Comments Andy Slabaugh has made
Quotable
I'm reminded of one of my favorite early Bushisms: "Conservation does not mean doing without."On Hubbard on the commitment that has continued to exist posted 3 years, 7 months ago 1 Response
The seven-hour commute
If they're including gasoline use, they might want to consider the family with "America's Longest Commute." The route probably looks something like this.
Via TreehuggerOn Are you America's most energy-inefficient person? posted 3 years, 7 months ago 1 Response
ANWR Band
It's a little more peak oil/drilling than unadulterated global warming, but Sludgie linked to a song called "Drilling - YES or NO" (MP3) by the band ANWR.On Pop songs about global warming posted 3 years, 8 months ago 13 Responses
Salvation Through Song
I'm sure if someone could persuade Sufjan Stevens to alter his 50 states project to include biodiversity (as he did recording "The Lord God Bird" this summer for NPR), habitat preservation would be the new, hip cause célèbre.On Ivory-billed woodpecker may be gone after all posted 3 years, 8 months ago 13 Responses
I Can't Stop, Much Like The Offending Motorists
Latinos die in pedestrian-vehicle accidents at a higher rate than any other racial or ethnic group in almost every Southern state according to federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.On The built environment discriminates against those who choose not to drive posted 3 years, 11 months ago 7 Responses
And From Washington D.C.
Reknowned urban designer Charles Atherton was hit while crossing a busy D.C. street, and was issued a $5 jaywalking ticket before being rushed to the hospital with critical injuries.On The built environment discriminates against those who choose not to drive posted 3 years, 12 months ago 7 Responses
straight to the source:
Dead Air Space, Thom Yorke, 28 Sep 2005On Thom Yorke to meet Tony Blair on climate change posted 3 years, 12 months ago 2 Responses
The Exception That Proves The Rule
I largely concur with the above comment, but that list of accolades really is pretty impressive. I can vouch that they're a good live act as well as on record and they got quite a bit of airtime on Twin Cities radio station The Current (Minnesota's version of KEXP) around the time they released their most recent album last spring.On A super-enviro band posted 4 years ago 2 Responses
More Florida Carnage
From Harper's Weekly Review: A Florida woman was run over by ten different cars while attempting to walk across a highway. Police marked parts of her body with traffic cones. "It is crazy out here," said a trooper, "to try to cross the median."On The built environment discriminates against those who choose not to drive posted 4 years ago 7 Responses
More Polls
An interesting take on a recent, similarly low-confidence CBS poll:
Cheney now 2 points behind cheating on your wifeOn Poll on impeachment comes up with strong results posted 4 years ago 2 Responses
From St. Petersburg, FL
Driver goes 3 miles with lodged bodyOn The built environment discriminates against those who choose not to drive posted 4 years, 1 month ago 7 Responses
Analysis
Long, critical blog post about the family, including reaction to pieces at sfgate.com and tonguetied.us.On One family aiming to be half the population of Arkansas posted 4 years, 1 month ago 3 Responses
Iowa/Idaho
Being from Iowa, I couldn't help but notice the "University of Iowa" press release linking to the U of Idaho in the fifth paragraph.
Otherwise, a great post.On Why the environmentalists shouldn't ignore the ground beneath their feet posted 4 years, 1 month ago 1 Response