Tag Archives: Barack Obama

Where Does That Leave You?

9/16/2010 – 1:47 pm

We ignore the seasons in our post-industrial age, but they must hold some portent beyond what we see on WeatherUnderground.com. How else to explain the madness of late summer when world wars and terrorist attacks are launched, the lunacy of last year’s congressional town hall meetings or the contrived narrative arc that’s spooled out this [...]

By floegel | Posted in Civil Liberty, Commentary, Electoral Politics | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

How Hard is This?

8/19/2010 – 1:07 pm

Polish President Lech Kacszynski and 95 others were killed in a plane crash in Russia last April. A few days later, Polish boy and girl scouts erected a four-meter wooden cross in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw.
It’s been four months, a new president is in office and life is returning to normal. [...]

By floegel | Posted in Civil Liberty, Commentary | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Obama’s a Fool (Part II)

7/1/2010 – 12:20 pm

I was going to get to part II sooner, but there’s been this huge oil spew in the gulf and besides, part II is related to part I – only it may be worse.
At the end of March – three weeks before the Deepwater Horizon disaster – Barack Obama told us he wants to expand [...]

By floegel | Posted in Commentary, Nuclear Energy | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

Out of Commission

6/17/2010 – 10:49 am

On May 20, Lee Hamilton and Thomas Kean, leaders of the 9-11 Commission, told a congressional committee that six years after the commission completed its work, the federal government has not taken the steps needed to implement the commission’s recommendations.
The next day, President Barack Obama announced the formation of a commission to investigate the Deepwater [...]

By floegel | Posted in Commentary, Oceans, Oil, September 11th | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

“We’re Gonna Need Bigger Boat”

6/10/2010 – 11:40 am

My neighbors are starting to refer to our block as “The Farm” because of all the fruit trees and vegetables that grow in our gardens. We have bees and chickens and the guys across the street make beer with hops that grow along our fences.
Margaret is our master gardener, dispensing advice. Last week [...]

By floegel | Posted in Commentary, Oceans, Oil | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

The Watershed

5/27/2010 – 12:01 pm

It’s been in the 90s this week in northwest Vermont. In May. This is:
a) proof of global warming
b) just deserts for middle-aged idiots who decide to start running again after 30 years
c) all of the above
d) none of the above
e) maybe the above
The correct answer is e) maybe the above. A May [...]

By floegel | Posted in Commentary, Global Warming, Oceans, Oil | Also tagged , , | Comments (0)

The Gulf of Oil

5/6/2010 – 11:49 am

Venice, LA – I’m down at the oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico or what for now is the Gulf of Mexico. Rick Steiner, a marine conservationist and oil spill expert flew over the gulf Wednesday morning and said, “It’s not the Gulf of Mexico any more. It’s the gulf of oil.”
Rick’s been [...]

By floegel | Posted in Commentary, Energy, Global Warming, Oceans, Oil | Also tagged , , , | Comments (0)