Nightwatch: Sun to Mon

I've seen some reports on the 10-10 Global Work Party in daily newspapers (like the San Jose Mercury News that counted 24 events in its Santa Clara County, 400 in California and 7,000 globally) and local TV news sites. But as of the end of Sunday, the progressive blogs like Kos and the larger and/or fashionable climate crisis/ enviro blogs like Climate Progress have been totally silent. (One exception is the Natural Resources Defense Council blog.)

Maybe they believe this project was ill-advised or otherwise not worth their attention. Instead, Climate Progress focuses as usual on how crazy Republicans are, and the latest dire climate information. Or maybe it was Sunday and they'll get to it as Monday goes on. But I have yet to see the progressive and enviro blogosphere all come together on this issue, especially when one big voice might be heard, especially about thousands of grassroots projects. And until that voice grows big enough, the disunited States will continue to allow national governments to squabble on the issue (as they did in China this weekend), and GOPers to stick with denial as an effective party strategy.

Apropos progressives, Paul Krugman's latest column goes after the Obama administration for not spending enough to increase employment, particularly in the Recovery Act. It's not a new position for Krugman, but he states his case strongly and well, in ways that progressives online should note: he gives the Administration credit for what they did and its consequences in keeping the economy from totally tanking, and he doesn't conclude that the administration is therefore traitorous to the cause, or engaged in trying to fool people, or so disgusting that people ought to punish them by letting GOPer fanatics destroy the country and teach them a lesson.

Meanwhile, Frank Rich deflates the notion that the revolution will be social media-ized. But by far the most depressing piece I read was the Times report on bullying. In kindergarten. By girls.

My own Sunday not taken up by my jobs-related stuff was mostly baseball-related, as reflected in my only post of the day, on the SF Giants series with Atlanta, over at what's now my sports network at American Dash.

Update Mon to Tues: The silence of the blogs continued on Monday concerning the Climate Crisis Global Work Party activities Sunday, and it was noticed by at least one participant who expressed his astonishment at Climate Progress, which is too busy getting into obscure scientific association controversies and misinterpreting Paul Krugman. Climate Progress continues to go after President Obama for apparently not recognizing the Climate Crisis as a more important problem than health care or economic recovery, yet blows off meaningful support for action that would prove its own commitment.