The Irony of America
Daily Archives: May 17, 2010
Scrap Metal Radiation Raises Concerns in India
This is a really disturbing story of the potential costs of recycling some of our more dangerous devices.
We really need to better monitor where our stuff goes and who it goes to. As it stands, one of the guys in the story eventually dies and those who may survive will have years of medical problems from the radiation damage they took.
I love technology. I love the concept of recycling, but care must be taken with each.
The G.O.P. – Going to Extreme – Paul Krugman
As Krugman explains, the GOP has been this insane for quite awhile actually.
Even Reagan Wasn’t a Reagan Republican – Newsweek.com
Apparently, conservative icons like Nixon and Reagan himself would be run out of the party by Tea Bagging Traitors given their policy stances.
Mexican-Hatin’ is Sweeping the Nation!
Gustavo Arellano is collecting the nation’s regional racial slurs for Mexicans.
It’s kind of in good fun and also an indicator of how low some folks can be.