Honda to produce green diesel cars
Tags: environment
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Friday, June 8, 2007
Transit
Jo Engelhoff of FoxPolitics.Net (They're not on your blogroll? Shame.) takes a look at the love-hate relationship some of us have with mass transit. Many of her points mirror my own thinking.
Regionalization is great. Another taxing authority? Not so much. But how do we have regionalization without giving it the authority to tax?
Here in southeast Wisconsin government officials are looking at the KRM line as well as possibly a Milwaukee-Madison line someday.
It may be good, but how do we pay for it and how do we get more people to ride it?
Tags: mass transit
Regionalization is great. Another taxing authority? Not so much. But how do we have regionalization without giving it the authority to tax?
Here in southeast Wisconsin government officials are looking at the KRM line as well as possibly a Milwaukee-Madison line someday.
It may be good, but how do we pay for it and how do we get more people to ride it?
Tags: mass transit
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Presidential politics
Wanna have dinner with Barack Obama? You can for just $5. If you get selected, of course.
Or, maybe, you want to go to a baseball game with Tagg Romney. Not as impressive, is it? Plus Romney's Republican so you have to donate at least $100. But the game does include box seats and travel.
The Democrats debated and bashed Bush. The Republicans debated and, surprise! also bashed Bush. Well, maybe not so much of a surprise. There's a nomination at stake.
I didn't watch the debates. Why? What would I have learned from them? And if I do want to watch something, everything is on the web.
Best line I heard then? Joe Biden, shaking hands in Small Town, America (New Hampshire) shakes someone's hand and says, "My name is Joe Biden. I'm one of the 800 guys running for President."
Oh, yeah.
Tags: New Hampshire debate, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden
Or, maybe, you want to go to a baseball game with Tagg Romney. Not as impressive, is it? Plus Romney's Republican so you have to donate at least $100. But the game does include box seats and travel.
The Democrats debated and bashed Bush. The Republicans debated and, surprise! also bashed Bush. Well, maybe not so much of a surprise. There's a nomination at stake.
I didn't watch the debates. Why? What would I have learned from them? And if I do want to watch something, everything is on the web.
Best line I heard then? Joe Biden, shaking hands in Small Town, America (New Hampshire) shakes someone's hand and says, "My name is Joe Biden. I'm one of the 800 guys running for President."
Oh, yeah.
Tags: New Hampshire debate, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Sports shorts
You know you're a football fan, when you find an ultrasound of a kid making your team's sign. They grow 'em young in Texas. (A tip of the conservative cap to the Waukesha Freeman).
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Good news, they're only one game behind the Yankees. Bad news, the Yankees suck!) gave up a 5 run lead Tuesday night and lost to Toronto 12-11. Wednesday night the bullpen pitched 4 innings of shutout ball as the D-Rays won 6-2.
Tim Schilke proclaims the Cubs are a mess and they beat the Brewers 2 out of 3. Further proof liberals are wrong ;^)
I don't know why but headlines like this always make me chuckle: LOL to induct six into Hall of Fame.
Former Yankee third baseman Clete Boyer died Monday at the age of 70. Boyer was a great third baseman (even if he was a Yankee) who might have gotten more press if he hadn't played in the era of the greatest fielding third baseman, perhaps, to ever live, Brooks Robinson. Robinson, if memory serves would play back to stop those shots by him and dare people to bunt. Boyer would play up against the bunt and dare you to hit it by him.
He died on the 50th anniversary of his coming to the Yanks in a 12 player trade with the K.C. A's, when the A's used to be the Yankees farm team.
Finally, if you're one of the two people who missed the tirade of the minor league manager, you can catch it here.
Tags: Tampa Bay Devil Rays, baseball, Clete Boyer, Texas Longhorns, baseball manager
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Good news, they're only one game behind the Yankees. Bad news, the Yankees suck!) gave up a 5 run lead Tuesday night and lost to Toronto 12-11. Wednesday night the bullpen pitched 4 innings of shutout ball as the D-Rays won 6-2.
Tim Schilke proclaims the Cubs are a mess and they beat the Brewers 2 out of 3. Further proof liberals are wrong ;^)
I don't know why but headlines like this always make me chuckle: LOL to induct six into Hall of Fame.
Former Yankee third baseman Clete Boyer died Monday at the age of 70. Boyer was a great third baseman (even if he was a Yankee) who might have gotten more press if he hadn't played in the era of the greatest fielding third baseman, perhaps, to ever live, Brooks Robinson. Robinson, if memory serves would play back to stop those shots by him and dare people to bunt. Boyer would play up against the bunt and dare you to hit it by him.
He died on the 50th anniversary of his coming to the Yanks in a 12 player trade with the K.C. A's, when the A's used to be the Yankees farm team.
Finally, if you're one of the two people who missed the tirade of the minor league manager, you can catch it here.
Tags: Tampa Bay Devil Rays, baseball, Clete Boyer, Texas Longhorns, baseball manager
Friday, June 1, 2007
The AP should shop at Aldi''s
where the price of milk has already gone up about 60 cents in the last two weeks.
Will Gov. Doyle now propose a profits tax on milk producers?
Tags: taxes, economics
Will Gov. Doyle now propose a profits tax on milk producers?
Tags: taxes, economics
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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