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Anti-science Republicans and their vision for the future of America

By Mark | November 11, 2010

A few days ago, I was jumping around the web, reading the news, when a comment that someone had left after an article caught my attention. A woman had asked what the Republican endgame was. She wanted to know where, if we stopped resisting and allowed them to lead us, the Republicans would take us. […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, energy, Environment, Politics | Also tagged American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, anti-science, BP, carbon dioxide, CO2, corporate, Corporate Crime, corporate takeover of politics, global climate change, Global Warming, global warming denial, greenhouse gas, gulf coast, Henry Waxman, House Energy and Commerce Committee, incandescent light bulbs, Joe Barton, John Boehner, John Shimkus, LED light bulbs, military spending, National Institutes of Health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation, Noah, Pledge to America, research funding, Science, the flood, those anti-science Republicans, Tony Hayward, traditional values | 11 Comments

The real threat, and the art of distraction

By Mark | June 20, 2010

As much as 2.52 million gallons of crude oil may be gushing into the Gulf each day, and, despite the claims of global climate change deniers, 2010 is shaping up to be the hottest year in recorded history. We are literally destroying our planet. The polar ice caps are melting, sea life is dying, species […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged BP, distraction, Glenn Beck, global climate change, Gulf of Mexico, mass murder, Obama, Obama's socialist agenda, oil, tea party | 18 Comments

Dreamland Tonight mayoral debate practice

By Mark | June 17, 2010

There’s tons that I want to write about tonight, like the Republican Congressman from Texas who apologized to BP’s Tony Hayward today, but I’ve got too much to do to get ready for tomorrow night’s mayoral debate. Speaking of which, here’s a little piece of video, shot earlier this evening, of the Dreamland Tonight crew […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Dreamland Tonight, energy, Environment, Politics | Also tagged BP, Chris Sandon, Dreamland Theater, Joe Barton, Mike Shecket, Naia Venturi, Peter Paul and Charlie, Peter Paul and Mary, Tony Hayward | 4 Comments

Obama misses opportunity to lead on energy independence

By Mark | June 15, 2010

Here, because it’s easier to cut and paste than write something myself, is a clip from Jason Linkins: …I am really not entirely sure what the point to this Oval Office address was! Were you looking for something that resembled a fully-realized action plan, describing a detailed approach to containment and clean up? Or perhaps […]

Posted in Environment, Politics | Also tagged Alternative Energy, BP, energy independence, Jason Linkins, let down by my leaders, Obama | 31 Comments

Obama needs to lead us to energy independence by the end of the decade

By Mark | June 14, 2010

Joe Scarborough, this morning on MSNBC, challenged Barack Obama to be aggressive on alternative energy in his address to the nation tomorrow night. Like me, Scarborough wants Obama to channel the spirit of John F. Kennedy, who in 1961 announced that we’d put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, and […]