What's with news anchors and reporters using the word "meantime"? What does it mean? Who uses that in everyday conversation? Okay, I just checked the dictionary and meantime means meanwhile. Meanwhile means meantime. Both mean "during the intervening time" or "at the same time."
Thank you for allowing me to work out one of my issues.
Former "Real World" castmate Jamie Murray, 23, was arrested earlier this month after bungee-jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. Murray says that he did it "to send a positive message to young people" considering suicide. Yes, folks, to discourage suicide he jumped off a bridge. For those who worry about today's youth, continuing doing so.
Democrats are claiming that Bush and Cheney's oil ties disqualify them from shaping our country's energy policy. Fine. Then the Democrats agree to never make proposals on education or labor due to their Union ties. Right? Fat chance.
Meantime, remember that Democrats want you to do as they say, not as they do.
Class-warfare specialist Dick Gephardt appeared at a photo-op to attack President Bush's energy policy and tell Americans that we're energy hogs.
Punchline? He drove to the photo-op in a Chevy Suburban, which doesn't even threaten to get 15 miles per gallon in the city.
In response, Gephardt's spokesman, Eric Smith, said, "We don't say anything about changing people's lifestyles."
Which brings us to the Democrats' idiotic energy plan. . .
Our liberal friends are calling for the government to FORCE down electricity prices and step up conservation efforts. Wow, these guys are getting their freak on, toking on some serious dope. That's exactly what got us into this mess in the first place! California has the toughest environmental and conservation policies in the nation, and will sit in the dark for much of the summer as a result.
The Democrats' knee-jerk reaction to Bush's plan is just an instinct, like when you stub your toe and say "ow" even though you don't really feel any pain.
Folks, there's no quick fix to the energy problems of the past few years. In an age where we have to have what we want when we want it, this is something that'll take time. Americans are used to "feel good" legislation from Clinton for eight years, orders that don't fix the problem, but put a band-aid over a gushing head wound. Now Democrats are confused. How does this Dubya dude think he can come in and offer actual long-term solutions to energy, education, the environment and taxes?
There's nothing "feel-good" about drilling off the coast or in the vast wasteland in the Arctic. It's not cute or cuddly, but it is smart and necessary. I'm not a fan of raping the environment, either, but I also know that there are policies and technologies now that enable such drilling to be kept in a small area with little to no effect on the surrounding landscape and animal life.
Don't let Leftists in Washington scare you; there's no magic quick fix. The only thing that will help is when supply meets demand, and when OPEC has to come to us to beg, which is just the opposite of Clinton's weak policy.
Fighting over judicial nominees is nothing new. But the way Democrats are trying to derail Bush's nominees is.
Going beyond the normal "advice and consent" power of the Senate, Dems want to rewrite the Constitution so that if any Senator "blue slips" any nominee from his home state, the nomination would be automatically withdrawn without a hearing or vote. Blue slips can be issued for any reason.
Have you ever heard of anything more fascist, more undemocratic? The power-hungry mongrels of the Left in Congress are getting desperate, and it's time Bush and the GOP fights ugly to prevent these Commies from regaining control.
Did You Know the significance of the Rx symbol associated with pharmacies:
R, a symbol used by pharmacists since ancient times, comes from the Latin recipere (take this). The slant bar across the R's leg is the sign of the Roman god Jupiter, patron of medicines. The symbol looks like Rx and is pronounced that way. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable says the sign can be paraphrased like this: "Under the good auspices of Jove, patron of medicines, take the following drugs in the proportions set down." (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The European Parliament voted to adopt stringent new legislation on tobacco marketing that could see cigarette packets covered with graphic photographs illustrating the health consequences of smoking.
Next up for sure, Big Mac wrappers will have to have a picture of a belly hanging over a belt, and Fries will have pictures of fat guys in their underwear on a couch.
CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WATCH:
A 34-year-old woman was beaten to death in Southeast China by birth-control officials who sought to sterilize her against her will.
Sun Zhonghua, mother of two boys aged 12 and 13, showed documents from a local hospital that the planned operation was not advisable because of a medical condition.
Despite her protests, she was forced into a waiting car. Later that day officials told Sun's relatives that she jumped from the fourth floor of a building, but family members say that the bruises on her head and other parts of her body were from physical abuse, not a fall.
"We tried to report the incident, but there was no one to report to," said the relative.
This is nothing new. For 20 years China has engaged in mass campaigns of sterilizing women like cattle, and "family planning" workers often resort to beating people, locking them up, confiscating livestock, or even destroying homes.
Colin Powell became the first senior U.S. official in four decades to offer even faint praise of Fidel Castro when he said the Cuban leader has ''done good things for his people.'' Didn't the same comment about another murdering dictator - Hitler - get Pat Buchanan in a world of trouble?
Who knew?:
Raucous chess fans banned in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Public Library is trying to keep unruly chess fans in check.
The downtown library temporarily banned chess after several cases of spectators allegedly using abusive language toward security guards. (AP)
What are people coming to nowadays? Next thing you know someone will get hurt re-enacting Dungeons and Dragons. And I shudder to think what torture these guys can instill on their home computers when the MechWarrior 4 update patch version 1.0 doesn't address numerous gameplay issues.
Homer quote: "I wish that just once somebody would call me 'sir' without following it up with 'you're making a scene.'"
Random Site: Here's an article that will reinforce your joy that Bush is in the White House rather than more Clinton-Gore Leftist elitism.
Random Site, part two: Compare your salary to the Texas Rangers' Alex Rodriguez, the $252 million man.