I have a ton of stuff going on, and I am actually sick of the primaries. Sorry for the lack of posting,, but all I really have to say right now would start to sound like Sullivanesque Hillary Derangement syndrome. I simply can not believe that with the Republican party completely bereft of ideas, McCain …
Archives for March 2008
Tic Tac Toe
There are 3 areas where I think Barack Obama would be a centrist in governance; areas that while working towards a Democratic nomination he hasn’t been able to explain his actual position on, for fear of driving away primary voters. 1) NAFTA. The infamous memo making the rounds today doesn’t really clarify much to my …
Go Hillary
Signs point to Obama closing to a tie in Ohio and possibly leading in Texas. This is terrible. If Obama outperforms his polls like he has done in nearly every contest since February 5 then no win in later states can save Clinton. As a Pennsylvanian let me just say that sucks. Really, look at …
About that 3 Am Thing
One of the things I don’t understand about that whole line of attack is that in my own personal experiences, I have never made a clear decision at 3 am. Ever. In fact, I have made some pretty bad (disastrous) personal decisions at 3 am years ago. So what should Obama at 3am? He should …
The Many Stages Of Climate Denial
Stage 1: Denial. Once the proud front line of the anti-warming fight, pretty much everyone has abandoned this absolutist position except for some guerillas too far gone or out of touch to get the message. What does it mean for Exxon? Business as usual. Stage 2: We didn’t do it. Sure the glaciers are thinning …
Sunday Open Thread
This is up to you.
Weather And Climate
Yep, many places sure had a cold winter this year. In case you’re wondering what it means, the answer is not much. Local, short term changes in the outside environment are called weather. Humans don’t have much influence on weather because our kind of influence builds up slowly and usually averages out across the entire …