Politicians are failing to comprehend the breadth of the US infrastructure crisis. Only disasters move our representatives to act — and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing bridges to find, fund and fix. A comprehensive report by Dr. Denny Wilkins.
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America is rotting from the inside
(via www.scholarsandrogues.com)
Submitted by Master of the P... on Tue, 2008-05-13 07:58. | Tags: politics | bush | business | congress | Democrats | economy | energy | environment | gop | government | infrastructure | iraq | media | policy | Poverty | republicans | security | Senate
Shock and Awe on Iraqi Global Warming Warfront
(via ecoworldly.com)
As it rages on five years later, perhaps one should spare a moment to reflect on the environmental effects of the war in Iraq.
Submitted by gavinhudson on Sat, 2008-03-29 03:12. | Tags: politics | climate change | iraq | war
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FrogBlog - The Blitz
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How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog takes us back to the 1940's for a comedic lesson in how we can change our lives now and actually enjoy it.
Submitted by How to Boil a Frog on Mon, 2008-03-24 21:34. | Tags: politics | bailout | bear stearns | bush | china | Community | debt | Economics | frog | Frogblog | garden | hunger | iraq | Iraq War | JP Morgan | murder | Murrow | oil | peak oil | Politics | relocalization | singapore | swing | tar sands | war | world war two | ww2 | wwii
Volunteers collect Baghdad’s nameless dead
(via treilulele.com)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Sheik Jamal al-Sudani leads a group of volunteers with one of the most solemn tasks in Iraq: Collecting and burying the hundreds of unclaimed dead every month and giving them a proper burial.
Submitted by blueline on Mon, 2007-09-10 16:01. | Tags: take action | iraq