Bush arrogance offends even his allies

“President Bush’s relationship with Republicans in Congress is showing signs of strain at the very moment he needs them most.

“The president is having more trouble than he should” getting his priorities through Congress, says Sen. Trent Lott.

Some Republican leaders in Congress complain that Bush doesn’t seek their advice often enough. Senate moderates are frustrated that he sometimes doesn’t seem willing to negotiate. Some Republicans say the president is disdainful of their co-equal branch of government.”

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Quote of the day

As you may know, fifty Texas state representative Democrats left Texas, thus breaking quorum in the Texas legislature, so that a grotesquely unfair redistricting plan can not pass.

Texas asked New Mexico to track down any such miscreant Democrats and arrest them.  The New Mexico  Atty General responded saying:

“I have put out an all-points bulletin for law enforcement to be on the look out for politicians in favor of health care for the needy and against tax cuts for the wealthy.

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Microsoft Windows traps Thai politician 

“Thailand’s Finance Minister Suchart Jaovisidha had to be rescued today from inside his expensive BMW limousine after the onboard computer crashed, leaving the vehicle immobilized. (The computer ran under the Windows CE operatig system)

Once the computer failed, neither the door locks, power windows nor air conditioning systems would function, leaving the Minister and his driver trapped inside the rapidly heating vehicle.”

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Ramsey Clark on C-Span

Check your C-span schedule for an amazing, factual, low key, dead-on speech by Ramsey Clark titled U.S. Militarism Threatens the Destiny of Humanity.

Ramsey Clark is a former US Attorney General, and the founder and director of International ANSWER

C-span also has the speech online (this link will start the speech in RealPlayer)

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Cookies that kill

“Oreo cookies should be banned from sale to children in California, according to a lawsuit filed by a San Francisco attorney who claims that trans fat — the stuff that makes the chocolate cookies crisp and their filling creamy — is so dangerous children shouldn’t eat it.”

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The 99 Bottles of Beer project

Finally, someone has done what sorely needed to be done, and has translated the song, 99 Bottles of Beer, into 515 programming languages. Earning them a hearty THANK YOU from a grateful programming community.

From the elegant FoxPro (a language I use )

FOR x = 100 TO 1 STEP -1
 ?x,”Bottle(s) of beer on the wall,”,x,”bottle(s) of beer”
 ?”         Take one down and pass it around,”
 ?x-1,”bottle(s) of beer on the wall”
ENDFOR

To the nearly indecipherable b5 language

mac nl i => i<<<
>>>;;;
mac t i => <<<Take one down, pass it around>>>nl(i);;;
mac p n s c => n<<< bottle>>>s<<< of beer>>>nl(c);;;
mac w i => <<< on the wall>>>i;;;
mac a n => p(n)(s)(w(.))nl()p(n)(s)(w(,))p(n)(s)(.)t(,);;;
mac b n m => a(n<<<>>>m);;;
mac c n => b(n)(8)b(n)(7)b(n)(6)b(n)(5)b(n)(4)b(n)(3)b(n)(2);;;
mac d n => b(n)(9)c(n)b(n)(1)b(n)(0);;;
data
p(99)(s)(w(,))p(99)(s)(.)t(,)c(9)b(9)(1)b(9)(0)d(8)d(7)d(6)d(5)d(4)d(3)
d(2)d(1)c()p(1)()(w(,))nl()p(1)()(w(,))p(1)()(.)t(,)p(No
more)(s)(w(.));;;

There’s something genuinely inspiring about true silliness.

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