Year end close out
First off, a couple of cuddly animal rescues of a cat and a dog to warm your heart.
Plus, humor. Bush's New Year's resolutions, plus Steve Martin's impression of Bill O'Reilly getting - what else? - pissed off about nothing. In this case, the leap second.
The BBC has some year end stories, covering things such as Bush's very bad year and assorted oddball stories. Plus a holiday safety quiz.
This is also the year that neo-cons made Arriana Huffington not only relevant again, but even kind of admired with her Huffington Post becoming a daily reading stop for me. Here are her lists of things she wants to forget from 2005.
We're going to avoid politics for the most part, but focus on a couple things this year. Bush is on vacation - again - at his "ranch" in Texas. A milestone has been reached in this recent visit. He's only been president for coming on five years now; this marks his 365th day on vacation at his ranch. It's mind-numbing when you think about it. More than 20% of the time this guy is on vacation from what is arguably the most important job in the world. I couldn't even take that kind of time off without getting fired, and I doubt any of you could too. In any case, he's busy clearing brush, whatever the hell that means.
Since our leader is out to lunch, why don't you guys step away from the keyboard and go have a good time. Happy New Year folks.