May 2012 Archives

Arthur Berman is one of the few voices who has continually warned of the poor economics of shale drilling.  I'm a personal fan of his work and courage to speak out.  He was interviewed a couple of weeks ago by CBS News about Chesapeake's meltdown.  Have a look:You can find his work at the Petroleum Truth Report....

To those who died, we remember you.  To those who served, we thank you.  Blessed Memorial Day to all.BobPhoto by Joe Rosenthal...

Cross-posted message for soldiers and families on Memorial Day.http://www.untilmysoncomeshome.com/2012/05/memorial-day-2012.html...

President Obama speaks regularly about how the United States government should encourage the development and deployment of clean technology to reduce our dependence on oil, especially the oil imported from countries that hate us. I couldn't agree more. The problem is, though, that no matter who sits in the White House, there are thousands of nameless unaccountable career bureaucrats who arbitrarily stonewall the development of the very resources that the President himself is promoting. That...

In honor of Memorial Day, I offer this video....

I tried to get through a Jonah Goldberg column this morning. It's a semi-regular exercise in futility I try when his columns appear in the Chronicle. For those that want to try the same game I will give you a leg up here. Since most of you likely don't have the stomach for it, I'll provide the reader's digest version.The source of frustration began with the whole story that Mitt Romney supposedly hazed a fellow...

Following President Obama's announcement that he supports same-sex marriage, the typical response from those who see themselves as defenders of so-called "traditional" marriage, but who are in fact defenders of discrimination, is that same-sex marriage has been put on the ballot in some 30+ states and has been defeated in every one. (Not surprisingly our old friend at the Chronicle has parroted this right-wing talking point. Also not surprisingly, she refuses to post my response.)Let's...

Good friend and fellow founder of the OFBS (Old Farts Bloggers Society), Juanita Jean, has squared off with a lightweight politico who wants to be a judge, or something like that, in the local primary.  For those of us who know JJ well, we've all witnessed that it's triple DDD STUPIDDD to do that, especially when you've said, emailed, printed, or broadcast anything that's false; multiply that by eleventy seven if you're trying to get...

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My soldier had confirmation last week that he would indeed be deploying to Afghanistan next year. Bear in mind that we are supposedly going through a 'drawdown' in Afghanistan through 2014. But then again, we've now signed an agreement with Afghanistan to help them 'police' things for ten years (at least) after that.When will we figure it out?Did you know that one of the largest deposits of lithium in the world is supposedly in Afghanistan?...