This blog post is disturbing enough, but some of the responses are downright scary. First read the original, along with the references, then follow the talk-backs. “The Bull in Full” has a particularly good analysis, part of which I’ve excerpted below.
“The written word is a funny thing, though … And there’s something [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Verschärfte Vernehmung
Posted in Bush, Politics, tagged Politics on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I See It Clearly
Posted in Bush, Lincoln, Politics on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an interesting juxtaposition. First, the current president speaking at a press conference in the Rose Garden on May 25 (link):
“Failure in Iraq affects the security of this country. It’s hard for some Americans to see that, I fully understand it. I see it clearly.”
Compare/contrast the current President to a former President, in this [...]
Oooguruk Flow Line Update
Posted in Alaska, Oil, tagged Alaska, Oil, Oooguruk, Pioneer on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pioneer Natural Resources successfully hydrotested the Oooguruk project flow line a couple weeks ago. Ice-out should be happening soon, so all equipment has been moved off the ice. Nabors rig 19 has been rehabbed and set up on the island to start production drilling, with first production oil expected in 2008. It will be interesting [...]
Oooguruk Pipeline Installation
Posted in Alaska, Oil, Oooguruk, Prudhoe Bay, tagged Oooguruk, Pioneer on May 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
[Updated 12 June 2008]
Here are some photographs of the new bundled pipeline being installed by Pioneer Natural Resources from their offshore Oooguruk platform to the shore tie-in at Kuparuk. This is the second submerged pipeline put in to service an offshore production pad in the Beaufort Sea (the other is at BP’s Northstar project). There [...]
This I Believe
Posted in Alaska, Community, Life, Writing on May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The following is something that I wrote about a year ago. I had intended to send it in to NPR’s “This I Believe” series, but never got around to it.
This I believe:
I believe in community responsibility. I believe we are responsible for making the world a better place, and that we are responsible [...]
There is no such thing as an “e-worker”
Posted in Work on May 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I just spent a frustrating day listening to Microsoft and Dell representatives laud how my fellow workers are “e-workers”. Before e-mail, I don’t recall being called a “telephone worker” or a “pen & paper worker”. I don’t hear anyone talking about “vehicular workers”.
We are workers. E-mail, computers, etc. are tools of the [...]
