I'm not sure that is Britney's body. Link
Posted on 04/14/2005 2:39:29 AM PDT by BigWaveBetty
U.S. President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld can now also be called bushi, cheneyi and rumsfeldi, or simply slime-mould beetles.
Two former Cornell University entomologists named three species in the genus Agathidium after the U.S. leaders, Cornell announced on Wednesday.
Quentin Wheeler and Kelly Miller christened 65 new species of slime-mold beetles, named for the fungi-like molds on which they feed, which they discovered after collecting thousands of specimens for a study of their evolution and classification.
Wheeler, who after 24 years as a professor of entomology and plant biology at Cornell is now the keeper and head of entomology at the Natural History Museum in London, said the U.S. leaders were being honored for having "the courage of their convictions."
The bushi beetle is found in southern Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia; the rumsfeldi is from Oaxaca and Hidalgo in Mexico, and the cheneyi is known from Chiapas, Mexico, Wheeler said.
In other news of the white trash:
KEVIN Federline has always wanted to live in Las Vegas, and his dream is coming true. He and pregnant wife Britney Spears have "reserved" a $2.5 million bungalow in the residential expansion at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The couple apparently has sentimental reasons for buying there. Not only will Wilmer Valderrama, Danny Masterson, Claudia Schiffer and Billy Idol be their neighbors, but their baby was "conceived in room 248 at the hotel," we're told. A Hard Rock rep declined comment. (PageSix)
Political news:
We hear ... THAT there's dissension at the Democratic Governors' Association because its chairman, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, is being touted as a possible presidential candidate. Seems Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who would like to live in the White House himself, is wangling to get his own people appointed to the staff. (Page Six)
Fast Eddie in the White House? Give me a break!
I'm not sure that is Britney's body. Link
No way those toads would get the honor, not a one of them has ever had the courage to believe in anything that wasn't self serving.
Re: Scalia story. Liberals are digging that loser hole deeper with each bad act. I wish Scalia had asked the jerk if he kissed his mother with that mouth.
I get the feeling when Ms. Nixon was a child, playing Mystery Date, she considered it a win when she opened the door to the leprechaun.
April 15, 2005 -- JON Stewart, Melissa Etheridge and Latin music star Juanes are not only among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People — they're peforming at the party celebrating the issue at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tuesday. Expected guests at JALC's Time Warner Center venue include Nicole Kidman, Sean and Robin Wright Penn, Jay-Z, Tina Brown, Donald Trump, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Matt Groening and Coretta Scott King. Etheridge will make her first public appearance since her chrome-domed performance at the Grammy Awards in February following chemotherapy for breast cancer.
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Here is an opinion piece in "The Australian". A lefty ponders why the the Left "...has ended up opposing a foreign policy of spreading democracy...".
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12856956%255E7583,00.html
In typical blind leftist fashion he blames...Vietnam. "Now when the trumpet sounds, the Left's instinctive reaction is to cry 'No, not another Vietnam!'".
He's got it wrong...and I hope they keep fooling themselves. Their problem is their anti-Americanism. They support humanitarian intervention, even military intervention, SO LONG AS NO AMERICAN INTERESTS ARE SERVED. In Vietnam, they didn't believe in the domino theory. They would have supported it if we had been there merely to deliver relief supplies. Somalia: they were all for it during the relief stage, against it as soon as we started trying to clean out the rats nest. Bosnia: totally supportive because we were serving Europe's interests, not ours. 1991 Gulf War: oooo, some people might get killed! (They didn't worry about Kuwaitis, of course). Haiti: easy one...intervention prevented the left from having to pander to those darned dark skinned boat people. And then we consider the entire Cold War. The bottom line is: the Left never perceived a threat from the Soviets. They always thought we should accommodate a world divided between two superpowers...you see, this checked American power!
And now we have Iraq. And Afghanistan. 9/11 exposed the knee-jerk anti-US lefties. In their world, if it serves America's national security interests, it must be selfish and too insensitive to cultural differences. Until they realize that, they will linger in the minority, wondering how to convince voters they are "over Vietnam". May they wander in the darkness for many years to come!
Just for fun (yes, I'm twisted) I intend to find out what Fonda writes about her Tom Hayden days and compare it to what Horowitz wrote about their activities. Fonda's apology for sitting on the anti-aircraft gun but then sticking by her other activities is a perfect example of how that bunch can't admit they were wrong. And if the regular type lefty can't separate themselves from the lefty kooks, they never will get it and will continue to lose.
When will the naysayers of spreading democracy in the ME be asked, "When did you all change your mind about bringing democracy to everyone?" "When did your political god JFK become George W. Bush?"
Hubba, hubba!
Be sure to ping me when you find a snap of DeKnees so I can add it to the album. :-)
Yes, since she'll be wearing her gold bikini.
lol, Not much has changed since 1977 I see!
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BWB, I'm guessing the easiest time to meet is when we're staying at the Vistana. Do you know where that is? We'll be there Sat thru Tues nights, so you tell me which day is best to get together for breakfast. FRmail me your phone # and I'll call you after we check in. Oh...I won't have a car. It's her husband's work car and I'm not on the insurance. Maybe we should just meet at the Vistana? They have a restaurant. Is that too far?
Good day everyone - just wanted to let you know that Pres. Bush was in my town today. It's a glorious day here and everybody spruced up for his visit. The road he came in on was lined with flags and the community college he spoke at was recently mulched and flowered.
I didn't get to see him, but was at a meeting at the college and saw the security, etc. As always, an awesome display.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Meeting you at the Vistana is the best idea, I'll find out how to get there. It's not far at all. Since I don't go to the tourist area much I don't know of any good spots for breakfast so eating at Vistana will probably be our best bet. We'll talk when you get there and decide what's best.
Yea! Can't wait! :-)
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