On the front page, Kagro X (David Waldman) quotes from a Washington Post article about how the oil in the Gulf isn't shifting public opinion on energy issueslike environmentalists desire.
Not surprisingly, the article is rather mediocre in a balanced journalism sort-of way: legitimate and interesting material is balanced with mediocrity and truthiness.
To be clear, David's key point is one that I agree with:
File this for use the next time somebody tells you that the key to getting people fired up in this country is letting things go to hell so they can see for themselves how bad things have gotten.
E.g., simply saying 'let things go to hell' and people will wake up and magically become progressives as about as reality based as planning on the Washington Nationals making it to the World Series this year ...
continued at Daily Kos....
