Palin to Effect Change Outside Government on Larger Scale?
Posted by P.J. Pohly on July 3, 2009
"My choice is to take a stand and effect change and not just hit our head against the wall... Rather, we know we can effect positive change outside government at this moment in time, on another scale, and actually make a difference for our priorities. So we will...Sarah Palin believes she can effect positive change on another scale outside government. Still, perhaps, her intention is to end up in government - in Washington DC."Let me go back to a comfortable analogy for me, and that's sports. Basketball. And I use it because you are naive if you don't see a full court press from the national level pecking away right now. A good point guard. Here's what she does. She drives through a full court press, protecting the ball, keeping her head up, because she needs to keep her eye on the basket. And she knows exactly when to pass the ball so that the team can win. And that is what I'm doing. Keeping her eye on the ball...
"And I really don't want to disappoint anyone with this announcement."



The Global Humanitarian Forum's most recent report, "Climate Change responsible for 300,000 deaths a year," outlines the impact of climate change on human life.
Earlier this week, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed a law that will make it illegal for a driver in a car to pass a cyclist with less than three feet of space. The law also includes language that makes it illegal to "harass, taunt or maliciously throw objects at or in the direction of any person riding on a bicycle.'' Violators could be sent to jail for up to 30 days or fined a minimum of $200.

Another word or two about my reading habits. While the journals/magazine
Tall and slender young and fine, the girl from Ipanema goes walking, and as she’s walking the young man watching goes AAAHHH!
I've always made it a point to read weird, surprising, off-the-wall stuff of various sorts. Possibly my way of thinking has been shaped by my "recreational reading."