3/23    Democracy comes to isolated kingdom - Yahoo! News:
        http://www.csua.org/u/l3q
        '"If you had a referendum, even today, Bhutan would reject democracy.
        That's the ground reality," said Khandu Wangchuk, the burly, gravel-
        voiced former foreign minister who is running for a seat in the
        western town of Paro. "But there's no use wishing democracy away."'
        Between the Democratic presidential nomination and the Taiwan election
        yesterday, this is strange news.
        \- Bhutan is not a "normal place". The "gross national happiness"
           would be a lot lower if not for massive indian subsidies.
           would be a lot lower if not for massive Indian subsidies.
           Imagine Hawaii without govt handouts, and the govt not turning a
           blind eye to Hawaiian price discrimination etc. For example
           Bhutanese can buy cars heavily subsidiezed by find from India,
           which they then turn around and sell at a profit to Indians ...
           rinse and repeat. Also they have no foreign policy/defense
           expenditure etc.
           Bhutanese can buy cars heavily subsidized by India, which they
           then turn around and sell at a profit to Indians ... rinse and
           repeat. Also they have no foreign policy/defense expenditure etc.
           And this doesn include airport, power, road building etc
           subsidies or outright construction. Bhutan = leech.
           \_ The Feb. Natl Geo paints those subsidies as India buying hydro-
              electric power. Is this not a correct depiction?
              \- I have not read the National Geographic article, so I
                 cannot comment on that, but there is very large development
                 subsisdies as well as non-developmental subsidies from
                 India. Bhutan doesnt do anything other than moderate
                 tourism. Bhutan = leech.

3/22    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23411799-7583,00.html
        What's a biologist know about climate anyway?
        \_ A biologist from a corporatist think tank.
           \_ Good catch.  So she just made up all that stuff about temps
              being flat or decreasing.  They continue to rise without stop.
           \_ "That's right, very much so. The policy implications are
              enormous. The meteorological community at the moment is really
              just coming to terms with the output from this NASA Aqua
              satellite and (climate scientist) Roy Spencer's interpretation of
              them. HIS WORK IS PUBLISHED, HIS WORK IS ACCEPTED, but I think
              people are still in shock at this point."

3/22    Obama retakes lead in Gallup
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/35lwoq [gallup]
        \_ GOBAMA!

3/23    When will Sean Hannity reject and denounce Neo-Nazi Hal Turner?
        http://www.newshounds.us/2008/03/23/neo_naziwhite_supremacist_hal_turner_confirms_friendship_and_kinship_with_sean_hannity.php

3/23    When The Daily Show went to Berkeley:
        http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=163653