SandBoxBlogs genre is spin. That is what we do. We round up the news stories that feel to us as though they pattern into what we hear avatars in commentary all over the nation saying in their posts. Yes, we focus on our regional demographic quite strongly but here is something you may not yet be aware of.
SandBoxBlogs, a little over a year ago, launched out into other demographics. The experiment was to see if just by listening to the folks...say....out in the heartland; whether or not we could hear the same or similar patterns within the news they pay attention to.
(whisper...whisper...news flash...news flash...breaking news...news flash....the answer to that curiousity appears to be affirmative...news flash...the folks are pretty much the same everywhere and dealing with similar issues just in different ways....breaking news...news flash...whisper...whisper...gosh, wonder what would happen if our elected leaders and law enforcement authorities were listening fully to what folks are just sayin.....whisper...whisper....)
Yes, we lean strong to the right on a number of issues but if you really pay attention you will find that 'SandBox Nanny' is an Independent conservative as are many of our local followers. Walking a very solid center line once we all come to the table.
There is a great deal of injustice when either the left or the right takes an extreme political view and goes off on a rant. Oh, how interesting it is to watch the self-righteous cerebral wanderings of the left moonbat extremists up against the dogma of the steady and sure-footed right wingnut! Lordy, lordy how they can go at it.
Global warming and 'Climategate' can rise to the level of throwing jet fuel onto smoldering embers within the reading of just one article penned by an 'eco-terror pen journalist'.
Which is why so many in our demographic are grateful to have Bob Berwyn, up and over on the Summit County Citizens Voice. A highly respected environmental journalist who we feel really needs to do more op-ed pieces alongside his great and well balanced reports.
Here's a link from the conservative blow-hards over on the Hot Air Blog on this same story today.
The nod on the subject goes to Berwyn.
Bob Berwyn:
"According to PEER, the IG involvement has made scientists leery of criminalizing the peer review process in publishing research. It has also made scientists who are overseeing research contracts uneasy, as well. One side-street of the IG investigation looked at a polar bear study by the University of Alberta. The IG raised issues about how the scientific merits of contracts were reviewed and approved.
Colleagues defended Dr. Monnett’s actions in the Alberta study and in overseeing a sizeable portfolio of Arctic research. They confronted then-Bureau of Ocean Energy Management & Enforcement (BOEM) Michael Bromwich in asking him to provide some clarity. Bromwich asked for a review which came back to him in late October 2011. That review found “inconsistent guidance”, unclear delegation of authority, fear of signing invoices and a host of other impediments to a robust science program unresolved. Bromwich, who just opened a “crisis management” firm, left without addressing any of the requested reforms, leaving problems to fester from continued inattention.
“This seemingly endless review has needlessly disrupted the lives of the affected scientists and their work,” said Ruch, explaining that the IG has consistently refused to lay out specific charges for the scientists to rebut. “If the Office of Inspector General cannot come to a point after more than two years, how many more years will it take to wrap this up?” Ruch concluded..." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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