Entries Tagged as 'United States'

Moving away from oil Part 5

The need to get around will always be there. Sometimes flying is the best choice for today’s passengers. But as the technology evolves, some may say you can fly today and never leave the ground. [Read more →]

Moving away from oil Part 4

As things would have it, it took the high price of oil to get Americans out from behind the wheel and into public transportation. There is one problem however, there is little or none in many places. [Read more →]

Tragedy repeats

It is unfortunate that history repeats itself with such similar conditions. Bringing pyrotechnics display into a nightclub has claimed lives on more than one occasion. It does not matter what country it happens, the deadly results are the consistent. [Read more →]

Bottom line vs Saving a life

It is common knowledge that businessmen dictate American’s health care and not doctors. Keeping that all mighty bottom line black and not red is what it is all about. [Read more →]

Moving away from oil Part 3

America’s romance with the car lays in the balance between this century and the last. Last century oil was plentiful, this century the well is literally dry. [Read more →]

Names

It is interesting how Americans sometimes disrespect people in how they use their names. Although at heart it is not intentional, it is a case of sheep mentality in many cases. [Read more →]

Turning the tide on Somalia’s sea pirates

Over the last month one can open the world news and see yet another country despatching it’s navy to deal with Somalia’s pirates. China was the most recent, and in a way that is bad news for the pirates. [Read more →]

World’s best shoe salesman

Few people would think that a journalist could sell shoes. After all their job is to sell newspapers. However in this case, all it takes is being in the right place at the right time, with the right target. [Read more →]

Big snow

Winter time in America there can be some big snow. Going north to Alaska where the biggest state has the longest winter, the snow can get huge. [Read more →]

Moving away from oil Part 2

Moving electricity from one point to another in the United States to the casual observer seems painless. You look up and see high voltage main lines running across the country. The problem is they are the proverbial leaking hose because they are so outdated. [Read more →]

Misjudged

From time to time some of what was the past finds its way to the present. When a judge in a courtroom gives ammunition for hate Americans propaganda, there needs to be a review of who America lets sit on the bench. [Read more →]

Moving away from oil Part 1

Now that President elect Obama has made it known that he plans to move away from oil, Connecting the Dots decided to look at what new technology will be looked at and ultimately what new jobs will come of it. What we found was a variety of things with technology already in various stages of development. [Read more →]

Fool’s bait or not

The attempt by the US government to get the economy going seems to have hit a psychological snag. People have not seen anything coming in the top end of the economic engine. The general feeling is that will not happen before January 20, 2009 12:01 pm. [Read more →]

Trigger happy prosecutors

When it comes to jumping the gun, American prosecutors are apparently well practiced. In the case of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, this may turn out to be a case of itchy trigger fingers. [Read more →]