Thursday Short Takes
None of these items are worthy of an entire blog post save the first one on the new districts in an exhaustive study by www.ardademographics.com. […]
Redistricting
UPDATED: The Hidden Great Park Environmental Documents
Chris is busy at work and asked that this be brought to your attention. Frankly, I’m a little confused but not for the reason one […]
Join “Hands Across the Sand” on Saturday
On Saturday, June 26, Americans will join hands on beaches and in parks and cities united against the dangers offshore oil drilling present to our oceans and […]
Beth Krom Gets Some Love from Prominent National Progressive Blog
CrooksandLiars.com is one of my favorite websites and was my inspiration to start political blogging. And while doing my daily trolling, I came across this […]
Oil Spill Grows to Twice the Size of Maryland Due to Lack of Safety Controls
The nonprofit environmental group SkyTruth warned that the growing disaster “could soon surpass the sorry benchmark 20 years ago set by the 11 million gallon Exxon Valdez spill.”
Environmentalists say the oil is likely to hit the delta and a series of barrier islands that have still not fully recovered from hurricane Katrina six years ago and which are home to more than 400 species.
BP was at the forefront of recent lobbying of the US government against stronger safety controls for offshore drilling.
Shout the Good News! Rick Warren’s Conversion
When accessing the political apologetics of evangelicals, it is tempting to deal with them on their own terms and question whether their contrition is perfect […]
BREAKING: US Commerce Department Rejects Toll Road to Trestles
Hot off the presses! Foothill South toll road dealt major blow by U.S. Commerce Department The controversial Foothill South toll road, proposed to connect south […]
How to Keep Obama (& Congress) Honest
I’ve been talking about this at C4O Democrats this week, and now I want to hear from all of you on where we need to […]
Debbie Cook, Speaking Truth to Power
Randy Udall, an ASPO-USA (Association for the Study of Peak Oil) board member, announced the award at the conference on Tuesday afternoon, citing Cook’s willingness […]