I went for a nice ride today, although it wasn't as nice as the plan. The plan was Lincoln to Cortland. Cortland to Roca. Roca to Bennet. Bennet back to Lincoln. 56 miles.
Well, I took a wrong turn after roca and ended up on a gravel saltillo road. Only got 50 miles in, oh well.
I'm hoping to get ready for track and back in a couple weeks.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Media Hates Palin - And Newt Gingrich
It's a load of crap. The media is unbelievably agnostic to Palin. They seem to refuse to criticize her but instead criticize McCain for hiding her.
Let's look at the first four results on news.google.com for 'Palin.'
A less-popular Sarah Palin heads to debate:
The article starts to talk about how Palin initially helped the McCain campaign but then disappeared off the media map (probably has something to do with her refusal to talk to the media -- because they're so mean).
The article then cites a poll which indicates that some folks think Palin isn't ready to be President if McCain dies.
The article then has some quotes from regular people about Palin.
This is totally off limits. They talked about a valid issue (a candidates experience) and then went on to ask voters what they thought of the candidate. The media is being absolutely terrible to this woman! Shame on you Los Angelas Times!.
McCain's 'Stop Sarah Palin' strategy working like a charm, polls show:
This one is even worse. It accuses McCain of keeping Palin out of the lime light. That's terrible! I mean, yes, she's been out of the lime light. And, yes, it's McCain's campaign. And, yes, he does tend to interrupt her questioning in interviews (Curric interview). But there's no reason to point out the obvious!
This article should be talking about how she doesn't sleep around on her husband! How she can camp, hike, and shoot good too! She's a good person, of course she can run the US Senate! (Okay, she has had it out with big oil -- and won: She probably can command the senate).
Political Wisdom: Sarah Palin's Big Moment Arrives:
This one really criticizes her. Apparently she sucked it up pretty bad with Curric (she did) and the pundits are wondering how well she'll do in the debate.
This is actually ridiculous. I really hate it when pundits get too far into the debates before they happen.
McCain dogged by questions over Palin:
This is about McCain about Palin. Yea, he's defensive. No wonder the media is all over it. He comes off as if he's been cornered. They're pressing it. Way to go McCain: You were a solid candidate before you started spouting crap about Obama's "naivity."
Then you start talking about working with Palin on energy issues. I hope Palin knows something about energy, but I suspect she knows a lot about oil (specifically how to tax oil companies) and not much about other, more realistic, forms of energy.
As I watch this thing unfold I'm seeing McCain calling names, spouting half truths about war funding, blaming the media (like a child), and failing to present rational thought in his first debate. I'm watching Obama talk about the future, talk about his plans, and present important information about why he made controversial votes. Biden and Palin are hardly covered (not a surprise).
I liked McCain. Until I saw his political ads. I liked Obama. I still like Obama.
We've got big problems folks. Demand that the candidates shut up about each other and talk about themselves and their plans on: Energy, economy, and security. Everything else is secondary because those three things could leave us speaking a foreign language if they're not handled well.
Now I'm listening to Newt Gingrich talk about shale oil in the rockies. Although NPR reported that it could be pulled for as little as $33 a barrel, it just hasn't happened. Admittedly that is probably because oil prices were below that until about 6 years ago. All reports I've heard indicate that getting this oil is barely better than 1:1: That's one barrel of oil worth of energy for one barrel of oil worth of product.
Current production is supposedly around 20:1. Production fifty years ago was more like 90:1. Oil is getting harder to get: And it's not surprising. We took the easy stuff first. Duh.
Let's look at the first four results on news.google.com for 'Palin.'
A less-popular Sarah Palin heads to debate:
The article starts to talk about how Palin initially helped the McCain campaign but then disappeared off the media map (probably has something to do with her refusal to talk to the media -- because they're so mean).
The article then cites a poll which indicates that some folks think Palin isn't ready to be President if McCain dies.
The article then has some quotes from regular people about Palin.
This is totally off limits. They talked about a valid issue (a candidates experience) and then went on to ask voters what they thought of the candidate. The media is being absolutely terrible to this woman! Shame on you Los Angelas Times!.
McCain's 'Stop Sarah Palin' strategy working like a charm, polls show:
This one is even worse. It accuses McCain of keeping Palin out of the lime light. That's terrible! I mean, yes, she's been out of the lime light. And, yes, it's McCain's campaign. And, yes, he does tend to interrupt her questioning in interviews (Curric interview). But there's no reason to point out the obvious!
This article should be talking about how she doesn't sleep around on her husband! How she can camp, hike, and shoot good too! She's a good person, of course she can run the US Senate! (Okay, she has had it out with big oil -- and won: She probably can command the senate).
Political Wisdom: Sarah Palin's Big Moment Arrives:
This one really criticizes her. Apparently she sucked it up pretty bad with Curric (she did) and the pundits are wondering how well she'll do in the debate.
This is actually ridiculous. I really hate it when pundits get too far into the debates before they happen.
McCain dogged by questions over Palin:
This is about McCain about Palin. Yea, he's defensive. No wonder the media is all over it. He comes off as if he's been cornered. They're pressing it. Way to go McCain: You were a solid candidate before you started spouting crap about Obama's "naivity."
Then you start talking about working with Palin on energy issues. I hope Palin knows something about energy, but I suspect she knows a lot about oil (specifically how to tax oil companies) and not much about other, more realistic, forms of energy.
As I watch this thing unfold I'm seeing McCain calling names, spouting half truths about war funding, blaming the media (like a child), and failing to present rational thought in his first debate. I'm watching Obama talk about the future, talk about his plans, and present important information about why he made controversial votes. Biden and Palin are hardly covered (not a surprise).
I liked McCain. Until I saw his political ads. I liked Obama. I still like Obama.
We've got big problems folks. Demand that the candidates shut up about each other and talk about themselves and their plans on: Energy, economy, and security. Everything else is secondary because those three things could leave us speaking a foreign language if they're not handled well.
Now I'm listening to Newt Gingrich talk about shale oil in the rockies. Although NPR reported that it could be pulled for as little as $33 a barrel, it just hasn't happened. Admittedly that is probably because oil prices were below that until about 6 years ago. All reports I've heard indicate that getting this oil is barely better than 1:1: That's one barrel of oil worth of energy for one barrel of oil worth of product.
Current production is supposedly around 20:1. Production fifty years ago was more like 90:1. Oil is getting harder to get: And it's not surprising. We took the easy stuff first. Duh.
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