Rush Limbaugh has been trying to get Republicans to interfere with the Democratic process of voting for the presidential candidates in what he is calling “Operation Chaos“. I would thank that just thought of disrupting the foundation that our free democracy is built upon should sicken anyone who truly loves America. Apparently white supremacists loving Sean Hannity disagrees with me.

On that note while I would never condone anyone interfering with the voting process in any way here are some online polls that you can vote on. (h/t PZ Meyers Link Here and Here). The bottom two polls are on the same page.

• Should local governmental bodies be allowed to open their meetings with a prayer?
• Do you believe the Virgin Mary has appeared as an apparition? and
• Are you surprised the church officially recognized the Virgin Mary sightings from the 1600s?

Vice President Al Gore gave an interview with NPR the other day. During that interview he spoke very critically about George W. Bush’s approval of torture. (h/t Think Progress).

GORE: Ultimately the guarantor of our freedoms are the people. And these kinds of outrages, a president saying that he has the right turn George Washington’s 200-plus year prohibition against torture and torture anyone he wants with his assistants gathering in the basement of the White House — according to recent revelations — personally reviewing the kinds of torture techniques being used prisoner by prisoner, its obscene.

New treatments can reduce the chance of transmission of HIV from mother to infant to nearly 0%. This will be very useful in the future once the anti-choicers have taken away women’s right to use birth control.

Washington University has announced its plans to award anti-feminist and all around bitch Phyllis Schlafly an honorary doctorate. As a “national leader of the conservative movement” Phyllis Schlafly has stated that it is impossible for married women to be raped and has pushed for bans on women in “non-traditional” fields. Read more about how the students are protesting and what you can do to help over at Feministing.

The Office of Special Council was raided by the FBI as they sought evidence on charges of alleged obstruction of justice by agency chief Mr. Bloch. Now we will get to hear the “obstruction of justice isn’t even a real crime” argument that conservatives used when Scooter Libby was convicted all over again.

Only in Texas would it be illegal to operate a needle exchange program. Needle exchange programs are highly effective in cutting down on the spread of blood borne diseases such as hepatitis and HIV.

Pennsylvania voted yesterday on an constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. How fitting that they should try to restrict marriage rights shortly after Mildred Loving passed away. UPDATE Looks like the amendment has been abandoned! Yay!

Wolfrum over at Shakesville has posted a great summery on the false right wing talking points on oil prices. Very informative and well written. I learned a lot from reading it and highly recommend it.

William ~ WWJV4.com

So why is it that the liberals hate freedom and liberty so much that they keep nominating people not named General Petraeus to the Nobel Prize Committee? First it was Al Gore with his Peace Prize for inventing “global warming”; now three guys with some economic “theories” win the Nobel Prize for economics.

What is with all these theories? Aren’t theories’ just another way of saying they are guessing? It’s like the theory of evolution, or the theory that man is causing the world to warm up, or the theory of relativity. All made up scientific gobble-de-gook made to scare people into the arms of big science. Seriously people, if theories were facts then they would be in the bible. As we all know the bible is all true (even the contradictory parts) and I challenge anyone to find a single theory in there. Anyone who says there are theories in the bible is lying. I rest my case.

Here are the categories and winners for the 2007 Nobel Prize, look at how these liberals have passed over General Petraeus not once, not twice, but every stinking time. Even the physics award should have gone to General Petraeus. However he values national security so much he withdrew from that category to allow someone else to have a chance. But instead of getting 5 Nobel Prizes the socialists at the Nobel Prize Foundation snubbed him because they hate the freedom he represents.

Physics – Won by two guys for developing Giant Magnetoresistance. Now we have all seen X-Men and Magneto is pretty damn scary so I don’t dispute the need for any size of Magneto Resistance. The bigger the better I always say. But the X-Men beat Magneto and locked him in a secret prison made of plastic. I think it’s Guantanamo, just one more reason to keep it open.

Fine, these two guys can keep their Nobel Prize even though their invention came too late to save the Golden Gate Bridge. Better late than never I guess. Besides, General Petraeus isn’t greedy, he can let someone win one of the Nobel Prizes.

Chemistry – Gerherd Ertl won for “his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces”. He is just riding the coat tails of General Petraeus who performed the same experiments with the depleted uranium rounds fired by the U.S. Army. The results of Petraeus’ experiments, Freedom.

Psychology or Medicine – Three guys won it for some stem celled research with mice. Great, just what we need, healthier mice. I fail to see how this compares to the literally millions of people who have been treated for injuries in Iraq, even with less doctors. Just by sheer volume General Petraeus wins this one hands down.

Literature – While General Petraeus’ report to congress was not literally written down, or even written by General Petraeus, one cannot deny that it is the single most important piece of literature this year. Why they chose Doris Lessing for her “female experience” is beyond comprehension. Just more proof that the feminists are taking away the rights of white males.

Peace – Don’t get me started on Al “Mr. O-Zone” Gore. All he has done is promoted understanding of global warming in an attempt to save the planet. How does this do anything for peace? Wouldn’t the planet be much more peaceful if we all died? General Petraeus has spread freedom, democracy, liberty, and peace throughout the entire Middle East while at the same time personally prevented any terrorist attacks on US soil. If it wasn’t for the liberal hippies in the media you would all know that already!

Economics – I have already talked about these guys’ “theory”. Well because of General Petraeus a small group of soldiers, snipers, attack helicopters, and a couple politicians can safely enjoy an afternoon shopping spree in a market just like the ones in Indiana. Seriously, can mechanism design theory get you 5 rugs for 5 bucks? I think not.

So I am officially putting the Nobel Prize Foundation, and everyone who won a Nobel Prize on the sinners list until they give General Petraeus the recognition he deserves. I’m calling them out, if they love freedom more than they love their pagan liberal gods, they will do the right thing and give General Petraeus those prizes.

Not only did he take the opportunity in his acceptance speech to further talk about his important message, he is also donating his part of the $1.5million recipients receive to the Alliance for Climate Protection. This is a non profit that works to spread the message about global climate change, it’s source, and the dangers.

Many have wondered if a win by Gore would throw him into the presidential race mix. He has not addressed that since the win so, of course, it’s only conjecture at this point. His advisers say that he is showing no interest in the 08 bid. This does not deter thousands of Democrats who have stepped up the heat in the last several days to get Gore running. Draftgore.com took out a full page ad in the NY Times this week beseeching the former Vice President to give it a go.

Because most Americans see global warming and understand our role in it, they may see Gore as the go to candidate to make sure something is done. It also helps that he is seen as the real winner of the 2000 election, who had the office of president stolen from him. Name recognition is not a problem for Gore, as millions have seen his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, watched him on countless news programs, and of course know him from American politics.

I am giving Al Gore the title of Saint today, not because I would love him to run for office, but because he is perhaps the largest voice in the world urging man to change the things that are destroying our planet. He’s the reason that I now have compact fluorescent bulbs in every fixture of my home. Thank you Al Gore for bringing the discussion of global warming into most homes in America and millions all over the world.