The only reason to read "Pullman's paper of record," The Daily Evergreen, this past semester wasn't its non-existent coverage of local issues, but rather conservative columnist Alex Williams, the Vice President of the WSU College Republicans.
I'm happy to announce that Alex has now joined the merry band of Forbicites here at Palouistics. I'm excited to read what Alex is going to share with us. I have also included a link to Alex's "College Conservative in a Liberal World" blog here. Check it out.
That's SIX students we have as contributors at Palousitics, and I'd like to have many more!
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Showing posts with label Daily Evergreen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daily Evergreen. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
Andy Jones: Back from Italy and diesel misconceptions
Ugly American back espousing euro-socialist values and ignorance.
Here is Andy's original article here: http://www.dailyevergreen.com/story/24198
You might remember Andy's last propaganda article which focused on the wrong belief about 220v electricity: http://palousitics.blogspot.com/2007/10/turn-off-lights.html
I think the only thing I can really agree with Andy's article is that Italian women are beautiful. After my trip to Kennedy Space Center, there were many beautiful Italian women visiting since the "Harmony Node", aka Node 2 to the ISS, was built by Italy.
Mean while back at the ranch, Mr.Jones wrote something else that was full of crap: Diesel Engnines. Mr. Jones is correct about the efficiency of diesel engines but he is incorrect about the emissions from the engine.
When a diesel engine burns the diesel fuel it does put out black smoke when it starts up and some black smoke comes out when you put the pedal to the metal. This is unburned diesel fuel. When you start up your gasoline car in the morning you will see a lot of white smoke and when you throttle up the accelerator you will see white smoke. This is from unburned gasoline.
The reason why so many people in Italy, Europe and the rest of the world use diesel engines is the effiecency of the engine is about 25%, while the gasoline engine runs about %13. Another reason why diesel is used is it is cheaper than gasoline because you do not have to refine it as much. Go anywhere in Europe and the rest of world, except for the U.S.A., the cost of gasoline is more than twice the cost of diesel. Another side note I wish to add is that one liter of diesel yeilds more energy than one liter of gasoline.
I am willing to bet Mr.Jones has never seen smog before. He probably thinks that if Italy replaces all the diesel vehicles with gasoline, the smog will go away. Wrong, the smog will remain and probably increase since more gasoline will be needed to run the vehicles.
Ciao.
Here is Andy's original article here: http://www.dailyevergreen.com/story/24198
You might remember Andy's last propaganda article which focused on the wrong belief about 220v electricity: http://palousitics.blogspot.com/2007/10/turn-off-lights.html
I think the only thing I can really agree with Andy's article is that Italian women are beautiful. After my trip to Kennedy Space Center, there were many beautiful Italian women visiting since the "Harmony Node", aka Node 2 to the ISS, was built by Italy.
Mean while back at the ranch, Mr.Jones wrote something else that was full of crap: Diesel Engnines. Mr. Jones is correct about the efficiency of diesel engines but he is incorrect about the emissions from the engine.
When a diesel engine burns the diesel fuel it does put out black smoke when it starts up and some black smoke comes out when you put the pedal to the metal. This is unburned diesel fuel. When you start up your gasoline car in the morning you will see a lot of white smoke and when you throttle up the accelerator you will see white smoke. This is from unburned gasoline.
The reason why so many people in Italy, Europe and the rest of the world use diesel engines is the effiecency of the engine is about 25%, while the gasoline engine runs about %13. Another reason why diesel is used is it is cheaper than gasoline because you do not have to refine it as much. Go anywhere in Europe and the rest of world, except for the U.S.A., the cost of gasoline is more than twice the cost of diesel. Another side note I wish to add is that one liter of diesel yeilds more energy than one liter of gasoline.
I am willing to bet Mr.Jones has never seen smog before. He probably thinks that if Italy replaces all the diesel vehicles with gasoline, the smog will go away. Wrong, the smog will remain and probably increase since more gasoline will be needed to run the vehicles.
Ciao.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain
Kudos to the Daily Evergreen editorial staff for using their intellect to question what they refer to as "banalities" surrounding the Cougar Green Fund in today's issue. The staff want a "more concrete plan" to go with the "sustainability, environmentalism and reusability buzzwords."
Good luck with that.
Left wing causes such as social justice and environmentalism have become the new religion. People mindlessly parrot phrases they have heard in the media or in the classroom without having one iota of a clue what they really mean.
Once, man turned inward and sought comfort in spirituality. But now that the New York Times has officially proclaimed God as being dead, people have turned outwards to seek meaning and validation in their lives. Instead of perfecting themselves, they now try to perfect others. The perfect religion for the Age of Narcissism. People pontificate about the causes of the day, be it sweatshops, sustainability, Darfur, global warming, etc., telling us how we need to change to assuage the pangs of guilt they feel for their affluence and safe, sheltered, comfortable suburban existence. And then they go right back to living their selfish, self-involved lives. Nothing ever changes. As Michael has said many times before, when self-proclaimed "environmentalists" start taking these issues seriously, so will I.
Good luck with that.
Left wing causes such as social justice and environmentalism have become the new religion. People mindlessly parrot phrases they have heard in the media or in the classroom without having one iota of a clue what they really mean.
Once, man turned inward and sought comfort in spirituality. But now that the New York Times has officially proclaimed God as being dead, people have turned outwards to seek meaning and validation in their lives. Instead of perfecting themselves, they now try to perfect others. The perfect religion for the Age of Narcissism. People pontificate about the causes of the day, be it sweatshops, sustainability, Darfur, global warming, etc., telling us how we need to change to assuage the pangs of guilt they feel for their affluence and safe, sheltered, comfortable suburban existence. And then they go right back to living their selfish, self-involved lives. Nothing ever changes. As Michael has said many times before, when self-proclaimed "environmentalists" start taking these issues seriously, so will I.
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