Drastic Climate Change

on Mars. Seems the Mars Rover was equipped with a V8 filled with premium Chevron, so now all the Martian polar bears are in danger!

But of course, this has nothing to do with the Sun. How can the Sun possibly cause climate change?

Thompson...Hunter...Brownback...Romney

The more I review the field of 08 candidates, one of these gentlemen so far would receive my vote for president. As time comes closer, primaries approaching, people dropping out, one not even making his official announcement yet, best chances of legitimately capturing ticket, etc. it really looks like Romney is gonna get my nod unless if something changes. Of course, we're probably gonna hear Rudy Giuliani and John McCain, so my point is probably moot...but these four gentlemen for me personally are the closest definitions of conservative you can get. Unfortunately though, these gentlemen don't have the name value (particularly Hunter and Brownback. Romney is picking up steam) to face the Clintons, Obamas, and Edwardss.

I WOULD throw in Newt Gingrich in the conservative mix, but Gingrich has proven time and time again to not being able to match up to the liberals. Historically, everytime this guy gets confronted by Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, or any other prominent liberal, Gingrich goes down in flames. And just recently Gingrich had a lovefest with John Kerry over global warming (that wasn't a debate. How many times did these guys agree with each other). Gingrich recently was at a women's conservative conference explaining the farce of global warming and it's just mere weeks later where now he thinks it's a major issue deserving of attention.

Very underrated candidate to me would be the other Thompson: Tommy. And if Jeb Bush would run........to me, of all the Bushes (including George Sr), he is the most qualified Bush of them all. Unfortunately, I think this country is getting a little tired of the Bush mantra. Since 1980, we've had some sort of Bush in office - nationally and gubernatorialy (sp).

I wouldn't mind supporting Tom Tancredo, but the only problem here is he seems to hinge upon the immigration issue and that issue only. You need a broader base of issues

Bill Frist dropped out, so he's off my radar.

Chuck Hagel would be fine with me if he's not so anti-military

So, in order so far and relying solely on issues perspective, I like 1) Hunter...2) Brownback...3) Romney...4) F Thompson

There goes the neighborhood

Well, it is Santa Fe. I'm sorry guys - I guess they're invading you from the east coast now too.

Global Warming as National Security

From the "How to make our country materially less safe" file. A "bipartisan" bill would direct the Pentagon and CIA to treat global warming as a security issue and conduct wargames, analysis, etc. The reason the Pentagon might conduct wargames for something like the invasion of the mainland US is that they could do something about it, namely send hot lead (or depleated uranium) and high explosives at the badguys. What are the Pentagon and CIA going to do against the environment? This is not their proper function! Passing a bill like this is akin to doing our enemys' work for them. Any personel/resources assigned to this task would not be doing their assumed previous task of protecting our country from its enemies. If Congress insists on some sort of global warming impact/readiness plan, a much better way to go about it would be to create funding for the scientific community. For that matter, just about any scheme for accomplishing that goal would be better than derailing our national defense.