:: letsryan ::

:: Sunday, February 22, 2004 ::

Peak Oil. This is something we've all heard about to one degree or another, and here is a site that does a pretty good job bringing lots of information together into an easy overview.
The author takes a pretty pessimistic look, but on the other hand, he does quote quite a few people in the Bush administration spouting an equally pessimistic look. In other words, even if you don't buy all the worst-cases on this site, they still are playing (or will play) a large role in world politics (whether the powers that be truly believe it all or just say they do).
Personally, I expect some bad shit to go down, but not quite as bad as outlined here. However, if we've got Bush&cohorts holding the reins as all this develops, I think my homeland has got a great shot at fascism...
:: ranger 9:35 AM [+] ::
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What the hell is going on pt. 2 Watch this Ferner chap, if he's witnessing what he says he is, and he keeps talking about it, I think he ain't long for this earth.
:: ranger 5:07 AM [+] ::
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Opensecrets.org--Money in politics dataAny of you looked at this site before?

By the by, I'm now working on a series about lobbying (from a basic tutorial up to real-life examples and the future of lobbying) so if anyone stumbles across anything, I'd appreciate a forward...
:: ranger 9:01 PM [+] ::
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MIT Web Site Gathers And Displays Information On Government. Ah, the turning of the tables. This reminds me a bit of the Harper's article I read some years back arguing that privacy was an unusual blip in human history, and the best way to deal with its erosion was to completely abandon the concept, but in exchange make everything transparent, so you can watch the watchers, as it were. The reasoning was hanging on to privacy only protected those with the power to watch others, basically. Fascinating article.
The MIT Government Awareness Project can be found here.
:: ranger 8:51 PM [+] ::
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EVOTE.COM : Keeping Score in the Great Game of Politics Check the byline on the Wilson/Rove piece, which at the moment is the front page headline story. It's nothing too special - any of us could have done it - but I thought you'd like to see...
:: ranger 4:04 PM [+] ::
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This is going to be an experimental page... nothing special, I'm just gonna fiddle with some html. Perhaps in time it shall become more... but most likely, once I acquire sufficient proficiency, I'll delete this page and start a new one. Continue your normal surfing.
:: ranger 10:12 PM [+] ::
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