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  Erich Vieth on The one who’s name must not be mentioned.
  600 is plenty enough for a freak show for a network that has no plans to present real solutions for real problems. And I would add that FOX is only aberrant by a matter of degree compared to the other major networks. »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on The one who’s name must not be mentioned.
  About 1000 were there for the main event, only 600 or so registered for the whole convention.For a national convention, that is really not a big turnout. »
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  Erich Vieth on Cost of our new high-speed trains is dwarfed by the tax dollars we waste in our Afghanistan and Iraq “wars.”
  A perceptive person posting at reddit.com recently asked why we call it "defense" spending when the U.S. spends as much on its war machine as everyone else in the world COMBINED. Good question. http://faculty.umf.maine.edu/~walters/web%20104/defense%20country-distribution-2008.png »
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  Erich Vieth on The one who’s name must not be mentioned.
  About 1,000 people showed up to see Sarah Palin talk, and this garners lots of press coverage. http://cbs4.com/national/Sarah.Palin.Tea.2.1476118.html When about 1,000 people protest a needless military occupation that has killed thousands of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians, it gets no coverage from FOX (or from the local St. Louis Newspaper). h... »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on The one who’s name must not be mentioned.
  For most of us here in Nashville, the convention came and went without incidence. It was largely ignored by the media, except for the local Fox tv affiliate, There was a little bit of controversy, however, when two of the speakers withdrew from the convention after finding that the convention was organized as a for profit event by a Nashville crim... »
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  Erich Vieth on Delighted to be back to changing my own oil
  Brynn: How absolutely on-point. Do you think that Homeland Security is monitoring me, since I am attacking "the economy" by changing my own oil? »
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  Tim Hogan on The one who’s name must not be mentioned.
  So, the teabaggers got a $110,000 handjob from Mrs. Palin? Eeeeeeeeeeeeew! »
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  Brynn Jacobs on Delighted to be back to changing my own oil
  Saw this comic today and thought of your post. Careful, you are now a "dangerous man" »
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  Brynn Jacobs on The one who’s name must not be mentioned.
  I managed to avoid nearly all coverage of the Tea-party convention all weekend. This morning, I found this little gem: »
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  Erich Vieth on Eating local fresh food
  Many people are refocusing on the kinds of eating that keep us healthy. Michael Pollan boils it down to this: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/health/02brod.html »
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  Erich Vieth on Eating local fresh food
  And here's a diet to keep you from getting cancer. It looks like some pretty good advice. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-servanschreiber-md-phd/20-new-anticancer-rules_b_450166.html »
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  Erich Vieth on My incredible neck surgery to fix my pinched nerves
  Mark: I was told that those suffering from pinched nerves are free to try to bear the pain as long as they are willing, without danger of causing permanent injury. I was also told that if you have numbness, however, that this is a sign that the nerve is being destroyed, and that if you don't deal with it promptly, optimally within a year, that c... »
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  Mark on My incredible neck surgery to fix my pinched nerves
  thank you for your comments. I am scheduled for 2/10/10 on c - 4,5,6,7. I am doing everything I can to talk myself out of the surgery. In 2006 I had L-4,5 fused in lower back. It went great and only two days in hospital. For some reason I am real nervous about this procedure even though I trust the doc. I am self employed and can't afford the ... »
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  Erich Vieth on Going down?
  Economist Joseph Stiglitz comments:"Indeed, there is even skepticism about whether Obama will be able to push through his welcome and long overdue efforts to curtail the too-big-to-fail banks and their reckless risk-taking. And, without that, more likely than not, the economy will face another crisis in the not-too-distant future."http://readersupp... »
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  Erich Vieth on My first time getting caught by photo enforcement of a traffic violation.
  CN: I suspect that these devices are illegal, based upon arguments that were raised by a state judge who recently contested a ticket (the City of St. Louis didn't pursue the case on appeal after Dierker apparently prevailed in traffic court at trial, after losing an earlier motion to dismiss- here's a description of the case http://www.timesnews.... »
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  Erich Vieth on Walking the walk to encourage sustainable living - No Impact Man
  I've recently viewed Beavan's documentary, No Impact Man, and I highly recommend it. The message closely parallels the message in his book, but the images are powerful. One idea that stood out: In the early days of the project, Beavan received numerous hostile emails from people who didn't merely suggest that he was an attention seeker or someone... »
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  Erich Vieth on Why bailouts might not be long-term solutions for distressed homeowners
  Innumeracy is making us obese too. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35268111/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/ »
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  Erich Vieth on Time to stop scoffing at those who worry about the budget deficit
  Here's another way of looking at this budget. What if we had just ended a 20-year program of financial belt-tightening, and celebrated "DEBT FREE AMERICA"? The President gets on the television and announces that we've just paid off an amount of debt equivalent to $100,000 per American household, and that the the money that was being used to serv... »
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  Erich Vieth on Pro-choice by pro-athletes
  Jimmy Kimmel offers this rebuttal to the anti-abortion ad by Focus on the Family. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/05/jimmy-kimmels-rebuttal-to_n_451185.html »
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  Dan Klarmann on Time to stop scoffing at those who worry about the budget deficit
  One major problem with GDP is that it ignores social and environmental costs of production. Some of those old debts are coming due.But it is a reasonable indication of the size of the economy and strength of the dollar. By normalizing the debt to the GDP, it indicates how big a piece of the economy those un-graspably large numbers really are.70% is... »
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