Monday Round Up

Read this. Your week will be better, or at least you’ll be smarter.

Oh, say it isn’t so…

Newt’s Resurrection
Robert Costa, National Review
Four months later, after a series of sharp debates, his poll numbers are climbing and his coffers are stuffed. Behind the scenes, his aides aim to capitalize on the resurrection.

I repeat, Not Newt! Not Ever!

Democrats duck President Obama
Politico
…as Obama’s most recent forays into battleground states indicate, there are growing signs that many Democratic politicians don’t want to get too close to him either.

Cult of Global Warming Is Losing Influence
Michael Barone, Townhall.com
If carbon emissions were the only thing affecting climate, the global-warming alarmists would be right. But it’s obvious that climate is affected by many things, many not yet fully understood, and implausible that SUVs will affect it more than variations in the enormous energy produced by the sun.

World power swings back to America

The Telegraph
Within five years or so, the US will be well on its way to self-sufficiency in fuel and energy. Manufacturing will have closed the labour gap with China in a clutch of key industries. The current account might even be in surplus.

41% Say Their Views Closer to Tea Party’s Than to Wall Street Protesters’
Rasmussen Reports
The Occupy Wall Street protesters have been compared by some with the Tea Party protests that erupted more than two years ago in reaction to Washington’s big government spending plans. Americans are evenly divided in their opinions of those currently protesting against Wall Street but tend to see their own views as more in line with those of the Tea Party.

Born On This Day
51 – Titus Flavius Domitianus, Roman Emperor (d. 96)
1915 – Roger Milliken, American millionaire (d. 2010)
1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor
1961 – Mary Bono, American politician

Once Upon a Time: Enchanting or Irritating?

I haven’t decided yet how I feel after watching the first episode of ABC’s Once Upon A Time.

Back in May I said, I Could Potentially Have A New Favorite Show.

I still might, but after tonight’s first episode, I’m less optimistic.

The show was put together by the producers of LOST. And, after all, after that great ride, it had to be great right? I think the premise of the show, fairy tale characters who don’t know who they are trapped in our reality, is a great concept. But I’m not so sure about the execution.

Still, there was enough to keep me interested and to make me want to watch again next week in the hopes that it will get better.

In the opening, we meet Emma Swan, a bail bondsman, who in reality, at least in storybook reality, is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. When the Evil Queen threatens to destroy everything, Snow White makes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin and Emma is transported to safety where on her 28th birthday, she’ll come back and make things right.

I’m not sure that this will carry in a continuing series. I could see it in a feature length film.

I’ll be back next week to see what Emma does.