"Canadians or something equally awful"

I love Molly Ivins. Her column on Alternet provides a good example of why: "The political fight over global warming is over, except for the Bush administration, which has some weird problem with science in general. I'm still not sure what's behind that: I recall Rush Limbaugh and the radio right taking great glee in pooh-poohing the Kyoto treaty and the whole idea of global warming. Maybe they associated global warming with Canadians or something equally awful."

Spent the weekend down in the land where even the internet packets are sent by horse and buggy: Philomath, OR. It was impossibly dark, even in the middle of the day, and it poured nearly nonstop. I had just enough time for a dog walk and a half hour bike ride before it started raining again. No wonder I was depressed as a teenager. On the bright side, there were tons of good food, my wonderful dog Harper, and plenty of beer and wine. Watching The 40-Year-Old Virgin with the parents was a bit uncomfortable, but the movie was hysterical enough that it made up for it.