This picture is a bleak reminder of 2005 [1]: My thoughts continue to be with all residents of the Caribbean and Florida as they recover from Gustav, and with residents of the Gulf coast as they prepare for the worst and hope for the best. [1] http://www.cooleysekula.net/blogs/steve/taomph/2005/08/29/test-415/
Monthly Archives: August 2008
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Something on the Sunday talk show, “Meet the Press”, caught my attention. Today’s show was hosted by Tom Brokaw, a favorite of mine in the news business. He interviewed Gov. Tom Pawlenty of Minnesota, Co-chair of the RNC convention in the Twin Cities. Gov. Pawlenty was acting as a “Vox […]
At breakfast today, a friend of mine informed me that Obama had finally responded to the 14 science policy questions sent to the candidates months ago [1]. These questions arose from the “Science Debate 2008” grass-roots effort, an effort supported by 38,000 signers to get the presidential candidates to engage […]
I found out on Friday that I am not the only one sending letters to the DNC about their choice to shut out the Linux community. A friend of mine told me she also sent a letter, and it sounded like it was a much more pointed statement than mine. […]
I just finished writing a letter to the DNC convention organizers, which I sent by e-mail and which I will also send by mail if I don’t get a fairly personal response (as opposed to some boilerplate). Here is the text: Dear Sir or Madam, I am a registered Democrat […]
Just a short follow up. Obama’s site is employing YouTube and flash to distribute video clips from the DNC convention. Good for them! Let’s see what the Republicans do about making democracy available online.
This is a rant. I’ve earned it. For years, I have made the long, hard slog to Washington D.C. I have written to my Congressional representatives, made phone calls to local and national offices. I have dug into the political process, thought hard about modern democracy, and tried to work […]
I really wanted to go to the DNC website, catch Michelle Obama’s speech, maybe see some of the live video. Alas, the Democrats are not quite the progressives we’ve been led to believe. They seem to have taken a page from the NBC/Microsoft Olympics playbook: Looks like I’m well on […]
I’ve avoided the Presidential race for quite some time in this blog. Mainly, I was irritated that the whole thing started over a year ago. I felt it was a distraction from the present – the damage being done to America by the present leaders. However, it’s getting to be […]
I’ve returned from CT. I had a great time, although there was some rough going with my stomach for a few days (on and off). I think I overdid it on the wings and picked up a stomach bug, which my dad also caught (he doesn’t eat hot wings). Still, […]
We were told at ICHEP that the LHC would very soon try a single-sector beam test, injecting particles into one sector of the collider to check whether they could be transported. A press release reports this test as successful [1]. Can’t wait til September 10, when the real test – […]
I saw a USA Today article linked from Slashdot that reports on findings that Americans may not know enough science to make informed decisions [1]. When I clicked on that link, the USA Today article had embedded in it a link to a “true/false” question quiz about science, designed by […]