“Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head… Right there in the preamble, the authors [...]
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I was struck recently that people in our country are really good at seperating government they like and ‘big government’. I was up in Maine, in Acadia National Park, which is truly one of the most amazing places I have been. While on several ranger led hikes through the park I got to thinking about [...]
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While lying in bed sick over the weekend I caught up on some Real Time with Bill Maher (via the podcast as I don’t have HBO) the show translates quiet well to an only audio experience and I applaud HBO for putting out the full show as a podcast. Anyway in his closing bit, ‘new [...]
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So there can be no doubt in anyones mind that the United States has moved into Iraq for a really long time – possibly forever – as the new US Embassy clearly shows. Nothing says permanent U.S. occupation of Iraq more than the construction of the largest embassy in the world, a $474-million compound with [...]
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The campaign has brought up (for Democrats at least) strong language against NAFTA (although you can’t get Hillary or Barrack to say they’d pull out) they do say that they would use the power to pull out to re-negotiate it with Canada and Mexico to include fairer terms (does Canada have a competitive advantage because [...]
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You probably know about the White House phone call ad that Hillary Clinton put out prior to winning the Ohio and Texas primaries. Many people have been debating the ad (I thought the one on Real Time with Bill Maher was pretty good). Anyway, most people will agree that it is a negative ad (on [...]
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By cutting 100 million plastic bags a year San Francisco will save 1.5 million litres of oil, and eliminate 4.2 million kilograms of carbon dioxide…. 180 million: Roughly the number of plastic shopping bags distributed in San Francisco each year. 2 to 3 cents: Amount each bag costs markets, compared with anywhere from 5 to [...]
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The United Kingdom knights various people for various reasons, and most recently the controversial author Salman Rushie, who is most famous for his book The Satanic Verses, that led at the time to violent protests and a death wish from Iran (which has since been taken back). I will be the first to admit I [...]
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Well the house in this story isn’t really energy free, its just that it gathers all the energy from the sun and earth without solar panels or other electronics. So how does it work? Well I can’t say I fully understand but after watching a video on it on youtube and reading about it, I’ll [...]
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Columbus Ohio may be good at creating chain restaurants and the insurance business, but it is not good at public transport. Of course with cheap gas flowing through its veins Columbus has sprawled and built countless highways and no one seemed to care – until now that is. Now that gas is riding up towards [...]
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