Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
The firing of the USA Attorneys was the downfall of Alberto Gonzo Gonzales Now, the asshole that heads the EPA is looking the fool with the dismissal of Mary Gade, regional administrator of U.S. EPA Region 5 which is based in Chi-town. This woman has been fighting Dow Chemical for ...
Posted in Environment, Exploiting, Politics, capitalism, corruption | 10 Comments »
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Oh, our poor, poor elected congressional leaders. New rules in last years energy bill are requiring them to stop leasing gas guzzling vehicles that are paid for with tax payer dollars. No more Hummers or Lincoln Navigators it seems.
In an effort to put our money where their mouths are, a ...
Posted in BIO, Environment, Politics | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
You have got to love the President unscripted when he has to answer questions that the public doesn't usually get to put before them and rely on the seasoned press pool to do. When he's answering questions, you find out what he really thinks and means. For example, ...
Posted in BIO, China, Contributors, George W. Bush, Global Warming, Iraq, Taxes, capitalism, greed | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Any time there’s a crisis, some demagogue or politician (is there a difference?) will come up with a magic solution. And somehow this “solution” always seems to be the exact same thing that this demagogue has always wanted to do. How convenient.
Ask Grover Norquist to solve a problem, any problem: ...
Posted in Economics, Environment, George W. Bush | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
What better day than Earth Day to talk about going green. It's a concept that seems pretty simple, but in today's world of unbridled consumerism, going green isn't simple at all. No matter how much a person desires to reduce their energy consumption or eliminate waste or overuse, the simple truth ...
Posted in BIO, Environment | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Thirty-eight years ago I was a high school student. College campuses were afire with more protests than you could shake a stick at. At the risk of sounding like a "these whippersnappers today..." speech, kids today really don't appreciate exactly how much general upheaval there was.
At the beginning of my ...
Posted in America, BIO, Contributors, Current Affairs, Environment, Global Warming | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
In California everything revolves around the state's agribusiness lobby. Whenever they yell "Jump!" their government prostitutes yell back "How high Sir?" And right now these skanks are getting ready to jump again.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is planning a massive aerial pesticide-spraying campaign this summer. Agribusiness is worried ...
Posted in BIO, Economics, Environment, Health, asshole | 5 Comments »
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Hands down, THE coveted Democratic endorsement is that of Al Gore. His fans in the base are huge, committed and active. A nod from Captain Planet could be a scale tipper. This explains why Gore has been so actively wooed by both Clinton and Obama, with numerous meetings between him ...
Posted in 2008 elections, Clinton, Election News, Environment, Global Warming, Obama | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
The NY Times posted this intriguing story about why we human beings inflict pranks, humiliation, and degradation on each other, the varied motives we have ranging from malice to a fond spirit of fun, and the different ways we react to being on the receiving end running the gamut from ...
Posted in America, April Fools Day, BIO, Budget, Current Affairs, Economics, Environment, Exploiting, General, Global Warming, Health, Illness, Life, Military, Miscellaneous, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Science, Stem-Cell Research, Technology, capitalism, corruption, greed, media, ownership society | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
Could Washington actually be serious about reducing our dependence on foreign oil? In a move that seems to signal as much, the Senate Finance Committee moved forward with a bill that would impose 29 billion dollars in new taxes on the U.S. oil industry. The bill is designed to funnel ...
Posted in Budget, Economics, Environment, Global Warming, Iraq War | 9 Comments »
