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If youve ever wondered about the treatment of prisoners at Guantanimo Bay, if youve ever wondered why we put prisoners there, what the prisoners themselves think about the facility, what the Supreme court decision will mean, and more, you need to read the interview posted below fromNational Review. The
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Barrack Obama is going to visit his troops fighting in Iraq… he did not say which troops, therefore both the Insurgents and the US Army were preparing to receive him. (He should be more specific to avoid confusion)
(thanks to Nick F. for that one)
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Heres an amusing story from a reformed maleenjoy!
If I ran the Zoo, by Mike S. Adams – Townhall.com
The good folks at the National Association of Scholars (see NAS.org) have asked me to write a short piece modeled after the Dr. Seuss book If I ran the Zoo. Specifically, they want me to enumerate the changes I would make in higher education if I ran the system. Of course, Ive never really imagined being in charge of the zoo because, you see, I am an endangered species. I am a Christian, a Caucasian, a Conservative, and a Capitalist. But these four Cs were not something the liberals could foresee. When I was hired I was an Atheist, an America hater, an Abortion supporter, and a bit of an Alcoholic. The changes in these four As are now the cause of my forays. ** In the zoo in which I work, students applying for the position of residents assistant are asked whether they would have any religious objections to providing RU 486 (upon request) to the pregnant young women living in their dorms. Student applicants are disqualified from the job if, for religious reasons, they would refuse to do so. – If I ran the zoo, I would make employees in the Division of Student Activities go deer hunting with the Second Amendment Club. These employees would have to provide ammunition to the hunters if they ran out. They would be fired if they refused to do so.
As Mr. Adams continues he similarly nails the PC crowd on abortion, Title IX, free speech, freedom of assembly, and sensitivity training. Happy Monday after Fathers Day guys.
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Despite flaws, George W Bush is a loyal friend Telegraph UK
A country, like a man, can have friends who are difficult. But sticking to them is the essence of friendship. For all his inadequacies, Mr Bush always did right by us. We wish him well in future.
A very nice article that foreshadows the real G W Bush legacy
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Petrobras CEO Jos Sergio Gabrielli was flush with bullish insights when he stopped by the Journal’s New York office last week to talk about the Brazilian oil company. One reason for Mr. Gabrielli’s optimism is last year’s discovery of the offshore Tupi field, which is said to contain between five billion and eight billion barrels of black gold. Another, …neither environmentalists nor Brazilian politicians have raised concerns about exploiting oil… – Wall Street Journal
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Mostly the media has gone silent on war news but you still need and deserve to know whats going on:
A Partnership With Iraq Washington Post
THOUGH IT was hardly noticed in Washington, Iraq’s Shiite-led government sent a powerful message to Iran and to the Middle East last week. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose coalition is often portrayed as an Iranian client, traveled to Tehran for a meeting with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The ayatollah bluntly declared that Iraq’s “most important problem” was the continuing presence of U.S. troops. He pressured Mr. Maliki to stop negotiating a package of agreements with the Bush administration that would delineate a “strategic framework” between Iraq and the United States and provide for the deployment of U.S. forces beyond the expiration of a U.N. mandate at the end of this year. ** Mr. Maliki refused. He assured his Iranian hosts that Iraq would not be a launching pad for an American attack on Iran. But he pointedly told a press briefing that negotiations on the strategic partnership would continue. He repeated that commitment on Friday, even after warning that the talks had “reached a dead end.” In effect, the Iraqi prime minister was saying that his country does not want to become an Iranian satellite but an independent Arab state that would look to the United States to ensure its security. ** If the United States were to make a formal commitment to defend Iraq from external aggression, congressional consideration and approval of the pact would be appropriate. For now, the biggest risk is that Tehran and its allies will pressure Mr. Maliki into backing away from a partnership with Washington. In that case, Iran would hasten to substitute itself as Iraq’s defender and strategic ally, with momentous implications for the rest of the Middle East. Surely this is not what the Democrats want.
Oh really? Quickname the colorfully radical leaders in the world that progressive democrats often defend and shower with adorationin many cases in lieu of support for American soldiers and Republican leadership. I wouldn’t put anything past them…but I digress.
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A few facts taken from various pages at the U.S. Department of Energys Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center:
In 2008, the number of U.S. fueling stations offering E85 surpassed 1,400 and continues to grow. To find sites offering E85, select a state on the map below. The database will generate a detailed list of stations verified to offer E85. ** According to the map out here in the West California and Arizona each have between 11 and 20 e-85 stations. Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, and North Dakota each have 21-50 and Colorado and South Dakota have 51-100the rest have 10 or less. Minnisota is all the way up to between 301 and 400 and Illinoise, 101-200. Many states are still in the none category.
Many federal and state incentives encourage ethanol production and use and E85 station development. Select a state below to view ethanol-related incentives and laws in that state.
Arizona has 4-6 incentive lawsCalifornia has none. ** Iowa and Indiana offer the most incentives at 16-20.
Ethanol producers face unique distribution challenges. ** Most ethanol plants are concentrated in the Midwest United States, but gasoline consumption is highest along the East and West Coasts. ** The volume of ethanol currently used in transportation is relatively small compared with the gasoline market. ** The ethanol produced generally can be absorbed in local or regional markets as E10 or E85, providing benefits to those markets. However, as ethanol production increases nationwide, distribution will become a more critical issue. ** Most ethanol plants distribute their fuel by truck and rail. Some larger plants are located near navigable waterways and can ship their ethanol by bargea more economical option.
(Ahapart of the increase in fuel prices at the pump can be attributed to higher transport costs due to higher fuel priceshows that for irony!)
Studies have estimated that ethanol and other biofuels could replace 30% or more of U.S. gasoline demand by 2030. ** Several steps are required to make ethanol available as a vehicle fuelsee the supply chain diagram below.
In 2002, China had no billionaires. In 2006, China had 15 billionaires. As of Oct. 2007, China has 106 billionaires. They are “heralding a new era in the Chinese economy”, according to the Chinese equivalent of Forbes’ richest list.
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That’s right! Don’t delay, surely this deal won’t last! And don’t forget… !!!
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By Tina Grazier
For the record, the FTC has an entire crew that pores over weekly average gas prices in hundreds of cities, looking for evidence of gouging–to no avail. Perhaps this is because no oil company controls enough of the market to exercise enough power to raise prices. – WSJ
Jack’s “price gouging part deux” article sent me scampering to see what I might find on the web. The very first article I read yielded sweet fruit as illustrated in the above quote. However, there is so much more. Back in 2006 during the last oil price spike Republicans were in a panic, according to Denny Pelosi in his Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal piece from 2006:
Gas prices rise, and Republicans panic, by Denny Pelosi
House Speaker Denny Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist fired off a letter to President Bush yesterday demanding the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department investigate “price fixing” and “gouging.” Senator Arlen Specter wants to go further and impose stricter “antitrust” laws for oil companies, as well as a “windfall profits” tax. Mr. Hastert also delighted the class warriors in the press corps by lambasting recently retired Exxon CEO Lee Raymond’s pay “unconscionable.” ** There’s been unconscionable behavior all right, most of it on Capitol Hill. A decent portion of the latest run-up in gas prices–and the entire cause of recent spot shortages–is the direct result of the energy bill Congress passed last summer. That self-serving legislation handed Congress’s friends in the ethanol lobby a mandate that forces drivers to use 7.5 billion gallons annually of that oxygenate by 2012.>>
That little piece of legislation put more than a little pressure on oil company plans for the future. It also jerked oil speculators by the neck when their plans to yield a decent investment return moving forward had to shift. But this legislative debacle isnt all of the story: >
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