Here is an article conservatives are using today to point to Obama being at fault for the oil spill: If U.S. officials had followed up on a 1994 response plan for a major Gulf oil spill, it is possible that the spill could have been kept under control and far from land. The problem: The […]
As many know I am a Twitter freak. What’s really interesting is the insight you can gain into a person in 140 characters or less. Take Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA): Interesting how he has these concerns today. He claims they have been on MMS for “years”, but I wonder if he tried this push 4 […]
Funny how since the spill in the Gulf, the “drill baby drill” crowd has become silent. Shouldn’t they be out there advocating their position? Maybe they can highlight this part of their plan: Louisiana health officials have ordered air quality testing after a “pungent fuel smell” blanketed “much of coastal Louisiana” and New Orleans. People […]
From USA Today: Oil spill could sink Obama’s offshore drilling plan If there was ever a silver lining to something so horrible, this is it. But at what costs? A third leak has been discovered, and a fire-fighting expert said the disaster may become the biggest oil spill ever. [SNIP] Some 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) […]
Hard to believe that this magnificent piece of technology has been afloat for 2 decades now. Check out the gallery at CBS News.
The oil rig that sunk last week is now causing a serious environmental hazard: Officials worked Sunday to try to stop oil leaks coming from the deepwater well drilled by a rig that sank last week near Louisiana, but they acknowledged that it could be months before they are able to stem the flow of […]
Not politics, but totally freaking cool. Even more awesome images available here.
One of the biggest fears I had with the health care reform bill was insurers coming up with creative accounting methods to circumvent the requirements that they spend 85% of premiums on health care related costs. Now that fear is becoming a reality: Some of the largest U.S. health insurers are changing their accounting practices […]
As a developer one of the problems I have had with Apple is their closed App store and the hurdles that you must conquer just to get an app published. Here’s an example of that: This week cartoonist Mark Fiore made Internet and journalism history as the first online-only journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize. […]
It’s going to be the Republicans big campaign talking point this year – REPEAL! That might work for the crazies in the Tea Party, but a new poll shows that a big majority of those who support repeal actually want the bill repealed so we can get something better – a public option: When asked […]