Daily Briefing - 2/19/07

"Be sincere; be brief; be seated" (FDR)

On to the briefing!

MW

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Daily Briefing – 2/19/07
623 days until the NEXT election… and global warming is an integral part of our nation’s agenda!

Key Issues in the News
Global Warming
- Is the U.S. near a tipping point?
- An interview with Drew Shindell, the physicist and climatologist at NASA who was censored by the Bush Administration
- It may be too late to save the ice caps
- Organic farming may be contributing more to global warming in some cases
- Montana legislature to take on global warming
- U.S. science group calls for action
- Not ready to embrace the danger
- Michiganders preaching Al Gore’s gospel
Washington/Legislation/Politics/People/etc.
- Lincoln is the favorite President, according to Gallup’s poll
- Republicans block cloture on Iraq debate
- House takes step in minimum wage deal
Potential ‘08ers…
- Richardson (raises $2 million), Hagel (open to the Murtha proposal), Edwards (urging direct talks with Iran), McCain (Roe v. Wade should be overturned), McCain again (doing the ethanol dance), Gingrich (deriding the early entries), Biden (mapping out a plan at Brookings), Brownback (carrying the Christian Right torch), Romney (he’s got somebody smitten), Obama (fighting with the press), Biden again (looking to repeal the 2002 authorization), Clinton (some old foes staying on the sideline), Nader (may run if Hillary is the nominee)
- USA Today/Gallup poll on how religion, race, relationships, and sex might influence voting
Other News from the Media
- A harmful hunt for extra oil
- China: A patron for African mismanagement
- Clean water in New York?
- Biodiesel: Raising the hopes of greening cars
- Huh, dumping old tires in the ocean turned out to be a bad idea
- Oil company to pay $200 million in toxic dumping in Ivory Coast
- Politico: An interview with the Humane Society CEO
…and the Blogosphere
- RedState: giving up on Multiple Choice Mitt
- MYDD: Results of the February Straw Poll
- TPM: Senator Clinton… BILL Clinton?
- Harry Potter wants a Prius
- National Review’s favorite presidents
- 2008: Too much, too soon
- Grist:
o Terry Tamminen’s Presidential Agenda
o Friends with Benefits: Big biz and the environment
o Nuclear v. Geothermal
o The problem with Biofuels
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- Blogging away your debt
- Well, now Britney and Sinead O’Connor have something in common
- Science finds new ways to regrow fingers
- A complaints choir? Good grief.
- President’s Day? It’s a myth!
- In case you were interested, here is the Live Earth lineup
Quotes O’ the Day
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.” ~George Washington
“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
“A nation that destroys it's soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt