I was doing some surfing of the old ‘net today and came across this Opinion piece from The Christian Science Monitor.

College is not a must
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so. i know two things. first, capitalism is a good thing. and, second, things are usually more complicated than they appear. but, on the cusp of $4 per gallon of gas…

Republicans block Democrats’ attempt to impose windfall profits tax on oil companies

oh, and:

Separately, Democrats also failed to get Republican support for a proposal to extend tax breaks for wind, solar and other alternative energy development, and for the promotion of energy efficiency and conservation. The tax breaks have either expired or are scheduled to end this year.

super.

(courtesy of the supposed red star. natch.)

It’s long overdue to have a discussion regarding this.
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Yes, I’ve been MIA on SP as of late. No good excuses, just sheer laziness and focusing my time on different things. But there’s nothing like a run through the daily news to get one back untracked… (I did that just to annoy Alex)…

But enough rankling of fellow SP-ers, what’s happenin’ out there in the news-o-sphere?
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you know, we really could use an “austin in the news” category. get on that, al. it can be a graphic of a can of spam or something.

anyway. from the 5/21/08 edition of the austin daily herald:

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