Two Thousand Zero Seven, Party Over, Oops, Out of Time

It’s the first post of the ‘oh-seven’! (But’s it’s just one of these lame ones.)
1. Scientists’ Report Documents ExxonMobil’s Tobacco-like Disinformation Campaign on Global Warming Science — “…to serve its corporate interests, ExxonMobil has built a vast echo chamber of seemingly independent groups with the express purpose of spreading disinformation about global warming.” — [Here’s a Stump Lane post on Exxon-Mobil’s stance on energy independence.]
2. Last Year’s Coal Mine Deaths Increase 210 Percent Over 2005 — 47 coal miners were killed on the job last year. — [Here’s a Stump Lane post on mine safety.]
3. W pushes envelope on U.S. spying — …contrary to existing law and contradict[ing] the bill he had just signed, say experts who have reviewed it . . . it’s another signing statement! — [Here’s a Stump Lane post on signing statements.]
4. Justin A. Frank, M.D., Author of “Bush on the Couch” Gets to the Heart of the Matter: We Have a Sociopath as President — Aaah, yes. The ages old question: “Is are prezedent sociopath?” — [Here’s a Stump Lane post related to OFFAL‘s seeming inability to truthfully “empathize with the pain and suffering of others.”]
Parting shot:
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up, darling child?
A: A failed CEO for a major corporation! —