I don’t normally give Ann Coulter the time of day because, let’s be honest, she is REALLY crazy.  I’m definetely liberal… but do I piss and moan constantly about conservatives and not contribute ANYTHING plausible to a political argument?  Fuck no.  It’s a waste of my time.  But I thought I would take a moment and post this quote of Ms. Coulter’s that threw me for a loop:

“Liberals hate America, they hate “flag-wavers,” they hate abortion opponents, they hate all religions except Islam (post 9/11). Even Islamic terrorists don’t hate America like liberals do. They don’t have the energy. If they had that much energy, they’d have indoor plumbing by now.”

OK….  This is so damn retarded it doesn’t even merit a rebuttal.

Energy policy was never my strong point, but a friend passed along this fantastic article about the liquid coal industry and the Dem Prez candidates… 

 Last week, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton showed that despite  efforts to build support with progressives suspicious of their close ties to corporate America, when it comes to real decisions and real votes, big business will often come first. This was reaffirmed when the two senators voted for an amendment to the energy bill offered by Montana Democrat Jon Tester that would have provided $200 million in grants and $10 billion in taxpayer loans for projects to turn regular old solid, black coal into new, shiny liquid coal to power cars and trucks. The coal companies love the idea, because replacing even 10 percent of gasoline with liquid coal would spur a 43 percent increase in coal mining, according to environmental groups. And proponents have tried to put coal liquefaction in the politically appealing framework of “energy independence” — helping reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Alas, there are a few problems. At the top of the list is the fact that turning solid coal into liquid fuel requires massive inputs of energy. Indeed, liquid coal currently produces double the greenhouse gas emissions that regular gasoline does. As the U.S. Public Interest Research Group’s Ben Dunham noted to the Prospect, global warming — which technologies like liquid coal will only accelerate — will eventually melt some of the polar icecaps, leading to a 20 foot rise in sea levels inundating millions of acres of land across the globe. “Liquid coal would lead to liquid Florida, liquid Louisiana, and liquid low-lying areas around the world,” Dunham said.

…Until it started to attract derision in the blogosphere, Obama even prominently featured a supporting statement on the “energy issues” page of his campaign website from the coal industry’s top lobbyist, Kraig R. Naasz, applauding Obama’s “leadership” in helping “make greater use of our most abundant and affordable domestic source of energy: coal.” But Obama recently backed off his support for liquid coal after the environmental movement and the media shined an unwelcome spotlight on his him. After weeks of abuse from environmentalists, he issued a “clarification” that he would support only coal to liquids projects that met the kind of standards laid out in the Tester amendment.

…Clinton’s reasons for supporting liquid coal are harder to divine. Like Obama, she’s compiled a generally pro-environment record, but also like him, she’s surrendered to polluter lobbyists on some key issues — for example, supporting the logging company International Paper in burning highly toxic tires at a major facility in upstate New York.

I meant to post this yesterday, but I got a little busy (yes, I do have a life…).  Apparently Colorado is number 3 in the nation for the number of female lawmakers.  Also, Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald is one of three female Senate Presidents in the Country.  Sure she’s a bitch, but that is quite an accomplishment

From the Post:

Colorado ranks third nationally in the number of women in its state legislature, but at 35 percent it’s hardly equality.

“There is still an old-boys network, and it’s real,” said Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald, one of just six female senate presidents in the country.

Women make up 50 percent of the state’s population, according to the Census Bureau.

Thirty-five of Colorado’s 100 lawmakers are women – 11 in the Senate and 24 in the House, putting Colorado behind only Vermont and New Hampshire in an analysis by Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics.

The national average is 23.5 percent, with mainly Southern states rounding out the bottom 10. South Carolina was the lowest with 8.8 percent female lawmakers.

The analysis shows Democrats in Colorado and across the nation are doing a better job recruiting women to their ranks.

Of the 11 female senators in Colorado, only one is a Republican. And in the House, there are 19 female Democrats compared with five Republicans.

“Republican women, many of them tend to prioritize families over careers, and that would mean political careers as well,” said Sen. Nancy Spence of Centennial, the lone female in the Republican Senate caucus.

Right Senator Spence…  Republican woman are of a higher moral variety than us career-oriented, power hungry, godless Democratic woman

A hearty congratulations to William Jefferson, the distinguished representative from Los Angeles, on his recent indictments.  If you are really bored, you can read the 90+ page court document here.  Woo!!

This genius who hid $90,000 in his freezer is in trouble for racketeering, soliciting bribes, money-laundering and other things.  CREW has now named Jefferson one of the 20 most corrupt members of Congress.  Who knew Jefferson had such potential to enter into this club!!!

Check out CREW for their report.

For those of you in Colorado…  I can’t help but resist the temptation to mention one of our beloved (cough cough) congresspersons, Marilyn Musgrave, is also on CREW’s list HERE.