Investing in guns, guards, and gates is always nice because it helps mitigate the vulnerabilities that terrorists, vandals, or drunken idiots might intentionally or unintentionally exploit. You know, little things like poisoning the water supply or blowing up hazardous chemicals is basically the stuff that can kill or sicken the masses or shutdown communities.
If Philip Morris released findings indicating that cigarettes are healthy, would you believe them? How about believing Sean Penn’s analysis of the war in Iraq, or Pamela Anderson’s take on the humane treatment of animals? Of course you wouldn’t! You’d consider the source and walk away. Why, then, do people put stock in anything the Center for American Progress (CAP) has to say regarding chemical security?
As a child, I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up. Somehow it seemed realistic. I’m all grown up now, and I’ll save you the suspense: no, I am not blogging from the moon. I never entered the astronaut program – good thing too because as it turns out, America is no longer in the business of reaching the moon, or even the space station. In fact, these days Ralph Kramden of “The Honeymooners” has better odds of getting Alice into space than NASA does of sending me!
After years of racial division, the United States of America has exhaled the sins of yonder and replaced it with the hard-fought breath of unity. With this new breath, we find ourselves in unfamiliar territory – a racially united America.
Try putting lipstick on this pig: when it comes to safe, clean, and reliable water services, we’re about to screw ourselves (and the world). According to a new report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), unless the U.S. changes its current approach to domestic and international water policy, the “global water challenge will soon become a global water crisis.” Unfortunately, they’re spot on.
Today I find myself joining the rest of the nation in remembering and honoring the memory of those who died on September 11, 2001. I also find myself, like many in the nation, feeling angry and astounded that seven years after the attacks we have yet to find Bin Laden.
It boggles my mind that China can beat down monks like rented mules, rack up enough air pollution to choke an elephant, restrict the “free” press without batting an eye, and attack our nation’s networks through repeated cyber attacks without suffering any consequences. How is it that they get a free ride where other countries wouldn’t?
The news that Vice President Dick Cheney has been hard at work censoring congressional testimony broke the same day the Administration announced it was lifting the Executive Order banning offshore drilling, making it a red-letter day for polluters everywhere! That said, the sooner people recognize that ‘the environment’ is a security issue, the better.
Barack Obama just slapped me in the face. Figuratively. However, I must say, as an Obama supporter, I’m none too pleased about the blow. After finally deciding who to support in this race, I elected to put my money where my mouth is and make a donation to the campaign. Amazingly, it turns out that Obama wants ‘change’ from everyone but me! My donation was refused.
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