Legal Fiction has the first draft of Bush’s moon speech.

It’s currently noon, and according to the Mount Washington Observatory website the wind chill on that summit is -73 F.
Last night the wind chill there dipped to -102 F, and tonight they may break the state record low of – 50 F.
Interestingly, last summer they set a record high . . . at 72 F. Some days I’ve felt cold at 72 F. Guess that’s not the place for me.
I’ve never understood why it’s so ridiculously cold and windy on Mount Washington. It’s not any taller than some peaks in the Smoky Mountains.

Throwing another bone to the religious right, the Bush administration is reportedly planning a $1.5 billion program to promote marriage. I not sure exactly what this initiative will do. Apparently, it will involve promotional campaigns and educational programs in “problem-solving, negotiation and listening skills.”
Some of these things may be useful, some may not. I’m not up on the research. What’s striking to me, however, is how this idea is being pushed by ideologues who claim they believe in a smaller, less intrusive federal government.
Think about it. Here we have a contingent who, on one hand, argue the government is incapable of doing so much ensure people get basic medical checkups. Yet on the other hand, it’s appropriate to dump a billion on a government social engineering effort to get couples to love each other. Quite a disconnect.
Across the seas, the contrast is even more mind boggling. At home, so-called conservatives contend the federal government can’t efficiently accomplish even the most basic of tasks. Yet most of them have marched lock-step behind President Bush’s nation-building experiment–at gunpoint no less–in a non-democratic society half way around the globe. If the government can’t get things right here, why in the world should the administration be trusted to reconstruct a completely different culture?
The logic is difficult to square.

More Zogby madness:

John Kerry 22%
Howard Dean 21%
Dick Gephardt 21%
John Edwards 17%

Again, a tracking poll in a contest that’s difficult to gauge. But we could be in for a wild night Monday.

The return of football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs has brought good news to some–but not all–pizza consumers around Washington D.C.:

The return of Joe Gibbs to the head coach�s spot at the Washington Redskins, the very team he led to three Super Bowl wins, has sparked a goodwill bargain battle between Domino�s Pizza and Papa John�s stores in the area.
Domino�s, which used to be the official pizza of the Redskins, announced recently it would apply a “Gibbs tax” to pizzas sold on Jan. 14. Customers named either Joe or Gibbs would get $3 off their pizza orders, while those with first or last names mirroring of any of the �Skin�s failed coaches� names would have to pay $1 extra (see story Domino�s Pizza franchisee applies �Gibbs tax� to celebrate return of Redskins coach). The proceeds of the “tax” will be donated to a Gibbs-founded charity for at-risk teen boys.
Papa John�s, the current official pizza of the Redskins, announced on Jan. 14 it will celebrate Gibbs� return by selling large, three-topping pizzas for $9.99. According to a news release, each topping represents his three Super Bowl wins with the �Skins. The limited-time special runs through Feb. 2 at D.C.-area Papa John�s Pizza stores.

Life’s just not fair, is it? I expect to see that Robiskie class action lawsuit popping up any minute now.
Via Oliver Willis.