But he is surprised so many people abroad, especially in the third world, are disappointed at how little Obama has changed. "His campaign rhetoric, hope and change, was entirely vacuous. There was no principled criticism of the Iraq war: he called it a strategic blunder. And Condoleezza Rice was black – does that mean she was sympathetic to third world problems?"
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Pretty long piece on Al Gore: not too glowing and with some pointers to critics. As I recall he has 3 giant Apple monitors, which seems like pudding to me.
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When urban sprawl forces faith to be easier: "Some of the deities are so lined up so choc-a-bloc that you could pray to one god, and then shift your bum slightly and pray to a second."
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