Well howdy partners (does anyone in Canada call anyone a pardner? Or just during the Stampede?) if the other cable news channels will wallow in the muck, so will we. But first. . . After some electrifying News You May Have Missed. . . Harper said he'd ignore Parliament on Kyoto. Then like a petulant child he said he'd obey the law. But it wouldn't amount to anything anyway. David Suzuki seems angry at both sides. We'll discuss all of this. Then its the IRTN celebrity blow out - Britney Cuts! Anna Nicole Croaks! Why the hell do we (OK, mostly Americans) care? Keith thinks too many Americans lead lives of quiet desperation and boredom and that too many cable channels serve Wall Street's preoccupation with profits which feed the lowest common denominator effect. Matt probably thinks Keith has read too much Thomas Frank. Maybe he has. :) Since we're into the celebrity beat, I thought we'd play The Arrogant Worms' love letter to Celine Dion as our bumper music tonight. Check out the Worms at http://www.arrogant-worms.com/ and as always, thanks for their permission to use their music.