So its been a while...

And honestly I'm enjoying the slower pace of the post-election news.  It was a tough battle that was hard fought, so I'm enjoying a bit of a break.  I did have 2 points that I wanted to comment on though, for all those who may stumble across this blog.

First is where the new Administration stands on our energy crisis and climate change.  While I'm very glad to see an Administration who has energy and climate change on their minds, I must say this could potentially be my first issue with the coming administration.  So far I've seen no clear committal to follow through with a 10 year timetable that Al Gore suggested.  Al Gore is a Nobel Peace Prize winner, for God sakes, for his work on education the masses on climate change.  I think the guy knows what he's talking about and if he says that the U.S. can, and should, stick to a 10 year timetable for energy independence and that we should create a national power grid in order to do that, then we should be doing that!  My main concern is that Obama hasn't definitively said anything about a national power grid...which I guess is to be expected.  He always has a way of making statements that leave him plenty of "wiggle room".  However I personally feel this issue alone can solve so many other issues, including generating new jobs, and pulling us out of this recession.

Second issue is the blogosphere seems to be blowing up since the Lieberman verdict today.  After reading a few different perspectives I must say that I think that the DailyKos is being a bit over-dramatic with this issue.  Yes, I really disdain Lieberman as much as the next guy given the things that he said and, yes, a part of me is pissed he's keeping his chairmanship.  But after reading a few articles, I read on CNN or MSNBC I believe that the way it went down is that Lieberman was not stripped of his chairmanship, but his committee is now filled with stronger Democratic senators, which in turn will dilute his power in that committee.  So while a part of me does wish that things had gone different, I definitely don't agree that this situation is as "life or death" at others seem to want to portray it.  It is what it is, and in the end, perhaps not pissing Joe off will result in him siding with Dems on important votes and blocking filibuster on issues that are important to us such as climate change and energy issues.  Afterall, he does have a record of voting with Dems on those issues.  Ultimately though, time will tell whether or not the decision was a good one.