Category Archives: News
Quote of the Day
“Eight years was awesome, and I was famous and I was powerful. But I have no desire for fame and power anymore.”
– President George W. Bush, in an interview with the Hoover Institute.
I agree strongly with the second part of that statement.
Filed under News
Pictures of the Day
These new displays of aurora lights are courtesy of the recent solar storm. It may have knocked out some telecommunications. But, the trade off is great!
Darfield, New Zealand
Lake Charles, near Québec City, Canada
Lake Superior, Michigan
Crater Lake, Oregon
Southern New Zealand
Lake Superior, Michigan
Hutchinson, Minnesota
Sky above northern Michigan
Oreti River, southern New Zealand
Filed under News
Quote of the Day
“Oh come on, because we thought that Sarah Palin was the better candidate.”
– Sen. John McCain, when asked by Politico why he didn’t choose Mitt Romney as a running mate in 2008.
In a separate announcement, McCain’s office is now accepting gift ideas for his retirement party.
Filed under News
Picture of the Day
A cloud-to-ground lightning strike severs the sky near Los Lunas, New México. Tim Samaras and his crew chased the slow-moving storm cell until they ran out of road, and now can only watch as it moves on. Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic.
Filed under News
Cartoon of the Day
In homage to my first day on the job as an experienced technical writer.
Filed under News
Quote of the Day
“He has no idea how the American system functions, and we shouldn’t be surprised about that, because he spent his early years in Hawaii smoking something, spent the next set of years in Indonesia, another set of years in Indonesia, and, frankly, when he came to the U.S. he worked as a community organizer, which is a socialized structure, and then got into politics in Chicago.”
– John Sununu, former governor of New Hampshire and former Chief of Staff to President George H. W. Bush, about President Obama in a conference call to reporters.
For the record, Sununu was born in Havana, Cuba.
Quote of the Day
“Medicaid is a failed program. To expand this program is not unlike adding 1,000 people to the Titanic.”
– Texas Gov. Rick Perry, on why Texas won’t participate in portions of the Obama administration’s health reforms.
In a side note, Texas has the highest rate of uninsured children and senior citizens in the nation.
Filed under News
