Emma “Pem” Farnsworth Dies

Elma “Pem” Farnsworth, the wife of Philo T. Farnsworth, died April 27th at the age of 98. Farnsworth, the “Father of Television”, came up with the idea of television as a 14 year old living in Rigby, Idaho
Philo Farnsworth was a 14-year-old Idaho farm boy, plowing his father’s potato field when the furrowed rows gave [...]

Snow Job

According to CNN, it appears that Tony Snow will be be the new White House Press Secretary replacing Scott McClellen. There is no doubt that Snow will be more articulate than McClellen. He should be quite effective at spinning the truth, deflecting questions, stonewalling and lying with a straight face. After all, that is what [...]

Net Neutrality Update

Unfortunately, the House Energy & Commerce Committee voted down the Markey Amendment 34-22 yesterday. Butch Otter was one of those who voted against Net Neutrality and we should continue to put the heat on him because the fight is not over. The Senate is next and then back to the full House. Click on the [...]

GOP “Solution” to High Gas Prices

This is a classic example of current GOP thinking. Charles Grassley of Iowa, Ted Stevens of Alaska, Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania are co-sponsors of a brilliant solution to the gas crisis- give all Americans a $100 gas rebate check.
Hmm..that will buy one, maybe two, tanks of gas. What is [...]

Best vs. Worse

As I have mentioned before, I have been keeping a mental list of the differences between America’s greatest President (FDR) and America’s worst President (GWB). It turns out that Newsweek magazine has put the comparison in print this week in an article by Jonathan Alter titled “What FDR teaches us.” Too bad Bush is such [...]

Deconstructing Bush

Saturday was Earth Day. I posted a link to the Earth Day Network where there was a thoughtful essay entitled “Climate Change Solutions: What you can do right now.”
Yesterday, in his weekly radio address, President Bush used Earth Day as his theme. Did he take Earth Day as a chance to discuss the real [...]

We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us

HAPPY EARTH DAY!
Today is the 36th Earth Day and the famous Pogo cartoon celebrating the first earth day is more appropriate than ever.
Walt Kelly, the author of the Pogo comic strip, was a brilliant cartoonist and political satirist. Pogo first appeared in the 1950’s during the McCarthy era and continued through the Nixon presidency.
Pogo was [...]

Net Neutrality Video

UPDATE: The site, Public Knowledge, has a short two minute video that does a great job of explaining what might happen if Congress does not insure “Net Neutrality.”

The Power Elite- Net Neutrality and Digital Identities

50 years ago C. Wright Mills coined the phrase “The Power Elite” to describe the process by which the leaders of the military, corporate, and political elements of society are able to assume and use decision-making power to insure their own selfish interests. What results, of course, is that the ordinary citizen is a relatively [...]

I am the Eggplant; I am the Decider

This is too good not to share! Go to the Huffington Post to hear this hilarious remake of “I am the Walrus.”