Category Archives: environmentalism

Daring Dems vow to fight back against the Kochs

Posted on March 14, 2014 by oddmanout215

Hold on to your laptops: According to The New York Times, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid has an idea. He wants Dems to launch a media counterattack against two prominent plutocrats who are on a mission to destroy democracy in America … Continue reading →

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Are perfect storms the wave of the future?

Posted on March 17, 2013 by oddmanout215

The Day After Tomorrow (2004) has a cheesy script, but the spectacle of New York City immersed except for the upper floors of its tallest buildings is worth the DVD rental fee and doesn’t seem silly in our post-Hurricane Sandy … Continue reading →

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On the links (Obama and Big Oil)

Posted on February 22, 2013 by oddmanout215

It will be interesting to see how Rachel Maddow and her liberal-lite colleagues at MSNBC spin the story if Barach Obama ends up backing the Keystone XL Pipeline. They speak no evil of the chief, ever. From Common Dreams: So … Continue reading →

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What would you say if Barry came knocking?

Posted on November 1, 2012 by oddmanout215

President Obama was at the Jersey shore yesterday to signal support for those who got slammed by Frankenstorm. If I lived there and Barry came to my door, I’d ask for help but expect him to say, “We’re gonna see … Continue reading →

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Semantics

Posted on November 1, 2012 by oddmanout215

Professor Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University says some people don’t want to hear about global warming because “it gets in the way of their economic interests.” Chris Matthews of MSNBC says, “Well, Professor Oppenheimer, back in the ‘60s, we called … Continue reading →

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Mutants stall Gulf clean-up funding

Posted on April 22, 2012 by oddmanout215

Anyone want to sample the mutant shrimp? I didn’t think so. Chris Bowers of Daily Koz recently sent out an e-mail petition telling House Speaker John Boehner “to pass legislation mandating that fines paid by BP go toward the clean … Continue reading →

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Slave labor is good for business

Posted on January 24, 2012 by oddmanout215

A depressing piece in the Sunday New York Times re-explained why the U.S. is losing huge numbers of manufacturing jobs, but it didn’t mention how we can hope to reverse this trend if our biggest corporations continue to work with … Continue reading →

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EPA to power plants: Stop poisoning people

Posted on December 22, 2011 by oddmanout215

David Roberts of Grist does a nice job of summing up the importance of the new EPA rule regarding the emission of mercury and other toxins from coal- and oil-fired power plants: … This one is a Big Deal. It’s … Continue reading →

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PA’s frackin’ Scrooge of the Year

Posted on December 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

James Carville noted years ago that, from the standpoint of political strategists, “Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and Alabama in between,” or words to that effect. He has been pilloried by critics on the left and right for his remark, … Continue reading →

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Nature’s way of telling you

Posted on November 19, 2011 by oddmanout215

This won’t faze the current crop of Republicans, because they don’t believe in science. But it might be of interest to thinking people: Top international climate scientists and disaster experts meeting in Africa had a sharp message Friday for the … Continue reading →

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