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. »
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. »
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 »
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... »
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... »
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 »
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 »
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... »
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 ... »
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... »
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.... »
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... »
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... »
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 »
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... »
