DEBRIS.COMgood for a laugh, or possibly an aneurysm

Bush said that Iraq is “hard work.” Protecting America is “hard work.” Fighting terrorists is “hard work.” Moving from tyranny to democracy is “hard work.” Moving from a place where people get their hands cut off to a place where people are free is “hard work.” Loving Missy Johnson is “hard work.” Getting the job done is “hard work.” Basically everything he’s done for 3.5 years is “hard work.”

I humbly submit this time-management tip to George W. Bush: if you hadn’t spent 42% of your Presidency on vacation, maybe it wouldn’t be so damn hard.

Statistically speaking, in fact, it would be 42% less hard. I guess that of these eight choices you could pick approximately three of them — they’re the ones that wouldn’t have been hard if you hadn’t been out cutting fenceposts or whatever.

• Iraq
• protecting America
• fighting terrorists
• moving from tyranny to democracy
• moving from a place where people get their hands cut off to a place where people are free
• loving Missy Johnson
• getting the job done
• basically everything he’s done for 3.5 years

Even if you take loving Missy Johnson, which frankly sounds a lot less hard than you make out, you’d have got some quality work done.

Here’s a practice incantation: “Laura, look, I’d love to spend this month at the ranch, but I figure if I stay here at the office and put in an honest couple weeks’ work, I could fight terrorists and protect America and possibly even get around to loving Missy Johnson.”

“In the race for the White House, it has come down to two major candidates. The ultimate winner could determine the environmental future of our country.

On one side, a President who has spent the last four years dismantling 30 years worth of environmental protections; on the other side, a Senator who has a lifetime record of standing up for a clean and healthy environment.”

Source: LCV

Senator John Kerry’s “lifetime score” from the League of Conservation Voters: 92%

President George W. Bush received an “F” on his most recent LCV Presidential Report Card — the first failing grade given to a president in LCV’s history.

You don’t have to hug a tree to want clean air and clean water.

Censored 2005: The Top 25 Censored Media Stories of 2003-2004

I could be sensationalist and scream These are the stories your government doesn’t want you to read! But I would never resort to sensationalism, unless, you know, it worked. The American people are far too clever for that.

Censored story #24 is pretty scary:

The Selective Service System, the Bush Administration, and the Pentagon have been quietly moving to fill draft board vacancies nationwide in order to prepare for a military draft that could start as early as June 15, 2005.

How many of those soccer moms who are voting for Bush in order to feel safe would still vote that way if they knew that their sons, the ex-soccer players, were due to join 1000+ dead soldiers in Iraq? Here’s a hint: you won’t run out of fingers when you count them.

I’m surprised to see #3, Bush Administration Manipulates Science and Censors Scientists. That’s common knowledge, at least to readers of debris.com. And we already know the Washington Post staff reads debris.com.

These stories could probably really hurt the Bush campaign, if anybody were to actually read them.

Nature magazine:

In the build-up to the US presidential election, science is making a sizeable impact on the political agenda. But what will another four years of George W. Bush mean for science, compared with a term under Democratic challenger John Kerry?

To find out, Nature has asked the two candidates 15 questions about their science policies.

• Introduction and analysis
• The interactive version (in case it doesn’t appear inline at the link above)
• PDF version