A look at the cutting room floor.

All in the name of a good cause:

Delone Catholic High School in McSherrystown, Pa., has a fun fundraising program called “Stop the Bop.”
Suggested by a few members of the student council, the school is playing Hanson’s 1996 hit “MMMBop” through the loudspeakers before classes begin, between periods and during lunch. The idea? Annoy students into donating; have them pay to stop the music.
The goal is $3,000, which could be reached if each of the 659 students donates $5.
“MMMBop” has been playing since Wednesday, and the school has raised about $2,300 so far.

It’s a good thing this isn’t a public school, or someone might make a constitutional claim of cruel and unusual punishment. I wonder if the interrogators at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay have considered this.

I just talked to my brother-in-law, who lives in Wilmington, NC. He reports that it is windy and raining. Their power was out briefly this morning, but it’s currently on. Unfortunately, we don’t have the technology for him to take a video camera out to the beach and file a live report. You’ll have to check TV news for that.
I saw an interesting report on CNN a couple weeks ago on how a hurricane took out much of the housing on North Carolina barrier islands about 10 years ago. As you can see, it’s all been replaced, funded, in part, at taxpayer expense.

Sooner or later, these houses will again be knocked out by another hurricane. But until then, some people will have nice vacation houses.

Perhaps I should move to Nashville.
Of course then I’d have to put up with even more Titans foolishness.

Why did Hurricane Katrina hit the United States? Various experts weigh in.
Given that natural disasters have occurred all over the globe throughout history, doesn’t it become difficult to attribute them to particular practices or policies?