DDT, Silent Hero

Here is an excellent article from Robert Zubrin (adapted from the Merchants of Despair):

http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-truth-about-ddt-and-silent-spring

In it he reviews a brief history of DDT, and how it came to be a player on the world health scene.  Then he takes a look at the movement which sprang from "Silent Spring", and why all the claims made in the book were false.

Carson wrote her book with some very strong claims which the science did not back up.  A newly created EPA did an extensive investigation into the DDT substance, and a federal judge found it to be a sound resource and should remain available for private use.

The head of the EPA disregarded everything from the investigation and ruling, and made it illegal anyway.  As a result, countless millions have died from malaria and other pest-carried diseases.

Much like the anthropogenic global warming debacle, this movement is based on bad science- and needs to be called out and corrected at every turn. 

Ya know what?

I'm going to grumble here.  There will be no rhyme nor reason to my posting style, however there may be rhymes and reasons within the post.  I will write down what I am thinking, planning, or doing.  I will write stream of consciousness, I will philosophize, mathemetize, economize, maximize, minimize- a lot of different topics.

I am interested in nearly everything (which I deem useful, as having a practical use in daily life or can be a resource developed to make everyone's life easier), so there will be much to explore.  (Rereading this I realize I am interested in USELESS things as well.  So we'll see how I rationalize an interest in something and how I deem it useful from potential connections to everything else) PS anyone ever see the old series "Connections"?  Fantastic way of showing how technologies have evolved and are linked.

I will keep you up to date on my various projects- green energy mad science, indoor farming, musical endeavors, political opinions, the furthering of my own education, etc.

So while I may come back to the previous post and conclude it like I have planned, I'm just going to let it rot right now.  I've got four online courses which have started,  several of which will require me to be doing much reading and writing, as well as physically working on projects (music recording).

I am looking forward to the writing.  I have been enjoying it much more lately, and this blog is evidence that Im pursueing an active writing medium of my own volition.  Maybe someone will even read it.  (I haven't posted this on facebook yet, I feel like there needs to be a good chunk of materials here before I begin to broadcast my web presence)

That being said, I have some rough drafts of some posts lying around that would be a good read- I'll get them up soon.

Also I saw this NJN special on fractals last night with my dad, and it was amazing!  I've never studied fractals before, but they will solve everything, probably.  This will be a topic I need to study and read about much more in the future.

I wonder if we can apply fractal principles to economics?  The whole episode was brilliant, and at this point all I can say on the subject is this:  Very interesting...

TO BE CONCLUDED-

The first more detailed log on this web shall be about jobs in the good ol' US of A.  I recall a Townhall.com comment on a column by John Ransom which was referencing the Federal labor statistics website.  I viewed the pages myself but was in a rush and did not find the information cited.  The gist of it- Since his inception into office, Obama's administration and policies have dimished the work force in the private sector by approximately TWO MILLION jobs, and in the public sector by near FORTY THOUSAND. 

Now, you can see where I'm heading with this.  If Obama really knew how to create jobs (and *wanted* to), he would not be on the course he has plotted. 

This post requires much work, so check back later in the week.

Stupid fried dog bloggers

Since the inception of online diaries known as 'blogs' (we could never forget the long format of web log), I have been strongly opposed to their very essence.

I feel like this was yet another stupid teen rebellion phase, where as I grow older I come to realize the benefit, importance, and even necessity of such a commodity.

I am still strongly opposed to the content of my original perceptions of blogs;  Words which say nothing, useless babble from underdeveloped minds about frivolous actions and meaningless tripes.

However, there resides amongst the ones and zeroes a vast collection of thoughtful and informative blogs.  "bLAWgs" are blogs which revolve around lawyers, and their community, and offer a fantastic forum for discussion and reading.  (Specifically I am thinking of Jonathan Turley)

Gun blogs, I find myself reading with increasing fervor.  Politics as well.

As for this page here, I don't know really what I'm going to do.  I'll probably do something like Robert A. Hall (The Old Jarhead) sometimes, with multiple links and an overview.  Other days I may pick a specific story or topic to write about, be it a more journalistic unbiased approach or my completely prejudiced ranting.  There will be warnings when it is the latter.  Then again you should be able to figure that out yourself anyway.   You fried dogs


El Stegosaur