http://newsok.com/sen.-jim-inhofe-retreats-from-comment-about-epa/article/3382062?custom_click=pod_lead_usworld
I live in Oklahoma, and as such I'm currently represented by Senator Inhofe, republican. Well, I'm not being represented. Case-in-point, the following.
The link above is to an article appearing on NewsOK and has within it the best quote ever given by one sitting senator(Inhofe) of another senator(Al Franken): "I’ll tell you what a lot of people are thinking, and that is it looks like things are going to be over and we are going to get the clown from Minnesota." He is referring to a recent move by the Minnesota Supreme Court to certify the Senatorial Elections from November.
First of all, a clown is distinctly different from a comedian and writer. Second of all, he is now your colleague. Come-on Jim. I've seen your commercials, if you "are Oklahoma", then treat him like all Oklahomans would treat him. From my experience, most Oklahomans would be respectful and generous to their fellow coworker, as they have been to me.
With that out of the way, I'd like to address the real focus of the article-- allegations that the EPA should be investigated for suppressing a climate change report. Actually I'm confused by the article. It talks about the allegations, then a new climate bill, then the new senator that Inhofe talks down to, then back to the EPA.
Maybe I'm too liberal to be able to decipher Inhofes skepticism of climate change. Am I to understand that the person he accuses the EPA of quelling was a supporter of skepticism? That is the only way Inhofe would investigate the EPA. However the article states the suppressed employee was in fact, and not a scientist.
For once, I'm willing to admit that Inhofe is justified in his climate change skepticism. I'm a lifelong skeptic. I always think the null hypothesis is required. However an investigation is politically motivated, a waste of time, and reflects badly on OK. Isn't there a more pressing concern for our esteemed senator?
July 1, 2009
Coup, like soup without the S
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8129787.stm
An article by the BBC is confirming that the new government in Honduras has rejected The Organization of American States' call for the Honduras government to reappoint the former President Zelaya.
With President Obama calling on the government to reappoint Zelaya, as well as nearly every government around the world doing the same, the pressure is building. The Organization of American States, otherwise known as NAMBLA, has threatened to throw them out of the regional organization of states.
Doesn't this coup sound surreal to you to. This sounds like something the CIA would do in the 60s to... I don't know some... Central American country. Crazy isn't it? We've meddled enough around the world to fully know the consequences, a dangerous Middle East, impoverished Africa, exploited South America, etc. I know. I know. Foreign policy is way more complicated than my simple paragraphs here, but those experts on the TV who act like they know what they're talking about have been wrong so many times.
The US has the arrogance to assume that they hold any morality in the world. President Obama is just a man. He's going to most likely have 8 years to get some books written about him, and try to make a difference. I don't consider his Presidency alone a gamechanger for US foreign policy.
We supported Musharraf when he overthrew the Pakistani government ten years ago. What's the difference? Oh wait, Honduras doesn't have a terrorist harboring state next to it geographically.
Should the new government of Honduras be recognized after this coup?
An article by the BBC is confirming that the new government in Honduras has rejected The Organization of American States' call for the Honduras government to reappoint the former President Zelaya.
With President Obama calling on the government to reappoint Zelaya, as well as nearly every government around the world doing the same, the pressure is building. The Organization of American States, otherwise known as NAMBLA, has threatened to throw them out of the regional organization of states.
Doesn't this coup sound surreal to you to. This sounds like something the CIA would do in the 60s to... I don't know some... Central American country. Crazy isn't it? We've meddled enough around the world to fully know the consequences, a dangerous Middle East, impoverished Africa, exploited South America, etc. I know. I know. Foreign policy is way more complicated than my simple paragraphs here, but those experts on the TV who act like they know what they're talking about have been wrong so many times.
The US has the arrogance to assume that they hold any morality in the world. President Obama is just a man. He's going to most likely have 8 years to get some books written about him, and try to make a difference. I don't consider his Presidency alone a gamechanger for US foreign policy.
We supported Musharraf when he overthrew the Pakistani government ten years ago. What's the difference? Oh wait, Honduras doesn't have a terrorist harboring state next to it geographically.
Should the new government of Honduras be recognized after this coup?
Climate bill promises the farm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/us/politics/01climate.html?_r=1&ref=science
A climate bill, containing a cap-and-trade program in the US, has passed the US House of Representatives. However, (and this is a big however) the bill is largely stocked full of watered down compromises, out and out bribes in the form of "deals", and relaxed regulations from those proposed by environmentalists.
The bill is still supported by President Obama, who lobbied hard for this bill's passage, as this seems in keeping with Obama's ambitious first year of office.
I think, in a philosophical sense, our government needs to rethink business as usual. This bill is a prime example of lobbyist, interests groups, and stubborn party politics getting in the way of what most citizens and scientists consider necessary.
Maybe I'm in a particularly earnest anarchist mood tonight, but the governmental process to me seems so illogical. From a scientific background, this makes no logical sense as a way to govern. *shakes head* Just because things are the way they are doesn't mean that's the way they should be.
Do you think our government should continue business as usual?
A climate bill, containing a cap-and-trade program in the US, has passed the US House of Representatives. However, (and this is a big however) the bill is largely stocked full of watered down compromises, out and out bribes in the form of "deals", and relaxed regulations from those proposed by environmentalists.
The bill is still supported by President Obama, who lobbied hard for this bill's passage, as this seems in keeping with Obama's ambitious first year of office.
I think, in a philosophical sense, our government needs to rethink business as usual. This bill is a prime example of lobbyist, interests groups, and stubborn party politics getting in the way of what most citizens and scientists consider necessary.
Maybe I'm in a particularly earnest anarchist mood tonight, but the governmental process to me seems so illogical. From a scientific background, this makes no logical sense as a way to govern. *shakes head* Just because things are the way they are doesn't mean that's the way they should be.
Do you think our government should continue business as usual?
June 26, 2009
Local legacy longlasting
A few tid bits before the actual article: Blake Griffin was chosen No. 1 overall. Wow! Two remarkable people passed on Thursday and it would be wrong not to mention them. Rest in peace Michael Jackson, and Farrah Fawcett. You will both be remembered and missed dearly. On to local topic!
http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_177011535
The OU Board of Regents will be retrofitting buildings for the purpose of conservation. I applaud the move.
The move retrofitting will be affecting older buildings on the OU campus, and will improve energy savings, and make the buildings overall more efficient. A "green" campus is something to be poud of, and something that in the long run will see much more money returned to OU than if no retrofitting were to occur.
There are "green" steps that anyone can take to improve their homes, and make them more efficient simulataneously. OU is ahead of the state on these "green" issues. Regardless of your position on global warming, there is nothing wrong with being an environmentalist right?
I recommend you visit this website for further "green" info.
http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_177011535
The OU Board of Regents will be retrofitting buildings for the purpose of conservation. I applaud the move.
The move retrofitting will be affecting older buildings on the OU campus, and will improve energy savings, and make the buildings overall more efficient. A "green" campus is something to be poud of, and something that in the long run will see much more money returned to OU than if no retrofitting were to occur.
There are "green" steps that anyone can take to improve their homes, and make them more efficient simulataneously. OU is ahead of the state on these "green" issues. Regardless of your position on global warming, there is nothing wrong with being an environmentalist right?
I recommend you visit this website for further "green" info.
Firearms frequent for flock
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/us/26guns.html?_r=1&ref=us
An article in the New York Times is particularly interesting to me. If only because it has the phrase "God, Guns, Gospel and Geometry" in the first paragraph, a feat I have been trying to attain as a writer for quite some time. Anyway...
The article is describing a Kentucky church which is celebrating the United State's Constitution's Second Amendment, or the right of the people to keep and bear arms. They're showing their celebration with sermons, events, and even a bring-your-gun-to-church day.
This is an emblematic piece for what is happening all over the country. NRA membership is up since November, people are buying more guns and there is a general fear that the Obama admnistration will stick the hounds on their guns, and confiscate or severly limit them.
I don't see any reason why these people are so concerned. The Obama administration has not made any moves toward gun control issues. Neither has the democrat controlled congress made any moves toward harsher moves regarding guns. The public response is to a fear that he may at some point begin to crack down on guns. But I don't see that happening.
I am keeping a lookout though, but considering I don't own any guns I don't know why I'm on watch.
An article in the New York Times is particularly interesting to me. If only because it has the phrase "God, Guns, Gospel and Geometry" in the first paragraph, a feat I have been trying to attain as a writer for quite some time. Anyway...
The article is describing a Kentucky church which is celebrating the United State's Constitution's Second Amendment, or the right of the people to keep and bear arms. They're showing their celebration with sermons, events, and even a bring-your-gun-to-church day.
This is an emblematic piece for what is happening all over the country. NRA membership is up since November, people are buying more guns and there is a general fear that the Obama admnistration will stick the hounds on their guns, and confiscate or severly limit them.
I don't see any reason why these people are so concerned. The Obama administration has not made any moves toward gun control issues. Neither has the democrat controlled congress made any moves toward harsher moves regarding guns. The public response is to a fear that he may at some point begin to crack down on guns. But I don't see that happening.
I am keeping a lookout though, but considering I don't own any guns I don't know why I'm on watch.
China confers currency controversy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8120835.stm
The BBC article, describes a report from the People's Bank of China, which states that a "super-sovereign " currency change should occur.
The implications are that an international monetary fund dominated by a single currency , specifically the US dollar could not be regulated as much as required by the country of issue. Basically the report claims that the US dollar's weakness is the primary reason for the current economic crisis worldwide.
The chief of the Chinese central bank aroused worldwide attention last year when he claimed the US dollar could be replaced as the world's primary currency by the Special Drawing Right. The Special Drawing Right was created during the late 60s by the International Monetary Fund.
The logic for this move is that no country should have control over the world's reserve currency. The article quotes the PBOC as claiming a debt-based consumption model is unsustainable.
I tend to agree with the statement that debt-based consumption is an inteniable position. The US has $11.3 trillion in national debt. Paul Krugman, nobel prize winning economist, in his book "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008" has noted that consumer debt is equal to the US GDP. The last time this happened was a few years before the Great Depression. Dire predictions.
I read in the Norman Transcript on Thursday an article from the AP entitled something like "Fed sees end to recession". I apologize but I gave my copy away otherwise I'd get you the specific article.
The article was describing the recent move by the Federal Reserve to maintain interests rates. It also quoted several economists regarding the situation, and how much longer or deeper a recession could be. My first thought goes to Phil Gramm, former economic advisor to the McCain campaign, who was caught on video saying, "We've(US) become a nation of whiners."
My problem and why I bring this up, is the fact that people like Gramm are regarded as experts on this economy, when clearly in that statement they are out of touch, and have no idea what is going on.
I would recommend questioning everything that one hears about the economy. Read multiple diverse sources of information. Do not assume that the current capitalistic model of economics is the best in the world. A few hundred years ago, the feudal system was regarded as the best economic model ever invented.
What does this all mean? Is the recession over? Should a monetary fund be allowed to create and control a country-independent currency?
Recommended reading: Chomsky, Noam: Profits Over People. Paul Krugman in the New York Times, as well as his numerous books. Marx, Karl: Das Kapital.
The BBC article, describes a report from the People's Bank of China, which states that a "super-sovereign " currency change should occur.
The implications are that an international monetary fund dominated by a single currency , specifically the US dollar could not be regulated as much as required by the country of issue. Basically the report claims that the US dollar's weakness is the primary reason for the current economic crisis worldwide.
The chief of the Chinese central bank aroused worldwide attention last year when he claimed the US dollar could be replaced as the world's primary currency by the Special Drawing Right. The Special Drawing Right was created during the late 60s by the International Monetary Fund.
The logic for this move is that no country should have control over the world's reserve currency. The article quotes the PBOC as claiming a debt-based consumption model is unsustainable.
I tend to agree with the statement that debt-based consumption is an inteniable position. The US has $11.3 trillion in national debt. Paul Krugman, nobel prize winning economist, in his book "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008" has noted that consumer debt is equal to the US GDP. The last time this happened was a few years before the Great Depression. Dire predictions.
I read in the Norman Transcript on Thursday an article from the AP entitled something like "Fed sees end to recession". I apologize but I gave my copy away otherwise I'd get you the specific article.
The article was describing the recent move by the Federal Reserve to maintain interests rates. It also quoted several economists regarding the situation, and how much longer or deeper a recession could be. My first thought goes to Phil Gramm, former economic advisor to the McCain campaign, who was caught on video saying, "We've(US) become a nation of whiners."
My problem and why I bring this up, is the fact that people like Gramm are regarded as experts on this economy, when clearly in that statement they are out of touch, and have no idea what is going on.
I would recommend questioning everything that one hears about the economy. Read multiple diverse sources of information. Do not assume that the current capitalistic model of economics is the best in the world. A few hundred years ago, the feudal system was regarded as the best economic model ever invented.
What does this all mean? Is the recession over? Should a monetary fund be allowed to create and control a country-independent currency?
Recommended reading: Chomsky, Noam: Profits Over People. Paul Krugman in the New York Times, as well as his numerous books. Marx, Karl: Das Kapital.
June 25, 2009
Odd angles
Hey long time no blog, expect multiple posts regarding things happening now, tomorrow.
I can report that school is bogging me down, my home internet is screwy, and I need to do laundry.
On to better news, I have joined the Fellowship of the Sun Church, and am currently working on part three of The Box (for my 3 devoted fans of that). Check out the trailer for the movie of the same name.
I will debut another original serial short story ,still untitled, within a few weeks. Also expect an in depth analysis of Lost, which I think will finally explain everything coherently and predict precisely what will happen next season.
So something to look forward to.
I can report that school is bogging me down, my home internet is screwy, and I need to do laundry.
On to better news, I have joined the Fellowship of the Sun Church, and am currently working on part three of The Box (for my 3 devoted fans of that). Check out the trailer for the movie of the same name.
I will debut another original serial short story ,still untitled, within a few weeks. Also expect an in depth analysis of Lost, which I think will finally explain everything coherently and predict precisely what will happen next season.
So something to look forward to.
June 19, 2009
New books abound
Do you think the reason that Apple partitioned the previously called 13 inch macbook into the macbook pro lineup is to make room for a new macbook model? Maybe a macbook touch?
I've been reading a lot of internet chatter, and honestly they're wrong more often than they're right.
Personally I want to see what they have in R & D. Macbook wheel anyone?
I've been reading a lot of internet chatter, and honestly they're wrong more often than they're right.
Personally I want to see what they have in R & D. Macbook wheel anyone?
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