Loves a man in uniform
-Headline of the day-
"Bush: I’m ‘envious’ of troops on ‘romantic’ front lines."
In a videoconference, Bush told military personnel in Afghanistan that he was "envious" of them and, were he a younger man, he'd be right there fighting with them.
"It must be exciting for you … in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger," Bush said. "You’re really making history, and thanks."
Constitutional scholars are debating whether this blatant violation of "don't ask, don't tell" is an impeachable offense. (Think Progress)
-Crazy as a cork anchor-
Barack Obama may be facing the first real PR challenge of his campaign. The only upside to it is that it should put the "secret Muslim" crap to bed once and for all.
The former pastor of Obama's church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, is nuts. Or, at least, he sounds nuts. The media's been replaying a 2003 sermon where Wright said that we shouldn't sing "God Bless America," but "God Damn America."
In response, Obama said, "I profoundly disagree" with the sentiments.
Team Hillary may be able to get some distance out of this one, but McCain would be wise to leave it be. Not only has he embraced John "I hate Catholics" Hagee, but also Rod "Let's destroy Islam" Parsley. Not the sanest couple of Biblethumpers themselves.
In the end, it turns out that people who tell stories about talking snakes and magic apples for a living are mostly crazy.
Who would've guessed? (ABC News)
-Happy Pi Day-
Today is the 14th of March or 3/14 or 3.14. The '08 throws a wrench into it, but the number goes on forever and you've got to stop calculating someplace. For most practical purposes, 3.14 is good enough. The BBC gives us a longer number -- 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971 -- which, if you think about it, is just as short of infinity as 3.14. Besides, do you want to wait until 3/14/15926535897932384626433832795028841971 to celebrate Pi Day?
I didn't think so. By that time, squirrels will have evolved into the world's dominant species, driving Toyotas around and splitting the atom. No one wants to wait around for that.
Get together with some loved ones and enjoy the traditional Pi Day meal of tostadas, pancakes, and wiener slices. Or pizza. I'd go with pizza. (BBC News)
