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October 17, 2008

Amongst the chaos, these are refreshing to watch.

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October 15, 2008

This may sound weird, but I wish The Daily Show had fewer jokes. I’d much rather see Jon Stewart giving his take on the day’s news than the goofy segments and pre-taped bits that come during the second segment.

From: Jeff Rubin
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:21 AM
To: Josh Abramson; EDITORIAL
Subject: IM From Dave Cho

For those who didn’t hear me just read it out loud:

11:17
GOSSIP GIRL. Woah, Serena is a bitch
11:18
that is not what I meant to paste

October 14, 2008

Ricky’s Quickies: Book Review The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler This was a gift from my friend Vanessa G. The quote on the cover basically sums up the book: frightening and important. In fact, it probably changed my perspective on a lot of domestic and international issues more than anything else in recent memory. Here’s the gist: We’re past our peak of oil and natural gas production and we’re, quite frankly, fucked.  We can start working on solutions now, but that still won’t give us enough time. Kunstler predicts that within the next few decades we will return to a pre-industrial age. Bio-fuels such as ethanol and hydrogen are a joke — they take more energy “inputs” to grow than they provide. The book made me realize the most important issue facing our country today is energy policy. We need a massive national energy program if we’re going to stand a chance. Our government needs to invest in it more than we’ve invested in anything before. This includes developing nuclear, wind, and solar power as well as rebuilding our infrastructure, fixing our out-of-date rail system, etc. We also have to retool how we think about housing — the suburbs will soon become worthless. Obama is leaps and bounds ahead of McCain on this issue, but not as much as he needs to be. This is our country’s greatest challenge but it’s also our greatest opportunity. Invest in the future and you can solve our war, economic, and energy problems in one swoop.

Ricky’s Quickies: Book Review

The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler

This was a gift from my friend Vanessa G. The quote on the cover
basically sums up the book: frightening and important. In fact, it
probably changed my perspective on a lot of domestic and international
issues more than anything else in recent memory.

Here’s the gist: We’re past our peak of oil and natural gas production
and we’re, quite frankly, fucked.  We can start working on solutions
now, but that still won’t give us enough time. Kunstler predicts that
within the next few decades we will return to a pre-industrial age.
Bio-fuels such as ethanol and hydrogen are a joke — they take more
energy “inputs” to grow than they provide.

The book made me realize the most important issue facing our country
today is energy policy. We need a massive national energy program if
we’re going to stand a chance. Our government needs to invest in it more
than we’ve invested in anything before. This includes developing
nuclear, wind, and solar power as well as rebuilding our infrastructure,
fixing our out-of-date rail system, etc. We also have to retool how we
think about housing — the suburbs will soon become worthless.

Obama is leaps and bounds ahead of McCain on this issue, but not as much
as he needs to be. This is our country’s greatest challenge but it’s
also our greatest opportunity. Invest in the future and you can solve
our war, economic, and energy problems in one swoop.

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