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June 23, 2006

Short Commentaries

Where has Joe been? Joe has been moving to his new condo. It wasn’t until last night when his DSL service was established and Internet things were moving again. In the meantime, Joe may eventually move to TypePad as his blogging platform. Just as soon as:
1. Joe figures out how to create his own template, thankyouverymuch, and
2. Joe stops referring to himself in the third person
Joe would say things will be back to normal soon, except having long periods between posts are pretty normal anyway.
Some people worry about politicians who pander, especially in the course of a political campaign. To some extent, it’s their job to pander to someone, or else politicians aren’t going to get many votes. Many are especially worried about Cox and Taylor, either of whom I would endorse over Perdue any day. Perdue and his party are more likely to pander to people whose idea and concept of the government’s role in our lives scares me sometimes. Cox and Taylor will duke it out through ’till the primary. Until then, I’m not getting involved.
This weekend, GDOT will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the interstate highway system with an old car parade that will go from Windy Hill Road to The Varsity. This will be a good time to make a big “Addicted to oil? Try Transit” sign.
In MARTA news, part of the Lindbergh land has been sold off to make way for construction of a 352-unit condo complex.
My condo complex, meanwhile, has a website.
News came out with a strong confirmation that the Earth is warmer than it has been since at least the founding of the Christian faith. This is a time that calls for renewed faith in the human spirit — that whatever challenges we meet, we can overcome them and even use those challenges as new opportunities. The Bush administration’s assertion — that enhancing our efficient use of resources would be bad for the economy — shows a complete lack of faith.
It’s time to highlight a recent addition to the list of links you can check out on the right-side of my homepage. I’ve tried in the past to describe what form of economic development Atlanta really could use more of. In the wake of losing the war for the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Atlanta officials are currently in the process of figuring out how to import other things we don’t necessarily need or already have (some of what I know is confidential, and I’ve said all I will). The City of Littleton has adopted what they call Economic Gardening, an approach that stresses an environment friendly to entrepreneurial development. (Warning: it’s not easy!)