Wouldn't that wonderful jobs speech have been a great speech two years ago? Or even a year and a half ago? Instead of the crapola "freeze federal salaries" and "deficit commission" state of the union?
Maybe there would actually have been a chance for some effective action. (Which would not involve most of the actual b.s. policy ideas -- hamstrung by the deficit monster that Obama helped conjure -- proposed tonight.)
I remember when I thought that Rahm was the problem.
Wrongo!
From the NYTimes:
The Obama administration has initiated a last-ditch diplomatic campaign to avert a confrontation this month over a plan by Palestinians to seek recognition as a state at the United Nations, but it may already be too late, according to senior American officials and foreign diplomats.
What a crappy album. It completely wastes the band's best asset: Adele Bethel's vocals. And, I can't figure out why because nothing on this record comes close to replacing them.
I'm not sure what is supposed to be attractive, new, or interesting here. Most of the album sounds like it is being played by a machine. The vocals are sunken behind leagues of dull, techno-sounding muck. If someone is actually playing instruments here, they suck and could replaced by a teenager with a computer.
Only because I liked their second album and loved the third did I listen to every excruciatingly dull moment of every tedious cut. I kept hoping that the monotonous, uninspired beginnings on the cuts were a setup for some raging breakout, but by track 6 even I started to catch on. Not going to happen. The cuts start boring and stupid and continue boring and stupid. And then the next track is boring and stupid.
I was stunned when the album ended. I was hoping at least one cut would display something of value.
Rarely have I encountered an album that is as bad as this one.
The White House has blocked EPA's new ozone rules. That would be the Obama White House not the Bush White House.
I'm sure Obama cares so it must have been the threat of a filibuster or something. Or something.
In the dark of the moon, in the flying snow, in the dead of winter,
war spreading, families dying, the world in danger,
I walk the rocky hillside, sowing clover.
-- Wendell Berry
Location
Edging away from the edge of American space
News and comments about tours, touring, & racing. Good things not seen elsewhere.
Many reviews, a DIY project or two, and some fun posts about biking.
A great, active blog.
The struggles of a fat guy on his way to middle age and the classic battle of the bulge. Against him, the entire agricultural and food production system, American Midwestern attitudes towards food and eating and a lifetime of sloth and drunkenness. His only weapon, his bike.
An exhilarating cycling blog. Formerly the authoritative site for Danish handball news and the bike porn contest (my entry was rejected), Freewheeling is a site I check out ever day.
Wonderful writing from a "bicycle obsessionist."
Sharp-witted cycling advocacy and photos
Kent Peterson is Issaquah’s Favorite Car-Free, Ultra Long-Distance Racing, Techie-Turned Mechanic
It's a magazine, newsletter, blog, and the mind boggles to think what else.
Charming, "fresh" writing about biking in University of Illinois Land.
Rick Smith's bikey comic.
Wrapped up effort to get a "share the road" vanity automobile license plate. In February 2008, failed to raise the maximum fine for running over a cyclist while the driver was failing to yield. (Bicycle Colorado was pushing for $1,000. Radical.)
Positive trajectory in doubt, trending back to ass-kiss mode. Too bad.
Denver shows why it's behind the curve. (I really didn't think this page could get worse . . . Wrong again.)
The most experienced mechanics in town and the most complete collection of tools and parts in the West. No place like it.
Last Friday of the month. Meet at Civic Center Park at the Seal Fountain pool between 5:30 and 6:00 pm.
The Denver Cruisers meet at the The Ginn Mill at 2041 Larimer Street every wednesday at 6:30pm, until September 30th.
Adventures in Local Living
Biking, Walking, and Public Transit in Denver, Colorado
A free, non-profit, collectively run community bicycle shop on the west side of Denver.
The world's first and only cruiser magazine has it's home right here in Denver. Aren't we the lucky ones!
A east side (Park Hill) non-profit bike place that encourages folks to build and fix their own bikes and gives them the tools and help to actually do it. Nice dedicated folks who seem to know what they are doing. (As befits a foundation-funded operation, the website description is opaque and baffling, but I've been there and it's a good place.)
Friendly, competent, and cool.
A large collection of articles and links on cycling and sustainability.
To inform and inspire. And it does.
(Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange) dynamic site promoting cycling as a viable and sustainable transportation choice.
"Explaining" cycling in cartoons. Works for me.
The NYTimes series on irresponsible, multitasking drivers.
The blog of the New York Streets Renaissance - advocacy in action - and as everyone knows, it happens in NYC first.
grassroots group that uses direct action and education to push for a sustainable NYC.
Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Though it's about cooking and food, I love the writing - snappy and downright . . . rollicking. Read this.
The Paris Review is a literary magazine featuring original writing, art, and in-depth interviews with famous writers. And its website is a collection of literary curiosities, fiction, and essays.
"I want to learn about sustainable agriculture, as much as I possibly can. . . . I plan to hop on my bike and head north, following the growing season in a giant loop around the country, stopping to learn and work . . . I imagine this will take about a year, maybe longer."
"[They] built the bikes, sold the house, got married, quit a job," and are cycling around Asia. They finished their tour in May 2010.
THE place for cycle tourists. If you are planning, dreaming, or riding a tour . . . .
David Byrne cycled around in the world in 1975. Now retired, he's doing it again. Why? "I can think of nothing better to do."
The best, most knowledgeable, compulsive person to talk to about panniers and racks is Wayne. Has any business, internet or brick and mortar, ever know so much and been so helpful about this stuff? His prices are great, too.
Movie stars and their self-propelled vehicles.
Fukuoka, Japan.
Interesting photos and descriptions of Japan. No bikes.
Bicycles and cycling in Japan from someone quite opinionated about Japanese cyclists and commuters.
No cycling here but a collection of glimpses of Asia, mainly Japan -- from baseball beer girls to beaches.
Calculates gearing in several useful ways and provides extra info like required deraileur capacity.
Lennard's Zinn's bike fit calculator. The link goes to the Road version.
Gardening in Denver from the staff Horticulturist with the Colorado State University Extension office in Denver. Good stuff.
