You may well have seen ‘The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World‘, the controversial YouTube video which spread around the internet and caused calls of everything from child abuse to people that loved it. Regardless of your take in that video, someone on the right has finally taken their own shot.

The new video, which appeared on the website VidShadow.com on January 3rd, is entitled ‘The Smartest 8 Year Old Boy in the World‘, provides a surprisingly intelligent and refreshingly conservative retort to the leftist nonsense of the previous video.

Regardless of your political views, I urge you to check out both videos (if you have not yet done so) and perhaps take action of your own. Take the kids with a grain of salt, as we all know they had help in this, but do listen to what they have to say.

For months now, news reports on the War in Iraq have had overwhelmingly negative overtones, with far too many deaths and far too little cooperation between the various factions and forces throughout the country.

With all the brave American troops stationed over there, one would expect some of them to have some real ideas for change. One such person was Captain Travis Patriquin, who was recently killed in the very type of attack he was working so hard to prevent.

Despite his untimely end, his idea and the simple cartoon he created to illustrate it still stand, providing both a strategy that really seems to make sense and an interesting viewpoint on what the war must be like for those brave souls defending freedom and democracy around the world. If nothing else, I suggest that everyone take a look at the cartoon for their own enlightenment.

Check out the PDF over at Geardo.com

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I know that four posts in a single day is entirely unprecedented on my part, but I guess I’m trying to make up for a lack of posts over the last week. None the less, this time I’m offering a simple and kind of quirky link for your enjoyment.

I’m sure many of you have seen the previous NASA offers to send your name to Mars or into space and yes, this is essentially another one of those. I know that these things are really very silly and pointless, but somehow the idea of having my name sent into space is at least a bit appealing.

On that note, why not join me in sending our names to space aboard MIT’s research spacecraft, set to launch in 2010!

Heck, with Christmas less than two months away, why not send your son or daughter, niece or nephew’s name into space and print them out the certificate as a quick, easy, and cheap stocking stuffer?

Link:
YourNameInSpace.com

When it comes to political polls, even staying on top of which company is conducting in which state is hard enough, let alone keeping tabs of the results.

Back before the 2004 presidential election, there were a number of sites that I would visit almost daily for the most up-to-date information. One of my favorite was www.electoral-vote.com. The concept of the was simple: compile all the poll data from around the nation and try to predict the electoral vote.

Fast forward to the 2006 midterm election. This election is potentially a real turning point for the House, the Senate, and the nation as a whole. With that in mind, I recently rediscovered the site and have been visiting it regularly.

Getting to the point, the predictions are looking interesting to say the least. Although it is by but a shoestring, the Republicans seem to be holding ion to the Senate, 51 to 49. On the other hand, the House is poised to swap party control, with Democrats leading 225 to 208, with two tie races.

Needless to say, I’d prefer it if Republicans maintained total control, but ceding the house will make for some real interesting debates and legislative sessions in the next two years.

I’m not sure how the results will turn out, but I know that I’ll be watching intently on election night.