To be sure, the amount of oil spilled into the Gulf is immense. To say that the well leaked is a disservice; it veritably gushed. Gushed to the tune of 62,000 barrels a day slowing to 53,000 a day as the oil in the reservoir diminished the internal pressure.
That is a lot of oil. A whole HELL of a lot of oil.
And we covered it. Boy did we cover it.
Posted in Energy, Politics: National
Tagged BP, Environment, Gulf Oil Spill, New Orleans
I think we’re seeing a sweeping change in how we view our gay and lesbian neighbors and friends. Finally.
We’re seeing more and more calls for acceptance. We’re seeing main stream acceptance in the work place and in the government.
And finally, we’re seeing laws changed to recognize the civil rights of all people.
And even the churches are coming around.
I have updated the races here. 
Without going into details, I have the Republicans picking up 7 seats and holding 48 seats. To be sure I have my bias.
So, to see how people who actually “put their money where their mouth is” I went to Intrade.
Posted in Elections 2010, Politics: National, Senate
Tagged Democrat, Politics, Republican
In April I posted the National Hurricane Center’s 2010 predictions:
So, 15 named storms, 4 major himmicane’s and a 45% the US gets hit.
Then, in July I posted an update:
By the end of August, to stay on pace, we would need to see 5 or 6 named storms with 2 of them developing into severe hurricanes.
And now the Hurricane Center has revised their predictions:
The updated forecast calls for 14 to 20 named tropical storms, down from a range of 14 to 23. The hurricane season started June 1 and ends Nov. 30, but the peak period for hurricanes runs from August through October.
Eight to 12 storms could become hurricanes, and four to six of those hurricanes could become major storms, blowing winds of 111 mph or more, forecasters said.
Not much of a change at all. However, that means we are on pace to see 11-17 named storms, 6-10 of which will become hurricanes and 4-6 of those becoming major storms before the season is over.
We’ll see.
We continue to pour more and more money into public education and we get worse and worse results.
If this were a business, it would go out of business.
At some point, we are going to have to stop and make a decision between ideology and results.
Dollars per Year — UP
Graduation Rate — DOWN
I’m not so sure; in fact, I tend not to think so.
After all, the net works much like any other service/product. Companies wanna profit from it. And the best way to profit is to make it as good and fast and available as possible.
However, not everyone agrees with me.
Posted in Politics: National, Technology
Tagged Abuse of Power, FCC, Internet, Leftist, Net Neutrality
Someone has to say it. It desperately needs to be said.
Does ANYONE know the meaning of “unexpectedly?”
Everywhere Liberty is forced into hiding.
From the Left and, in California, from the Right.
Today, she has loosened the bonds restricting her a little more.
I had a dream last night that Barck Obama wasn’t President.
Then I woke up.
Very scary.
Just this afternoon I experienced a classic fundamental of economics: Consumption.
I had lunch at a pizza buffet. All the pizza and soda I could consume for the low low price of eight dollars American. of course I had to render to Caesar, so it REALLY was about $8.50, but I digress.
At some point I pushed away from the table satisfied; I was fat dumb and happy. Full.
Posted in Economics, Health Care, Politics: National
Tagged Abuse of Power, Barack Obama, Democrat, Leftist, North Carolina Politics, Politics, Socialism
