Top 10: Lies, Custer, Carlin and The Children
A mixed bag in the week's Top 10. Kery Howley and Kay Hymowitz dominated the week, with their Dust-Up on The Children placing twice in Top 10 (and twice more in the Top 20), and an end-of-the-week surge by Cy Bolton's Blowback was good for a Place. But it was former L.A. Times editorial board member Jacob Heilbrunn who brought home the gold in a week that contained neither Hillary nor Barack. Thanks for reading, and we'll see you next week.
1. Big Oil isn't the big problem By Jacob Heilbrunn
2. How does President Bush lie? By Cy Bolton
3. The float vote By Frank Luntz
4. What's in the teen pregnancy pact's fine print? By Kerry Howley and Kay Hymowitz
5. Resetting Earth's thermostat By Samuel Thernstrom
6. Ma, ma, where’s my pa? By Kerry Howley and Kay Hymowitz
7. The patriots who killed Custer By Michael A. Elliott
8. Canada's thought police By Jonah Goldberg
9. The George Carlin I knew By Britt Allcroft
10. Mortgage measure meltdown By the editorial board
We can beat Big Oil with a voluntary super-convenient form of transit created by getting the most out of GPS and cellphone technology. That's explained on the "Fossil Free" page at GuardianAngelCars.org.
The California budget (Why the budget never adds up) is more difficult. Mark Paul's three step is a good start: transparency, paygo, and accountability. I'd add electibility (un-jerrymande election districts) plus some real saving-income innovation, two "brainstorm" examples below.
We can eliminate the "ongoing structural deficit of about $5 billion a year" with super-bracelets on prisoners. Super-bracelets combine Wii, GPS, and cellphones to serve as 24/7 guard, coach, mentor, and parent for prisoners. Californians would need $5 billion worth less guards and less prisoners in facilities. The non-violent "prisoners" would keep jobs to earn food and shelter while "imprisoned" by the super-bracelet.
As we balance the budget on prison savings, we REWARD our way to prosperity by using the same technology to encourage zero-congestion and zero-accident cars. GuardianAngelCars.org explains how the California budget can gain $12 billion a year as motorists save $12 billion a year.
Posted by: Mark Capron, PE | June 29, 2008 at 08:16 AM