Ohio High Risk Pool Info
Some states are using the Federal Government program for high risk pools while other states are doing it on their own. Ohio is doing it on their own and looks to be about a month away from...
View ArticleDependent age in Ohio increased to 28. Know your rights!
As a young adult living in Ohio, I'm quite pleased. From the Ohio Department of Insurance: An estimated 20,000 additional young adults now have access to health care coverage. That’s due to a new Ohio...
View ArticlePotentially Innocent Man Faces Execution in Ohio
By Brian Evans, Campaigner for the Death Penalty Abolition Campaign at Amnesty International USA A man faces execution despite a strong claim of innocence. With a conviction based on deeply flawed...
View ArticleRunning in a Red Zone
The call came on my cell phone early in the morning, February 17, 2010, from the Ohio Democratic Party in Columbus. As I drove back from a Social Security Disability hearing in Cincinnati, I was...
View ArticleTom Ganley and His Anti-Environmental Allies
In Ohio's 13th Congressional District, Rep. Betty Sutton (D) is being challenged by Tom Ganley (R). Sutton is a true environmental champion who voted for the American Clean Energy and Security Act...
View ArticleJim Renacci and His Anti-Environmental Buddies
In Ohio's 16th Congressional District, Rep. John Boccieri(D) is being challenged by Jim Renacci (R). Boccieri is an environmental champion who voted for the American Clean Energy and Security Act...
View ArticleBP Ecocide v13.2: New Pollution & Leaks from "Stack"
The focus here is ecological damage from this Deepwater Horizon blow out. Louisiana officials list these counties for oil pollution: St. Bernard Parish - Oil in the marsh in Drum Bay southwest of...
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BP Ecocide v14.0: Fake Command Center Pics Admitted
This came out Monday. The follow up astonishes. Yessirreeee....... BP went and repeated a plot twist out of Sean Connery's "Rising Sun" movie. All that's missing is a dead gal sprawled on a conference...
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BP Ecocide v15.0: Encyclopedia of the Gulf
Bit o' brilliance. Katja Schulz, Species Pages Coordinator at National Museum of Natural History's struck gold with an idea she suggested to SkyTruth. Katja has altogether too much education and...
View ArticleFrom Ohio to Texas, a Job Love Story
My first diary in a year and a half. I graduated from my university in December, 2008, with a bachelors degree. I tried to find work for a year and a half in Ohio, and got called up for one interview,...
View ArticleACTION: Snap Out Of It, 100 DAYS w/videos an poll
It is time to snap out of it and get to work. Period. With early voting we have 2 months to the tell as many voters as possible about what the Democrats have done and what the Republicans will not...
View ArticleBREAKING: Serious Ethics Complaint Filed Against GOP Congress-Entity Jean...
Efforts by Jean Primordialooze Schmidt to qualify for a congressional pension may yet hit a snag. Schmidt, who represents Ohio's second district (where I live), and whose reelection this November...
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Monday Streetcar Blogging: Early "red cars" on Canal Street
Single-truck operation on Canal Street The green streetcars on the left are Ford, Bacon & Davis cars operated by the New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad Company. The red-yellow streetcar near...
View ArticleOil Spewing from another well!
Below is off MSNBC website. Do we need any more reasons to heavily invest in Biofuels? A 5% biodiesel nationwide mandate and an ethanol mandate. Congress needs to grow some coconuts and pass something...
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Treme Tuesday - Jackson square
Jackson Square, New Orleans, 1895Yes, I know, Jackson Square is in the Vieux Carre, not Faubourg Treme, but it plays an important role in the HBO series, Treme. There's no better place for street...
View ArticleThe Coast Guard's Initial Response To Deepwater
On Countdown tonight they had a segment on the Coast Guard's response. I found it kind of lacking to be honest. So how about some more information. On May 27th National Geographic TV ran a hour long...
View ArticleBacklash against Bobby's bluster
Bob Marshall, outdoors editor for The Times-Picayune, takes Bobby Jindal to task for Jindal's demagoguery on BP's oil spill: At a press conference supporting his wish to narrow Gulf passes with rock...
View ArticleWhich of These GOP Senate Seats Do You Most Want to Win?
Depending on which pollster/election analyst you use to help you prognosticate the state of play for the 2010 elections, there are up to a half dozen Republican Senate seats in play this cycle. If we...
View ArticleThe Frickin' Moratorium is Killin' Louisiana — NOT!!!
This was originally published with a graphic here. The "End Is Near Rally" in Lafayette a week ago was a veritable doom and gloom fest, complete with charts and predictions from economists that the...
View ArticleOH-Gov: Clash of the Titanics: New Poll Says Ohioans Want "None of the Above"
Ted-Heads, led by blogger Brian Hester (a former Strickland staff aide) are already celebrating a new poll by Rasmussen, of all things, that shows the gubernatorial race tightening slightly, with...
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