Blowing up endangered species in Azerbaijan.
Archive for May 17th, 2007
The Neuse is muddy. Cue the implicit demand for more money.
The state’s understaffed Division of Land Resources cannot adequately police construction sites, say the experts. The result is that illegal sediment runoff – especially in booming parts of the state such as Wake County and western Johnston County – goes undetected and unpunished.
No matter how big it gets, government will never be big enough to handle every problem. Why not, instead of poor-mouthing one’s department, figure out what needs to be done to solve the problem? If more inspectors are needed, why not make it easier for people to become volunteer inspectors? Subcontract out the problem to interested members of the public.
Like this guy.
Dean Naujoks, Upper Neuse riverkeeper with the Neuse River Foundation, said, “I’ve seen little tributaries where tens of thousands of pounds of sediment is washing into the river. You can see sediment bars coming out of just about every tributary flowing into the river.”
Give Dean the ability to issue citations for sediment, and watch the money roll in. I don’t think he’d be the only one, either.
It’s 10:30 on a Thursday night and I’m just getting home but, dedicated soul that I am, here I sit to present another edition of Carnival of the Vanities. I’m going to try to be brief this evening as I have given myself an eleven o’clock bedtime and I expect a call from a friend in San Francisco any minute now. I suspect that either I won’t get to bed at eleven or that the carny won’t get finished or both.
In the interest of time, something of which I never seem to have enough, let’s get started.
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Okay, I just got off the phone, it’s 10:57 and I will be in bed in ten minutes. I’ve abandoned any thought of editing the carnival this week. From here on out, it’s just the entries I’ve received. Enjoy!
DWSUWF presents Live blogging the live bloggers (Republican Debate)
Patricia presents Make the Most of Every Moment: Lessons from the Terminal Illness That Wasn’t
Leon Gettler presents Buffett defends corporates at “Woodstock for capitalists”
Wayne Hurlbert presents Sunk costs: Know when to pull the plug
Jack Yoest presents Is the Manager Obsolete? Or When Does Consensus Stop?
Mama Duck presents A Mother’s Day card for Grandma…
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Bandwidth Blues
DWSUWF presents End Game: The face of “Victory in Iraq”
GrrlScientist presents New Hummingbird Species Discovered
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That’s all folks! If you want to have a post in the Carnival of the Vanities, you can submit your post through Blog Carnival. G’night and see you next week.
For 40 years, he did the Mash.
I know it was due yesterday. I haven’t had time to deal with it. I might be able to get to it tonight.
Maybe.