"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...

No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounding determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God."

It so it was, that the United States world exercise its might in the mightiest of wars. There will not be marches or giant celebrations today. In fact, in many places around the United States, few will take notice that 68 years ago today this country was thrust into the world's greatest war. But it's legacy lives on.

Maybe it is fitting that the Copenhagen Climate Change summit should begin today. A time when leaders from across the world will meet to solve the world's problems, instead of fight to control them. Great progress has been made in the last nearly 70 years. But with it great shortcomings.
And once again the United States finds itself in a war after being attacked on its own soil. But this time, does America have that same resolve? Will we win "absolute victory". So help us God.
Happy Monday all. The Copenhagen summit is in progress as I write this. Most of the real work will not happen until next week when the world's leaders are present, including president Barack Obama.

The summit is something that should definitely garner your attention, as it will be the time when the world understands how serious its leaders are about global warming. It will also be a time that deniers will spend talking about emails. Funny thing, I'm not sure a lot of the extremely conservative, old men complaining about it actually know what email is! Either way, the same scientists point out the the hacked (not "leaked", but illegally hacked) emails did not really detail any global warming research and do not change any of the facts, which are as follows:

Global warming exists and it is severely impacted by man. In addition, clean energy is a good, job-creating boon for the economy. As many of my Republican friends like to say: facts are pesky little things. Especially when you don't use them very often.

Links:

NYT columnist Paul Krugman says cap and trade is good for the economy - and has worked before.

A good overview of what's been going on.

England Prime Minister Gordon Brown says, "Copenhagen must be a turning point."

The power of 100 people over the health care of 300 million.

Will Obama lose much of his young electorate because of the war? And a couple other questions: Is it bad presidents that make war so unpopular, or is it war that makes presidents so unpopular? Obviously I was not alive, but it seems to me that the young people in this country used to take great pride in fighting for it (of course many still do), but that tide turned long ago. Yes, the U.S. has fought some unjust war and ignored some human rights violations. But this is not Vietnam. Terrorist threats on the U.S. are very real. And as Thomas Friedman wrote yesterday, America needs this to come true. (Thanking Adam in advance for responding - I know no one else will).

Ok, on to happier things, like the Maureen Down opinion, uh, gossip column? Maybe just saying the name Derek Jeter is the default positive in New York.

If you can't tell, I actually read the NYT for once. Like sat down and read it. I had a subscription to it for like four years and never did that.

You know who always loses in these situations? The woman. I'll bet she's a damn good lawyer.

And a seat that has been held by the likes of Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, Charles Sumner and John F. Kennedy will be voted on this week, with the assumption that whoever the winning Democrat is will also win the general election. This is of course Ted Kennedy's seat that the late Senator held for 47 years.

By the way, I like Sadie's salsa and tamales.

Have a great week and thank those who have served, but for that service we'd all have funny little mustache's instead of just presidents who are being protested against.