these were the words from my friend larry klatzkin when i asked him why to US goal vs slovenia was disallowed. now there is much to criticize about the US soccer teams performance at the world cup. you cant keep giving up the first goal and come back. you need to score the first goal; the 2 goals they gave up to slovenia were defensive breakdowns.
however
the go ahead goal was a goal, if anything, Slovenia fouled on the play
the referee should be shot and there should be video playback protests
go world cup!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
CATASTROPHES ARE A BITCH
it should be clear to most of us that catastrophes are hard to respond to. 9/11 we were unprepared and i think NYC responded pretty damn well. bush didnt look very sharp caught reading stories to children at first but govt. response wasnt bad. should have stayed just in afghanistan and done it right.
Katrina, we were not prepared and didnt respond very well
BP oil spill, we were not prepared and have not responded well.
catastrophes dont happen every day but they are hard to respond to well. the bush administration did not respond well to katrina and the democrats have pilloried him for years. but obama has done no better. the fact of the matter is the govt. isnt very talented and capable. this is an issue for us as citizens.
when you have a castrophe, you need to assess the damage and come up with a plan to respond. assessing blame should be secondary. it seems that we have spend more time trying to destroy bp, which may happen than fix the problem; which is not easy to fix and may have to wait till the relief well are completed.
putting a moratorium on drilling is not the answer if you care about the economy. immediate safety inspections are the answer.
bp probably is guilty of cutting too many corners and the joint probability blew up in all our faces. we do need better safety requirements and it is now obvious that it isnt easy to do things 5000 feet below the surface.
a thought however, why are we drilling so deep in the gulf? a bunch of reasons but they include and insatiable demand for oil and hostility to on shore drilling combined with there being alot of oil in the deep gulf.
leveraging off of this to promote cap and trade is just another example of not letting a good crises go to waste.
Katrina, we were not prepared and didnt respond very well
BP oil spill, we were not prepared and have not responded well.
catastrophes dont happen every day but they are hard to respond to well. the bush administration did not respond well to katrina and the democrats have pilloried him for years. but obama has done no better. the fact of the matter is the govt. isnt very talented and capable. this is an issue for us as citizens.
when you have a castrophe, you need to assess the damage and come up with a plan to respond. assessing blame should be secondary. it seems that we have spend more time trying to destroy bp, which may happen than fix the problem; which is not easy to fix and may have to wait till the relief well are completed.
putting a moratorium on drilling is not the answer if you care about the economy. immediate safety inspections are the answer.
bp probably is guilty of cutting too many corners and the joint probability blew up in all our faces. we do need better safety requirements and it is now obvious that it isnt easy to do things 5000 feet below the surface.
a thought however, why are we drilling so deep in the gulf? a bunch of reasons but they include and insatiable demand for oil and hostility to on shore drilling combined with there being alot of oil in the deep gulf.
leveraging off of this to promote cap and trade is just another example of not letting a good crises go to waste.
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