- I need to do a bit more work today.
Once More, With Feeling
Maybe the average American isn't all that excited about it and Obama is reflecting that. Unlike the layabouts who can spend all day watching some stupid webcam at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Wish I had a job like that!--------------- Amen.
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Obama’s Katrina? Maybe Worse
Obama's played corporatist for far too long. This is going to cost him big time.
- Thank you, Karl Rove. Next business!
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Obama’s Katrina? Maybe Worse
The president’s credibility as a champion of reformed, competent government is held hostage by video from the gulf.
- only to a Republican.
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Once More, With Feeling
President Obama is still learning to emote, five weeks into the heartbreak in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Politics is acting. Use THE METHOD.
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Malia for President
President Obama’s next task? Shaping the public reaction to the gulf spill so that we can use it to generate the will to break our addiction to oil.
- Oil is addictive to the economy as food is addictive to people.
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Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig
According to the Denver Post article dated 9/10/2008, " Government workers in Denver engaged in secret sex and drug abuse with oil company employees and accepted thousand of dollars in gifts while handling billions of dollars worth of energy contracts, federal investigators said". Interior Dept. scandal: Sex, drugs, energy deals probed at Denver office http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10428441
- Ken Salizar is from Colorado.
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The Hard Sell on Salt
The salt industry is working overtly and behind the scenes to fend off public-health attacks on salt, using a shifting set of tactics that have defeated similar efforts for 30 years.
- Abuse is harder to fight than obsession and addiction.
An Urban Farming Pioneer Sows His Own Legacy
“An Urban Farming Pioneer Sows His Own Legacy - http://nyti.ms/akZhTu”
He was New York City’s first extension agent focused on farming, and now probably its last one. Mr. Ameroso formally retired in March and will spend the 2010 growing season removing himself from the daily work of city farms and making sure his colleagues — many of whom he’s trained — can carry on without him.
“Anybody doing urban agriculture today should thank him personally,” said Michael Hurwitz, director of Greenmarket, the system of farmers’ markets that began the same year that Mr. Ameroso started tilling Brooklyn soil. As a founder of Added Value, a group that has coordinated an urban farm in Red Hook since 2003, Mr. Hurwitz got advice from Mr. Ameroso about crop plans and starting a farm stand. “If there hadn’t been a John Ameroso,” Mr. Hurwitz said, “they wouldn’t be doing what they are today.”
- There are better uses for space than housing people.
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‘Top Kill’ Fails to Plug Leak; BP Readies Next Approach
BP engineers said that their latest attempt to stop the oil leak was unsuccessful, and, after consultation with government officials, they had decided to move on to another strategy.
- I wish I trusted BP management.
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Dennis Hopper, 74, Hollywood Rebel, Dies
Dennis Hopper, who was part of a new generation of Hollywood rebels in portrayals of drug-addled misfits in the landmark films “Easy Rider,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Blue Velvet” and then went on to great success as a prolific character actor, died o...
- Every one does it. There is a body of work that remains. Learn.
An Unnatural Disaster
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the latest disaster to result from an unholy alliance of government and giant corporations.
- The words change, The problem remains.
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Maine Business Is Shut Without a Renewed Visa
Dean and Laura Franks found that after nine years of running a restaurant in Maine, they could not renew their visa, forcing them to close and leave the country.
- We know the Republicans and the Roman Church are crazy.
The Doctor Will See You Now. Please Log On.
“The Doctor Will See You Now. Please Log On. - http://nyti.ms/dtY4Te”
- I want to talk to the doctor, not a terminal.
The Diplomacy of Dance
Art and artists can go where government cannot. And they cost far less than sophisticated weapons. Mostly true. Islam is a problem.
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Placing the Blame as Students Are Buried in Debt
Is it really worth $100,000 in debt to graduate from a top school? And is it responsible?
- It depends on the student. Usually it is not. Pick your battles.
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Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig
Internal documents show that BP had safety concerns with Deepwater Horizon far earlier than was described in its preliminary findings presented to Congress.
- Never plead guilty in court. Make the best deal you can with the prosecuter.
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Swimming Through the Spill ...
Viewing the effects of dispersants alongside the fish.
- Good luck to them. it is a DISASTER!
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Shorting Reform
Dear Wall Street: here’s a plan to shape financial reform to your advantage.
- Wall street never believes the axe will fall.
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Phillies’ Halladay Throws Perfect Game to Beat Marlins
Philadelphia ace Roy Halladay has thrown the 20th perfect game in major league history, delivering the marquee performance of his career in a 1-0 win over the Florida Marlins on Saturday night.
- The bland beating the bland--that's how much I care.
- Did you mean --well blog-- Kagan has it if we can beat the oposition.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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