Monthly Archives: January 2009
Ball point pen on the morning newsprint I hate long goodbyes. I went into NY today and did these bonus doodles on the train. The suspensions are awful, and you're never able to place the pen in the right spot, but for some reason I like these bounce drawings best. Ball point pen on the morning newsprint ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint Shortly after take off, Us Airways flight 1549 heading to Charlotte hit a flock of geese. 57 year old Pilot, Chesley Sullenberger, quickly scanned the highly populated region below him and deftly put the plane down in a frigid stretch of the Hudson River between Manhattan and New Jersey, all 155 passenger and crew members survived. As the plane was sinking, the former Air Force fighter pilot and a 29-year veteran of US Airways searched the plane making sure all were safely off before exiting. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint New Jersey's own Lisa Jackson received a warm reception from the US Senate at her confirmation hearing to become head of the EPA. Jackson earned a master's degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University and is a graduated summa cum laude fromTulane University's School of Chemical Engineering. She has served as Commissioner of Environmental protection of New Jersey and Chief of staff to New Jersey's Governor Jon Corzine. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint Sacrates said "The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." As the Bush administration enters it's final week in office, many are writing about the last eight years in the harshest terms, but I don't believed Bush and Cheney are evil,... lets just say that I agree with Socrates. ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint Kiefer Sutherland is back as Jack Bower in a new season of 24 and he doesn't give a crap if the CIA is headed by Leon Panetta or Leon Spinks, if you don't tell him what he wants to know, he'll shoot your knee cap or electrocute you with a lamp cord first, ask questions later. I love it! ...
Read MoreBall point pen on the morning newsprint Obama chooses former Clinton Chief of Staff, Leon Panetta, to head the CIA. Was the intelligence appointment handled with intelligence? Well, this was a no win situation for Obama. For years Democrats have railed against the CIA and it's tactics. Word was that no one wanted the job. Should Obama have appointed someone that had intel experience and presided over torture or someone with a clean slate but had no experience? Panetta graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Santa Clara University. He also received a Juris Doctor from the Santa Clara University Law School. Panetta was elected to the U.S. Congress to represent California's 16th congressional district. Hewas reelected for nine terms before being tapped by the Clinton administration to serve in the Management and Budget Office and as Chief of Staff. ...
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