Month October 2007

Let them drink Gatorade

After Gutenberg has a fine rant about the extremely serious southeast drought, and how water shortages are at least partly a result of global warming and deforestation. How bad is the drought? Bad enough they hoped hurricanes would come. And…

Dear aging rock stars

While I realize some 60’s-70’s rock stars might have fallen on comparatively barren financial times (while others are worth hundreds of millions), would you all please give it deep thought before permitting yet another advertiser to use your songs in…

Bush won’t block Armenian genocide resolution

This even though he opposes the resolution. Interesting. (Since it’s a resolution, there’s nothing to veto, but apparently he’s chosen not to pressure House Republicans to oppose it.) Update: Here’s why. The Democrats, including Pelosi, are doing it for him.

The bizarre hybrid that is China

Treehugger wonders what happens “when China’s green goals clash against red ones” as encouraging environmental activism would seem contrary to the jailing of those who do just that (not that China is the only country to do something like that.)…

Denial

Sen. Larry Craig told his wife of his arrest just minutes before the story went public and then appeared stunned that Romney “threw him under his campaign bus” – like the opportunistic Romney would have done anything else. But how…