I’m curious about the details, but the peace conference in Goma has supposedly borne some fruit:
Government negotiators and rebel groups reached a deal to end fighting in the vast country’s restive east, where some 800,000 people had to flee their homes over the last year, officials said Monday.
All parties agreed to the accord and scheduled a formal signing for Tuesday, Vital Kamerhe, the president of Congo’s national assembly, announced.
The devil is in the details. This is a conflict over resources as much as it is over ethnic affiliations. Frankly, I’m surprised to see all parties agreeing on anything after just a week of negotiations.
I had good conversations with friends, last weekend. I think most are tuned into what Obama could do for our country. I think I may have even won a handful of people over.
Obama’s got a shot. He does. But as easily as I can imagine him taking the presidency, I can just as easily imagine the crushing disappointment of seeing Clinton standing up there; the last eight years have conditioned me for disappointment.
Clinton could be a perfectly competent president, but Obama could be a great one. As Devon puts it, we’ll all be kicking ourselves if history passes us by by just a few percentage points.
I’ve donated a few hundred dollars to Obama’s campaign, in the past, but today I donated many, many more. South Carolina is coming up. Super Tuesday is coming up. Now is the time.
2.009 Product Engineering Processes - MIT's undergraduate competition for reuse, recycling, and development yielded some interesting entries, including a solar-powered bottle sorter, shea nut grinder, and insulation panels made from PET bottles. (posted by nagutron on 2008-01-03T19:19:10Z))
NodeBox | Home - Generate 2D visuals using Python. Beautiful stuff. Check out the Andren illuminated scripts and Evolution. From Watson. (posted by nagutron on 2007-12-11T06:59:50Z))
Ponoko - Ponoko is an interesting site: Rapid fabrication, user-contributed. Kind of like a CafePress for furniture and toys. This links to a nice-looking side table. (posted by nagutron on 2007-11-29T02:12:05Z))
