It’s all about the links, really and truly.
I’ve noticed a tendency among wingnuts to respond to cartoons like this one and last week’s (about pre-polluted babies), with accusations that I just want to go back to the stone age. I marvel at this quaintly simplistic, binary way of thinking. As if any suggestion that we apply more reason and caution to how we do things means I want to return to a purely agrarian lifestyle living off my own yams. It must be nice to live in a world where everything fits into a neat little box. – Jen Sorensen
- New Uses For the Gulf of Mexico – Jen Sorensen went to UVA, so her stuff is doubly awesome.
- Rt 28 Stakeholder Meeting – There’s a meeting for people interested in what’s going on on the Rt 28 corridor next Monday.
- Out Of My Mind – A CBS news reporter is recovering at Walter Reed from getting blown up while covering Afghanistan. She is recording her saga through this little-known blog. This post is just a taste of the price of war, and everyone should read it, and then consider that she wasn’t even a combatant.
- Bitter First Fruits and Sarcastic “Academics” – A nice peek into the smoke and mirrors that is the marriage movement. And an answer to the question, “what happens when you call a conservative’s bluff.”
- ATM’s a Mystery to Senator – An incredulous story about how out-of-touch some legislators are with regard to ATM’s (and simple technology as a whole), especially Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE).
- On Rand Paul – Vivian Paige’s take on Rand Paul proves why she is in the pantheon of best bloggers in Virginia. Read it.
- Biodiesel from Sewage Sludge Within Pennies a Gallon of Being Competitive – Gas from sewage at competitive prices? Man, I love human ingenuity. Perhaps this is a fitting tribute, in some way, to our 43rd President.
- Three Reasons a GOP Landslide Won’t Happen – Worth reading if only for this quote, “The Tea Party can fit inside the GOP because it is more a mood than a philosophy: surly, bitter, and above all entitled (cut my taxes, but keep your hands off my Medicare and Social Security).