If a tree falls in a forest

Kevin - they've been trying to blame the storms for this Air France crash from day one.

I appreciate the "global warming" humor, but if anyone believes it, pardon the pun, it won't fly. The pilot had been monitoring the storms and was/would have been flying fairly high in an attempt to get above them. The velocity theory doesn't work well either, for the same reason:

Both of these difficulties, had they become critical, would have been reported by the pilot, but no such transmission was received.

These theories will stand, however, unless the black box is found, which doesn't look like it'll happen - the proof is in the silence until the black box proves otherwise.

Best part of not knowing: If terrorists killed themselves and the rest of the Air France passengers and crew to draw publicity and support to their cause, they failed miserably.

If you're surprised by this, raise your hand

Two names on doomed Air France Flight 447's passenger list also appear on a list of radical Muslims considered a threat to France, according to French investigators.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Advice to take.


Thanks to the twisted minds at Adult Swim's Robot Chicken.

It's Pretty Obvious, Ain't It?

Come on folks, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why Steve Kagen voted against the ability to wiretap terrorists.

They aren't on the plane yet. Only then will he take action, remember?

UPDATE: For those interested, the first Cook Political Report rankings for 2008 from Charlie Cook are out. No seats currently held by one party are currently listed as going to the other side, which at fifteen months out, is probably about right.

He lists WI-08 as "Lean Democratic," which is where I'd put it too at this stage in the game. You have a likely Democratic year coming up, the GOP potentially looking at a primary, and the standard bearer from 2006 given a lukewarm reception at his announcement he's considering a re-match.