Sylvester McMonkey McBean prepares to leave the White House

Sylvester McMonkey McBean is now preparing to leave the White House. I'm alluding to that crafty character from that terrific book by Dr. Suess: The Sneetches.   Both McBean and Bush made lots of money through bigotry.  They both encouraged suspicion and hate between groups of people.  It has been such…

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Sanity on climate change and energy issues: coming soon to the White House

Isn't this a breath of fresh air?  Watching Barack Obama talk about these important issues also makes me think of eight years of lost opportunities.   At least we're going to have an energy policy, rather than policy vacuum driven by a blind faith in the "free market." [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvG2XptIEJk&eurl=http://www.facebook.com/home.php[/youtube]

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The Paradox of Positions

As expected, certain mouths are already looking for ways to tear down Obama and all he stands for, even though---perhaps especially because---they don't know just what that is.  It is disheartening. It makes me want to sit them down in a chair from which they cannot move and ask them,…

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