Speculative frenzy surrounds Gov. Jindal as potential McCain V.P. choice

I didn't know he was a bit of a religious right kind of guy, but still sounds pretty decent. And he is only 36!

my profile here:
http://www.swordscrossed.org/user/8663

is all ^%$#ed up. Looks like it has been changed to direct to some spanish gambling site. It's also changed me to a green constitutionalist (quite the combo that). Sort of amusing in a way since I neither gamble nor speak spanish (and don't get me started on the constitutionalist party) but I can't seem to change it.

Can you fix?

100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time favicon -- what do you think?

#100 Tool - "Vicarious"
The author must have been one of the chosen few that prefers newer Tool.

Texas children roped into Islamic training
Class by CAIR teaches: 'There is one god, Allah'

Public school students at Friendswood Junior High in the Houston area have been roped into Islamic training by representatives from the Council on American-Islamic Relations during class time, prompting religious leaders to protest over Principal Robin Lowe's actions.

Pastor Dave Welch, spokesman for the Houston Area Pastor Council, confirmed the indoctrination had taken place and called it "unacceptable."

"The failure of the principal of Friendswood Junior High to respect simple procedures requiring parental notification for such a potentially controversial subject, to not only approve but participate personally in a religious indoctrination session led by representatives of a group with well-known links to terrorist organizations and her cavalier response when confronted, raises serious questions about her fitness to serve in that role," the pastors' organization said.

We continue to get these cases where someone with no prior criminal record fires on a team of raiding police officers. And every time, we’re supposed to believe that said person knew the armed men breaking in were cops, and that for whatever reason, each time this person who had shown no prior indication of criminality suddenly turned into a deranged cop killer.

Hardly seems likely, does it? Isn’t the more rational explanation here that these raids are dangerously volatile, confusing, and violent, and put the people on the receiving end of them in understandable fear for their lives?

'Green' Stars Talk the Talk ... but Do They Walk the Walk?

Laurie David, producer of Al Gore's Oscar-winning global warming documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" and estranged wife of actor/writer Larry David, has become one of the most widely known environmental activists. But Jackie Mendez-Diez, David's neighbor in celeb-popular Martha's Vineyard, Mass., told FOXNews.com she's a hypocrite.

"I normally wouldn't care, it would just be between neighbors, but this woman was going around the country telling everyone to reduce their carbon footprint, and I really objected," Mendez-Diez said.

"She built this reputation on confronting people about their lifestyle — about what kind of car they drive, about everything they do — and in her personal life she took 75 acres of undeveloped wetlands and developed swimming pools during a six-year construction project. It's ridiculous!"

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Green activist Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly flew his family from Paris to Rome on a private jet in 2006; he also reportedly declined a journalist's challenge that he never fly private again, though he has vowed to fly commerical as much as possible. Ken Sunshine, who reps Leo, recently told the New York Post's Page Six gossip column, "No star at his level flies commercial planes more than he does."

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Green activist Brad Pitt still jets around with partner Angelina Jolie, according to published reports — recent trips include Los Angeles to New York round trip (carbon footprint: 1.814 tons), Chicago to Los Angeles one-way (carbon footprint: .798 tons) and from Los Angeles to Namibia (carbon footprint: 3.569 tons).

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If the frequent use of private jets negates the impact of driving a Prius, flying your hybrid home from halfway around the world is also unwise — just ask Paul McCartney. The former Beatle-turned-environmental activist created an uproar within the environmental community when he had a new Lexus 600h flown to him in England from Japan via cargo plane rather than having

"It's like driving the car 300 times around the world," said Gary Rumbold of co2balance, an international company that works with businesses and individuals to reduce carbon emissions. It was not clear if McCartney knew the vehicle would be sent to him via air freight rather than by ship. EDIT by GR: To his credit I remember hearing that McCartney was unaware of the shipping details and was upset when he found out.

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Former Live Earth spokeswoman Madonna is one of the worst offenders, Buckley says — but that's not entirely her fault, considering her profession and the wattage of her star power. His calculation of Madonna's 2006 carbon footprint is about 1,018 tons — 651 tons from touring that year, mainly from flying on private jets.

Tunes that would be on my top 100 Greatest Guitar Songs list (listed before checking their list) (NOT in any particular order)

Highway Star (by Deep Purple)
Freebird (made their list – no surprise)
Stairway to Heaven (ditto)
Sultans of Swing (made their list – good for them!)
Peace of Mind (Boston)
All Along the Watchtower (Hendrix' cover of Dylan tune AND Richie Havens)
La Villa Strangiato

Highway Star video: