Category Archives: Words

It seems that Obama is becoming good at articulating a vision for America that is much more optimistic than what conservatives have going. What happened over the past two weeks, then, was more about staking out positions than about enacting … Continue reading →

I guess there was a speech tonight, and I guess it wasn’t too bad, but something Krugman wrote really sticks out: I should probably say, I could live with this as an end result. If this becomes the left pole, … Continue reading →

With school and other things it’s been a while since I posted anything. It seems like things are really not going well for the nuclear power industry, and maybe Obama should have let all the Bush tax cuts expire. And … Continue reading →

I think this explains the Tea Party and why it isn’t so much a movement as an angry group therapy session: The point is, we should stop looking for ideological consistency from a group of well-intentioned but easily-misled conservative activists. … Continue reading →

A while back I saw a TV special on Chernobyl, and most of the area around the reactor uninhabitable. I wonder if Japan is not going to have vast areas that are also uninhabitable for many years. This latest string … Continue reading →

Looks like the recall effort is starting to gather some steam.. If working people can pull this off and get some of these douche bags out of office politicians might think twice before doing the Koch’s dirty work.

I think I have posted this before but it seems like a good idea. Not only is it good for humane reasons it’s also good for health reasons.

I came across this strategy memo by Mark Penn, and realized that he wasn’t a complete idiot, he anylized the republican lizard brains quite well. ( BTW I did not mean to insult lizards with that last remark. Penn Strategy … Continue reading →

I think this explains a lot of our current problems pretty well: In general, I feel like there’s huge denial around the role of petroleum in America’s trade deficit. Back in the 1940s and 1950s, US firms had a dominant … Continue reading →

i am starting to think that by trying to kill oraganized labor the GOP may have revived it. and Kieth Olberman is back

People don’t seem to get healthier as health spending goes up.. Part of the reason healthcare spending is not raising overall levels of health is that generally the most unhealthy people are the ones spending the most on healthcare. This … Continue reading →

Modern conservatism is a coalition of libertarians and theocrats, neither of which have ever successfully governed any where. A couple of states are starting to show why, like here: A couple of states are starting to show why and here. … Continue reading →

The happenings in the Middle-East may be much more significant than people most people seem to realize. It will be interesting to see how the US deals with this new and more democratic Middle-East, hopefully we learned a few things … Continue reading →

It seems like Egypt went about like George Bush and co said Iraq would go. People were unhappy with a dictator and wanted him gone and in the case of Egypt he is gone with no American bloodshed and relatively … Continue reading →

Looks like the NFL is headed for a lockout.. Which if you are a Bronco fan may be a good thing. The NFL is starting to remind me of much of corporate America, where profits have become the only goal, … Continue reading →

Looks like Micheal Vick is back.. Towards the end of the season Vick’s game seemed to return, and by that I mean a running quarterback that could throw a long pass; but not win games. It looks like the rest … Continue reading →

I can’t decide if the Black Eyed Peas were the worst part about yesterdays Superbowl or if the game was the worst part. Five-years ago the Peas were cool and so was the NFL now they both suck.

One of the reasons that I don’t get that enthused about more funding for science is that the powers that be NIH, FDA and the USDA seem to be wholly owned subsidiaries of big business and not particularly interested in … Continue reading →

I just saw this the last part made much of the economiic problem in the U.S clear to me: Young Americans already face a future defined by an inescapable reckoning. They already tend to look at our grand entitlements as … Continue reading →

I wasn’t able to watch the State of The Union speech last night or actually watch either of the rebuttals, but I was able to listen to most of it (I guess Sirrius radio is not a complete waste of … Continue reading →

It looks like some states may be filing bankruptcy if congress can get a law passed that will allow them to do it.. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Texas is leading the push for this, conservatism always leads … Continue reading →

At least one scientist seems to think religion gives people an advantage when it comes to long term survival.. But I am not so sure they should be happy about the traits he lists: Rowthorn contended that scientists widely agree … Continue reading →

Looks like apple is making more money from Apps than from music, which seems odd to me, I am somewhat addicted to my Ipad, but I don’t think I have ever paid for an App and the only two Apps … Continue reading →

Wikileaks has some interesting stuff to say about tax evaders.

Everyone seems to be ignoring the foreclosure crisis.. I don’t really know what to say about the crisis other than a bunch of vacant homes seems like a waste, if banks are going to foreclose on them they should be … Continue reading →

Sarah Palin is starting to sound very defensive about some of her statements that may have incited violence.. The entire Palin schtick is to say something inflammatory and then basically say “just kidding” kind of like any mean kid in … Continue reading →

Maybe people are starting to realize that the stock market is not much more than a casino: It seems to me there’s this kind of lurking bug in capitalism. The whole system relies, more or less, on a steady supply … Continue reading →

Krugman looks at what led to the shooting in Arizona, I think this part explains it well: As Clarence Dupnik, the sheriff responsible for dealing with the Arizona shootings, put it, it’s “the vitriolic rhetoric that we hear day in … Continue reading →

A democratic congresswomen was assinated today in AZ.. First they came for the abortion doctors and now the immigration reformers. Update: some outlets are reporting that she is alive: Giffords is expected to live, according to Tucson’s deputy city manager, MSNBC … Continue reading →

Much of the stuff flowing out of wikileaks was already known but still got everyone all riled up, Matthew Ygesias explains why: …thanks to WikiLeaks it crossed the line from being something “everyone says” to something people in the media … Continue reading →