Project Better Place

Shai Agassi and the folks at Project Better Place are going to change the world. Their mission is to create a transportation system that runs on zero emissions. They have developed a network for car-based transportation that is currently scaling in Israel. Their idea is to get Israel off of petroleum based fuels within the next five years, and they are well on the way to accomplishing their goals. Truly very inspiring, and worth reading more.

Read Shai's blog here.

The Latest Caucus Updates from Texas

As this Burnt Orange Report Article makes clear, Obama has an 11% delegate lead in Texas with 71% of conventions reporting.

Obama traditionally does better in caucuses than in primaries, so these results are non too revolutionary. But still, it's surprising that this hasn't been picked-up more in the mainstream media...

The War Comes Home

This is one of the more intense articles that I have read as of late.

As I prepare for Marines Officer Candidate School this summer, the major sticking point that I keep coming back to is not my objection to the Iraq War, or my reluctance to act violently, or the potential opportunity costs of a summer not spent pursuing an internship on Wall Street or with some prestigious firm. What I think about most is the impact that being a Marine would have on my family. This article drives home the implications of serving in a whole new way.

Sam Power on Colbert

Samantha Power -- a Kennedy School professor and Obama adviser who recently left the campaign after publicly calling Clinton a "monster" -- talks with Stephen Colbert, who recommends that she could "positively spin" this by clarifying exactly what kind of monster she was referring to.

Only the best kind of course -- the Cookie Monster.

Colbert does have a point -- why not get rid of all the proxies and squabbling, and release the candidates into a no-holds-barred sandpit? Unfortunately, I think due to his waifish figure and boxable ears, our man might not fair so well. I am however open to taking bets...

Barack's plan to end the war and make America safer

He is really on a roll now.

Please watch this, and sign-on to Barack's plan to end the War in Iraq -- which has now lasted longer than World War I, World War II, or the Civil War.

Pat Buchanan Gets Slapped Upside the Head

It's always fun to watch GOP (Good Ol' Pat) get served.

Click Here

I can't believe this guy still has a following in the U.S.

Talk about divisiveness - what century is he living in?

Olbermann on Clinton and Ferraro

An example of world class rhetoric:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3jPlfc67SE

Olbermann for President 2016

Shenanigans in Texas Make Victory Unclear

This thing ain't over yet.

Obama claims wins in caucuses, delegates

Hillary's trying to convince the country that she has won, but caucus ballyhoo, according to the Star Telegram, will push Brobama over the edge.

WOW.

Back from Texas

I feel tired, depressed, disenchanted, deflated, elated, stoked and stunned.

I'm disgusted with the bickering and fighting.

I want to believe in this political system - but watching the meat grinding machine in action leaves little room for Obama's highly tauted hope.

What are we supposed to do with passion, drive, and capacity when the realities of making an impact are so painfully disembodied from the action on the ground? When the nightly news plays Hillary beaming over a cheering crowd, it is hard to imagine that behind that cheshire grin lie tens of thousands of Texans who insulted and assaulted their neighbors in the face of baldfaced political uncertainty.

It's easy to believe in change. The true challenge is in realizing that change when the system frowns on your optimism. The United States is not divided, but just ineffectually disparate.

As David Martinez said, "It was one of the saddest and most disgusting scenes of democracy I have seen anywhere around the world."

We should be ashamed and saddened. But we should also feel incensed to fight for something bigger and nobler. Democracy is not dead -- just dirtied in the eyes of this perpetual optimist.