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4.23.08 @ 12:01AM

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Where's My Coronation Gone? (with thanks to Pete Seeger)

Where's my coronation gone?
Long time expecting.
Where's my coronation gone?
I won't let go.
Where's my coronation gone?
"C'mon folks, we're not half way done."
By August it's gonna turn.
By August it's gonna turn.

Where have all my donors gone?
Long time stashing.
Where have all my donors gone?
Thar's bills to pay.
Where have all my donors gone?
Charlie, Mark, Johnny, and Norman
Oh, where can I get a loan?
Oh, where can I get a loan?

Where have all my "Super Ds" gone?
Long time schmoozing.
Where have all my "Super Ds" gone?
Please don't say no.
Where have all my "Super Ds" gone?
"He can't win guys, pick me to run."
In November, they're gonna learn.
In November, they're gonna learn.
-- Mike Showalter
Austin, Texas

CORPORATE GOING GREEN
Re: G. Tracy Mehan, III's Mail's Earth Day: Corporate Edition:

It is a fine thing to be recycling but to have cap and trade deals is going to be a night mare for the consumer as the small amount of Co2 that we put into the air is very small some where around .3 % not three but point three. This global warming hoax is going to cost us dearly and will do nothing to change anything. Al Gore is the slickest snake oil salesman to hit this earth . None of what he states is true he even uses computer models showing ice breaking off and the polar bears are not decreasing in population . I have found no truth in his movie and I fear there is no truth in him.
-- Ken Roberts

PELICAN BEEF
Re: Iain Murray's The Truths Shall Set You Free:

Mr. Murray mentions the sordid tale of DDT which was declared illegal in 1972 on the main basis that it is a) not biodegradable, and b) that it kills pelicans. The environmentalist theory was that DDT ends up in the sea where it is eaten by fish, which are in turn eaten by pelicans whose egg shells are then too weak to support the weight of pelican mothers and are therefore crushed. In addition, it was said that it well may be carcinogenic.

1) DDT was eventually found to be biodegradable;

2) the pelican population has varied up and down over the centuries in a natural cycle as follows: a) an abundance of fish causes pelican population to grow, with many strong eggs resulting in many more pelicans; b) a growing pelican population eats a lot of fish whose numbers consequently diminish; c) smaller fish population leaves a lot of hungry pelicans producing weak egg shells that get crushed; d) the resulting smaller number of pelicans lets the fish population to increase; and so on, for centuries on end, without any reference to DDT.

As for being "possibly" carcinogenic -- if a child starts eating 400 pounds of DDT every day, these quantities "may" affect its health by the time it reaches the age of 80.

In the meantime, totally preventable deaths of Africans due to malaria and other deadly diseases by the use of DDT have accumulated to an estimated total of about 30 million. That mass murder of innocents should be attributed exclusively to our "environmentalists" and their bureaucratic co-conspirators in our government.
-- Marc Jeric
Las Vegas, Nevada

FACT CHECK
Re: Bob Keiser's letter (under "Moveable Masters") in Reader Mail's Monday, Monday:

In case you didn't know, The Masters cannot be held at any other club since it belongs to Augusta National. Further, it is not a PGA event but is recognized as one of its four Majors because of the historic significance of the tournament down through the years. As far as course changes, I have no problem with the rough not looking like a wheat field in need of harvesting; the course is beautiful and challenging, just as it should be. And there is no more storied and tougher stretch of holes in golf than Augusta's "Amen Corner" with a tough par-3, a tough par-4, and an even tougher par-5. It doesn't get much better than that, even if the tourney was practically wrapped up going into the final round this year. Just because the final round lacked a classic showdown on Sunday did not mean it was not a good tournament. Heck, I don't even like golf that much...but I watch the Masters every year!
-- Eric Edwards
Walnut Cove, North Carolina

UNDUE PROCESS
Re: Robert Stacy McCain's Searching for "Sarah":

Letter to the Editor

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