When he laughs, I cry

There's something really odd about moments when Bush is inspired to chuckle. As is well known, during a TV interview Governor Bush once mocked a woman's dying words, "No, please don't," and then chuckled at his performance - and a woman whose death he himself had signed off on, still no difficulty making light of the situation. In front of a camera. Or just the other day he's saying something like, If I wanted to break the law, I wouldn't'a consulted a member of congress, hyuh hyuh... or was it, We briefed senators of the united states congress, If ida wan-ned to break the law, why was Ah consulnn a member of congress, hyuh hyuh...

And why is it any comfort that Bush consulted a handful of gagged congress members, anyway? If Bush read undigested and unregurgitated news, he might know that congress itself isn't exactly cutting a firm line with respect to legal propriety these days. Of course Bush knows this though, since the scandals are enveloping principle allies and fundraisers of Bush himself.

Dangerous Ideas

http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_index.html

This is one of the coolest things I've read in a while. Edge.org asked about a hundred Nobel Laureates and assorted big-ideas people what they consider to be their most "dangerous" idea, and the answers are fascinating to say the least! My own favorite is the idea of Nobel winner Philip Anderson, who contends that in all likelihood God has a really small butt. (He didn't say whether it was cute to boot.)