January 30th, 2008 Brian
Edwards withdrew from the presidential campaign today. He didn’t give any indication of why, but unless it was a decision dictated by personal reasons, I think we can safely blame our campaign finance system.
Our system favors the corrupt individual who is able to raise the most money. Wealthy donors are able to disproportionately influence the actions of our politicians since they can more easily donate the maximum contributions. Everyone knows this argument. This is nothing new. What we’ve seen in the democratic nomination process has further elucidated why change must occur sooner rather than later.
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January 27th, 2008 Brian
Now that we see the polls were all off by about 17%, even more evidence they are worthless, what conclusions are we to draw from the Sat. primary? I love what the WaPo Fix had to say blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/01/more_thoughts_on_sc.html Cillizza seems pretty upbeat about the exit-poll results, however I’m a little more sanguine. Yes he blew the Clinton(s) away 4 to 1! among African-Americans, but he’s hasn’t been enjoying the success he had in Iowa among white voters, and its unclear he can pull Latinos into his movement. They sided with Clinton in Nevada though not by the margins Obama got in S.C..
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January 26th, 2008 Brian
Recently the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), a sports car racing series, unveiled an initiative to integrate environmentally friendly policies and regulations into the series. In 2007/early 2008 Formula 1 and the FIA announced it would be opening up regulations starting in 2009 to technologies such as regenerative breaking, with further steps planned in the the future. I’m wondering, does any of this matter? Is there really such a thing as the greening of auto racing, and can auto racing play any role in a world besieged by global warming and a diminished supply of oil?
To answer this question we must examine the proposed programs, the current state of green automotive technologies, and the opportunities that reside that haven’t been addressed in some form as of yet.
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January 24th, 2008 Brian
This blog will soon contain posts on a variety of topics including music, politics, sports, the news, tech, and good ole life. It’ll be an evolving forum for me to share my thoughts and maybe provoke a little conversation. I welcome anyone who may be interested in joining in.
-Brian
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