NannyState

Obama could go to Copenhagen with his wife and shill for a Chicago Olympics but he couln't even spare a few measly bucks to bring a U.S. presence to this big party? Pathetic....

In the States, it was mostly viewed as a great opportunity to see the newest weapons systems. the rest was seen as more of the usual. Of course, the U.S. hasn't had a big birthday bash since 1976 so n...

damn, that was good!...

What a way to keep warm in the cold winter chill!...

I haven't seen that much bad Irish pork since I was in Boston!...

@Bob Jacobsen, get on the phone now with Bill Richardson in Santa Fe. He will be the next Commerce Secretary and he can get you guys hooked up with the new Obama Congress to rewrite that law and make ...

World's Fair says it all. And I totally agree with taihanasie about all those "Expo" monikers. Go to Las Vegas: there's "Expo This" and "Expo That" everywhere and it's all cheap crap....

I'm trying to remember when that ban on federal funding for World's Expositions came into effect. I think it was in the 1970s when we were in a recession and the Carter Administration ran up a mindbog...

It's way too cool not to build. If it were an ugly eyesore like Burj Dubai, then no. But this one is spectacular and needs to go up ASAP!...

Beautiful shot!...

He's like this really weird old guy who got his politics from watching StarTrek. Every industrializing nation has suffered immense pollution. That China has at a time when the more mature industrializ...

He should because China is too important. Since we consume the most energy, we should form our own cartel and set a price we are willing to pay for oil. We need to get together on the global economic ...

Was America paranoid in 1964? You be the judge: we were hiding under our school desks during nuclear attack drills for the war with Soviet Union. We attacked Vietnam over commies that were going to ta...

Supercool! Build it! And #15, while some tall buildings still get built in the US, the regulations over airports and flightpaths makes supertalls rare if not impossible in most US cities. But who care...

Spectacular! I can't wait to check it out!...