The Good, The Bad, & The Unknown

First the good news; BP has apparently hooked up the pipe to collect oil flowing out of the riser. BP has not said exactly how much is being collected, and I suspect we'll need the ROVs to take pictures so we can see. I saw a headline suggesting BP needed 4 tries to make this work. It's a good solution until the relief well is in place and able to plug this one. The hook up will severely (we

Meeting the Congresswoman

The Rogers Park Coffee Party is co-hosting a meeting today with Rep. Schakowsky. The Edgewater Coffee Party is the other co-host. The event is duly noted by Tom Westgard who suspects a connection to the Cohen/Swilley campaign since Baxter is Scott's running mate as Lt. Gov. (assuming they make it to the ballot). I had to laugh. Sorry but I did since I don't equate efforts to notify the public

Christian Nation?

Over at The Huffington Post there is an article about, and interview clip with, Sarah Palin and her views on religion. This all came about because of a court ruling about the National Day of Prayer. Palin believes that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. I think we can agree about that. She also thinks that America is a Christian nation based on the foregoing. The Founding