Haley Barbour: Oil? What Oil? Press Should Stop Scaring Tourists

Image via Wikipedia

You know, the saying is that some folks can't see the forrest for the trees, but if you say that tar balls are an everyday occurrence and don't think folks should be bothered by dead fish, wildlife, and birds, you're living in la-la land!



Save the Gulf Coast (even Mississippi)!



David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Related articles by Zemanta

• The Coast Is Clear in Mississippi, Governor Says (abcnews.go.com)
• Mississippi Governor Hayley Barbour: "The Coast Is Clear. Come On Down!" (alan.com)
• Wisco's News Roundup for 6/03/2010 (grantlawrence.blogspot.com)
• Mississippi Governor Not Concerned With Oil Spill (redstateprogressive.com)
• The coast is clear in Mississippi, governor says (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Barbour skips second meeting with Obama on Gulf Coast oil spill. (thinkprogress.org)
• Barbour Downplays Spill - 'The Coast Is Clear, Come On Down!' - Calls For More Drilling Before Cause Is Found (thinkprogress.org)
• If nothing else, Barbour's consistent (washingtonmonthly.com)
• Barbour: Media doing more damage than oil spill (videocafe.crooksandliars.com)

++++++++++++++++++++++

A Dual-Screen Netbook!: The Coolest Device I've Seen in a Long Time (Yes, Including the iPad)

«

»

This looks like it will be huge! Check out the link from Endgadget and see the new Onkyo Dual-Screen Netbook. Yes, 1 netbook, with dual 10.5 inch screens that fold-out from it! How cool for us multi-taskers (and who isn't these days!). And, it folds another way to form a Tablet PC!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/06/onkyo-dx1007a5b-dualscreen-netbook-preview/

Here's a YouTube video looking at the Onkyo netbook at Computex:



Sorry Steve, this looks better than the iPad!

Anybody at Onkyo who might read this and needs a beta-tester or a reviewer - sign me up yesterday! Contact me at dwyld.kwu@gmail.com - yes, a shameless grovel for a new tech toy! Hey, I'm in Louisiana - give us (me) a break!

David

Related articles by Zemanta

• Onkyo DX1007A5B dualscreen netbook preview (engadget.com)
• Computex 2010: Keeping up with gadgets (news.cnet.com)
• iPad Drinking Netbook's Milkshake (appscout.com)
• iPad, Brand Loyalty, And Perceived Value Rant (lockergnome.com)
• One Tablet Per Child? (fool.com)
• Actually Microsoft, If Android Loses The Tablet War It Won't Be To Windows 7 (thenextweb.com)
• Intel shows tablet, dual-core Netbook (news.cnet.com)
• iPad - forget Netbook killer...PC Killer? (edge4.blogspot.com)
• Asus, MSI take on the iPad with Eee Pad and WindPad tablets (mobile.venturebeat.com)
• Asus to Launch App Store for Netbooks (mashable.com)

++++++++++++++++++++++

Gulf Oil Spill: The Politics of It All

Great discussion on the 6/4/2010 edition of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC on the political fall-out of the oil spill - watch:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

David


++++++++++++++++++++++

Why BP CEO Tony Hayward Should be Fired

Great analysis from Gene Robinson of the Washington Post in an interview with MSNBC - watch:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Fire him now - then make sure there's no golden parachute for him!

David


++++++++++++++++++++++

Brian Williams From Gulf Region: 'It's Groundhog Day'

Image by NWFblogs via Flickr

Let's hope that Brian Williams and the rest of the media do not tire of covering this slow-motion disaster, because unfortunately, the worst is yet to come from the oil spill.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

We in Louisiana very much appreciate the coverage - and the more honest the reporting on what has happened and its ecological, economic, and human impacts - the better! We'll make all "Honorary Louisianans" if they'll keep this level of coverage up all along the Gulf Coast through the summer - and maybe into the fall and beyond!

Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/

Related articles by Zemanta

• Obama Plans Return Trip To Louisiana Gulf Coast On Friday (huffingtonpost.com)
• Anger Grows as Disaster Reaches Panhandle Beaches (abcnews.go.com)
• Oil 'battle line' extends to florida (nationalpost.com)
• Officials: criminals being used in oil spill cleanup (cnn.com)
• " Jesus Christ. We broke the ocean." (slog.thestranger.com)
• Children of the Gulf Frightened by Oil Spill but Hopeful for Future (abcnews.go.com)
• Oil arrives on Florida panhandle (americablog.com)
• Cap Slows Loss of Oil, but Engineers Move Cautiously (nytimes.com)
• What Now? (powerlineblog.com)

++++++++++++++++++++++

John Wooden DEAD: UCLA Basketball Coach Was Sports Legend

Image via Wikipedia

Rest in peace, John Wooden. For all, those who remember him and those too young to really understand all he achieved, go this website and read the Bill Walton tribute to him there - http://www.coachwooden.com/.

Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

His influence went far beyond the basketball court. His "Pyramid of Success" is an enduring set of life principles that we can all benefit from.



Watch below both the coach - and some amazing youngsters - talk about it:







David http://wyld-about-sports.blogspot.com/

Related articles by Zemanta

• John Wooden Dead at 99 (laist.com)
• Legendary basketball coach John Wooden dies at 99 (thestar.com)
• Remembering John Wooden (trueslant.com)
• You: A Legend Lost: John Wooden, a Great Coach and Human Being, Passes at 99 (bleacherreport.com)
• Sources: Former UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden Resting Comfortably (bleacherreport.com)
• Steve Lavin Reacts To John Wooden's Death (bleacherreport.com)
• Former UCLA Bruins Basketball Coach John Wooden Dies at Age 99 (bleacherreport.com)
• Legendary Coach John Wooden Dies, a Giant Loss for All of Basketball (bleacherreport.com)

++++++++++++++++++++++

Gulf Coast Oil Spill: Cap Placed Over Well Only Collecting a Fraction of the Oil

++++++++++++++++++++++

Image by B.G. Johnson via Flickr

There just aren't words to adequately express how outrageous all of this has become - it's beginning to get hard to do more BP-bashing and talk of how slow the governmental response has been. Ineptitude all around, and unfortunately, hundreds of thousands - and likely millions - of lives of all along the Gulf Coast are being impacted by the economic impacts and millions of birds and aquatic animals have been killed by the ecological calamity.

We should understand that no company - even one as big as BP - will have the resources to set this right. What has been destroyed and spoiled will take years - perhaps decades to come back. Now, we will have to think about how to rebuild the coast, repopulate the ocean, and retrain and make whole - and that's not really possible - all whose livelihoods, businesses, and properties have been impacted by this oil spill tragedy.

Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/

Related articles by Zemanta

• Oil Spill Pensacola - BP Oil Spill Heads To Florida, Oil Spill Cap In Place (gloucestercitynews.net)
• Obama: I'll Stand With the Gulf (abcnews.go.com)
• Oil stains beaches and tourists as slick spreads (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Obama: Spill 'brutally unfair' on Gulf residents (msnbc.msn.com)
• Baseball team renames 'BP' to protest oil spill (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• US oil cap funnels 6,000 barrels (news.bbc.co.uk)
• Obama vows help for Gulf people (news.bbc.co.uk)
• Oil pours from cap over Gulf gusher, some captured (ctv.ca)
• Obama Gulf Coast Visit: President Arrives To Check Oil Spill Progress (huffingtonpost.com)
• Obama: Oil spill upends life for Gulf residents (seattletimes.nwsource.com)