The Truth About Hurricane Katrina

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• But how soon can we get a working transporter?

  Finally…Star Trek style force fields on the way.    Very, very cool... but I'll be even more excited about a transporter or replicator.

• Phelpsians No-Show A Crowd of 500 Counterprotesters

  I just have one word: HA!

  Also: Ha ha ha hahahaha1!!eleventy!!!!

  If I'd known in time that Phelpsians (decidedly NOT Christians) were supposed to be anywhere in the vicinity, I'd have joined the counter-protest too. I don't need to approve of “The Laramie Project” being performed in a public high school in order to despise the Phelps' philosophy and behavior, and I can't condemn them heartily enough.

• Religious Holiday Proclamations

  North Miami Beach's multicultural committee is thinking about limiting religious holiday proclamations to one per religion. My question is, why does any government need to issue a religious holiday proclamation at all? Shouldn't it be the duty of the religious organization to announce their own holidays?

  And while I'm at it, why does any government need a "multicultural committee?"

• Nice to know she'll draw the statist line somewhere...

  Michelle Obama just says No to Twinkie warning labels, instead taking a more reasonable view that giving parents "information about what's in the Twinkie" is adequate.

• Dear Congress,

  We hate you.  We really hate you.

  Sincerely,

  The Public