Sarah Palin and the Environment

This is the last time I go on a tirade about Sarah Palin, for at least a week. Check out my post on her environmental stances at Laura's Carbon Footprint.

Now, to watch the new version of 90210 so I can comment intelligently when Loree writes about it later.

Law & Order: Executive Branch

My undying love for Law & Order may not be enough to make me switch political parties, but I was mildly delighted to read this morning that actor Fred Dalton Thompson (District Attorney Arthur Branch in the L&O-verse) is contemplating a White House run.

A quick run-through of where Thompson—a former Republican senator from Tennessee—stands on a variety of issues confirmed that we agree… on nothing. But, should he become the Republican candidate for the presidency, the smear tactics sure to come could be entertaining. Just wait until the Democrats play up the fact that Arthur Branch fired ADA Serena Southerlyn—just because she was a lesbian.

Jack Bauer for President

So as the race for president in 2008 heats up (and I can't really describe how excited I am for 1/20/09), I figured I'd make my own suggestion for President. Obama is ok. Hillary is fine. But me... I'm supporting Jack Bauer for President. Here are 5 reasons why this fictional character played by Kiefer Sutherland (yes, visualize Kiefer giving the SOTU Address) is better than George W. Bush. And quite frankly, at this point, that's really all we can hope for.

1. Jack Bauer turned out OK and his dad and brother were WAY more evil than George Bush I and brother Jeb.

2. Jack Bauer actually catches terrorists.

3. Jack Bauer was in a Chinese prison and lived to tell about it.

4. Jack Bauer can say nuclear -- AND -- disarm the weapons when under pressure.

5. Jack Bauer has been around since 2001 and he still has insanely high approval ratings.

I'm sure there are more reasons. Heck, I'm sure we can think of reasons that Kiefer Sutherland would be a better president than GW--after all, the man was in The Lost Boys and Flatliners!