Archive | January, 2008

31 January 2008 1 Comment

I.M. Wowed

Wow.  Just wow.  I’ve always considered myself very cynical about politics.  After reading the comments following the publication of the first of the Ideas Matter! posts, I don’t feel quite so cynical anymore. I have muxed comments here with those on a thread on BC.  It is depressing to see that so many people are [...]

30 January 2008 8 Comments

Ideas Matter!

Ideas Matter! – Volume One
After a discussion over on BC today, I started wondering how many people are actually paying attention to the words coming out of politicians mouths as opposed to the "look and feel" of a candidate.  Today someone said about Mitt Romney, "I do not want him as President, no matter how [...]

29 January 2008 Comments Off

Big Brass Bush Balls

Last night’s State of the Union address, G.W. Bush’s last, really illustrates how our president will leave office with more of a whimper than a bang. 
There was was a surprising amount of self-congratulatory bullshit considering how very little there is for him to take pride in at this point.  Even his claim of success for [...]

27 January 2008 11 Comments

Let Sleeping Sheep Lie

I know I’ve been negligent in posting this week, but I have been working on a longish post that requires a lot of research.  In the meantime though I have decided to break my usual tradition of avoiding New Years resolutions.
Over the last week I have seen some completely baffling bullshit from people who identify [...]

16 January 2008 4 Comments

Coke – Profits Over People

Coca-Cola Urged to Close an Indian Plant to Save Water – New York Times:

 NEW DELHI – A leading environmental research group based here has asked Coca-Cola to consider shutting down a bottling plant in the drought-stricken state of Rajasthan, saying that the plant is depleting scarce water supplies.

Back in 2006, Coca-Cola commissioned a report from [...]