Stirling Paulson has an excellent article The Paulson Panic up on Open Left. The very basis of our economic system is broken and must be changed.
The key to this crisis is not spending or “stimulus” since that will only convince people to go back to doing the things that created the problem. This is how [...]
As we careen towards a new Great depression, brought on by the likes of George Bush, John McCain, the GOP, and the cowardly Democrats that let them get away with it, we should remember those brave souls who during the last depression and the following years, sounded the warning bells and rallied the downtrodden. Folksingers [...]
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Now is the time for Obama to show his vision for the future of the middle class, and for the Democrats that voted for this abomination to get a spine. Obama needs to take a leadership role in rewriting the bailout by redirecting those funds to the middle class. Worthless mortgage paper? Fine, pay off [...]
Via Frank comes Barack Obama’s November 2007 address to Google (1:04:32 in length) where he promises to support network neutrality
His commitment to broadband, technology and openness of government is astounding and inspiring. I hope he means it.
This is a great interview, it’s Obama at his best. He’s relaxed and loquacious
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In November, 2007, a small group of six citizens - two screenwriters, a physicist, a marine biologist, a philosopher and a science journalist - began working to restore science and innovation to America’s political dialogue. They called themselves Science Debate 2008, and they called for a presidential debate on science. The call [...]
If you live in the US and you are interested in adding solar power to your home check out Sungevity and if you are in Canada, or the US, you can also use Roofray to figure out what sort of power your roof is capable of. Both are good examples of a Web 2.0 mashup. [...]
Peter Baker does an excellent job of applying the Second Law of Thermodynamics (entropy always increases) to the agricultural import/export industry. That is, how does it make sense to import (or export) an agricultural product whose caloric value is less than the calories required to produce and transport it?
Tomato production in the US consumes four [...]
Gasoline at record high prices
Oil companies demanding access to ANWR and offshore drilling sites
Refineries in the US operating at only 85% of capacity (see we need more oil)
Record exports of gasoline, diesel fuel and other petroleum products, from the US
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) - While the U.S. oil industry wants access to more federal [...]
Dana Milbank on the recent press conference on the economy. Notice that the room was almost empty. Journalists don’t need a press conference to see how bad the economy is. Maybe they’re tired of triying to spin the unspinable.
Think you’re worried about the economy? Phillip Swagel is a wreck.
The assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy, [...]
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