Monthly Archives: May 2010
I Can’t Believe I Almost Supported Off-Shore Drilling; Palin’s Payoff to Spread the Big Lie
I don’t know why the question isn’t asked by the mainstream media and by others if there’s any connection with the contributions made to President Obama and his administration and the support by the oil companies to the administration. – … Continue reading
Limbaugh Book, Rand Paul: Right Wingnuts Abandon Ideas, Send in the Clowns
Limbaugh has skillfully conjured for his listeners a world in which they are disdained and despised by mysterious elites – a world in which Limbaugh’s $4,000 bottles of wine do not exclude him from the life of the common man. … Continue reading
La Vie de Video Road Warrior: C’est pas si facile
The road trips are picking up and that’s good. But the life of a videographer who travels is not so easy (the French translation of the headline). I just finished a four-day blast through Quebec: flying from Salt Lake to … Continue reading
BP Oil Rig Similar to 9/11: The Question Is Why It Wasn’t Prevented
“How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?” – Rep. Bart Stupak on the catastrophic failure of spill prevention equipment The oil industry, Republican Party and other radical right-wingers openly express their hatred for environmentalists, calling … Continue reading
Chairs Made from Coffee Grounds: Now That’s Creativity!
I wish I was at the meeting when this little idea was blurted out: “Hey, how about we make chairs out of coffee grounds?” That’s what a British design company has done, maybe just to get attention but if so, … Continue reading
Gulf Oil Slick Containment “Efforts” Fail Because BP Didn’t Have a Plan
“What we’ve been doing is pushing parallel paths because we don’t know which one’s going to work.” – BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles “If you don’t have a backup plan, you don’t have a plan.” – Ken Schreiner (me) … Continue reading
Sen. Bennett Thrown Overboard by Utah Tea Party: Keep on Tossing!
The Republican Party may have finally found something they can do correctly: destroy themselves. The developments at Saturday’s Utah state Republican Party convention were more exciting than the Jazz-Lakers game- and it was a good game. With three-term U.S. Senator … Continue reading
Rush Limbaugh Right Again! Tiny Methane Terrorists With Environmental Ties Responsible for Oil Rig Explosion
“What better way to head off more oil drilling, nuclear plants, than by blowing up a rig? I’m just noting the timing here.” – Rush Limbaugh The uncanny ability of America’s number-one radio “entertainer” to discover truth without even INVESTIGATING … Continue reading
BP Gulf Oil Spill: Compare Renewable vs. Fossil Fuels First, Then Debate
Yet another major disaster involving fossil fuels has people talking about renewable energy again. But only until the corporate news media get tired of the story and start chasing Sarah Palin and Tiger Woods again. So if you want to … Continue reading
Phoenix “Los Suns” Jerseys: Sports Rally Against Arizona Profiling Law
“I really take my hat off to Robert Sarver and the Suns for taking a stand. You know, living in Arizona for a long time, the Hispanic community, they’re like the fabric of the cloth… (t)hese lightweight politicians in Arizona … Continue reading
