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Most Outrageous Statements of 2005
By Staff, Media Matters for America
The news in 2005 often resembled the Theater of the Absurd, and Media Matters was there to monitor the misinformation. To recap the year, the accuracy watchdog harvested the finest blustering from the likes of Pat Robertson and Ann Coulter. Among the pronouncements is this gem from Rush Limbaugh: 'Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream of society.' -- Bennett Gordon
http://mediamatters.org/items/200512230006

A Push for Animal-Friendly Roads
By Tim Vanderpool, The Christian Science Monitor
Roadkill has been eulogized and romanticized in countless backwater diner recipes, but that may soon change if the budding field of road ecology has its way. Aimed at lessening the ecological footprint road infrastructure leaves on the environment, road ecology brings together transportation planners, scientists, and environmental activists in an effort to protect wildlife habitat. -- Nick Rose
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1220/p02s02-sten.html

1% of Gun Dealers in California Sell 40% Of Crime Guns
By Staff, GunGuys.com
A study conducted by the University of California Davis School of Medicine found that 1.3 percent of gun stores in California are responsible for 39.4 percent of 'crime guns' in that state. Debunking the logical assumption that this is a case of a few large-scale warehouses accounting for the skewed percentages, the study suggests that the cause can be found in poor enforcement of background checks and regulation measures on the part of a few gun sellers. Dare we call them loose cannons? -- Nick Rose
http://www.gunguys.com/?p=480

St. Louis to Host NFL's First Climate-Neutral Regular Season Game
By Staff, GreenBiz.com
When the Philadelphia Eagles played the St. Louis Rams on December 18, the game's light and heating systems created about 58 tons of carbon dioxide pollution. Knowing this, the two teams joined forces with stopglobalwarming.org and NativeEnergy to create a 'climate-neutral' game. They had power from wind projects and dairy farm methane added to the power grid to offset the game's carbon footprint. -- Bennett Gordon
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=29910

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