Who has done a better job of keeping the country safer – George Bush or Barack Obama? Well, as soon as it we make it past the morning of 9/11, then Obama will have officially kept us safer longer than George Bush did. It’s empirical. You can’t argue with it.
Daily Archives: September 11, 2009
‘You Lie:’ Joe Wilson outburst sets bad example for kids – Parental Guidance – Amber Watson-Tardiff – NJ.com
I like this article. It sets the right tone and focuses on the effect that GOP anger and disrespect will eventually have on our nation’s children.
We don’t have to agree with everything we are told. That’s the beauty of living in a free country and being allowed to express our own opinions in a public forum. But there is such a thing as respect and civility-which was something severely lacking Wednesday night as this “authority figure” lashed out in the middle of the President’s speech.
I would have left that article happy that someone is thinking like an adult.
And then you read the comments and realize that we have way too many odious and filthy hatemongers left in this country. I would hope they aren’t raising children in their own image, but that would probably be too much to ask for.
Starting 9 — Assessing young pitchers’ workloads – ESPN
Remember when pitchers were expected – and trained – to work hard so they wouldn’t crack under the pressure of a pennant race?
Yeah, I really don’t either.
Wired’s Favorite Sci-Fi Flicks of All Time | Wired.com
Wired covers it’s favorite sci-fi flicks, with both pre- and Star Wars and after.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
Take the Monorail to Mecca | Autopia | Wired.com
As you know, I’m pretty down on the fake Christians in this nation with all their hypocrisy, hate, and halitosis (sorry, was on an alliteration roll there and didn’t want to stop).
That said, the thing that galls me most about the Talibangelicals is their hatred and fear of progress: be it social, educational, cultural, or technological.
Some of you have messaged me not to lump in all Muslims with the Taliban, just as all Christians are not fearful angry bigots. Point taken, but I never was confusing the angry mouthbreathers with good people. I know both decent Muslims and Christians. I just don’t think there are enough of either in this world, nor that they do a good enough job of marginalizing their freaky and vile brethren.
That said, given the Talibangelical, Luddite, and Stupid Wings of the GOP harping against modernizing our rail system in this country, I’ve come across something folks in the Middle East are doing right. While Rethugs are complaining about the “Disneyland to Sin City” train (when they aren’t bragging about spanking lobbyists and otherwise cheating on their spouses) they are missing the point.
Saudi Arabia is planning to build a high speed train line linking their religious sites together while we have only one decent modern train with a crappy track system in the North East.
Didn’t we basically invent trains? Europe kicks our ass at this. Japan (and I know from personal experience) has a beautiful, safe, clean and efficient train system that people use so much you have to be crammed onto them like sardines in Tokyo.
What do we have? Old rail and beat up Amtrak lines.
Seriously, now the folks who bred the people who attacked us on 9/11 are getting better trains.
Get with the program people.
Placebo Power Grows, Perplexing Big Pharma – NPR Health Blog : NPR
Here are some reports from both NPR and Wired that as pharmaceutical companies are trying to cure more and more intricate diseases, they are finding that people taking placebos have just as good – if not better – responses than the folks on the actual drugs.
Seems to be they ought to just get back to trying to help cure cancer or AIDS and leave the curing old-guys-with-limp-penises issues to future generations.
Then again, I see them as profit-grabbing shills instead of folks serious about doing the common good so I’m obviously jaded.
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Japan’s space freighter in orbit
First I mention the Chinese are helping the Saudis build a high speed train system, and now the Japanese have a freaking space ship.
It’s no Millennium Falcon but the H-II Transfer Vehicle is a damn cool look at the future of space travel. One that we apparently aren’t going to be a part of as NASA’s budget for manned missions was recently slashed.
Pity. Cocky American pilots was the only thing that was going to make space travel cool.
Bakari Kitwana: Is Conservative Obama Backlash The New Racism?
Kitwana finally gets it about conservative opposition to the President.
Nothing I’ve seen about their irrational arguments points to anything but outright racist hatred. Maybe not amongst everyone who believes this crazy BS, but definitely amongst those who propagate it. What a sad place this country must look like to the rest of the world.
Science Friday : H1N1 ‘Swine Flu’ Update
I heard this on NPR just over a month ago, but figured the info was mostly relevant.
Wired post some material on a visual representation of the flu’s spread.
Some additional info on the flu, plus news today of a viable vaccine.
From listening to Here and Now today, troubling news of a Tamiflu-resistant strain, along with discussion on how businesses aren’t prepared for the worst (audio link).
Swine Flu Threatens French Tradition, Kissing : NPR
I heard this a couple days ago. Basically the French are banning la bise or the air kiss due to concerns over the swine flu.
Just like Bush and Cheney being allowed to kill our civil liberties for fear of terrorist under our beds, this smells wrong. French are known for this greeting and I can’t see how this would prevent more than a few cases from popping up.
That said, I doubt that you’d be able to stop people from following both tradition and conditioning in time. Either way, let’s hope the greeting survives the flu season.