Denver & the Grid

Denver Pleasuredome,Day 2- I am already beyond bored with the Demo Convention. So expect a lot less writing. This Convention can be summarized in one word, lame. The whole thing lacks any energy. What a bomb! Mark Warner may want to shelve his national ambitions a bit longer. Did he think he was speaking to the Young Entrepreneurs Club? The talking heads did an immediate hatchet job on Warner. The only thing even remotely interesting last evening was, no not HRC, but Chris Mathews going totally ballistic on Keith Olberman. Seems Mathews is a little tired of Olberman the Great and the ascension of can do no wrong, her greatness Rachel Maddow. Chris Matthews was trying to emphasis a theory of sorts when Olberman chimed in that Maddow was the first to introduce the theory. At that point Matthews lost it and went after Olberman and refused to break and let the next guest speak until he had spoke his mind. Now this feud may be the only interesting thing in primetime. I have to thank the MLB for scheduling the Red Sox into my city to play the Yankees at least I will be entertained the next couple nights.

Wind And No Grid- I have been writing a lot the past few weeks about the positive future for wind power. Now surprisingly, there is a snag. It seems the power grid in this country, which was planned and developed about 100 years ago, does not have the capacity to transmit the power throughout the country. There is now a movement for a ‘super highway grid’ to be built to facilitate this capacity issue. Of course, this requires Congressional action, which is most unlikely. Why should we build any infrastructure in this nation while we can continue to rebuild countries like Iran and Afghanistan? Check out the story in today’s NY Times.

Speaking of infrastructure, Thomas Friedman’s column in today’s NY Times is a must read. Friedman discusses the difference when a nation like China can direct all its national resources toward building out infrastructure in 7 years leading up to the Olympics. Meanwhile, he points out that America squandered these years only investing in more bombs, armored humvees and unmanned drones. Friedman totally hits a home run and suggests if Obamessiah wants to win this election he should build his campaign around building out and improving the US infrastructure.