{"id":448,"date":"2005-09-10T10:23:37","date_gmt":"2005-09-10T15:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/wp\/?p=448"},"modified":"2005-09-10T10:23:37","modified_gmt":"2005-09-10T15:23:37","slug":"predictions-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"Predictions – Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guess I was wrong about Michael Brown, he didn’t (at least not yet) receive a medal for his mishandling of the post-Katrina relief efforts.
\nWhile Bush did get an incomprehensible bump in one poll for his mis-handling of the crisis, it was short-lived: now, only 39% of those surveyed by AP-Ipsos<\/a> are fools and idiots.<\/p>


\nThe same poll showed that two-thirds of those surveyed said the country is headed in the wrong direction.
\nSeems increasing gas prices brought at least some people to their senses; apparently nothing else in list of horrors over the last four and a half years had the same impact.
\nOff-topic but still somewhat on point: yesterday during the monthly meeting of a local business group, someone asked what individuals can do about environmental crises, like global warming, response to natural disasters, etc.
\nHere’s a thought: since we’re stuck with big government, encourage your Congresspeople to reallocate funds for local projects into public works that address a greater need.
\nOne example would be the Army Corps of Engineers Visitors Center on the Cape Cod Canal in Sandwich, a town on the Upper Cape.
\nNow, I love the Visitors Center. It is a sublime spot, providing public access to a view that could otherwise only be achieved by the accumulation of great personal weath.
\nFurther, it provides educational programs and exhibits, plus a well thought-out bookstore, that benefits adults as well as kids.
\nStill, if it’s necessary to sacrifice the Visitors Center to build infrastructures that save lives – the trade-off is obvious.
\nRather than abandoning the Visitors Center altogether, perhaps a group of local citizens could try to find a private sector funding source to maintain it.
\nThe alternative is to charge an admission fee to offset operating costs.
\nJust a thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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