of course I will support renewable energy.
Fact is, a draft in the current political climate, looks nigh unlikely. Given an upsurge in terrarism, a 9/11 rerun, a draft would be inevitable.
Would the rabid right engineer such an upsurge?
(Larry Beinhart sketched the scenario--The Librarian-- altho it's clear he sees it a an accomplished fact, 9/11.)
As long as Cheney/Bush cabal continues its run, there will be no significant renewable/alternate energy policy -- as long as big oil controls congress -- both parties -- there's no big (huge mega-)bucks in alternate energy.
So how do we start? First off we have to buy a few congressfolks -- just joking, we all know that congressfolks are like journalists, they can't be bought.
You cannot hope to bribe or twist
Thank God! the [British]NYTimes/WaPo journalist
But seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to.
--Humbert Wolfe, updated to suit the occasion
Posted by degustibus at November 25, 2005 05:38 PMWell get this, now the libs want to have a special tax on all hybrids and fuel efficient cars because owners aren't paying enough fuel taxes to support highways and roads.
LOL
Posted by muckdog at November 25, 2005 05:58 PMBendito!!!
I keep posting these examples of deliberate WMD/ties to terrorist lies by the administration and you keep ignoring them (after asking for them again!!) Do you have any reply or is you integrity and charachter as low as appears?
1) Cheney said it was “pretty well confirmed” Iraqi intel agents had met with Atta in Prague. In fact our intel agencies had pretty well confirmed that was not true BEFORE he was out saying it.
2) Bush was pushing the Niger yellow cake story AFTER Wilson, the IAEA, and anybody else who looked at the ridiculous evidence said it was not true.
3) Rice was saying the aluminum tubes could only be for nukes AFTER our intel agencies had concluded they were most likely COULD NOT BE USED for that purpose.
4) They all said Iraq was training terrorists in bomb making and other terror skills AFTER the source had been deemed unreliable and AFTER he had recanted.
5) They all used curveball’s mobile wmd lab and remote drone garbage AFTER multiple intel agencies had deemed him unreliable.
6) Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein to the attacks and that there was scant credible evidence that Iraq had any significant collaborative ties with Al Qaeda, according to government records and current and former officials with firsthand knowledge of the matter....
Posted by The Truth at November 25, 2005 07:01 PMMuckdog that made absolutly no sense at all.
Posted by at November 25, 2005 07:13 PMMy thoughts go first and foremost to the issue of how the US can possibly go about making amends to the rest of the world for what it has done over the past 5 years alone.
That issue aside, however, it will take an effort that dwarfs the New Deal in scope in order to set the US back on the domestic track to recovery (in all senses), and an about-face in the way we pursue the solution to our energy demands would most definately by the centerpiece of such an initiative.
I'm just one irrelevant (ex)American, but I won't return home until I see something "American" to stand for. I don't believe that it will happen in my lifetime.
Posted by KD at November 25, 2005 07:21 PMOops...hit "post" but meant to write -
But you're damn right that I will stand for what you ask.
Posted by KD at November 25, 2005 07:22 PMYemen is one of many who will take over their oil fields away of the American Oil CO. Would you blame them? As the internet is open to all they can see the profits and salaries of those CEO’s are making. They dislike of this administration for their lies to invade Iraq, tortures lover Cheney is enough to turn anyone stomach.
Let’s not forget why Wolfowitz was put as head of the World Bank!
Venezuela did the same thing! That is why Bush hates him and with his latest news about wanting to bomb Al Jazeera lately (especially that 2 people are under indictment for leaking Downing Street Memos) proves that it was true.
Chavez is probably right about is overthrow was American made, because he took over his oil field. He is helping his people.
Do you feel sorry for our bastard oil CEO’s. There bonus will be big this year and remember we pay for it with the help of all those repugs in congress. I saw on C-span today both Edward’s and Fritz speech. The first was great, fritz was an attack on democrats same chits we hear all the time plus how great they were. I can wait about hit problems on inside trading. Seems Delay’s and a few others are doom with the Abramoff saga.
Let’s take back both houses next years. Let’s keep hammering about their lies. Stop them to pass any bad laws and let’s shut up Lieberman. He is not a democrat!
"...for not allowing all those Chinese Christians to worship freely in a Buddhist country."
I thought Communism was hostile to all religions, does this mean China supports Buddhism or do they simply tolerate it?
You could say that the whole point of the war was to depose Hussein, they could have declared victory (mission accomplished) and brought the troops home once he was captured. You know Republicans don't give a damn if we rebuild everything we damaged in the war, they don't give a damn about democracy either, not here at home and not overseas either. Anyone with a brain could have figured out it was all about looting Iraq's treasury and controlling the oil. Mission accomplished on the first half of their goals. We can't "cut and run" until puppets are in place giving us the oil now.
"Muckdog that made absolutly no sense at all."
Sure it does, especially in the context of this post. Republicans do not support alternative fuels, they are in the back pocket of big oil. If they can make it difficult for people who are considering alternatives, they will, including taxing them so that they aren't as attractive as sticking to gas guzzlers. The part about not paying enough taxes for roads etc, is just their excuse...like being in Iraq for freedom and democracy instead of looting and pillaging.
Posted by Donna at November 25, 2005 09:18 PMDonna, muckie was blaming those taxes on Dems, not his party. Your explanation may be correct, but muckie is for the "tax not" party. He likes to blame all taxes on the other side.
But don't worry over it, muckie doesn't, to be sure.
Posted by dorita at November 25, 2005 09:42 PMThe Reuters story about plastic surgery is missing at CNN, but it's still up at MSNBC:
Bigger breasts offered as perk to U.S. soldiers
I don't think this is scandalous, especially if the majority of surgery is repairing war injuries, or in the case of breast implants, perhaps after mastectomy. The surgeons do have to practice and so I don't mind if they do a few "frivolous" surgeries to that end. What would be scandalous is if the majority of the surgeries were nose jobs and lipo etc for purely cosmetic reasons.
Posted by Donna at November 25, 2005 09:44 PMI'm a newbie here so I don't know whose who, but I see what you mean Dorita, I missed that part about libs being responsible. I did look up what I think he meant though. He's talking about Joan Baruki (a democrat) who was appointed to head California's DMV by Schwartznegger (a republican). She wants cars equipped with a global positioning device to track their miles and be taxed that way. I think everyone can agree this is a boneheaded idea. I don't like the idea of the government tracking me and it's none of their business how many miles I drive.
Posted by Donna at November 25, 2005 09:58 PMOf topic, The Raw Story has an article about bush/ Blair last memo that was gag. It get you to an English MP that offer to go to jail for the truth.I sent his a comment
Posted by not stupid at November 25, 2005 10:35 PMChavez is probably right about is overthrow was American made, because he took over his oil field. He is helping his people.
Yeah right; just like his comrade Castro is helping his people...
Apollyana,
Or like Bush is helping his people in the militarty get massacared and maimed in a country that was no threat to anybody outside his borders. Or like Bush is helping the citizens of his country see real wages decline for three years in a row and their future morgaged to the hilt under crushing and historical debt.
"We should constantly be reviewing our policies, constantly be looking at those sanctions to make sure that they are directed toward that purpose. That purpose is every bit as important now as it was ten years ago when we began it. And frankly they have worked. He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors. So in effect, our policies have strengthened the security of the neighbors of Iraq, and these are policies that we are going to keep in place." - Colin Powell, FEB 24, 2001
Posted by The Truth at November 26, 2005 05:40 AMmuckdog posted on November 25, 2005 at 05:58 PM
"Well get this, now the libs want to have a special tax on all hybrids and fuel efficient cars because owners aren't paying enough fuel taxes to support highways and roads."
Jeez, mucky, get it right for a change, since this one was so easy. The folks who want to put that "special" tax on hybrids are the US Chamber of Commerce. Actually, what they want to do is create a new tax based on some hypothetical "miles driven" assessment to supplement the current fuel tax levied on a per gallon basis .
Haven't you wondered why they want to do that? I do, although I suspect that I already know. If fuel consumption by private individuals with their cars drops, then the per gallon fuel tax will need to rise to generate the same revenue. Of course,the truckers (do you think they migh belong to the US Chamber of Commerce?) don't want to pay for the damage they do to the nation's highways, which they don't do now and might if they shouldered more of the real cost they impose on the rest of us. It's always easier to pass on the costs you generate to some other sucker to pay, which is exactly what the purpose of this benighted US Chamber of Commerce proposal does.
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Jesus, that's rude.
Posted by tempus at November 26, 2005 02:58 PMIt's probably spam. The spammers have been coming up with new ways to horn into sites that people visit in large numbers.
Posted by pessimist at November 26, 2005 04:12 PMPess: it translates to "May your left testicle drop off by Wednesday."
Posted by tempus at November 26, 2005 10:45 PMJust a few things to consider also: the Yemeni regime is among the most corrupt in the world, skimming public funds into private pockets at virtually every expenditure of the publics money; appoximately a third of the publically subsidezed diesel intended for the yemeni public is smuggles out of the country by top regime officials; when the government announced a decrease in the amount of subsidies recently protests broke out all over the country because the poverty levels are so high that any increase will (and has) result in more starvation.
About half the people in Yemen live under $2.00 a day, about half its five year olds are stunted from malnutrition, about hafl its children never begin first grade and illiteracy is about 75% for women and 35 % for men.
A large chunk of the public expenditures (25%) go the the military budget, and nearly all top military officials are direct relatives of the president (son, nephew, half-brothers ect.) The US and UN have both repeatedly raised concerns about the vast amount of weapons being trafficed out of Yemen, much of it thought to be under the supervision of top military commnaders (presidential relatives.)
So my point, that billion is not going to help the people of Yemen who are already not benefiting from their reserves of oil and gas- its going into the pockets of the elite. President Saleh is rumored to have over 20 billion dollars in overseas banks.
Posted by Jane at December 1, 2005 05:46 PM