Daily Briefing - 1/8/07

Ok... it was 73 degrees in Washington, DC on January 6th, the NRA is being pressured by its members to resist the Bush Administration's energy policies, and GM released a plug-in hybrid prototype. Things seem a bit off... Oh well, I guess I'll just try and focus on politics to bring me back to reality. Umm, that won't work... especially not with Charlie Rangel smiling back at me in a glowing article about his impending chairmanship.

Craziness abound. Craziness indeed.

MW

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Daily Briefing – 1/8/07
665 days until the NEXT election… and global warming is an integral part of our nation’s agenda!

Key Issues in the News
Global Warming
- NYT Letters to the Editor on Climate Change
- The Ununited States… at least on weather
- Car boom puts Europe on road to smoggy future
- The world’s top security problem?
- Might our fate be already sealed?
- Getting to the truth
- Gore mobilizes activists
- Grist: A brand new, mass protest climate movement for 2007
- From The Simpsons
- Polar Bear Club may have to cancel the season
Washington/Legislation/Politics/People/etc.
- The 100 hours begins now
- President will address the nation Wed. night on Iraq
- It’s Rangel’s turn now
Potential ‘08ers…
- Gore (will he or won’t he?), Edwards (he’s always on), Biden (officially running), McCain (backing the troop surge), Giuliani (questioning his client roster), Richardon (working on Darfur), Romney (putting the price at $100 mil), Kerry (gets Deval’s support), Brownback (making it official), Gilmore (starting his exploration), Obama (Inouye thinks its too early), Gingrich (worrying McCain)
- Conservatives are looking for Mr. Right
Other News from the Media
- NRA pressured top resist Bush energy policies
- GM introduces a plug-in electric car
- Northwest residents looking at their trees differently
- Congressional budget delay stymies scientific research
- Japan: Land of rising conservation
- A future with wind
…and the Blogosphere
- The Caucus: And they’re off!
- Pelosi places term limits on committee chairmanships
- Grist:
o One woman’s eco-evolution
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- No more bun ladies, librarians getting with the times
- This should help productivity in offices
- Better lineup ladies!
- NYC smells like gas. (Waiting for inevi
- “More than half of US teenagers use social networking sites like MySpace, but girls go online to reaffirm existing friendships, while boys are more often there to flirt”… and the Pope is Catholic… and bears $#% in the woods…
Quotes O’ the Day
“I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.” ~Victor Hugo