See the back story here:  Medal of Honor monument passes: Boyington to be honored-updated and the history here: http://www.leaningstraightup.com/category/boyington

So the UW Student Senate finally passed the resolution almost a year ago, which resolved to offer a memorial to all former student Medal of Honor winners.  It was widely seen as the most responsible action they could have taken to conclude this whole mess.

And now the memorial is closer then ever to reality:

 Lobbying under way for a UW 'Medal of Honor' memorial

There may finally be a place for Pappy on the University of Washington campus.

A campaign is under way to raise $100,000 for a memorial to honor Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and at least six other alumni who also received the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award.

Student leaders sent letters last week to about 3,000 people asking for gifts, and the university expects to launch an e-mail campaign today.

The memorial has already received national attention. The UW student government rejected the proposal for a Boyington memorial by one vote last year. Some students questioned whether the university should honor a Marine who killed people.

Talk radio and Internet blogs picked up the snub, and students eventually decided to establish a memorial that would recognize all UW graduates who had received the Medal of Honor.

"It's really important that we see ... this memorial to fruition, that it's built and erected in order to honor the people who have served," said UW student body president Cullen White.

The memorial will be on the Seattle campus between Odegaard Undergraduate Library and Kane Hall, near the UW's memorials to those who fought and died in World War I and World War II.

Its design has not yet been determined and will likely depend on how much money has been raised, said Kurt Kiefer, campus art administrator. At a minimum, a plaque would recognize the Medal of Honor recipients, he said. White suggested that stone columns could represent each of the seven recipients.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/05/MNG18OFHF21.DTL

Far more than previously acknowledged, the battle against global warming will be won or lost in China, even more so than in the West, new data show.

A report released last week by Beijing authorities indicated that as its economy continues to expand at a red-hot pace, China is highly likely to overtake the United States this year or in 2008 as the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

This information, along with data from the International Energy Agency, the Paris-based alliance of oil importing nations, also revealed that China's greenhouse gas emissions have recently been growing by a total amount much greater than that of all industrialized nations put together.

"The magnitude of what's happening in China threatens to wipe out what's happening internationally," said David Fridley, leader of the China Energy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Question to all the Kyoto Protocol lovers:  Aren't you glad China was exempted?

This is further proof of what a useless piece of toilet paper the Kyoto Treaty was.

Continuing:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070305/ap_on_sc/pollution_storms

Pollution from Asia is helping generate stronger storms over the North Pacific, according to new research. Changes in the North Pacific storm track could have an impact on weather across the Northern Hemisphere. Satellite measurements have shown an increase in tiny particles generated from coal burning in China and India in recent decades, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The team, led by Renyi Zhang of Texas A&M University, studied pollution and clouds between 1984 and 2005, concluding that increasing particles enhanced the cloud updraft to generate more intense thunderstorms than previously.

Comparing 1984-1994 with 1994-2005 they found an increase of 20 percent to 50 percent in deep convective clouds.

The Pacific storm track, they noted, plays a critical role in global atmospheric circulation, and altering this weather pattern could have a significant impact on the climate.

Come on liberals, you despise the man, you want him to die.  Here is your chance to pray for it again:

Tests Reveal Blood Clot in Cheney's Leg

Doctors discovered a blood clot in Vice President Dick Cheney's left leg Monday, a condition that could be fatal if left untreated.

The 66-year-old Cheney, who has a history of heart problems, will be treated with blood-thinning medication for several months, said spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride.

She said Cheney visited his doctor's office in Washington after feeling minor discomfort in his calf. An ultrasound showed the blood clot - called a deep venous thrombosis - in his left lower leg.

Blood clots that form deep in the legs can become killers if they break off and float into the lungs. This is called a pulmonary embolism. Deep vein thrombosis strikes an estimated 2 million Americans each year, killing 60,000.

OK, let's hear the hate. 

Wait....

Ah, I should have known.  A quick check at the nutroots hangouts showed me the wack jobs were way ahead of me.

Of course, it is not all that bad.  One commenter fervently hoped he would not just survive, but recover fully....so he can stand trial for war crimes on two good legs.

How compassionate.