http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/ Copyright 2008 John Orr Sun, 11 May 2008 15:30:40 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Radio UserLand v8.2.1 jworr@opermail.com jworr@opermail.com rssUpdates 23 0 22 3 1 21 14 12 60 http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/11.html#a11375 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/flora/moongarder051108.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/flora/moongarder051108.jpg" width="85" height="64" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named moongarder051108.jpg"></a> <p>Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there. You know who you are. Our task today is to get Mrs. Gulch to slow down a bit, enjoy the day, take a walk or ride around the neighborhood. <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/redbudeverett.jpg">Redbuds</a> are in their <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/redbudvance.jpg">prime</a> around town and <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/redtulips.jpg">tulips</a> are popping up everywhere. Click on the thumb for a <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/flora/moongarder051108.jpg">virtual bouquet</a> from Mrs. Gulch's <i>Moon Garden</i>.</p> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/11.html#a11375 Sun, 11 May 2008 14:21:25 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/11.html#a11371 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/water/greatlakes.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/water/greatlakes.jpg" width="86" height="64" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named greatlakes.jpg"></a> <p>There is a lot of sentiment from states around the Great Lakes to keep other states in the nation from raiding them as a source of fresh water. Despite the astronomical costs involved for energy, construction and permitting, some still think that we those of us west of the 100th meridian have our eyes on the lakes as a source for more growth. Here's an <a href="http://www.waterandwastewater.com/blog/archives/2008/05/great_lakes_not.shtml">update<a> on efforts to keep the Great Lakes Not for sale," embodied in a new book, <a href="http://www.tatteredcover.com/NASApp/store/Search;jsessionid=abcaxAXs-Wj7tdg6KHyNr?s=results&initiate=yes&ks=q&qsselect=KQ&title=&author=&qstext=Great+Lakes+for+Sale%3A+From+Whitecaps+to+Bottlecaps&x=8&y=7">Great Lakes for Sale: From Whitecaps to Bottlecaps</a>. From the review on <i>The Water and Wastewater Blog</i>:</p> <p>"In 'Great Lakes for Sale: From Whitecaps to Bottlecaps,' Dave Dempsey makes a case for a regional effort to make sure these waters are not for sale to or controlled by interests outside the region. While a system holding 18 percent of the world's -- 95 percent of the US -- fresh surface water supply may never be pumped dry, Dempsey worries its water level could be tragically lowered by those who would export to thirsty neighbors, domestic and foreign."</p> <p>Coyote Gulch wonders if they'd be willing to pipe some water down here to process oil shale? It would be a way for them to share in Colorado's pain. Colorado and the Great Lakes states, sister national sacrifice zones.</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/coloradowater/">Colorado Water</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/11.html#a11371 Sun, 11 May 2008 13:38:50 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/11.html#a11370 <p><a href="http://www.juancole.com/2008/05/maliki-sadr-agreement-on-sadr-city-al.html">Juan Cole:</a> "The al-Maliki government and the Sadrists pulled back from the brink in Sadr City on Saturday. PM Nuri al-Maliki had demanded that the Mahdi Army militia that serves as the Sadrist paramilitary give up its arms and dissolve itself. The compromise simply states that the Iraqi security forces would be allowed in to Sadr City to search for suspected medium and heavy weapons. The implication is that the Mahdi Army may continue to exist and may keep its light weapons (e.g. AK-47s), though it has to pledge not to walk with them in public."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/11.html#a11370 Sun, 11 May 2008 13:23:43 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/11.html#a11368 <p>Here's a <a href="http://themoderatevoice.com/media/journalism/19522/clintons-white-americans-comments-still-being-denounced-extensively/">recap</a> of opinion about Hillary Clinton's statement about being more popular than Barack Obama with white voters from <i>The Moderate Voice</i>. They write: 'But the barrage doesn't end just there. On newspaper op-ed pages from the U.S. to Great Britain Clinton is being denounced, usually on several key points: (a) her comments make her a more polarizing figure than ever, (b) her comments are unlikely to help her achieve her goals of winning the nomination and unifying the party and (c) her comments damage the Clinton's legacy of good ties with black voters -- a legacy already greatly strained by some of Bill Clinton's race-raising comments."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/11.html#a11368 Sun, 11 May 2008 13:09:32 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11367 <p>Here's a look at the war on drugs from <a href="http://thecurrent.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/05/higher-learning.php">James Gibney (via <i>The Atlantic</i>)</a>. He writes:</p> <blockquote>You'd have to be sucking on a doobie as big as a submarine to think our current drug-control policies work: from 1982 to 2005, the Drug Enforcement Administration's budget increased roughly tenfold, the national arrest rate for drug offenses more than doubled (from 286 per 100,000 to 600 per 100,000) ... and a dangerous drug like cocaine became dramatically less expensive. Meanwhile, busts for the possession of marijuana, which also figured prominently in the San Diego State investigation, still account for the most drug arrests in this country.</p> <p>The war on drugs not only wastes law-enforcement resources, it also corrodes our respect for the law in general. Using a relatively benign drug like marijuana should become a regulated pastime, indulged in by consenting adults, much like drinking alcohol or gambling. Drunk driving kills more than 17,000 people each year, and 3 percent of the U.S. population meets the criteria for "problem gamblers." But no one talks seriously about reviving the 18th Amendment or shuttering Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Why? Because Prohibition taught us that banning such activities creates a nation of lawbreakers and a popular culture that exalts criminality. Costly, dubious, and ineffective legal strictures just end up undermining the social compact they're intended to reinforce.</blockquote> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/reefer-madness.html">Andrew Sullivan</a> for the link.</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11367 Sat, 10 May 2008 15:12:46 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11363 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/fireworksmcnaughtlightning.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/fireworksmcnaughtlightning.jpg" width="100" height="39" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named fireworksmcnaughtlightning.jpg"></a> <p>The Nation Center for Atmospheric Research has a shiny new computer from IBM to help with <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/NCAR+Climate+WaterCooled+Supercomputer+Aims+to+Save+Lives/article11738.htm">climate analysis</a>, according to <i>DailyTech</i>. From the article:</p> <blockquote>It's a well known fact that developing realistic models to simulate climate change scenarios is a challenge, arduous, and cerebral task that currently is done rather poorly. Many models feature glaring flaws, and most models lag behind true prediction, trying to be able to repeat previous weather patterns as proof of concept that there future predictions will hold true. And most have trouble even doing that. Half of the equation is coming up with a better understanding of the math and physics driving the problem. The other half of the equation to improve the struggling weather modeling community is allocating more computing resources. Weather models take massive amounts of number crunching to generate semi-accurate results. The <a href="http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/">National Center for Atmospheric Research</a> (NCAR) is working to shore up the latter count with the addition of a massive new IBM supercomputer to its Boulder, CO research center. The center is arguably the nation's largest hotbed for climate and weather research. The new supercomputer, a Power 575 Hydro- Cluster, will not only allow it to improve its analysis, but also to conserve energy, thanks to an energy efficient design by IBM...</p> <p>Part of the use of the cluster will center on climate change. Researchers hope to analyze effects that warming (or cooling) might have on the environment, such as future patterns of precipitation, droughts, changes in growing seasons, and warming's influence on hurricanes. The system will also analyze severe weather in the present. Researchers hope to use the system's power to develop more accurate weather forecasting models. These models will in turn help to forewarn citizens of impending severe weather. With tornado deaths in the U.S. jumping from 67 to 81 between 2006 and 2007, and with 75 U.S. tornado casualties already this year, these models can literally be life-saving...</p> <p>One of the computer's first main tasks will be a heady and likely controversial one. The system will be tasked with developing climate simulations for use in the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN organization monitoring global warming and other climate change phenomena. The organization shared the Nobel Prize in 2007...</p> <p>NCAR is under the administration of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). The National Science Foundation (NSF) primarily sponsors the center's research. Other funding comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Defense (DOD), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).</blockquote> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/climatechange/">Climate Change News</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11363 Sat, 10 May 2008 14:24:56 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11359 <a href="http://www.juancole.com/2008/05/sadr-city-residents-warned-to-leave.html">Juan Cole</a> "The Iraqi military has warned civilians to leave the vast slum of Sadr City, apparently in preparation for a massive government assault on the Mahdi Army militia based there. Since slum dwellers notoriously lack the means to leave their slums, this call seems more likely to be for the sake of appearances than a realistic expectation. When thousands are massacred in the course of a military attack on a densely packed civilian area, the authorities will be able to say that they gave fair warning. Although the US demonizes the Mahdi Army, Many Sadr City residents view it as in part a charitable organization, and they also are often grateful for the security it provides. It is not as if the federal government is providing security."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11359 Sat, 10 May 2008 13:48:59 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11357 <p><a href="http://www.juancole.com/2008/05/lebanon-take-2-steps-toward-civil-war.html">Juan Cole:</a> "On late Friday, the Lebanese army moved into some neighborhoods that had been taken during the day by the Hizbullah militia. Hizbullah routed Sunni militiamen loyal to Saad Hariri and set fire to the offices of al-Mustaqbal newspaper, his press outlet. (The Lebanese Army declined to intervene, the same mistake it made in 1975). Likewise, the Futur or Mustaqbal television station is off the air after employees fled for "security reasons." But the fighting hasn't just been between Sunni and Shiite."</p> <p>Here's the <a href="http://www.rationalgrounds.com/mt-archives/2008/05/lebanon_explain.html">play by play</a> from a blogger on the ground in Beirut. Thanks to <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/194192.php">Talking Points Memo</a> for the link.</p> <p>Here's a <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/what-the-hell-i.html">roundup<a> of opinion about Beirut from Andrew Sullivan who asks, "What the hell is going on in Beirut?"</p> <p><a href="http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2008/05/israel-at-60.html">normblog:</a> "Today I'm celebrating the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the state of Israel, and I invite readers of normblog to join me in doing so. Here are six reasons, one for each decade, why Israel's existence is something worth celebrating."</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/israel-at-60.html">Andrew Sullivan</a> for the link.</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11357 Sat, 10 May 2008 13:47:55 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11356 <p><a href="http://politicswest.com/24437/recognizing_race_chasm">David Sirota (via Politics West)</a>: "The issue of race makes a lot of folks uncomfortable - and that's especially true right now when the nation is closer than ever to electing the first black President of the United States. As my <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_9198873">new newspaper column this week</a> shows, many Serious People who dominate our political debate have reacted to this historic election and their own queasiness about race by exposing their prejudices. On one side, you have the ostriches - the political "thinkers" like Reihan Salam and Michael Lind who look at the Race Chasm and pretend it doesn't exist...On the other side you have the minstrel show producers - the media and politicians who are more than thrilled to exploit race and treat African Americans as less than human...Each side is expressing a form of bigotry."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11356 Sat, 10 May 2008 13:47:18 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11354 <p><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/lets-fight-the.html">Andrew Sullivan:</a> "Let's fight the culture war again: Boomer-con [Charles] Krauthammer <a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTRhOWRmZWQzZDIwOGU3ZDg4OTBmNzlkNDExN2U5MzQ=">cannot wait</a> for another election about the red-blue, Vietnam-era, divide"</p> <p><a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/05/09/arg_poll_clinton_holds_huge_lead_in_west_virginia.html">Political Wire</a> "A new American Research Group poll in West Virginia finds Sen. Hillary Clinton way ahead of Sen. Barack Obama, 66% to 23%."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/10.html#a11354 Sat, 10 May 2008 13:45:57 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/09.html#a11348 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/fauna/whoopingcranes.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/fauna/whoopingcranes.jpg" width="69" height="64" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named whoopingcranes.jpg"></a> <p><a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/may/08/bushs-signature-gives-go-ahead-for-platte-plan/">From</a> <i>The Rocky Mountain News</i>: "President Bush gave final approval for a Platte River recovery plan on Thursday when he signed a massive natural resources bill into law [<a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-2739">S. 2739: Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008</a>]. The recovery plan, backed by Sens. Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, of Colorado, and their counterparts from Nebraska, is meant to protect endangered or threatened species while allowing continued water use and development along the river. It sets aside $157 mdillion as the federal share of implementing the agreement, first signed by the governors of Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming with the Interior Department in 2006."</p> <p>More <a href="http://www.theindependent.com/news/x1623077523/Platte-recovery-plan-signed-into-law">coverage</a> from <i>The Grand Island Independent</i>. From the article:</p> <blockquote>Following a decade old struggle to address Platte River problems with endangered and threatened species, President Bush on Thursday signed into law legislation to implement the federal share of the Platte River recovery implementation plan. The plan is part of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008, which was sponsored by Nebraska U.S. Sens. Ben Nelson and Chuck Hagel...</p> <p>The bill authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with the program and includes $157 million to carry it out. The cost will be shared 50/50 by the states and federal government. Through the program the states will provide benefits for the endangered and threatened species as well as land, water, and scientific monitoring and research to evaluate benefits of the program. Now that the bill has been signed into law, Ron Bishop, manager of the Central Platte Natural Resources District, said the next step is to "start building projects...That will open them up to start acquiring the land and water that they need," Bishop said. Two of the big goals of the recovery plan are to increase flows in the Platte River and create new habitat to benefit the four endangered and threatened species the program is designed to protect. The species are the endangered interior least tern, whooping crane, pallid sturgeon and the threatened piping plover...</p> <p>The plan proposes to acquire 10,000 acres of new habitat. The proposed area is between Lexington and Chapman, which is within the Central Platte NRD. Bishop said once that land is acquired, the project will still pay property taxes on the land to lessen the impact on local governments and school districts. The plan also proposes to acquire between 130,000 to 150,000 acre feet of water. Bishop said they have already lined up 80,000 acre feet of water, which will be needed to accomplish the goal of increasing river flows to benefit the threatened and endangered species.</blockquote> <p>More Coyote Gulch coverage <a href="http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=platte+river+recovery+plan&btnG=Search&sitesearch=radio.weblogs.com%2F&hq=inurl%3A0101170">here</a>.</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/coloradowater/">Colorado Water</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/09.html#a11348 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:01:00 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/09.html#a11347 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/water/derrick.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/water/derrick.jpg" width="64" height="67" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named derrick.jpg"></a> <p><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/may/09/bush-approves-water-recovery-bill/">From</a> <i>The Boulder Daily Camera</i>: "Federal legislation [<a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1116">s. 1116</a>] to explore putting groundwater pumped out during oil and gas production to use was signed into law Thursday. The bill signed by President Bush directs the Interior Department to assess the feasibility of recovering and cleaning up the millions of gallons of water that are reinjected into the ground or disposed of during oil and gas development. The water's fate has become contentious as natural gas development has increased in the Rockies. Large volumes of water are pumped out during coal-bed methane production. Pumping groundwater relieves the pressure that traps the gas in the coal seams. 'Every day, 2 million gallons of produced water are wasted in this nation, unfit for any use,' said Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Denver, one of the bill's sponsors. New Mexico Sens. Jeff Bingaman, a Democrat, and Pete Domenici, a Republican, and Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., were the other sponsors."</p> <p>More Coyote Gulch coverage <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hq=inurl%3A0101170&hl=en&suggon=0&sitesearch=radio.weblogs.com%2F&q=s+1116&btnG=Search">here</a>.</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/coloradowater/">Colorado Water</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/09.html#a11347 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:57:06 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/08.html#a11344 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/hurricane.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/hurricane.jpg" width="80" height="64" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named hurricane.jpg"></a> <p><a href="http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1933">USGS:</a> "USGS is providing Landsat satellite imagery to aid rescue and recovery efforts in Myanmar in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis's landfall on May 3. International emergency response teams are using the Landsat images to assess the extent of flood damage caused by the cyclone in the affected region. The first maps of the area derived from the Landsat satellite were provided to waiting agencies within hours of the initial request. The USGS provides Landsat imagery to other participating agencies under an agreement known as the International Charter Space and Major Disasters (Space Charter)."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/climatechange/">Climate Change News</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/08.html#a11344 Thu, 08 May 2008 23:49:14 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/08.html#a11343 <p> Politco has a nifty <a href="http://www.politico.com/superdelegates/">Superdelegate chart</a>. Thanks to <a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/05/08/tracking_the_supers.html">Political Wire</a> for the link.</p> <p>And from <a href="http://politicswest.com/24390/colorados_silent_superdelegates">Politics West</a>: "Three Dem superdelegates in Colorado's congressional delegation remain uncommitted after the latest primaries in N.C. and Indiana. Rep. John Salazar, Sen. Ken Salazar and Rep. Mark Udall have said they want to wait until after the final primary on June 3 to name their picks, according to Denver Post reporter Anne Mulkern."</p> <p><a href="http://dailymail.com/Opinion/DonSurber/200805080053?page=2&build=cache">Don Surber:</a> "In the end, the next president will not be judged by the color of his skin or the Loony Tunes he has met over the years. He will be chosen by the content of his character."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/08.html#a11343 Thu, 08 May 2008 23:47:14 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/08.html#a11341 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/water/coloradohotsprings.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/water/coloradohotsprings.jpg" width="79" height="64" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named coloradohotsprings.jpg"></a> <p>Mt. Princeton Geothermal LLC briefed Chaffee County residents on potential plans to tap <a href="http://www.themountainmail.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=13663">geothermal energy</a> to produce electricity on Monday, according to <i>The Mountain Mail</i>. From the article:</p> <blockquote>About 80 people, including residents and investment bankers, attended a presentation Monday about generating electric power in Chaffee County using geothermal energy. Mt. Princeton Geothermal LLC personnel want to use new technology to access abundant geothermal resources in the area...</p> <p>The process pumps naturally heated water to the surface where it is used to heat fluid that in turn drives a turbine generating electricity. The spring water is returned to the ground. "The size and scope of the facility depends on the reservoir of hot water we find," [Fred Henderson III, local property owner and chief scientist for the company] said. "We are thinking a 10 megawatt facility is a reasonable objective."[...]</p> <p>Henderson continued, "This is a nonconsumptive resource. We can go to extreme depth to get water with little or no impact to existing water." Mount Princeton Hot Springs, a partner in the venture, is considering installation of one of the generating units for its use. As a first step, Colorado School of Mines students will conduct geophysical surveys. "This is completely non-invasive research," Henderson said. "They will produce useful data for water studies of the area." The group, based at Deer Valley Ranch, will be in the Buena Vista area beginning May 11, and will remain about two weeks. Questions and inquiries may be addressed to Henderson at <a href="mailto:hendcos@msn.com">hendcos@msn.com</a>.</blockquote> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/climatechange/">Climate Change News</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/08.html#a11341 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:51:29 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11335 <p><a href="http://www.scripting.com/stories/2008/05/07/obamaTheDemocraticNominee.html">Dave Winer:</a> "There's no doubt now, Obama is going to be the Democratic nominee, and very likely the next President. I doubt if McCain has the sense of entitlement that HRC had but he's going to run on experience, and we don't want experience, we want intelligence, honesty and change."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11335 Thu, 08 May 2008 00:15:59 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11333 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/hurricane.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/hurricane.jpg" width="80" height="64" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named hurricane.jpg"></a> <p><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/nargis_floods.html">NASA:</a> "The first cyclone of the 2008 season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Burma. According to reports from Accuweather.com, Cyclone Nargis made landfall with sustained winds of 130 mph and gusts of 150-160 mph, which is the equivalent of a strong Category 3 or minimal Category 4 hurricane. News reports stated that several thousand people have been killed, and thousands more were missing as of May 5."</p> <p>Click through to see their photos of the destruction.</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/climatechange/">Climate Change News</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11333 Thu, 08 May 2008 00:10:09 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11328 <p><a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/05/07/its_basically_over.html">Political Wire</a> has a bunch of links to the experts that know what Hillary Clinton next steps should be.</p> <p><i>The Moderate Voice</i> is running a long post on the <a href="http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/conventions/19427/winners-and-losers-in-the-indiana-and-north-carolina-democratic-primaries/">winners and losers in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries</a>.</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11328 Wed, 07 May 2008 23:51:40 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11327 <p><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/black-conservat.html">Andrew Sullivan:</a> "Black conservatives and Obama."</p> <p><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/black-voters-di.html">Andrew Sullivan</a> "Here's what now seems obvious: African-American voters killed the Clinton candidacy. It is a fitting end to the Clintons' campaign and an almost Shakespearean coda to their career."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11327 Wed, 07 May 2008 23:45:29 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11326 <p><a href="http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/05/07/mccains-base-problem/">Oliver Willis:</a> "John McCain has been the nominee of his party for over a month now. He has no active opposition, no figure on his side of the aisle contesting him for leadership of the Republican party and the conservative movement. And yet, Republicans are still voting against him. In Indiana McCain pulled in 77% of the vote, and he made an even worse showing with 73% in North Carolina. Even more troubling for McCain is that Huckabee is the leading protest vote. That's the religious right vote, the anti-choice crowd and the bedrock of President Bush's re-election victory."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11326 Wed, 07 May 2008 23:42:38 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11322 <p><a href="http://www.juancole.com/2008/05/obama-strides-closer-to-victory.html">Juan Cole:</a> "Barack Obama pulled closer to clinching the nomination last night, widening his lead over Hillary Clinton in voted delegates and in the popular vote. He overwhelmingly took Indianapolis and narrowed her earlier lead to only 2%, about 20,000 votes out of the hundreds of thousands cast. Obama even got 35% of working class whites in Indiana, which suggests that while Clinton is stronger with that constituency, Obama has an appeal there as well. He is clearly raising far more money than she, so voters are voting for him with their pocketbooks."</p> <p>Click through for a roundup of yesterday's elections from Cole.</p> <p>Our blog friend Ed from North Carolina said last night in email, "I'm happy to be in an Obama county in an Obama state."</p> <p><a href="http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/5/7/1594/73175">TalkLeft:</a> "What Clinton should do: Whatever she feels is right. She has earned that. My own view is she should run her campaign against John McCain. She will win West Virginia and Kentucky by huge margins. She might even challenge Obama in Oregon. What she should not do, imo, is run against Barack Obama. If there is a path to the nomination for her, and I doubt there is, it won't come from attacking Obama now."</p> <p><a href="http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/05/07/barack-obama-is-the-democratic-nominee-for-president/">Oliver Willis:</a> "Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee for President: You know it. I know it. Obama knows it. And maybe even Clinton knows it. Now the superdelegates need to ratify the results of the primaries and on to the general election and the (knock on wood) exile of the Republican party and the conservative movement from our government."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/07.html#a11322 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:46:50 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/06.html#a11319 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/hurricane.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/hurricane.jpg" width="80" height="64" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named hurricane.jpg"></a> <p><a href="http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/news/index_en.html#nargis">World Meterological Organization:</a> "More than 22 000 people are now reported to have died in this disaster and some 41 000 are missing, according to state media. Hundreds of thousands of people are thought to be without clean water and shelter, with some areas still cut off. A tidal wave engendered by the cyclone flattened the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta region and is reported to have caused more deaths than the cyclone itself."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/06.html#a11319 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:18:29 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/06.html#a11318 <a href="http://www.demconvention.com/"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/elections/2008dncccommitteelogo.jpg" width="100" height="54" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named 2008dncccommitteelogo.jpg"></a> <p><a href="http://www.5280.com/blog/?p=3142">Elevated Voices:</a> "Are you a candidate to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention? If so, you have just been invited to an event featuring DNC Chair Howard Dean. CDP Chair Pat Waak invites all Candidates for Delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention to a mid-day reception with DNC Chair Governor Howard Dean.</blockquote> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/06.html#a11318 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:09:58 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/06.html#a11317 <p><a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/05/06/surveyusa_clinton_way_up_in_kentucky.html">Political Wire:</a> "With two weeks until Kentucky's primary, a new SurveyUSA poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton way ahead of Sen. Barack Obama, 62% to 28%, effectively unchanged from previous polls."</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/">2008 Presidential Election</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/06.html#a11317 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:06:49 GMT http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/06.html#a11313 <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/coalfiredpowerplant.jpg"><img src="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/images/science/coalfiredpowerplant.jpg" width="64" height="86" border="0" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="0" alt="A picture named coalfiredpowerplant.jpg"></a> <p><a href="http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/35814">Environment News Network:</a> "Greenpeace and more than 100 other environmental groups denounced projects for burying industrial greenhouse gases on Monday, exposing splits in the green movement about whether such schemes can slow global warming. Many governments and some environmental organizations such as the WWF want companies to capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the exhausts of power plants and factories and then entomb them in porous rocks as one way to curb climate change. But Greenpeace issued a 44-page report about the technology entitled "<a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/false-hope.pdf">False Hope</a>" [pdf]. "Carbon capture and storage is a scam. It is the ultimate coal industry pipe dream," said Emily Rochon, climate and energy campaigner at Greenpeace International and author of the report."</p> <p>Coyote Gulch hopes they're wrong.</p> Category: <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/climatechange/">Climate Change News</a> http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/2008presidentialelection/2008/05/06.html#a11313 Tue, 06 May 2008 23:40:41 GMT