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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Be the change you wish to see
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I see that Senate Republicans have re-introduced the federal Marriage Protection Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to defend marriage by limiting it to a pact between a man and a woman.
I also see that Sen. David Vitter, a married man and patron of prostitutes in Louisiana and Washington, and Sen. Larry Craig, the married lavatorial tap-dancer (good acoustics with all that tile, you know) are listed as two of its prime sponsors.
The capacity of some people for self-embarrassment is astonishing. (h/t The Carpetbagger Report).
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Situation dire for North Pole residents
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Urged on by millions of anxious children around the world, military cargo ships were steaming toward the North Pole Friday in an attempt to evacuate Santa Claus, his estimated 300 elves and several dozen reindeer before they sink into the ocean.
The operation was launched after scientists announced that Arctic sea ice was melting so quickly this year that for the first time in recorded history, the North Pole could be ice free by September, destroying Santa’s longtime home and busy workshops
The weather and ocean conditions in the next couple of weeks will determine how much of the remaining sea ice will melt, and early signs are not good, said Mark Serreze. He’s a senior researcher at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo.
The chances for a total meltdown at the pole are higher than ever because the layer of ice coating the sea is thinner than ever due to global warming, he said.
“A large area at the North Pole and surrounding the North Pole is first-year ice,” Serreze said. “That’s the stuff that tends to melt out in the summer because it’s thin.”
However, the Santa rescue operation has being criticized by skeptics, who claimed there was no consensus that the ice was actually melting.
“Global warming doesn’t exist, and someone should tell Santa that,” said Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK). “The water lapping up next to this guy’s workshop is just an hoax invented by scientists and environmentalists.”
Reached at his North Pole home, Santa was less than convinced.
“Tell that guy I’m about to drown because of this ‘hoax,’” Santa said. “I hate these people who think they can make something true if they just believe it hard enough. What kind of fantasyland do these fools live in?”
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