Nonsense in the News - Blogithttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/News of the strange, wierd, bizarre, odd and nonsensical . . . yes, such news even occurs outside the realm of politics!hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00HOUSE HEARING ON 'WARMING OF THE PLANET' CANCELED AFTER ICE STORM http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/442431From http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8.htm: HEARING NOTICE Tue Feb 13 2007 19:31:25 ET The Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality hearing scheduled for Wednesday, February 14, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building has been postponed due to inclement weather. The hearing...Chimp Escapes Zoo Cage, Cleans Zookeeper's Service Areahttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/435450From an AP story at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/1/17/120400.shtml?s=te: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An escaped chimpanzee at the Little Rock Zoo raided a kitchen cupboard and did a little cleaning with a toilet brush before sedatives knocked her out on top of a refrigerator. The...California Firm Hired Illegals to Build Border Fence?http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/427134That's what may have happened. Executives of a San Diego fence contractor that worked on an 18-mile section of fence along the Mexican border pleaded guilty to hiring illegal immigrants; see the story at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/12/14/191817.shtmlRosie O'Donnell Mocks Spoken Chinese, Forced to Apologizehttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/427129One of the great bastions of liberalism, that philosophy of respecting everyone and banishing discrimination, has shown how committed she is to such noble ideals. Quoting a story at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/12/14/203331.shtml "In a Dec. 5 segment [of The View], O'Donnell...Top Media Screwups of the Year http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/426930The accidents, that is, not the daily manglings, distortions and mutilations of facts. http://www.regrettheerror.com/2006/12/crunks_06_the_y.htmlRumsfeld Photographed Giving Nazi Salute?http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/426155You far-left conspiracy kooks are going to go into orbit over this one.Stamp worth $200,000 used to mail Florida absentee ballot?http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/420180See the story at http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/11/12/103854.shtml.State of California Sues Automakers over Global Warminghttp://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/408193The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the State of California has sued automakers for "contributing to global warming through tailpipe emissions." Read the story at http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/26976.html, requires free registration. Well, gaw-aw-lee and shazayam! What are the dim bulbs in...Plunging Gas Prices May Cause Inflation!http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/408186Only the lamestream news media could come up with this one. Best news for consumers in months, and there is the fear-mongering sensationalist news media turning it into a crisis. Read the amazing story at http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/fed/rates/2006-09-18-gas-fed_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA Gee - I...Bush Assassination Film Praised for Distorting Reality?http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight2866/407689So says a report on Newsbusters at http://newsbusters.org/node/7707. The controversial film Death of a President won a critic's choice award at the Toronto Film Festival. The report quotes Reuters as follows: "Death of a President, which stirred controversy in the days ahead of the festival, took...