I shouldn’t be surprised anymore at the lengths neo-conservatives will go to try and take down their left leaning rivals. From labeling democrats and liberals as unpatriotic to buying off journalists, there seems to be no ethical boundary they won’t cross. All the while they scream about the degradation of morals in this country.
There seems […]
Entries from April 2005
GOP Paints Democrats as Favoring Sexual Predators
April 28th, 2005 · 1 Comment
Tags: Politics
Open Pit Mines Proposed
April 26th, 2005 · 1 Comment
“If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined.” I see these bumper stickers all over the place. Usually on the back of large pick-up trucks and SUVs, all spotlessly clean.
Well, it appears Alaska is the place to be, if mineral and fossil fuel extraction is the business you are in. From ANWR […]
Code Names
April 20th, 2005 · No Comments
NBC News analyst and journalist, William Arkin, is no stranger to controversy. His 1985 best seller Nuclear Battlefields revealed the location of nuclear bases worldwide and earned him the ire of the Reagan administration.
Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Milirary Plans, Programs, and Operations in the 9/11 World continues Arkin’s goal of opening up government to the […]
Tags: Book Review · Politics
Oh, sure, break when I link to you.
April 14th, 2005 · No Comments
Seems the DEC search engine is having trouble. If you try to click the links in yesterdays entry, you get an error web page. Sigh. Hopefully, they will be back up soon. I’d be interested to see how quickly that spill is cleaned up. While the spill is only the equivalent of 30 barrels, the […]
Tags: General
North Slope Oil Spill
April 13th, 2005 · No Comments
Today brings more reason that I oppose drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. According to today’s Fairbanks Daily News-Miner a pressurized natural gas/oil leak occurred Tuesday. Around 1.4 million cubic feet of natural gas spilled at a BP drilling site at Prudhoe Bay.
The leak, which occurred at a cracked weld joint, shot the natural […]