Looks The Same To Me

If you’re a newspaper running a story on how you are changing your website, it might be a good idea to actually change the website when the article says.
UPDATE: The “new” site has been launched. Definitely a cleaner look. Hopefully it won’t take five minutes to find stuff on the site now.

Reuters Cracks A Funny

Here:

The 8:30 p.m. EDT East Room press conference comes at a time when Bush is facing some of the lowest job approval ratings of his presidency.
. . .
Bush could also face tough questions on Iraq after the top American general acknowledged this week that the insurgency remains undiminished in its capabilities in the past year despite landmark elections and U.S.-led efforts to crush the rebels.

Face tough questions? Since when? Will this be an open house press conference?
Bush rarely faces tough questions because reporters always ask such broad questions that he can easily slide into his package talking points. Yes, we’re working hard to catch the terrorists. Yes, we’re working hard to lower gas prices.
Here’s the type of question we’ll likely see tonight:

Mr. President, Americans are concerned about the recent rise in gas prices. Is your administration concerned that high oil prices might slow down the economy?

Duh.
Here’s the type of question we should be hearing tonight:

Mr. President, you recently met with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. Are you convinced that the Saudis are producing and exporting as much oil as possible? If not, why not? And if they are, doesn’t this mean gas prices will go significantly higher if demand continues to grow?

Of course Bush would dodge the question and still talk about his “plan” to construct nuclear power plants. But the press could at least force him to work a little harder in the process.

Knoxville Biking “Report Card”

The Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization has prepared a Knoxville biking “report card.”
Suffice it to say the area doesn’t offer much as far as amenities specifically designed for cyclists: 285 bike racks in an urban area of 377,000 people, with a whopping 4 miles of bike lanes.
If you want to ride anywhere in this city, you better be comfortable ridding alongside vehicular traffic.

Now And Then

This should come as a surprise to no one:

MSNBC host Keith Olbermann noted that the Family Research Council (FRC), which is currently campaigning to stop filibusters of President Bush’s judicial nominees by Senate Democrats, was quite vocal in the late 1990s in defending the right to filibuster another presidential nominee, James C. Hormel, who was nominated by President Clinton as ambassador to Luxembourg.

Follow the link for the details.
As they say on The Daily Show, there’s a principle for every occasion.