Why Cruise Lines May Not Be Safe After All

By |2012-01-21T15:29:00-08:00January 21, 2012|technorati, Uncategorized|

Our family cruises. We're almost to the perk level of getting free laundry on Princess Cruises, and we've persuaded nervous friends that they won't get seasick or stranded at sea when they book on one of today's cruise lines. But, the chronic lying, chaos, and blame passing by the brass associated with Carnival Corporation's wrecked Costa Concordia makes even us dedicated cruisers question the overall safety of our vacations.  Carnival quickly threw the ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, under the bus saying that the disaster was caused by "significant human error".  Schettino deserves the bus's tread marks. He has endlessly compounded his [...]

Thank You for Ending the Iraq War

By |2011-12-19T18:31:00-08:00December 19, 2011|philippic, Uncategorized|

In Iowa President Obama’s campaign headquarters is the target of anti-war Occupiers demanding the dismantling of the “ U.S. military empire.” .  A photograph of the protesters taken Sunday shows fresh-faced people mugging for the camera in friendly sincerity.  The Occupiers were  apparently either oblivious or unmoved by the news that the final American troops were departing Iraq as they pitched their tents in a public opposition to the President who orchestrated and ordered the war’s end.In San Francisco, my church has been a hive of anti-Iraq war activity.  The peace-loving congregation wrapped the building up in anti-war tape one [...]

Looking for News? Skip This Week’s Focus on the Debt-Reduction Super Committee

By |2011-11-22T06:02:00-08:00November 22, 2011|technorati, Uncategorized|

This week’s media frenzy is a super-sized, minute-by-minute coverage of the failure of the Congressional Super Committee to reach an agreement on cutting $1.2 Trillion from the budget deficit. We’re going to see lead stories detailing the up-to-the-second state of failed negotiations. And, every news outlet will have a juicy feature story with someone’s opinion about the disaster that the failure of the Super Committee will trigger or a local color angle.We’ll see haggard members of Congress coming out of midnight meetings. They’ll be an angry President bemoaning the lack of political cooperation. And, they’ll be heart-wrenching pictures of injured [...]

Мои твиты

By |2011-11-06T19:41:00-08:00November 6, 2011|twitter, Uncategorized|

Вс, 07:52: How Bevan Dufty Became My First Choice for Mayor http://t.co/ZjdrwAmb Вс, 09:26: How Bevan Dufty Became My First Choice for San Francisco Mayor http://t.co/ayjOgH2X

How Bevan Dufty Became My First Choice for Mayor

By |2011-11-06T07:52:00-08:00November 6, 2011|Uncategorized|

Bevan Dufty is my first choice for Mayor, probably because I think he is most like the person I would be if I were willing to put up with a life in politics. Bevan has lots of ideas, but isn’t ideological.  Instead of grandstanding, he’s practical. He watches details and focuses on real-world ways to provide services to citizens. Bevan is not bland.  He’s just not a drama queen.  His approach and ideas are stunning to me, because they are obvious and simple.  And, no other candidate has come up with them. Here are three quick examples: San Francisco needs [...]

Occupy Stupid Land

By |2011-10-27T06:21:00-07:00October 27, 2011|philippic, Uncategorized|

Congratulations to the fringe of the Occupy movements for completely switching the focus of the protest from the powerful economic justice issues to the thinly-supported demand for the Right to Camp Anywhere.  The news reports and Tweets are no longer talking about executive salaries and Wall Street. Instead they are counting the number of plates thrown at cops and the number of tear gas canisters lobbed back.The liberal-leaning city governments of Oakland, New York, and soon probably San Francisco are the new targets of the protests who are both outraged and outrageous in their hyperbole. The most vocal Occupy folks [...]

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