tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67940960846843434962024-02-20T01:38:16.110-06:00Have You Been Paying Attention?A randomly updated list of current events and political articles everyone should be reading.Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-29340756535821033772008-08-07T16:01:00.001-05:002008-08-07T16:04:59.078-05:00Unless we nationalize our oil companies, that oil in ANWR isn't going only to us.Its a world market, and the companies that we give the contracts to will sell the oil to the highest bidder.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/93619/if_we_drill_in_the_u.s.%2C_we_don%27t_get_the_oil/">http://www.alternet.org/environment/93619/if_we_drill_in_the_u.s.%2C_we_don%27t_get_the_oil/</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-62134391947889574782008-07-24T00:59:00.000-05:002008-07-24T01:00:47.461-05:00Ending the day on a happy note. This is an amazing happenstance. Cheers to the Red Cross.<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/11/holocaust.reunion/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/11/holocaust.reunion/index.html</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-81274080845516949002008-07-24T00:58:00.001-05:002008-07-24T00:59:32.060-05:00Private companies can look torward the future...<a href="http://green.yahoo.com/blog/ecogeek/603/mercedes-to-cut-petroleum-out-of-lineup-by-2015.html">http://green.yahoo.com/blog/ecogeek/603/mercedes-to-cut-petroleum-out-of-lineup-by-2015.html</a><br /><br />This is such a cool idea.Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-4311837249926629352008-07-24T00:57:00.001-05:002008-07-24T00:57:47.838-05:00Wake up call. Obama is a politician, hopefully just a little less like the rest.<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/11/obama.netroots/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/11/obama.netroots/index.html</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-89328309105468569872008-07-24T00:55:00.000-05:002008-07-24T00:56:18.084-05:00You know what responsible government is? Leaving the problems to the next guy.<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/10/AR2008071003087.html?nav=rss_politics">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/10/AR2008071003087.html?nav=rss_politics</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-15563527164780460642008-07-24T00:53:00.001-05:002008-07-24T00:55:12.559-05:00I'm so pissed off at people who think that more drilling is a SHORT term solution<a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/91588/"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;"></span>http://www.alternet.org/environment/91588/ </a><br /><br />Yeah, more drilling isn't going to lower your gas bill soon, maybe ever, and it won't have an impact for YEARSMorningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-66632224751014961332008-07-24T00:51:00.001-05:002008-07-24T00:52:41.596-05:00Oh yeah, torture, no matter the worth or purpose, is still torture. Especially when its done to a child.<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Canada-Guantanamo-Detainee.html?_r=1&oref=slogin">http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Canada-Guantanamo-Detainee.html?_r=1&oref=slogin</a><br /><br />----------------<br />Now playing: <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/peter+gabriel/track/down+to+earth" title="'Peter Gabriel - Down to Earth' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Peter Gabriel - Down to Earth</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-3122677306299014462008-06-30T21:39:00.002-05:002008-06-30T21:40:20.697-05:00You just keep waiting on that vindication.<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060802255.html?nav=rss_politics">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060802255.html?nav=rss_politics</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-55060488522719765192008-06-30T21:39:00.001-05:002008-06-30T21:39:28.125-05:00Just because you keep repeating a saying doesn't make it true.<a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/support_the_troops.html">http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/support_the_troops.html</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-6845858412682587722008-06-30T21:36:00.001-05:002008-06-30T21:37:34.314-05:00Whose interests are we looking after in Iraq? The Iraqi's don't think its theirs.<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061003415.html?nav=rss_politics">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061003415.html?nav=rss_politics</a><br /><br />----------------<br />Now playing: <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/sigur+r%c3%b3s/track/g%c3%b3dan+daginn" title="'Sigur Rós - Gódan daginn' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Sigur Rós - Gódan daginn</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-40819125414501672292008-06-30T21:34:00.001-05:002008-06-30T21:35:57.446-05:00To be honest, this is so hilarious that my friends have taken to giving each other Terrorist Fist Jabs and the slightest provication.<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/09/fox-anchor-calls-obama-fi_n_106027.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/09/fox-anchor-calls-obama-fi_n_106027.html</a><br /><br />To be extra cool, you can call out for a "TFJ" if you want.Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-74203052534033990702008-06-30T21:33:00.000-05:002008-06-30T21:34:26.092-05:00This is one of the most vile and disturbing things I've ever read<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/17/va-testing-drugs-on-war-veterans/">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/17/va-testing-drugs-on-war-veterans/</a><br />----------------<br />Now playing: <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/sigur+r%c3%b3s/track/gobbledigook" title="'Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-12980770859857142122008-06-30T21:32:00.000-05:002008-06-30T21:33:23.705-05:00The truth about McCain and Bush's solution for high gas prices<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/23/news/economy/oil_drilling/index.htm?cnn=yes">http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/23/news/economy/oil_drilling/index.htm?cnn=yes</a><br /><br />----------------<br />Now playing: <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/sigur+r%c3%b3s/track/gobbledigook" title="'Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-82246046631004420412008-06-30T21:30:00.001-05:002008-06-30T21:31:37.887-05:00Its like the Administration thinks that when it buries its head in the sand, the world actually disappears.<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/washington/25epa.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1214879426-n7B9AaYiZrpUVZUmpjWXuA">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/washington/25epa.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1214879426-n7B9AaYiZrpUVZUmpjWXuA</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;font-size:10;" ></span>----------------<br />Now playing: <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/sigur+r%c3%b3s/track/g%c3%b3dan+daginn" title="'Sigur Rós - Gódan daginn' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Sigur Rós - Gódan daginn</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-15836579510483385162008-06-11T14:16:00.000-05:002008-06-11T14:17:27.059-05:00This is such a zero-sum game.<span style="font-weight: bold;">AFGHANISTAN -- RAND REPORT SAYS VIOLENCE IN AFGHANISTAN RISING: </span>Last week, former Joint Chiefs of Staff senior intelligence officer John McCreary released an <a href="http://nightwatch.afcea.org/NightWatch_20080602.htm">analysis</a> of the security situation in Afghanistan and <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/03/analysis-may-marks-most-violent-month-in-afghanistan-since-2001/">concluded</a> that the month of May "saw <a href="http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/nationalsecurity/2008/06/analysis-may-wa.html">more violence</a> than any other month since the 2001 U.S. intervention that toppled the Taliban and forced Osama bin Laden and his followers to flee into Pakistan." In his <a href="http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2008/06/09/18/Landay-NightWatch.source.prod_affiliate.91.pdf">full report</a> released this week, McCreary said that "an increase in attacks in and around Kabul is particularly noteworthy because it indicates a physical and psychological worsening of the security situation," adding, "Kabul is becoming <a href="http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/nationalsecurity/2008/06/afghanistan-vio.html">slowly surrounded</a>."Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-83455775802896299682008-05-05T23:52:00.001-05:002008-05-05T23:53:18.681-05:00I'd see the value in McCain's healthcare plan if I didn't think insurance companies hated us in general<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902706.html?nav=rss_politics">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902706.html?nav=rss_politics</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-36629488903334514622008-05-05T23:48:00.000-05:002008-05-05T23:49:18.147-05:00On a positive note: Wow. Just wow.<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lenta.ru%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2F12%2Fplant%2F&langpair=ru%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8">http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lenta.ru%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2F12%2Fplant%2F&langpair=ru%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8</a><br /><br />I really hope this is legit.Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-24090002932117413382008-05-05T23:45:00.003-05:002008-05-05T23:46:27.959-05:00This is slightly different that battling for oil. This seems like the beginnings of the Road Warrior.<a href="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13655-is-this-the-beginning-of-water-wars.html?feedId=online-news_rss20">http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13655-is-this-the-beginning-of-water-wars.html?feedId=online-news_rss20</a><br /><br />Slightly older article, but about an issue I didn't even know was happening.Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-72060406546966735902008-05-05T23:43:00.002-05:002008-05-05T23:43:59.993-05:00You can disagree with the sentiment, but the fact is something must be done.<a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731383,00.html">http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1730759_1731383,00.html</a><br /><br />Even if its just writing off Florida.Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-38574281754984666802008-05-05T23:38:00.001-05:002008-05-05T23:39:21.518-05:00You're telling me that pot is safer than cigarettes?<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html?referrer=digg">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html?referrer=digg</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-80870210699713842752008-05-05T23:36:00.001-05:002008-05-05T23:36:55.407-05:00We are literally burning our food instead of eating it.<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042903092.html?nav=rss_politics">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042903092.html?nav=rss_politics</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-85406581224024089462008-05-05T23:33:00.001-05:002008-05-05T23:34:16.529-05:00I'm with Obama on this one. Whats the point of saving $30 in gas if the roads are shit?<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003575.html?nav=rss_politics">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003575.html?nav=rss_politics</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-5180430672554534922008-05-05T23:30:00.002-05:002008-05-05T23:32:46.011-05:00Fuck the whales, save the bees!A side effect of pollution you may not have expected.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/04/AR2008050401737.html?hpid=topnews">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/04/AR2008050401737.html?hpid=topnews</a><br /><br />If you think thats not important, here's a link to the plants that bees pollinate.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_pollinated_by_bees">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_plants_pollinated_by_bees</a><br /><br />Yeah, you read that right. Fucking coffee.Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-48804948542278051292008-04-28T12:09:00.001-05:002008-04-28T12:10:34.154-05:00Hmm...maybe we should have looked into a process that involves cutting open people's eyes a bit closer.<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403355.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403355.html</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794096084684343496.post-76885901951190672462008-04-28T12:07:00.001-05:002008-04-28T12:08:27.998-05:00Yeah, we're gonna have to change it from "Polar Ice Cap" to "The region formerly known as"<a href="http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13779-north-pole-could-be-ice-free-in-2008.html?feedId=online-news_rss20">http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn13779-north-pole-could-be-ice-free-in-2008.html?feedId=online-news_rss20</a>Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15723964142432575458noreply@blogger.com0