Perino: Right on Energy, Wrong On Obama

Dana Perino, former Bush Press Secretary is quoted in Politico giving her take on President Obama's seemingly snake-bittern energy policy. The context and position of the article in which her comments are quoted is that President Obama had bad timing on agreeing to expand offshore drilling just before the BP disaster and on compromise with Republicans on nuclear power not long before the nuclear reactor problems in Japan as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. Okay, that's a bit unlucky. But luck often follows the decisions or non-decisions of those it affects.

Japan disaster has a human cost

I'd like to add my thoughts and prayers to those going out for the people in Japan affected by the terrible earthquake and tsunami.

Frightening scenes.

Devastation

But more importantly there's a human toll, which is very sad:

IWAKI, Japan (AP) — The confirmed death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan yesterday stands at 686, but the government says it could be far higher. 

The destruction stretches hundreds of miles along the coast, where thousands of hungry survivors have been huddling in darkened emergency centers cut off from rescuers and aid.  

While the full scale of disaster is not yet known, a top government official says reported cases alone suggest that more than 1,000 were killed.  

One report says four trains disappeared yesterday and still have not been located. Another says 9,500 people in one coastal town are unaccounted for and that at least 200 bodies had washed ashore elsewhere.

The damage to nuclear reactors could still add yet another layer to the tragedy.  Let's pray it doesn't compund the trouble. 

7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Ecuador

No word yet on injuries, deaths or damages.

Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has yet to make a public statement blaming America.

Obama Moves The Earth for G20

In preparation for the upcoming G20 summit, President Obama has had the earth moved.

An earthquake has rocked buildings and sent people fleeing into the streets in an area ranging across a large swath of Central Canada and the U.S.

There also reports that the quake was felt in Montreal, Windsor, Ottawa and Toronto. New York City and parts of several U.S. states also felt the tremor.

Natural Resources Canada has confirmed a "minor" quake struck the region.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center, the quake measured 5.5 in magnitude

Who says power hasn't gone to his head? 

Here's some video of the tremors.

Dumbest Quote of the Year Makes Wikipedia

You know there's a lot of competition for the stupidest thing said in a given year, and 2009 and 2010 have been especially ripe with dumb comments.  But this has to be a contender for the 2010 competition and for now, it's the odds-on favorite.