Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
I just read that Utah Phillips died today. He was the scheduled performer for the Mother Jones banquet at UIS last year but he couldn't attend due to poor health. Read this article if you don't know who he is. When I took a job as an organizer for SEIU I ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
Happy national bike to work day! It was back on May 16 but I haven't had a chance to post since then. I didn't ride much over the winter or early spring so I had to dust off my helmet and inflate Bettie's tires. Thankfully, its an easy ride since I live...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 5 months ago.
A yard sign I recently spotted in Southern Illinois. I wonder what He's running for this year.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Here's the trailer for the next Liberty Brew & View movie, Our Brand is Crisis. Its showing Tuesday, May 20. 7:00pm at Capital City Bar & Grill. Diane Lopez Hughes will speak and lead a group discussion after the film. Its one that will definitely have pe...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
One of the scenes in An Inconvenient Truth that made an impression on many people was the graphic of a drowning polar bear searching for ice to land on. Since then many environmental groups decided that the polar bear is the cute and cuddly mascot they n...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
The State Journal-Register reported on Sangamon County Board Chairman Andy Van Meter's new appointments to the Springfield Metro Sanitary District Board. Previous appointments were part of a patronage sharing agreement between the two parties and presumab...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
The Springfield City Council holds a meeting Wednesday that could be the final end to the Hunter Lake dam idea. Unfortunately, some aldermen want to squander the rare opportunity to create a nature preserve by selling off the land piece by piece. The Ch...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
The SJR published my letter to the editor about the Illinois Clean Car Act today. I was hoping they would publish it while the legislature was still in town but at least they used it.
Car makers hypocritical in fighting Clean Car ActI recently saw anothe...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Hillary Clinton isn't the first Democratic candidate to stay in the race long after it was clear they lost the nomination. Past examples, like Jerry Brown in '92 or Kucinich in '04, involved candidates who stayed in as a voice for liberal ideals or to inf...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
I know someone getting the new Chevy Malibu Hybrid so I looked it up to find that it only gets an extra two miles per gallon. Its a mild hybrid that puts some of the extra power into acceleration instead of fuel economy. GM did the same thing with Saturn...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Arizona is now the 14th state to adopt improved car emissions standards. A bill to make Illinois the next state is currently before the General Assembly and is facing fierce opposition from auto-industry lobbyists.Here's a press release about the Arizona...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Not that anyone is asking but my suggestion for McCain's running mate is Elizabeth Dole. A Bush or a Dole has been on every Republican ticket since 1976 and this would keep the streak going since there's no chance McCain wants the Bush name dragging him ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
CWLP holds public meetings every other month to inform the public and get feedback on their new energy programs. One big item that's being developed now is the wind power buy-in program that will allow customers to pay a little extra on their bill to sup...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
The May Liberty Brew & View movie, Our Brand is Crisis, follows the 2002 campaign of Goni, the former Bolivian President attempting a come-back to power. One of the losing candidates in that race, Evo Morales, is the subject of a new documentary called C...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
One of the things I've been most impressed with about Obama's platform is his outspoken support for reducing oil consumption and lowering vehicle emissions. After Tim Russert did his best impersonation of a conservative talk radio host for ten minutes of...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Here's a pdf to download and a jpg version of the flier for the May Liberty Brew & View movie.You can click on the image to enlarge.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
One of the exciting things about the clean energy agreement between the Sierra Club and CWLP is that once the agreement was reached, environmentalists, local unions, and the utility were all standing on the same side for a deal that created new jobs while...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Much of the world celebrates labor day on May First and that's a good enough excuse to write something about the labor movement. Yesterday I was looking at the website for the Blue Green Alliance. Its a joint project of unions and environmental groups le...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
Last night I went to the Movie Geeks Club showing of The Pianist at Capital City Bar & Grill. It's one of those movies that hits you with the emotional equivalent of Albert Pujols taking a home run swing to your gut. Its an excellent film to watch.Frien...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 6 months ago.
I read some good reviews about the new band Against Me. Rolling Stone magazine praised them as the best of what they're calling punk these days. I usually like bands with a left wing political bent in their lyrics. It's more interesting than yet another ...
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