An Earth Day S&G

So today is Save the Planet Day. To use George Carlin's point of view, the planet's doing just fine - it's the people who're screwed. All the ecoweenies talk about the greening of the world. Let's work this out for a minute. Take all the bodies of water, Death Valley, the Sahara, the Middle East and the Gobi desert, and we're lucky to have 20% green on the planet, tops. And for all you tree huggers out there, do a little research. You'll find that around 75% of the oxygen on the planet comes from ocean algae.

I saw something in today's Urinal that brought back fond memories (tho they wern't so fond at the time). Both the Army and the Marines are now accepting felons - including armed robbers and arsonists. It reminds me of the days of poetic judges - "Five to Ten in the State Pen or Four in the Corps!"

Now on the political front. I've been thinking about who I'd like to see in the job of President. The main requirements would be:

- They don't want the job.
- They're laid back but intelligent enough to surround themselves with the best minds available.
- They may have a stand for either political party, but are not rabid about it.
- There'd be some really ass-kicking parties at the White House!

Here's what I came up with. I figured that since we've has an actor for President, why not a musician?

- Jimmy Buffett
- Joe Walsh
- Buddy Guy
- George Thorogood
- Toby Keith
- Hank Williams Jr
- Ted Nugent

And just for the attitude and the comic relief we so badly need, Bill Engvall.

And yes, I honestly believe that any one of these would do a better job than any of our current choices!