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The Global Warming Denier Anthem

From the makers of the Happy Tree Friends, comes the global warming denier anthem. Just in time for Copenhagen.

Inspired by the animator's denier Dad who has apparently said all of these things (hopefully not the gibberish), this is obviously a satire of global warming deniers, but you can probably trick them into replying, "Yeah, no one will die for another 40,000,000 years!"



Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread

Charles and Eddie- Would I Lie To You?

My dad used to warn me about my grousing: "Be careful what you wish for..." and you know, as much as I hate to admit it, he was right. I've been doing these Sunday morning posts for a few years now, and a common theme is the absence of Democrats, and especially big name Democrats getting represented on the Sunday shows. Well, that's not true this morning. The White House is pulling out some big dogs: Advisers Valerie Jarret and David Axelrod, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senators John Kerry and Chris Dodd as well as Terry McAuliffe and John Podesta. So we have Democrats aplenty. But why do I feel that we're still not going to get an honest discussion of issues? Some of it has to be the hosts--Jay Rosen of NYU's Journalism School made me laugh last night with his tweet about David Gregory, and I've been more than open about my feelings for the job George Stephanopoulos does. And don't even get me started on Chris Matthews' framing that Obama needs to convince the left to not accept the public option. But it's not just the hosts, it's also the guests too--I'd rather have Rep. Anthony Weiner or Alan Grayson over Rahm Emanuel any day.

Well, it only took nine months for producers to actually not book two Republicans for every Democratic politician. Maybe in a couple more years we can look forward to actual liberals getting a chance to provide our point of view. Of course, I may regret asking for that too...

ABC's "This Week" - David Axelrod, White House senior adviser.

CBS' "Face the Nation" - White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel; Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and John Cornyn, R-Texas.

NBC's "Meet the Press" - White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett; Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.; California first lady Maria Shriver; John Podesta, head of the Center for American Progress.

NBC's "The Chris Matthews Show" - Panel: Helene Cooper, Dan Rather, Andrew Sullivan and Kelly O'Donnell. Topics: How Will President Obama Lead the Left to Accept No Public Option? The War Over Troops for Afghanistan

CNN's "State of the Union" - Emanuel; Kerry; Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H.

CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" - A spirited discussion with a panel of international economists. Is the stimulus working? Plus, the ongoing crisis in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

CNN's "Amanpour" - Queen Rania of Jordan and the Crown Prince and Princess of Norway. Amanpour looks at whether the U.S. and the international community can hold Russia accountable for its human rights abuses in Chechnya.

"Fox News Sunday" - Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Arlen Specter, D-Pa., and John Thune, R-S.D.; Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman.

So, what's catching your eye this morning?



While I have many problems with Obama's leadership on certain issues, there is one area where I won't fault him a bit: He's doing a wonderful job as a role model to kids everywhere.

The President of the United States has a lot in common with Philadelphia schoolchildren, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a classroom full of them.

"He didn't know his dad," Sebelius, former governor of Kansas, said of President Obama. "He moved a lot. But he knew how important school was."

Sebelius, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Phila.) and Mayor Nutter watched the president's address to schoolchildren this afternoon at Thurgood Marshall Elementary, a K-8 school in Olney.

Sitting in a classroom with all the dignitaries was Teasia Squire, 12, a 7th grader. She sat up straight and never took her eyes off the big screen that projected the president's image into the room.

She was wowed by the speech, Teasia said.

"It was a wake up call," she said. "It was really good."

Her take away?

"We need to be in school, and we need to be our best," Teasia said.

Her social studies teacher, Crystal Gary-Nelson, was inspired by the message.

"I wrote down key quotes, and I'm going to post them throughout the year," Gary-Nelson said. "We're going to discuss this, and they'll have to take a pledge - 'This is what I pledge to do to help my nation.'"