Okay, there are two reasons I love this story in the Orlando Sentinel scrutinizing NASA’s budget: 1) It’s way past time that the federal government bring some accountability to the space program. 2) It’s written by one of my best friends, Mark K. Matthews.
Mark and his colleague Robert Block have been all over the NASA [...]
Well, I’ve decided there must be a reason I can’t bring myself to blog. I figure I’m either one of those Obamazombies in that hilarious Onion video or it’s because I’m still trying to get through this fascinating and very long series in Newsweek that takes us behind-the-scenes of the Obama and McCain campaigns (though, [...]
Read full post...Well, Congress passed the bailout bill and President Bush quickly signed it but not before lawmakers loaded it with corporate handouts stuffed into the bill at the behest of lobbyists for the banking industry. It looks like Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is already rewarding several of his old buddies at Goldman Sachs with jobs overseeing [...]
Read full post...So I considered suspending my blog and offering my services to Congressional leaders to help them hammer out a sensible solution to our looming economic disaster.
But they didn’t really seem interested in what I had to say. So screw ‘em. I decided to march to the White House to protest the $700 billion bailout, instead.
I [...]
(Highlights from Al Gore’s speech on climate change last week in D.C.)
Isn’t it time we moved beyond the empty rhetoric of the Bush administration when it comes to solving global warming, humankind’s greatest challenge? You know the George Bush I’m talking about, the one who tells the world that he’s committed to solving the climate [...]
If you’re still brooding over how much the value of your house has sunk during the current real estate bust, cheer up. Things could be worse. Chances are, your house didn’t lose as much value as your life just did. Last week, the AP reported that the Environmental Protection Agency over the last five years [...]
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