Month September 2007

West Virginia torture case

On a side note, clearly these people are dangerous, violent, and disgusting, but they didn’t do this because the are Appalachians, rural whites, or poor whites. They did this because they are criminals, thugs, and racists. Recently there was a…

Sept. 15 March on D.C. this Saturday

Buses will be coming from dozens of cities and towns. There’s still time to reserve a seat. Speakers at the White House rally will include: Ralph Nader Malik Rahim, Founder, Common Ground Collective, New Orleans Cindy Sheehan, Co-Founder, Gold Star…

Perspective

DJ Mitchell, who has lived in Sri Lanka, on our post about plane flights and emissions. Probably 75% of the world’s population will not fly on an airplane in their lifetime. Those of us with a laptop computer and wireless…

Tar sands: The oil junkie’s last fix

The Oil Drum explains in a two-part series why trying to extract oil from tar sands is a desperation ploy by the heavily addicted. It’s expensive, an environmental nightmare, and barely returns more energy than it takes to get it.…