Or, I think it's my web server. Sludgie has been having major technical difficulties for the past week and a half. It's been terribly annoying - in fact, until two days ago I couldn't even post anything apologizing, or explaining, or saying "pardon our dust!" with a picture of a [...]
First, the good news - the most insidious proposition on the ballot, Prop 90’s “Eminent Domain” initiative that would allow property owners to stop any land protection with a flood of lawsuits, went down in flames. I don’t know if losing 52%-47% actually means a prop [...]
“I love doing sequels,” Gov. Schwarzenegger said last night after his landslide victory over Phil Angelides. Which makes this second term for the governor sort of like Conan The Destroyer. Which sucked. That's the one with Grace Jones. Lame.
While I voted for Phil, I don’t hate Gov. [...]
Environmentalists, along with sane people, had much to rejoice over yesterday’s election results, as the House fell solidly in Democratic hands and the Senate hanging in the balance by literally a few thousand votes. Of the LCV’s notorious “Dirty Dozen” candidates (of which there was a [...]
If old and poor people can’t afford heat in the winter months, it must be the oil and gas companies that need assistance. At least, that’s apparently the assumption of Sen. Conrad Burns (MT,) who voted against heating assistance programs for the poor and elderly but voted [...]
Is there any point in writing about Rep. Katherine Harris (FL?) There’s virtually no way she could win her campaign for Senate, because, as LCV pointed out, she flip-flopped on offshore drilling. Oh yeah, she also claimed that not voting for Christians will “legislate sin,” took bribes [...]
I had to do a political ad this week, with the election just days away and this prop on the ballot that really scares me. I know I already wrote about it, and some might say I'm beating a dead horse, but the election isn't here yet and I think [...]
Prop 84 is a bond to raise $5.4 billion to acquire public lands for recreation, improve state parks, restore wildlife habitat, protect water quality, and boost flood control. Mostly it’s about water. According to the website, less than 1% of our state budget goes to protecting water [...]
Sometimes a prop gets funded that seems so outrageous it makes you stare at the ballot and say how can they do that? Case in point is Proposition 90, which rattles the scarecrow of eminent domain and goes “Boooooooooo!” while secretly dismantling local and state government’s ability [...]
Today we have a Two-For-Toolsday offering of oil and gas industry tools, Rep. Heather Wilson (NM) and Sen. George Allen (VA.) When Rep. Heather Wilson was asked about lowering arsenic levels in drinking water, she said the lower level was “wrong-headed and based on bad science.” She [...]
Today's Friday Video Clip isn't hijacked from youtube, but rather comes to you from Save Our Environment.org, which means I don't have a way to embed on this site, or if I do, I'm too web-stupid to do it properly. Nonetheless, with the election only eleven days away, I wanted [...]
Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) is such a fan of his idea of God that he can’t stop pushing his idea of God’s agenda in his political career, including the “Santorum Amendment” to the No Child Left Behind bill, which, if it had passed, would have promoted teaching [...]
The official list, which I will update daily…
1. Rep. Richard Pombo (CA) – Pomby has already been Profiled here for his Jackassery. It’s difficult to be anything resembling an environmentalist without a deep-seated, searing hatred of Rep. Richard Pombo, enemy to all creatures that can’t plow into a redwood [...]
Only twelve days left until Election Day, which is a perfect time to cover LCV’s Dirty Dozen List. Each year LCV publishes a handy list of the politicians most beholden to the gas and oil barons that pull the strings and govern our country from [...]
Hey, all - so the big day has arrived. Here is a quick summary of the environmental issues and ballot measures I've covered, to help you be a highly informed voting citizen: