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September 1, 2008.
A Question for Sarah Palin
In November 2006, you said that if your daughter was raped, "I would choose life." You did not say "I would let my daughter choose," because you were arguing that women should not have that choice. But now the McCain campaign says your daughter did have the choice and that she made the choice. I'm glad you gave your daughter the choice, but would you still take it away from other women you have never met? Have you changed your mind?
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June 21, 2008
China Helps Out a Little, Even as it Wrecks the Climate
China just raised gas prices 16%—to $3/gal. That cut $4 from the world price of oil—saving us $30 billion a year. But China's still subsidizing oil, helping OPEC, and wrecking the climate. A new book tells how to flip this around. Carbonomics... more >>
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Carbonomics: How to fix the climate and charge it to OPEC
Once, many years ago, in a distant land, Yamani the Enigmatic launched the great energy experiment. Without warning, he sent a proclamation to every corner of the earth declaring the need to conserve. This story is true. The lessons of the great energy experiment, if properly applied, provide a path to escape the enormous costs that now await us if we fail to choose a secure and sustainable energy future. more
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2007 tied for second place (with 1998), after first-place 2005 "The unusual warmth in 2007 is noteworthy because it occurs at a time when solar irradiance is at a minimum and the equatorial Pacific Ocean is in the cool phase of its natural El Niño-La Niña cycle." NASA
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Bush stuck on climate change
Bush proposed an "International Climate Change Framework" at the G-8 conference. But the "framework" is only this: The top 15 greenhouse nations will set "national targets that reflect their own future energy needs." It's a do-what-you-want framework—just like the current US policy for itself. The point is to prevent real cooperation. But the huge and immediate problem is energy .... read more ( zFacts on Bush International)
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Subsidizing the switch away from fossil fuel can make sense, but corn ethanol, made more from coal than sun, is too expensive and among the worst choices. Confirmed by new National Acadamy of Sciences report. Biodiesel is better, and non-corn ethanol will be good when it gets here.
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zFact:Conventional oil may peak soon. But heavy oil and synfuels are far from peak. High oil prices will cost us a fortune (now over $300 billion/year) if we don't curb demand.
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Sunnis: US invasion wrong: 98%. OK to attack US troops: 94%
Only 30% of Iraqis want us to leave immediately. But figure this out. 94% of the Sunnis think its acceptable to shoot at US troops, but 44% want us to stay till things settle down. Why? So they can shoot at us? read more
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We're in Iraq to prevent Iran from dominating our oil. —Kissinger
Kissinger, a contributor to the surge plan, has just explained that "American forces are in Iraq to prevent the Iranian[s] from dominating the energy supplies of the industrial democracies." Cheney and his secret Iran/Syria Operations Group still want to attack Iran. He and the neocons have blundered at every turn.
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zFact: In 1981, it was only 32.5% of the our yearly GDP. The press said it was at an all time high. It's much bigger now, but two huge parts of the federal budget run surpluses and get a bad rap. Graph Debt Free clock
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Wednesday, August 31, 2007
National Debt Tops $9 Trillion
When George W. Bush was inaugurated, January 20, 2001, the National Debt was $5,727,776,738,304.64. Today it reached: $9,005,648,561,262.70.
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"Sec. of Energy Cancels Bush's Clean-Coal Project"
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The 40th anniversary edition shows we've added global warming to the problems Carson saw, changed some, tried to fix a few, but the warning is still strong and necessary: The human race is endangering its only home.
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