• The London Conference.

    At the London Conference this week, at which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be present, the P.L.O. will request a half a million dollars ($500,000) as, according to deputy prime minister Nabil Shaath, “backing for the road map plan and the establishment of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.”

    P.L.O. Chairman and Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) demanded the money “immediately.” Nigel Roberts, director of the World Bank in the West Bank and Gaza Strip said essentially that they’ll have to get most of it from their fellow Arabs.

  • Dean sinks to new low?

    In Kansas on Friday, DNC Chair Howard Dean referred to Republicans as “evil”: “This is a struggle of good and evil. And we’re the good.”

    That’s Howard Dean being Howard Dean.

    “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!”

    We, as Republicans, have another chance to take the high road, courtesy of Howard Dean. To present the GOP high road, the producers of Hannity and Colmes rolled out Ann Coulter.

    Ann Coulter is Ann Coulter, but she ought not to be representing the Republican Party, especially on matters of raising the level of political discourse. Ann’s sharp and oft times witty, but she does little for rational comity.

    “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!”

    < ;i>Tonight’s music.

    Mily Balakirev. It is both Tamara and Islamey.

    And since we’ve no place to go… I get to try the new snow blower tomorrow AM.