Once again, the Republicans are doing their best to nothing productive. I'll certainly agree that the budget deficit is a serious problem, one that requires serious thought and sober action. There's also the whole jobs issue that prompted voters to give them control of the House. So why aren't Republicans taking actions on these? Their latest bit of legislative tomfoolery does nothing to help either.

I am talking of course about their bill to defund NPR. How does it affect the budget? What about jobs?
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55 comments (Latest Comment: 03/18/2011 22:56:42 by livingonli)

As often happens, a crisis reminds people of controversial topics that have fallen to the bottom of the pile due to other crises. When the BP oil gusher was filling the Gulf of Mexico with poison, the cries for getting off oil were resounding. But how? Wind and solar were once again proposed, "clean" coal was politely mentioned then tossed aside, and nuclear energy was considered as a stop-gap. Sure there's no carbon pollution, but what do you do with the waste? The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have reawoken the latent fear in Americans of the dangers of radioactivity.

Whither now nuclear energy?
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62 comments (Latest Comment: 03/17/2011 01:41:49 by BobR)

Last week was a rough one. There is no question about it. There are still too many conflicting reports from Japan to really know what is going on with regard to the nuclear power plants. To be honest, I am far more concerned with the massive death toll that we will see from the Tsunami. My heart is quite heavy for the people of Japan. It's hard to know what to do in times such as these. I feel somewhat hopeless, but I know succumbing to it is not an option.

I have been wanting this month to write about History, specifically, Women's History, and It has been difficult to approach such a subject without feeling as though I am disregarding the current events of each day. From Wisconsin, to the middle east, people are rallying and fighting for basic rights and freedoms. It's is something that women here in America struggle for every day. Every day someone is trying to roll back the rights our foresisters and brothers fought - and died - to obtain.
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61 comments (Latest Comment: 03/15/2011 04:12:28 by livingonli)

Good Morning!

What are you afraid of today?

Given this past week's news, it could be any number of things. Join me on a brief, round-the-world tour.

Heading East, the first place we come to is Tripoli. Much has happened there in the past few weeks, but sadly it seems that the rebels have lost the initiative and are fighting a defensive battle.

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8 comments (Latest Comment: 03/13/2011 01:52:14 by trojanrabbit)

I had prepared for quite a different blog today. Last evenings events changed all of that. Here is what happened: And here is the statement from Governor Walker: "The Senate Democrats have had three weeks to debate this bill and were offered repeated opportunities to come home, which they refused. In order to move the state forward, I applaud the Legislature's action today to stand up to the status quo and take a step in the right direction to balance the budget and reform government. The action today will help ensure Wisconsin has a business climate that allows the private sector to create 250,000 new jobs."
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67 comments (Latest Comment: 03/10/2011 23:42:45 by trojanrabbit)