Vetiver is not only cheap to grow but resistant to pests and disease. The grass soaks up pollutants and improves crop yields. What's more, it can grow in any kind of soil on any kind of slope in just about any tropical region that is free of freezing temperatures.

Okay, I've read a number of articles about kudzu. Am I the only person who thinks this sounds like a potential Big Mistake.

Grass Grows 13-Foot Roots of 'Steel'

Why not? Let's start with that Humphrey-Nixon story. It conveys that Schwarzenegger's understanding of the two parties is frozen in 1968. That's a long time ago. Both parties have changed a lot. The Democrats under Bill Clinton rediscovered a centrist philosophy they had abandoned. They became more attentive to public safety and more friendly to free enterprise. The Republican Party also shifted—not to the center, but to the right. If you liked where Nixon stood in the late 1960s and early 1970s, you're more likely to find similar policies 30 years later not in the administration of George W. Bush, but in the administration of Bill Clinton and possibly the administration of John Kerry.

Judgment Day - Yes on Schwarzenegger. No on Bush. By William Saletan

] Web sites that reunite and reignite old lovers are
] helping push up England's divorce rates, according to a
] counselling service.

Note to self: Don't mention website to the wife.

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage

When the Democrats held their convention in Boston, Mr. Kerry's advisers made a point of saying they were instructing speakers to refrain from going after Mr. Bush, a strategy that some Democrats questioned as the memory of Mr. Kerry's convention faded and polls showed Mr. Bush back on the rise. By contrast, Mr. Bush's aides said they were determined to use this week tearing down Mr. Kerry, in the calculation that Mr. Bush almost certainly cannot win unless voters are convinced that they cannot vote for Mr. Kerry.

The double standard here makes my head spin. If Kerry goes negative, he's portrayed as desperate and hateful. If Bush goes negative, he "hates to do it" and is bringing facts to the voter.

An article well worth reading.

News Analysis: Loves Dogs, Hates Kerry: A Two-Prong Campaign Tactic

"and you know how it is at the ranch..."

Very funny.

Da RNC Yo!

The poll question asked: "Did Rudy Giuliani's speech reassure you or move you to support the Bush-Cheney ticket?" The two response choices were: (1) "Reassure"; and (2) "Move you to support."

Reality become like an Onion joke.

MSNBC poll offered two 'choices,' both assuming support for Bush-Cheney

] We tend to think the media should be reticent to delve
] into the personal lives of office holders, particularly
] when issues of public policy are not at issue. But in
] this case, the press seems to have dropped the ball.
] Schrock, after all, has been, up until now, seeking
] political gain by parroting rhetoric and proposing
] legislation that many consider at odds with his personal
] choices. When a congressman resigns in the face of his
] own apparent hypocrisy, that's news. (Note to CNN: It
] might be even more important than what Jack Cafferty had
] for breakfast this morning.)

CJR Campaign Desk: Archives

] "We have a clear vision on how to win the war on terror
] and bring peace to the world."
]
] -- George W. Bush
] July 30th 2004.
]
]
] "I don't think you can win [the war on terror]. But
] I think you can create conditions so that the --
] those who use terror as a tool are -- less acceptable
] in parts of the world."
]
] -- George W. Bush
] Aug. 29th, 2004.

[ Goddamn, that John Kerry is one hell of a flip-flopper. -k]

Bush flips on winning the war on terror

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President and Mrs. Bush hope that you never have to deal with the tragic heartbreak of a child who masturbates. But the sad fact is, masturbation is rampant among today's youth. The first step towards dealing with a problem is to recognize that the problem exists. Here are some of the most common warning signs that your child may be masturbating:

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