Monthly Archives: January 2008
Outsourcing Only the Latest Betrayal by Corporate Media
A lot more stories are coming out about how American newspapers and other corporate media are eliminating jobs in their own communities only to send the same work to cheaper labor overseas or to larger, out-of-town companies. The hypocrisy and arrogance displayed … Continue reading
Leave Britney Alone! You’re Killing Me
I think I speak for the entire human race when I beg the corporate media: please stop reporting on Britney Spears sad self-destruction and do the job you’re supposed to do. If we learned anything from Anna Nicole Smith, Paris Hilton Lindsay … Continue reading
Stravinsky’s Petrouchka: Greatest Musical Achievement of All Time?
When I blog, I listen either to KBYU which plays classical music or KRCL, a community-owned station that plays all sorts of new stuff from reggae to bluegrass. This morning on KBYU, the long-running classical music program “Performance Today” featured … Continue reading
FutureGen, “Clean Coal” Plant Death Spell End of Bush’s Energy Plan
Reports of the death of “clean coal” were apparently not exaggerated as the U.S. Department of Energy officially withdrew from the FutureGen plant project yesterday. The Bush Regime promises to help FutureGen and other coal plants with their carbon sequestration projects. … Continue reading
Federal “Clean Coal” Project May Die: So Much for Bush’s Renewable Energy Rhetoric
Word is that FutureGen, an ambitious federally-supported “clean” coal burning plant project, may lose its backing from the Energy Department (read: Bush administration). The timing of the withdrawal is particularly telling, coming just one day after His Ludicrousy paid more lip … Continue reading
Prairie Dog Slows Stupid Utah Development
Talk about the wisdom of Nature. The Utah prairie dog is in advertantly using its federally-protected status to prevent the further destruction of southern Utah in the name of human “progress.” When I first encountered these wiley rodents after moving … Continue reading
Bush Last State of the Union Address: Light at the End of the Tunnel
The most encouraging thing about What’s-his-name’s final State of the Union last night was that it was his final State of the Union. There is indeed hope again in God’s country. If only presidents were allowed to retire early. I’d … Continue reading
Lawsuit to Stop Wolf Killing in Rocky Mountain West
This suit has been in the works for some time since the Bush Regime and corrupt BLM and state government officials conspired to kill off the recovering wolf population. My guess is it won’t stop ranchers and other minute minorities … Continue reading
New Comedy Premieres Tonight! Bush State of the Union Rebranded as “Two and Half Bozos”
For those lamenting the demise of the situation comedies, dramas and other prime time fare due to the writers strike, take heart! Tonight, every major network premieres a new, live and guaranteed hilarious new show: President Bush’s State of the … Continue reading
Computers, Business Respond to Environmental Imperatives
From reading most blogs, you’d swear the Internet was overwhelmingly pro-environment. But when you consider the power-sucking machines we use and the ever-increasing need for speed and processing larger files, we are not exactly model netizens. However, there are indications … Continue reading
