Let me add my voice to the growing crowd saying Jim Black must go. More and more it looks like he’s had some, uh, serious “ethical lapses” if not downright broken the law.
Black should step aside and the rest of our representatives should own up to any of their own shady dealings. We need – no demand – clean politics. The days of the good ‘ol boy network are over.
I loved the Lord of the Rings movies because I loved the illusion they presented of another world. While the Rings were fiction, news broke last week that is almost too good to be true. Astounding, even. Scientists have discovered a place on Earth heretofore untouched by man, where exotic, previously unseen plants thrive and animals have no fear of humans. That place is the Foja Mountains area of western New Guinea. It’s like discovering the Garden of Eden.
This discovery fascinates me. Of course I’d love to go, but then the area would cease to be pristine, wouldn’t it? 🙁 While nothing compares to seeing it myself, hopefully the expedition’s documentation will satisfy my fix.
It’s only February and we’ve already had the story of 2006.
