And now for something green and political. Hat/tip to wader on Daily Kos.

Crossposted to powerswitch and ontd_political.

Grist: What climate activists need to learn from the NRA and the gun-control wars
by Robert Walker
17 Aug 2010 6:43 AM

Supporters of climate-change legislation have much to learn from an organization that is often rated as the most powerful lobby in ( Read more... )

Bloomberg: Arming Goldman With Pistols Against Public: Alice Schroeder
Commentary by Alice Schroeder

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- “I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,” said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker who applied to the local police for a permit to buy a pistol. The banker ( Read more... )

Thanks to NaBloPoMo, I decided to get this post, which had been sitting around since late August, in postable form. Hey, this challenge might actually be good for me!

Anyone in the U.S. who follows politics and especially those who follow gun regulations has heard about the law that allows people to bring loaded guns into national parks, which ( Read more... )