Haiti May Be Poor. . .

. . . but most of its citizens refuse to abandon their dignity.

Toward the end of the story (at 2:50 or so) I found reason to find hope. At least in foreign lands people refuse to become corporate whores.

That's a Lotta Gas

Via The Economist by way of Treehugger and wildilocks on peak_oil

Finally! An Interesting Game Show!

The wife hates it when I watch most game shows. Other than Jeopardy, most just suck, and I end up nit-picking intricacies of the show's workings and driving her to distraction. Well, it happened again last night, but in a new and interesting way.

Drew Carey's going game show host all over again, above and beyond his slated replacement of Bob Barker on The Price is Right. Power of Ten poses a far more interesting format than the typical answer-trivia-win-prizes format. Contestants on the show have estimate public opinion on the fly!

I walked in and watched a contestant try to pin down American opinion on the following question:

How many Americans agree that they are living the "American Dream?"

( Right there, I got interested. )