Very nice Kerry interview video

[karynnj]

http://www.youtube.com/v/2NMb4zV4BWE

(This is good for the content, but also a nice reasonably long interview. Not to mention, had the media in 2004 used that lighting in Kerry interviews and let him speak as he does here- he would have won in a landslide. )

[karynnj]

1. Also from google - Firedoglake as completely lost whatever mind it ever had

One of their posters alleges some kind of conspiracy between Senator Kerry, the environmental groups, the scientists, the mainstream and the alternative media and the EPA to hide the "fact" that wind and solar are worst - yes worse = greenhouse emitters than coal and gas. So, is Senator Kerry leading an effort to help evil scientists - probably at MIT - rule the world after they destroy it? Anyway, he says that MA is humiliated and embarrassed by their senior Senator. (I think he got the bad acid.)

One would-be watchdog that don’t bark when we need it to is the Unconcerned Scientists. They call themselves "The Union of Concerned Scientists," and I’m on their e-mailing list. I had to ask if there are actually any real Scientists there. They claim that there are. I don’t know why they’re so Unconcerned: The UCS consistently recommends switching from fossil fuels that emit the weakest Greenhouse Gas (CO2) to wind farms that emit the strongest one (SF6), and to solar panels that emit NF3, the second-strongest Greenhouse Gas (GHG). Nitrogen Trifluoride is the GHG that’s increasing fastest in our atmosphere.

Nitrogen Trifluoride (or "Solar Freon," NF3) is 17,900 times as strong as Carbon Dioxide (CO2). It stays in the atmosphere more than 700 years. Sulfur Hexafluoride (or "Air Jordan," SF6) stays in our air more than 3,000 years and is 34,500 times as strong as CO2. If the so-called "Smart Grid" proceeds as planned, SF6 production will double immediately, then quickly double again, then again. And one-quarter to one-half of the SF6 produced leaks directly into the air. The "Smart Grid" is Stupid!

The chemical industry’s trade journals are very open about the extreme dangers these chemicals pose, but environmental groups, the EPA, and alternative media ignore them. And the mainstream networks are clueless.

http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/47636

[beachmom]

2. The last thing FDL ever did worthwhile was covering the Plame affair.

After "Kill the Bill" and "Let's ally with Grover Norquist" they are this side of No Quarter IMO. Plus that is the Seminal which is oftentimes the equivalent to a DailyKos diary.

I do like Spencer Ackermann and sometimes Marcy Wheeler. The rest of the site may as well be the Free Republic.

[karynnj]

3. Spencer Ackerman is usually good and interesting

Marcy Wheeler got a bit annoying on healthcare, but she was very knowledgeable. I really don't get their intense hatred of Kerry, unless it is related to that endorsement.