Some additional reading November 28th from 12:18 to 16:48:
- Another milestone: Obama 1st president who's got game — chicagotribune.com – ""There is an aspect of improvisation within a discipline that I find very, very powerful," Obama told HBO's Bryant Gumbel last year. "I can't imagine more fun than having a good pickup basketball game, when everything's going right and people are passing the ball and you're actually hitting some shots."
Yes. Exactly. And as you're doing it, you're probably telling yourself, "Yes, we can."
- David Byrne – 11.22.08: Gas Wars – "Last week GM — once one of the largest, most powerful companies in the whole world — went begging for a government bailout, along with the other 2 big U.S. automakers. …These companies do not have the country’s best interests at heart — for years they have fought tooth and nail against fuel economy, defeating 2 bills in congress that would have resulted in cars that use less gas and burn cleaner. They saw that they could sell the macho U.S. car buyers on gas-guzzling giant SUVs and pickup trucks, and got the government to exempt those vehicles from many of the rules that apply to cars — and we’re supposed to help these guys? They could give a shit about us!
I feel bad for the working stiffs who will be and have been laid off by the thousands — though I didn’t see too many of the unions fighting hard for fuel efficiency and smaller cars — they mainly fought for more pay for less work and they aren’t getting much public sympathy either as a result."