" U.S., China lead way in tapping wind power"

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/
science/07/28/wind.energy/index.html

"China's wind generation has increased by more than 100 percent per year since 2005 and 20 per cent of the power supply to the venues of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will come from wind generators, according to the official state agency, Xinhua.

It was initially hoped the country would generate 5 gigawatts of wind by 2010, but that goal was met three years early in 2007. The 2010 goal has now been revised to 10 gigawatts but experts say this could well hit 20 gigawatts."

Darn....

" 15 reasons Mr. Rogers was best neighbor ever"

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/
07/28/mf.mrrogers.neighbor/index.html

"2. He made thieves think twice. According to a TV Guide piece on him, Fred Rogers drove a plain old Impala for years. One day, however, the car was stolen from the street near the TV station. When Rogers filed a police report, the story was picked up by every newspaper, radio and media outlet around town. Amazingly, within 48 hours the car was left in the exact spot where it was taken from, with an apology on the dashboard. It read, "If we'd known it was yours, we never would have taken it."

" White House projects record deficit for 2009"

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/
07/28/2009.deficit/index.html

"President Bush inherited a budget surplus of $128 billion when he took office in 2001 but has since posted a budget deficit every year."

Darn, I'm glad we didn't elect a "spend-o-crat."

". . . a senior administration official says the budgetary problems stem from what he called inadequate defense, intelligence and homeland security resources that were handed down from Clinton."

C'mon, folks. You've had eight years and all three branches of government.

So... how has that worked out?

Healthy Workers Save Company Money

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness
/07/25/fn.healthy.company/index.html

"The ones that stand straight..."

I was walking through downtown Raleigh this afternoon when I overtook a father and his kindergarten-aged daughter circling the old state capitol building. He was pointing out the monuments as they walked past, and noted to the young lady the soldiers on our Vietnam War memorial.

"Are soldiers the ones that stand straight?" she asked her father.

Yes they are, young ma'am. Yes they are.

"Soy foods 'reduce sperm numbers'"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7519459.stm

This would explain the puzzling low number of people in Asia.

Since when is not having enough people in this country/on this Earth an issue?

"On Wednesday, NASCAR told all Toyota teams in the Nationwide Series that their engines made too much horsepower...."

http://news14.com/content/top_stories/597675/solarte--toyota-gets-clipped/Default.aspx

So much for wussy Japanese cars....

"Ford posts largest quarterly loss ever, Troubled automaker unveils plans to shift product line, bringing European-made vehicles to North America."

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/24/news/companies/ford/index.htm?postversion=2008072407

'bout darn time....