When the government owns GM…
Toyota doesn’t get treated very well. Good post from over at Coyote Blog. It seems Transportation Department secretary Ray LaHood is Image via Wikipedia sitting on some findings about Toyota’s “sticking accelerator pedal” problem. George Person, who recently retired from the National Highway Traffic Safety Admistration after 27 years, says a report was compiled that [...]
Workout Report (7/29)
8,756 rowing (3×2500 @ 148w) 2 x #12 medball 120 Elapsed time ~58:00
Did the government cause the Gulf oil spill?
This is very interesting. Could the actions, or lack thereof, of the government have caused the Deepwater Horizon rig to topple, thereby breaking the pipe that was containing the oil? Read about it at Hot Air: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/30/did-the-government-cause-the-gulf-spill/
Workout Report (7/28)
9,031m rowing (6000 main set @ 187w avg) Elapsed time 45:00
The environmental disaster that, well, wasn’t
It appears that even the lame-stream media (LSM) is starting to get it: there isn’t really an “environmental disaster” in the Gulf of Mexico The Deepwater Horizon oil-rig explosion was a terrible tragedy for the workers who were killed and their families. The resulting oil spill, touted nightly on news reports with dramatic “Day x” [...]
Dootnie Speaks (7): The importance of showing up, and school activities
As a child, my parents drilled into me the importance of showing up. Dad taught by example: In twelve years of school I only missed 1 day in Junior High School, and in 33 years of working for Southern States Cooperative, Vepco, and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, I had perfect attendance. I thank God [...]
Workout Report (7/27)
8,500 m rowed (5×1500 @ 150w) 30 chinup 30 pullup 150 pushup 60 DB shoulder press #25 60 curl w/ band 60 chair dip Elapsed time 1:10:00
Hey Republicans: what’s our unifying theme?
Jeb Babbin, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under George H. W. Bush, has in interesting piece over at The American Spectator today. He details some of the current administration’s failures, and how ample opportunity is available for the opposing party to regain some of the losses experienced in 2008. He identifies some young guns with big [...]
Workout Report (7/25)
8,500m rowing 3.0 mi walk Elapsed time 1:25:27
Workout Report (7/24)
11,108m rowed (main set 7500@175w) Elapsed time 58:39
Items of interest (to me) from around the Blogosphere
Walter Williams has a couple of good recent columns To examine why Obama’s stimulus package is a huge failure, Williams examines his hero FDR, and the economic destruction his policies wrought – extending the Great Depression for years: A failed Obama hero Taking a look at the unintended consequences that arise from government policies – how [...]
Making my blood boil: MSM reporting on “Pay Czar’s Findings”
Here’s a prime example of why the MSM (mainstream media, for the uninitiated) is continuing to lose influence and readers (or viewers). Earlier today, I saw a link to this USA Today story that someone had retweeted on Twitter. It’s written by Dan Wagner, “business writer” for the Money section of USAT. Because it was so short, I’d I’d [...]
Dootnie Speaks (6): On Work
Dad was a hard-working man, and he taught me and my siblings about the value of hard work. Not through words so much, but through example. His diligent and progressively more responsible work over his teenage years and adult career earned him and my mother a comfortable retirement. We were not well-off by monetary standards, [...]
Workout Report (7/22)
25 chinup 25 pullup 100 pushup 80 DB shoulder press #25 60 DB curl #25 80 delt fly w/ band 60 chair dip 3.5 mi walk (tried to run a little; knee just didn’t like it much) Elapsed time 1:30:20
Two More Gems from Doctor Zero
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: John Hayward has to be one of the best bloggers writing today. Here are short excerpts of his two latest posts. You owe it to yourself to click on the link and go read the rest of them. Whistling Past The JournoList Graveyard Leftist writers and pundits [...]
