interview, says President Obama. While CNBC’s John Harwood attempted to get an interview in the East Room, the fly simply wouldn’t stop interrupting, buzzing his own intelligible questions into the president’s ear—and our Commander in Chief had had enough.

Swatting the offending creature once it landed on his hand, he put a quick end to the multi-eyed invader. Read more

What does it mean to be American?

America is often referred to as a melting pot, as a land of immigrants, of opportunity, of refuge. At the same time it is characterized by a brutal and violent history of intolerance, murder and exploitation. While the Statue of Liberty has come to stand, both literally and figuratively, as a guardian over immigrants and the American dream of a “better life,” America could just as easily have the statue of a gun grace its money, sacred grounds and serve as a figure-head for its history. Read more

The Winning HandNot every disputed election ends with in revolutions in the streets. Take the case of Cave Creek, AZ (wonder how they picked that name), who recently had a tie-breaker in their election for the top CIty Council seat.

The Arizona state legislature mandates that any election ties are to be determined in a game of chance. Perhaps not feeling lucky enough to toss a coin, roll dice or draw straws, the incumbent Thomas McGuire and Adam Trenk decided to go a more traditional route,  (no they did not have a duel) and instead decided the election based on the highest card.

Imagine the made-for-tv movie with the accompanying sappy music and/or drumroll to set the scene.

The incumbent drew first. Again, we are talking cards, not guns here. It was a six of hearts.
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