Howard Fineman thinks so.

Of course, unlike Mark Steyn, Howard Fineman, being a good Democrat, is scared to death that Dean will get the nomination, because he knows that while few Dems have the slightest hope of beating Bush, Dean has none.

Thus, we’re already seeing the schism within the Democrat Party (including the liberal media) over who’s going to carry their banner next year. We have those who either have no hope or are delusional, versus those who know the odds are low, but want to give it their best shot.

It will be fascinating to see who wins out. It may be almost as fascinating as Chicago in 1968…

I guess he’s figured out, for whatever reason, that he’d better get with the program and apply for a launch license.

To help enable future space tourism, Rutan is willing to work with AST on developing certification standards for manned reusable spacecraft, which don’t exist today, he said.

Translation: I don’t want to deal with this new regulatory environment that I don’t understand, but my funding is based on winning the X-Prize, and they’re apparently so close minded that they’ll disqualify me if I won’t play ball.

He believes such vehicles should be certified like aircraft, to protect passengers and people on the ground.

Yes, that’s nice, Burt, but you don’t want to pay the costs of certification, and there’s no certification regime for space vehicles, so what are you gonna do…?

However, “our program has nothing to do with certification,” Rutan said. “We’re not going to be certifying SpaceShipOne and offering rides in it. I’m in the business of just doing the research and development flight testing.”

Oh, I see. You just want to continue to play your little game of having it both ways.

Anyway, I’m glad that you finally came to your senses, for whatever reason.

According to Dan Weintraub, the recall campaign has submitted enough signatures for an election this fall. They’ll spend the weekend gathering a couple hundred thousand more just to be safe.

According to Dan Weintraub, the recall campaign has submitted enough signatures for an election this fall. They’ll spend the weekend gathering a couple hundred thousand more just to be safe.

According to Dan Weintraub, the recall campaign has submitted enough signatures for an election this fall. They’ll spend the weekend gathering a couple hundred thousand more just to be safe.

Here’s the site for those who really want to know about the weather in space. It has solar activity, upcoming meteor showers, etc. Pretty cool.

Here’s the site for those who really want to know about the weather in space. It has solar activity, upcoming meteor showers, etc. Pretty cool.

Here’s the site for those who really want to know about the weather in space. It has solar activity, upcoming meteor showers, etc. Pretty cool.

A petition for Writ of Certiori on Silveira vs Lockyer has been submitted to the US Supreme Court. They’ll decide whether or not to take up the case this fall. If they do, and they rule in favor of Silveira, it will be a death knell for the “collective right” interpretation of the Second Amendment, and the end of much of the gun control legislation.

Appropriately, it occurred the day before Independence Day.

Wonder of wonders, the Saudis themselves are starting to wonder where Wahabism went wrong.

Gee, you don’t think it might be all the hate and intolerance you preach in the madrassas that you fund, do you?

Naaahhhh…