Archive for July 20th, 2008

An invitation for disappointment

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Not everyone in Europe is feeling the love for Barack Obama.
While Obama’s adoring European fans are waiting for his Berlin speech with baited breath, European leaders are not jumping on the Obama bandwagon. Why is this not surprising? According to Reuters:
His appearance at the “Victory Column” in Berlin’s central Tiergarten park is expected to draw [...]

Yes, It Does: Why Resolving To Drill Here, Now, Will Lower The Price Of Gas, Now

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently pronounced that George W. Bush is a “total failure” as President. Coming from one of the top officials in a Congress that recently got a nine per cent (!) vote of confidence from the American people, I accept that as expert testimony; Nancy Pelosi certainly should know failure when [...]

Obama Campaign Steps on Maliki’s Toes

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Beginning his foreign tour, the Obama campaign can’t help but to boil down Iraqi sentiments into a simple soundbite in support of Obama. 
Right now Obama is doing what every conservative would have hoped. He’s embarking on an ‘idiot abroad’ tour that is bound to come back to haunt the man who doesn’t even realize that [...]

An inconvenient truth: the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

The Goat is loose at The Barnyard.  In the article Are We In For Thirty Years Of Cooling?he points to an ocean effect called the Pacific Decadal Oscilation, which tends to last about 30 years and–wait for it–corresponds nicely with the recent warming and then cooling trend.  It’s good stuff, complete with graphs; so if [...]

What part of your brain do you use when you vote?

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Okay, Jeremy Sarber, of Jeremy Sarber & Friends, normally posts his own stuff when he chooses to over here, so hopefully I’m not stepping on his toes, but he has a great article up that includes several amazing videos you need to watch.  The argument is that too many people vote on emotion rather than intellect.  Read [...]