Ha! What a joke.
Finally, today polls are coming out that show that HRC is loosing the confidence of many, if not most people based on her Bosnia sniper fire story (among others). But is appears the sniper fire story is the proverbial nail in the coffin of American's trust in her. Like her campaign, Americas trust in her should have been buried long ago.
Article here: Wash Post - Poll shows erosion of trust in HRC
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Teen Girls Beat others
I just read today that the girls who beat the other girls in FL may get life sentences.
I say good for the prosecutors. It may seem a little harsh -- but I say it is just. Besides they will get parole in a few years probably anyway. But a statement to the teens in our country needs to be made that this kind of behavior is unacceptable. If the girls just get their hands slapped, then we will see more and more of this.
CNN Story
I say good for the prosecutors. It may seem a little harsh -- but I say it is just. Besides they will get parole in a few years probably anyway. But a statement to the teens in our country needs to be made that this kind of behavior is unacceptable. If the girls just get their hands slapped, then we will see more and more of this.
CNN Story
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The Clean Energy Scam
So I was driving around doing some errands last week and decided to tune in to Rush. He was spouting off about how the biofuel craze was driving up the cost of food and causing famine in some 3rd world countries.
Now of course I take everything Rush says with a bucket of salt. I used to think he was cool in High School, but my political mindset has changed over the years.
Anyway, I came across this article in Time talking about how Clean Energy is some cases actually costs more than then energy required to produce it. For example it has been quoted elsewhere that it takes 1.2 gals of gas to produce 1 gal of Ethanol from corn. If that truly is the case, then we need to rethink how to address the energy crisis. On the other hand, the article says that not all clean energy is bad -- for example it takes less energy to produce ethanol from Sugar as is done heavily in Brazil.
Just something to think about when you are hearing/talking about green/clean energy. We need to make sure that the energy really is green/clean and doesn't just divert attention from the true cost of that energy.
The Clean Energy Scam
Now of course I take everything Rush says with a bucket of salt. I used to think he was cool in High School, but my political mindset has changed over the years.
Anyway, I came across this article in Time talking about how Clean Energy is some cases actually costs more than then energy required to produce it. For example it has been quoted elsewhere that it takes 1.2 gals of gas to produce 1 gal of Ethanol from corn. If that truly is the case, then we need to rethink how to address the energy crisis. On the other hand, the article says that not all clean energy is bad -- for example it takes less energy to produce ethanol from Sugar as is done heavily in Brazil.
Just something to think about when you are hearing/talking about green/clean energy. We need to make sure that the energy really is green/clean and doesn't just divert attention from the true cost of that energy.
The Clean Energy Scam
Friday, March 28, 2008
Remaining States Predictions
Ashish over on 411mania breaks down his predictions for the remaining democratic primaries and delegates, state by state.
http://www.411mania.com/politics/columns/71527
http://www.411mania.com/politics/columns/71527
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Long Painful Road for Clinton
5% chance of winning but won't sacrifice out.
Pathetic!
The Long Defeat (NYTIMES)
Great article by David Brooks
Pathetic!
The Long Defeat (NYTIMES)
Great article by David Brooks
Chelsea dismisses Lewinsky question
Good job Chelsea -- sounds like you handled this one well.
Regardless of your party affiliation and whether you like the Clintons or not... what a totally inappropriate question to ask!
CNN - Chelsea Disses Question
Regardless of your party affiliation and whether you like the Clintons or not... what a totally inappropriate question to ask!
CNN - Chelsea Disses Question
McCain says no to mortgage bailout
I have to agree with Mr McCain on this:
He says that “it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers.”
McCain Warns Against Hasty Bailout
As I watched the housing bubble go unseemingly up up up the last few years, I followed several blogs http://www.housingbubblecasualty.com/
http://bubbletracking.blogspot.com/
http://piggington.com/
and others. The discussion was essentially that borrowers were screwing themselves due to the easy flow of cheap credit and stated income loans.
I myself, almost fell prey to the Stated Income loan - I was going to purchase a condo in SoCal based on my lender doing some paperwork magic (everyone was doing it after all and housing just was not ever going to go down). However, after we went into escrow I got a sick pit in my stomach and decided that I would not go through with the purchase/loan. It was a hard conversation as the condo was my best friend's and he and his wife were relying on me to purchase so that they could upgrade to their new $500K home. It was a difficult time for us for a while, but within a few weeks they had another offer and everything worked out for each of us (except perhaps for the person who purchase the condo in the end).
However, as I watched the home buying frenzy around my in SoCal - it was difficult to not get caught up in the idea that we were in different times. But, keeping me grounded were the blogs above with their voices of reason and graphs showing the EXTREME jump in housing prices that in my gut I knew could not be sustainable.
So, I'm a bit torn and agree with McCain that there should be no major bailout - especially for speculators. However, the thing we need to be careful of is that we let housing bring down the entire economy -- if it looks like that is the case, then I'm in favor of some kind of help from the government - even thought it pains me to say so. I don't want to see people loose their homes, but I don't want to see them get a free ride --- "oh you bought a $600K home and now you can't afford it -- here you go --- we'll knock of $200K from your mortgage if that'll help" -- that is not fair either. If someone buys a car they can't afford - does the government subsidize that when they can't make the payments?
He says that “it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers.”
McCain Warns Against Hasty Bailout
As I watched the housing bubble go unseemingly up up up the last few years, I followed several blogs http://www.housingbubblecasualty.com/
http://bubbletracking.blogspot.com/
http://piggington.com/
and others. The discussion was essentially that borrowers were screwing themselves due to the easy flow of cheap credit and stated income loans.
I myself, almost fell prey to the Stated Income loan - I was going to purchase a condo in SoCal based on my lender doing some paperwork magic (everyone was doing it after all and housing just was not ever going to go down). However, after we went into escrow I got a sick pit in my stomach and decided that I would not go through with the purchase/loan. It was a hard conversation as the condo was my best friend's and he and his wife were relying on me to purchase so that they could upgrade to their new $500K home. It was a difficult time for us for a while, but within a few weeks they had another offer and everything worked out for each of us (except perhaps for the person who purchase the condo in the end).
However, as I watched the home buying frenzy around my in SoCal - it was difficult to not get caught up in the idea that we were in different times. But, keeping me grounded were the blogs above with their voices of reason and graphs showing the EXTREME jump in housing prices that in my gut I knew could not be sustainable.
So, I'm a bit torn and agree with McCain that there should be no major bailout - especially for speculators. However, the thing we need to be careful of is that we let housing bring down the entire economy -- if it looks like that is the case, then I'm in favor of some kind of help from the government - even thought it pains me to say so. I don't want to see people loose their homes, but I don't want to see them get a free ride --- "oh you bought a $600K home and now you can't afford it -- here you go --- we'll knock of $200K from your mortgage if that'll help" -- that is not fair either. If someone buys a car they can't afford - does the government subsidize that when they can't make the payments?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)