Ohio
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Barack Obama will speak today in Berlin's Tiergarten which is a grand venue in which to introduce himself to the German people and the Europeans. Surely he will avoid any language problems by speaking English. Kennedy's reference to the jelly doughnut is memorable. I hope that he takes off his American flag pin too. That pin works well in West Virginia but the German folk don't take kindly to...
Man with the Muck-rake - 9:37 a.m.
Grace Lee Boggs, age 93, is a Detroit activist, writer and speaker whose more than sixty years of political involvement encompass the major U.S. social movements of this century: Labor, Civil rights, Black Power, Asian American, Women's and Environmental Justice. The Boggs Center website details the vision and programs that have resulted from Dr. Boggs' determination to make Detroit and...
Man with the Muck-rake - 9:37 a.m.
If gasoline prices really do drop to $3.50 a gallon before Labor Day (and to be honest, I think they could go much lower), what does that do to this year's election calculus? Well, it's six of one, half a dozen of the other. It takes the heat off of Democrats to support offshore drilling (definite net loss for McSame). It also takes the heat off the economy (possible net loss for Obama). W...
De Magno Opere - 9:37 a.m.
Just watch. No spiffy logic or long-winded explanations necessary. [Major h/t to John at Americablog for digging this interview out of the intertubes.] ...
De Magno Opere - 6:42 a.m.
Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, was supposedly working to close a loophole on the camp counselor background check bill he wrote in 2005 . Stivers, a Republican candidate for Ohio's 15th district, failed to complete the job. Even though Ohio Senate Bill 321 was passed in 2005, Stivers had plenty of time to get the job done. Here is what 13abc.com reported about Stivers' work on this bi...
Ohio15th District - 5:36 a.m. - 3 clicks 
I never have trusted polls, but I do trust Nate Silver. This makes sleeping a little easier for now. Nice to see Virginia back in the toss-up column too, all credit to a certain overseas trip - and a few domestic trip-ups. ...
De Magno Opere - 5:36 a.m.
Thought the economy was only worse here because of NAFTA? Thought only U.S. liberals and labour want to trash this abomination? Thought maybe the globalisation crowd and big business might just know what they're talking about? You thought wrong : "The fatal date has arrived," announced one of Mexico's largest newspapers, El Universal, on New Year's Day 2008. The last trade barriers between...
De Magno Opere - 5:36 a.m.
The Sharp Network has this about Republican candidate, Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist: Project Vote Smart reported that Stivers voted against the Disability Scholarship fund (SB 57). [2] This bill would provide "scholarships for disabled children in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 to attend alternative public or private special education programs." [3] The bill ended up passin...
Ohio15th District - 1:08 a.m.
Thursday July 24th at 5 PM is the grand opening of the Obama for President Headquarters in Toledo. Located at 44 S. St. Clair St. at the intersection of Lafayette just south of the 5th3rd Mudhens Stadium. 419-371-5421 • From the Ohio Turnpike 90/80 Exit 64 to I 75N to Exit 201B to Washington right to St. Clair right. • From I 75 N Exit 202A to Washington right to ...
Man with the Muck-rake - Wed 8:10 p.m. - 5 clicks
When people ask Mayor McLin about her unique eyeglasses – one frame is ovular, the other rectangular – she always offers the same quip . The glasses are like Dayton: the city is well rounded and gives you a square deal. ...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Wed 8:10 p.m. - 4 clicks
This story caught by Mark Nickolas over at Political Base deserves a lot more attention than it has received. It turns out that not only is McCain getting killed by the traditional media, his advertising campaigns just aren't working, either. Voters seem to be immune to the appeals of an angry, befuddled septuagenarian looking to preside over Bush's 3rd term. ...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Wed 8:10 p.m. - 6 clicks
You really have to wonder what is going on out there. The website for Mansfield TV station WMFD is reporting that GOP candidate for the 73rd State House district Jim Balcolm. No reason was given. The 73rd District is held by first term Democratic Representative Jay Goyal, who won 63.28% of the vote in 2006. That's three candidates in the last week. A nervous Kevin DeWine looks around ...
Bring Ohio Home - Wed 6:11 p.m. - 15 clicks
The Carnival of Ohio Politics #127 is now posted. Many thanks to Ben Keeler of Keeler Political Report and The Point. I’m up next week and want to urge new and veteran bloggers to submit entries on Ohio politics to the Carnival for the pleasure of all readers - and there are many - who [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Wed 4:41 p.m. - 6 clicks
Blog year that is - three down - no idea how many left to go. Dusting off something from the beginning: July 23, 2005: Alien Species During the last several hours, with some sleep in between, I’ve tried to teach myself how to blog and write code - or at least, move code - or at least [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Wed 4:41 p.m. - 5 clicks
From my grapevine: Welcome to the new Education & Labor Committee blog, the EdLabor Journal! The Committee has had a busy year and a half, getting measures ranging from the College Cost Reduction & Access Act to the Fair Minimum Wage Act signed into law, and working to pass many others through Committee and the House. [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Wed 4:41 p.m.
I’ve got notes - not yet transcribed (because they were, you know - handwritten whilst the puter crashed) from the session but here’s a video from Erin Kotecki Vest with some Q&A. Liz Mair from the RNC (in the dark clothing) was very well-spoken and specific, even though I disagree with the positions, I thought [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Wed 4:41 p.m.
So many people to harm, so little time : Political appointees at the Department of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through in the final months of the Bush administration a rule making it tougher to regulate workers' on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins. The true Bush Legacy™. ...
De Magno Opere - Wed 4:40 p.m. - 4 clicks
Why doesn't St. John just cancel all his national press availabilities - until after November 4th. He and his staff keep comparing one holocaust to another , they might do well to cancel every press availability until early November. At the very least. ...
De Magno Opere - Wed 4:40 p.m.
I wonder who said this on July 7th, 2008 : Let me give you a little bit of straight talk on energy. Our dangerous dependence on foreign oil has been thirty years in the making, and was caused by the failure of politicians in Washington to think long term about the future of the country. If we don't act now to break our strategic dependence on foreign oil, we are putting our national security,...
De Magno Opere - Wed 4:40 p.m.
Personally, I'd like to think this poll from Rasmussen is a sign of what I and so many others were afraid of, just to prove us right (and do so before it's too late to repair the damage). Then again, I'm not sure that many people are really paying attention just yet - and if that is in fact the case - then we could see Senator Obama's numbers in Ohio rise rather than fall, depending on how hi...
De Magno Opere - Wed 4:40 p.m. - 7 clicks
With weeks to go before the big political conventions, the McCain campaign appears tired, bitter, and like a bunch of whiners. They are running on the same, old, Bush ideas and they appear to be stuck in the mud. *Sen. John McCain kept saying that Sen. Barack Obama should go to Iraq and Afghanistan. *Sen. Obama went to Iraq and Afghanistan and was cheered by our military and welcomed by leaders....
Stubbon Liberal - Wed 9:06 a.m.
It was wonderful to read about the recption Cincinnati police received from the NAACP convention . Will this be repeated by local Cincinnati residents? Will it depend on where you live or what you look like? We have not heard much about the state of CPD community relations for a long time. I don't know if that means the police are making progress in relating to the public or if there are othe...
Cincinnati Blog - Wed 9:06 a.m. - 5 clicks
It is called the Loremo- a new German concept automobile that reportedly gets 160 mpg. The official website calls the car 'simple, clever, fun.' What is not fun at all for the residents of Toledo Ohio are the Toledo-built Chrysler SUV's bombs like the Dodge Nitro and the Jeep Liberty. The plant laid off 2200 workers due to low demand for the gas-guzzling behemoths. The reduction was part of ...
Man with the Muck-rake - Wed 7:03 a.m. - 4 clicks
Tom Teepen, Cox News Service, penned an interesting article yesterday titled, "Ranters who think Obama is a socialist need a little political sobriety" Interesting use of the term now that George Bush's "Wall Street got drunk" video appeared yesterday on YouTube. And he ought to know. As an aside, he also ought to have known how to step in and intervene more than a year ago as a President i...
Man with the Muck-rake - Wed 6:05 a.m. - 6 clicks
His face has been on TV spots for some days now and today he was on Capitol Hill. The oilman turned a shade of brownish-green. The New York Times notes that he helped underwrite and made no apologies for the Swift Boat campaign against John Kerry. He's not a saint. Rather, he's drilled the hell out of the earth, sucking millions of barrels of crude and countless billions of dollars with it. ...
Man with the Muck-rake - Wed 5:33 a.m. - 4 clicks
Kidzartz!, originally uploaded by Elephants on Bicycles. Sophie participated in the KidzArtz event at Junctionview Studios last weekend. The whole event was fantastic. We ran into several friends while we were there and noticed art work by many of our friends kids. All of the art and performances were done by kids, even the vendors were [...]...
Elephants on Bicycles - Wed 4:35 a.m.
Give me a fucking break. I note, as others probably have already, this Rassmussen Reports poll (the one where Obama has dropped in Ohio - more to say on that in moment) which mentions a perception of bias towards Senator Obama. Again, give me a fucking break... And today, I'd like to thank the Clinton campaign for this one. If you don't remember what I'm talking about, here's your break...
De Magno Opere - Wed 4:11 a.m. - 9 clicks
Even I, Mr. Speculator, can't help but admit that the commodity bubble is due to more than just speculation. In the case of oil, there are in fact three causative factors: the standard supply/demand forces (fifty percent of the current price of oil), speculation (twenty percent), and a breathtaking devaluation of the U.S. Dollar (the remaining thirty percent). When it was between US$130 and US...
De Magno Opere - Wed 12:11 a.m.
It occurs to me that the Ohio GOP is still missing a candidate in the 31st State House District . Over two months ago, we brought you the news that Scott Gehring had dropped out of the race for this district. In his open letter he had this to say: The Hamilton County Republican Party should have an individual to replace me on the ballot within the next few weeks. Well, that was about ...
Bring Ohio Home - Tue 11:06 p.m. - 10 clicks
Fresh off the news that the Ohio GOP had to reach way, way down the list for a candidate to lose to Richard Cordray in this fall's AG race, we now hear that they are losing two more candidates for the Ohio House. Note that these aren't two safe seats for the Democrats where the GOP had little chance, but are two very critical seats. First, in the 28th state house district , three term ho...
Bring Ohio Home - Tue 11:06 p.m. - 13 clicks
Vanity Fair parodies the New Yorker cover. But I really have to ask a stupid question ... has anyone ever actually seen terrorists "fist bump"??? ...
Bring Ohio Home - Tue 11:06 p.m.
Now comes word that "Hype - The Obama Effect" is about to be released by those knuckle draggers and dumpster diggers, Citizens United. The fun thing about this is this is the same group that spent millions of gullible right wing money making a movie entitled "Hillary, The Movie" which I actually did see. It's a laugh riot and I recommend it to everyone and if you know where to look you don't...
Bring Ohio Home - Tue 11:06 p.m.
The New Organizing Institute wants to help progressives be organizers, or better ones than they already may be. And NOI will be in Ohio in less than a week - check it out. (Although one of the deadlines has passed and the other is approaching, I’ve got the number and e-mail of the person to [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Tue 8:10 p.m. - 8 clicks
I lambasted Mark Naymik’s Who Offers You A Beer litmus test for the Plain Dealer editorial board’s nod when it was choosing between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential primary nominee contest. Well, I just read his column that lauds John McCain’s performance at the NAACP convention last week in Cincinnati: Republican John McCain [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Tue 6:38 p.m. - 9 clicks
Washington Independent : Marc Ambinder brings us John McCain's interview with Katie Couric, in which he re-writes history about Iraq and claims Obama is the revisionist. Kate Couric: Senator McCain, Senator Obama says, while the increased number of US troops contributed to increased security in Iraq, he also credits the Sunni awakening and the Shiite government going a...
Stubbon Liberal - Tue 6:05 p.m.
If this poll has already been diaried, somebody let me know and I'll delete it. However, I ran a quick serach and couldn't find anything. So take this all for what's it's worth. In Colorado, Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by seven percentage points, 49% to 42%. However, when leaners are included, McCain is more competitive and pulls to within three points, 50% to 47%. ...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Tue 3:39 p.m. - 3 clicks
I am an unabashed Obama supporter who has advocated for an Obama/Clark or Obama/Biden ticket in the past. I still would love to see one of those two tickets, but looking at the race as it exists today I believe that Clinton is at the top of Obama's list. Further I believe that the Obama campaign had her highly ranked since the beginning and will realize that strategically it is Obama'...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Tue 2:12 p.m. - 5 clicks
As Barack Obama's international tour is proving a spectacular success, the campaign at home is keeping focused on building its ground operations. And growing them, including in the Mother of All Swing States, Ohio. Ohio is up for grabs, as polls this week show anything from a six-point McCain lead to an eight-point Obama lead. As Kos said yesterday , "this one is pretty much ...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Tue 2:12 p.m. - 7 clicks
Kinda like a cross-post... It is with great pleasure, I bring you another OH-16 "Two-fer"! Schuring Will Cost Ohio $5 Billion at the Pump before "Energy Plan" Takes Effect Canton, OH – Rather than providing bold solutions to begin immediately easing pain at the pump, Kirk Schuring has endorsed George W. Bush’s energy stance, which calls for Americans to sit back and w...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Tue 2:12 p.m. - 3 clicks
Don't you just love media narratives that directly defy reality ? Here's a good one: Obama will lose Ohio and the election because disappointed Hillary Clinton supporters will hold their nose and vote Bush Lite . I call bullshit. I checked the polling in Ohio, and women are Obama's strongest demographic after African-Americans. If anything, women will win Ohio for Obama. DISCLAIMER: Numbe...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Tue 2:12 p.m. - 4 clicks
Soapbox digs into the rich blog landscape in Cincinnati. Yea, you can read about me and see my picture, so don't complain here if you don't like it! Ha! It is a nice article that gives a good base background on blogging in Cincinnati. It is, however, only one pass at the huge list of local bloggers. Many more blogs, most of which you can see on my blog roll to the left, speak to a great man...
Cincinnati Blog - Tue 1:41 p.m. - 8 clicks
> Even though President Bush said that our forces will leave Iraq when they ask us to leave, Bush, McCain, Lieberman, and the Republican front group, Vets for Freedom, want to stay in Iraq f-o-r-e-v-e-r . I guess that as long as Iraq has oil, Bush & Co. want to stay. I watched news stories on Sen. Obama's current trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. I think that he showed great courage and leade...
Stubbon Liberal - Tue 11:36 a.m. - 2 clicks
Oh great, setting up the next administration for another Cuban crisis : Russia may start regular flights by long-range bombers to Cuba in response to US plans to build missile defence sites in Eastern Europe, the newspaper Izvestia reported Monday, quoting an official. "Such discussions exist," the unidentified senior Russian air force official was quoted as saying, adding that the measure w...
De Magno Opere - Tue 10:36 a.m. - 7 clicks
Republican candidate for Congress, Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, has received thousands of dollars of campaign contributions from banks and financial institutions. Open Secrets (The Center for Responsive Politics) has this information on Stivers: Contributor Total American Electric Power $36,100 Limited Brands $23,000 Every Republican is Crucial PAC $10,000 Freedo...
Ohio15th District - Tue 10:05 a.m.
And supposedly this guy is the "experienced" one? First he goes on and on about Czechoslovakia over a several day period a week ago, and now he has caused a great earthquake in western Asia. How else to explain his reference to the "Border between Iraq and Pakistan"? Matthew Yglesias provides a helpful map to our "experienced" candidate, you know ... the one who can't ever remember the ...
Bring Ohio Home - Tue 9:00 a.m. - 11 clicks
or have we made it yet to the "D" list? Today's name being floated as the Republican sacrifice candidate to lose against Richard Cordray is ... D. Michael Crites {crickets} Who? Well, apparently Crites was a former Federal prosecutor under the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations for Southern Ohio and is currently a managing partner for the Columbus law firm of Rich, Crites ...
Bring Ohio Home - Tue 9:00 a.m. - 9 clicks
The latest poll from the people at Public Policy Polling shows a statistically significant lead of 48% to 40% for Senator Barack Obama in Ohio. Their June poll had Obama at 50% to 39%, so this is a slight change since the heat of the Democratic primary. Looking at the internals of the poll shows Obama trailing 42% to 46% with white voters, but getting black voters 91% to 6%. The population...
Bring Ohio Home - Tue 9:00 a.m. - 9 clicks
St. John says: "Ouch" . The love-fest in detail - starting with Phil Gramm: Just two weeks before publicly sharing his thoughts about America’s “mental recession,” Mr. Gramm laid out equally incendiary views in a Wall Street Journal profile that portrayed him as “almost certainly” the McCain choice for Treasury secretary. Mr. Gramm said that the former chief executive of AT&T, Ed Whitacre,...
De Magno Opere - Tue 8:39 a.m.
So, St. John the Fair Campaigner (R - Drill, Drill, Drill America) has decided to strip away another lie about his vaunted character in the name of political convenience. Good for him! Now, Democrats get to ask (and likely won't) who's the blame for gas prices affecting our economy at all ? Didn't a certain Democratic President (refresh my memory here, served during the late 1970's) cal...
De Magno Opere - Tue 8:39 a.m.
Oy... remember, St. John is supposedly America's best choice when it comes to foreign policy. Sadly, I'm not too sure most of America realises the mistake here either. ...
De Magno Opere - Tue 8:39 a.m. - 7 clicks
Very simply don't follow the route , especially with the people of Ohio, that so many others have laid so well Senator: Ohio is the only state where exports have increased every year in the past decade. Today, half a million workers, including one in four at factories, depend on foreign markets or employers, says Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher. At the same time, the state has lost a quarter-...
De Magno Opere - Tue 8:39 a.m. - 12 clicks
Holy batshit crazy... A permanently archived link of the entire webpage is available here (don't bother with the Google cached version, it's been pulled as well). No joke. Someone actually wrote this in all seriousness, and this group allowed it to be published on their website. Is this a great country or what? ...
De Magno Opere - Tue 8:39 a.m.
Attorney General Mukasey (Unapologetic Fascist), is terribly concerned about the process of handling these 200-plus enemies of the State: At a speech in Washington, Mukasey raised several critical issues left unanswered by a Supreme Court ruling last month that gave more than 260 terrorism suspects the right to challenge their detention in American courts. The attorney general entreated Con...
De Magno Opere - Tue 8:39 a.m.
That is - to say the least - impressive . [UPDATE: Too bad it's not quite true.] And, of course, nothing is worthwhile today without mentioning how the Bush/McCain 2008 spin machine isn't going to make this go away : In Iraq, controversy continued to reverberate between the United States and Iraqi governments over a weekend news report that Mr. Maliki had expressed support for Mr. Obama’s ...
De Magno Opere - Tue 8:39 a.m.
I'm not sure this if this is flattering or a warning . I'll leave that up to you to decide. I would love to hear something - anything - related to his mother's experiences in the realm of foreign policy. I know, it's not big-ticket "bomb Iran" material, but it is a subject too often ignored despite the longstanding evidence [PDF's here , here , and here ] of success and what it could ...
De Magno Opere - Tue 8:39 a.m. - 9 clicks
I predict that in two hours this will change again : A day after attempting to walk back previous professions in favor of a timeline for an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the Iraqi government has once again stipulated their preference for such a timeline. According to the Associated Press, this morning, an Iraqi "government spokesman" stated that they are "hopeful that U.S. combat forces...
De Magno Opere - Tue 8:39 a.m.
Did ya see the latest McCain TV spot? It was quickly put together to 'counter' the Obama visit to Afghanistan and Iraq. In the ad, McCain whines about the visit as 'purely political.' Didn't the earlier McCain ad slap Obama for not going to Iraq? The ad also whines about Obama's seat on the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations- that he hasn't proposed anything about Afghanistan, that "he...
Man with the Muck-rake - Tue 1:03 a.m.
Republican John McCain has some problems that voters are noticing: 1) McCain doesn't look healthy. 2) McCain's supporters don't seem very enthusiastic about his candidacy. It might have something to do with the fact that McCain is repeating the same messages that these Republicans heard from George W. Bush. During news reports that show McCain with at his "town hall" meetings, his audiences lo...
Stubbon Liberal - Mon 5:00 p.m. - 3 clicks
I saw this picture at Politico and just had to post it: Do you think they are going for the "early bird special" at the local buffet restaurant or to play shuffle board?...
Stubbon Liberal - Mon 5:00 p.m. - 3 clicks
This week, Esser Agaroth hosts Haveil Havalim #174. I didn’t submit anything for this edition, but the edition includes many worthwhile posts. Thanks to the host. ...
Writes Like She Talks - Mon 4:03 p.m. - 2 clicks
I know - #127 comes out this Wednesday. But for anyone who relies on WLST for a Carnival of Ohio Politics reminder, here it is: Lisa Renee of Glass City Jungle did the honors and you can read #126 here. Thanks as always to the co-editors and the participants. ...
Writes Like She Talks - Mon 4:03 p.m. - 14 clicks
From JTA: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday. Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is on a tour of Europe and the Middle East on what his advisers insist is a senatorial fact-finding tour; however, his campaign is also eager to build up his foreign policy credibility. Two of his top foreign [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Mon 4:03 p.m. - 2 clicks
Standing between the North Coast RTA station in downtown Cleveland and the wind turbine at the Great Lakes Science Center, OH-14 Democratic nominee Bill O’Neill challenged Steve LaTourette to debate him on energy policy, "anytime, anywhere." Bill chose this location because it highlighted the differences between some of his long term solutions to the energy crisis, and LaTourette’s e...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Mon 3:05 p.m. - 2 clicks
Finally, there is new polling data out of Ohio. After all of the data from expected blowout states of the last few week I was beginning to think we wouldn't hear from a key battle ground state ever again. The poll shows Obama with a 48 to 40 lead among likely voters. Interestingly he only trails 46 to 42 among white voters while leading 91 to 6 among blacks. Good numbers all...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Mon 3:05 p.m. - 12 clicks
Who are they kidding with their new campaign? Last February, a poll by Lake Research Partners for HealthCare for America Now found 78% of voters believe that health insurance companies "put profits before people." It turns out that a few months later the CEO of WellPoint, the nation's biggest health insurance company, said yes, that's true! In April, WellPoint CEO Angela Bra...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Mon 3:05 p.m.
I don't have to do a door-to-door survey to know how people feel in Ohio's 15th district. I've heard many people make comments about gas and food prices in my travels in the area. You know when you see more people searching for change in their pockets or in the bottom of their purses, that people are hurting. The Bush White House doesn't call it a "recession" because that would mean they are fa...
Ohio15th District - Mon 10:08 a.m. - 16 clicks
So, who in the anti-public transportation camp is going to come out and oppose this idea being considered by the City of Wyoming in Western Hamilton County? This wouldn't be considered a Green part of town, with the GOP holding a firm grip on Wyoming City Council, just in case someone wants to be "blame" this intelligent idea on the Liberals. ...
Cincinnati Blog - Mon 5:30 a.m. - 15 clicks
Even Bush is sick of the Iraq fiasco...he has been mumbling about pulling out troops and about a " time horizon "...yes, "HORIZON," not a timeline, for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Don't know about you, but I have never heard anyone talk about "time horizons" before. Makes me think of an event horizon around a black hole...which is an ominous comparison. Remember, though, Bush's shif...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Sun 6:07 p.m. - 35 clicks
Iraq Leader Maliki Supports Obama's Withdrawal Plans is the front page article on Der Spiegel this morning. Can you imagine that? Nouri al Maliki wants us to leave Iraq and send our troops back home. I bet that Cheney, Bush and McCain are angry today with that statement. After all, look at what we 'did' for the Iraqis! In fact, some folks on the far-right have their panties all in a knot this m...
Man with the Muck-rake - Sun 3:07 p.m.
I love these types of articles : By my math, using Pickens's numbers, converting the whole economy to renewable energy in a short period of time might cost $5 trillion—and that is if you assume that government-led projects come in on budget. (Remember, the current U.S. gross domestic product is $12 trillion.) That would be like creating another Japan. Or fighting World War II all over again. ...
De Magno Opere - Sun 2:34 p.m. - 2 clicks
What I find most interesting about Iraqi Prime Minister's al-Maliki's statement in suppor