I don’t know much about the American News Project, but I am really interested in their videos. This video is on the evangelical green movement.
Obama’s choice for VP could potentially swing a whole segment of voters that this video is talking about toward him, or it swing them to John McCain. Choose wisely.
2 months ago
This is a clever fast-paced video if you have seven minutes to spare. Thanks to Rebecca for pointing it out. 3 months agoThe Democratic Race in Seven Minutes
If you’ve been off the grid for the last year and have missed the entire presidential campaign, here’s a rapid-fire recap of the Democratic race.
A student’s university ID card was found near my office today, and I figured I would be the kind soul to turn it in to the university police department. I walked it out of my way to the police headquarters, and to my disbelief, the dispatch woman treated me as if I had witnessed something suspicious. She made me provide my ID card and a campus phone number to prove that I was a member of the university.
3 months ago“Look ma’am, I told you I found this on the ground. Sorry for trying to be helpful!”
Thomas Friedman wrote about energy policy in his New York Times column on Thursday. Actually, he explained how both the McCain and Clinton camps have united on the ridiculous idea of suspending the federal excise tax on gasoline over the summer travel period of 2008. God forbid Americans are forced to reevaluate their choices for vehicles and their driving habits.
Friedman says that this is not energy policy, but instead money laundering.
We borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a little cut for ourselves as it goes through our gas tanks. What a way to build our country.
I am ready for the U.S. Presidential campaign to start focusing on true policy issues. I want to hear the press ask hard questions of the candidates on their plans for U.S. energy policy. The United States needs to make some serious advances in renewable energy. I hope the next President will take on this issue, or else our situation will continue to look like the one that Friedman describes:
3 months agoWhen the summer is over, we will have increased our debt to China, increased our transfer of wealth to Saudi Arabia and increased our contribution to global warming for our kids to inherit.