Surely by now you have heard about the fiasco that is Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Contrary to the to all the bullshit rhetoric from republicans about supporting the troops, they have consistently done nothing of the sort. Wounded troops undergoing outpatient treatment at Walter Reed, have been living in disgracefully squalid conditions in [...]
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Just to show how bad things are in Afghanistan: Vice President Dick Cheney was whisked into a bomb shelter immediately after a Taliban suicide bomber struck the main American military base he was visiting in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Up to 14 people were killed, including one U.S. and one South Korean soldier, in the [...] The first part of the recording of last night’s school board meeting is up on the podcast site. Part 2 will be up later this evening, although part 1 contains all the public comments and board discussion of the big issue. If you’re not already subscribed to the podcast, just click on the Ypsi [...] The big car-makers take a lot of grief from electric vehicle fans over why they seem to be so slow to use new battery technology. I wrote a fairly long article drawing on my two decades in the industry trying to explain why they seem to want to move so slowly, and you can [...] Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack has the dubious distinction of being the first candidate to drop out of the 2008 Democratic race. What? you didn’t know he was running? That’s all you need to know. Ten and a half months until opening night in Iowa and Hillary and Barack are already sucking all the [...] I’ve heard about the reasons why some Democrats don’t want to pursue impeachment. Bush has less than two years left, they don’t want to pay a political price for showing backbone, etc. That’s not acceptable reasoning for backing down. If Bush and Cheney are allowed to walk away in January 2009 without paying a [...] Listening to the Canadian Podcast Buffet, Bruce Murray finally revealed the truth: Perfectionism is procrastination disguised as quality control I’m on the Ypsilanti Public Schools technology committee, and right now we’re trying to figure out what the technology needs of the district are in preparation for the upcoming bond vote. The technology in the schools hasn’t been significantly updated since the last bond 10 years ago. Although much of what was implemented at [...] Lately, I haven’t written much about politics at least in part because I have not been paying as close attention to politics as I had previously. The past six years have been particularly painful for me from a political perspective, and I just needed a mental health break from it. After the November elections [...] The recording of the Feb. 12 Board of Education meeting is online now at this page. You can download a copy of the presentation from the reproductive health education advisory committee over here.  If you want to see the presentation and ask questions, it will be presented again on February 27, 2007 in the [...] |
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