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Written by Mike B
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 22:10 |
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In the current day and age when everyone understands the importance of taking care of the earth, well I mean everyone besides ne-con right wing wackos, it is unbeleivable that you still have people who deny and fight what is right before their eyes for business and political gain. A conservitard at a forum that I frequent recently (today) posted a link to an Opinion blog at The Washington Examiner, which happens to be a very conservative sight, which state that "Scientific findings at odds with the Obama Administration’s views on carbon dioxide and climate change are being suppressed as a result of political pressure, officials at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) charge." Of course, no proof was offered to support these claims but almost immediately their readers took it as fact and ran with it to show that Globa Warming is false. The sonsitent thing with these dumb asses is that they don't actually research the nonsense they spew. If it is from Limbaugh, Fox, Hannity, etc. they take it as truth and run with it and aren't really concerned with facts or looking like retards. So to help them out I have done some of the research for them... First some facts about Global Warming: Is It Happening? Yes. Earth is already showing many signs of worldwide climate change. • Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius) around the world since 1880, much of this in recent decades, according to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. • The rate of warming is increasing. The 20th century's last two decades were the hottest in 400 years and possibly the warmest for several millennia, according to a number of climate studies. And the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that 11 of the past 12 years are among the dozen warmest since 1850. • The Arctic is feeling the effects the most. Average temperatures in Alaska, western Canada, and eastern Russia have risen at twice the global average, according to the multinational Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report compiled between 2000 and 2004. You can read the rest of the article at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html Next some info about the CEI: Recently, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) initiated a national television campaign claiming, among other things, that global warming is not causing ice sheets to shrink. Curt Davis, director of the Center for Geospatial Intelligence at the University of Missouri-Columbia, says CEI is misrepresenting his previous research to back their claims. “These television ads are a deliberate effort to confuse and mislead the public about the global warming debate,” Davis said. “They are selectively using only parts of my previous research to support their claims.” More at http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/davis-statement/ What's more they are hollering that the EPA supressed it and what I'm wondering is how? If they're an independent non-profit and not ran by the EPA how could the EPA supress their report? And what also baffles me is how it was supressed before but now they decide to go ahead and release it, couldn't they have done that before? And here is more about the kind of non-profit CEI is http://www.exxonsecrets.org/wiki/index.php/Deniers:_Competitive_Enterprise_Institute_(CEI) http://www.factcheck.org/misleading-ads/scientist_to_cei_you_used_my_research.html 
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Written by Mike B
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Saturday, 02 May 2009 20:54 |
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The Swine Flu is nothing more than the flu. This virus which has killed over a thousand people in Mexico and claimed only 1 in the US and has millions of Americans closed up in their homes and wearing surgical masks when they go out is nothing more than, you guessed it, the Flu. When people start dying it catches our attention, but our fear could have been avoided if the Mexican government would have been honest about why people who were infected with the Swine Flu were dying. If the American people knew that in Mexico if you're sick and do not have money you don't go to the doctor you only go when it's too late and then if you are unable to pay for services in advance you will be left to die. The deaths in Mexico are not caused by the swine flu they have been caused by a government that has long been corrupt. During flu season we do not close schools or become paralyzed by fear. We do not stop traveling. For the most part I ignore flu season and if I get sick I go to the doctor. So, please, can we stop the madness? Instead of being afraid get angry. Get angry that one of our government's trading partners has such horrrible conditions that aside from being undereducated, starving, and desperate they can't even get medical attention even in emergency situations. It is no wonder that every year hundreds of thousands of Mexicans cross our borders illegally.
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Written by Mike B
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Friday, 10 April 2009 00:34 |
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I've been saying that since the economy tanked last year immigration reform was placed on the back burner and although it's still not a pressing issue to the government right now finally the media has started to bring some attention to the issue. The new surge in coverage has lifted my hopes that have been in the dumps since last year. My biggest concern is that, as always with this issue, the racists and the hardcore latin fanatics will make this about race. To me race has nothing to do with this issue and everything to do with people. The issue is that we have human beings that are part of our communities and are contributing to their communities and the current law would require them to separate themselves from their family, friends, and communities for at least 3 years, unless they can prove extreme hardship. Of course, extreme hardship is interpreted by the hierarchy of the INS and as of right now having children and spouse who depend on you is not considered extreme or even a hardship. The argument by most of the adversaries of reform is that a crime was committed and there should be some kind of punishment and I do not disagree with a punishment but I feel the punishment should fit the crime. For example, I feel that someone who steals steak at the grocery store because his family is starving should not be punished to the extreme of someone who steals without need and solely for gain. Separating a spouse and mother/father from their family because they broke a law for a better life is extreme. Ultimately, if we want to really break it down, the large majority of us, American citizens, are descendants of illegal immigrants. Funny how I don't see any of the original proprietors of this land we call home, who welcomed the original illegal immigrants with open arms, protesting.
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Written by Mike B.
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Friday, 17 April 2009 01:06 |
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I happen to live in the great state of Texas and the politics are dominated by right wings so you can imagine how big the turnout was for the "Tea Parties" that were held across the nation. As a matter of fact our governor, Rick Perry, made national headlines with a comment he made after attending one of these parties. News headlines read "Rick Perry: Texas Could Secede" and although I dislike Perry his comments have been taken out of context and after reading the entirety of his comments I don't feel he is for secession but what is as retarded as Texas leaving the Union is hordes of republicans taking to the streets outraged over the economy, NOW. I have nothing against demonstrations, but what gets me is the hypocrisy. Thousands participated yesterday and a large majority (atleast what I saw on TV) were showing anti-Obama signs. If you are against government spending fine, but atleast realize that the increased spending started years ago during a Republican controlled government and the current bailouts (increased spending) are deamed necessary by almost all highly recognized economists and are a result of inaction last year. All over the news you heard that these rallies or parties were not political but the actions and the agenda of these parties seemed political and the fact that funds came from conservative sources to promote these rallies seems funny. Last year or the year before that when the Bush administration was spending like Richard Pryor in "Brewster's Millions" you didn't see any "Tea Parties" or a LARGE outcry from conservatives. There was a small minority of conservatives who made a little noise about the spending but nothing like this. So either I am to believe that the party goers are idiots who have no idea why our economy is in the state that it is in or they are hypocrites who are trying to take advantage of the poor economy, created by republicans, to exploit spending deemed necessary to fix the economy.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 17 April 2009 02:05 )
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Written by Mike B
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Monday, 16 March 2009 00:51 |
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It's all about the economy stupid! Well, I for one need more than just news about the economy. I need to know that our government is going to do something about our outdated and unfair immigration laws. Many people are unaware that under current immigration law families are being broken up and lives are being destroyed and this is due to the countless number of racists that get the media attention. My family happens to be one that could be seperated. The current law says that if an immigrant entered this country illegally that before they can be granted a visa they would have to return to their country of origin for 3 to 10 years. That's right 3 to 10 years. My wife and my oldest son (stepson) entered illegally and we have submitted applications to change their immigration status but did not continue the process after legal advice to the contrary. Now my son is about to turn 16 and has lived in this country since he was a little over 2 years old and he will not be able to get a license or work because for him to do so I would have to send his mother to Mexico for atleast 3 years. For my son to live a normal life I have 3 options. - Send him to Mexico where he would be lost because although he does speak some spanish he can not read or write and has never lived in that environment
- Re submit the applications and send my wife to Mexico for atleast 3 years and my son would get a visa almost immediately because at 2 he did not intentionally break immigration law but that would leave me and my 5 children without a wife and mother
- Well the third choice I will not voice here because it is illegal and not an option that is desirable.
These are the choices that many families are faced with and no wonder why less and less immigrants come forward and file for a status change. I hope that more and more people understand this isn't just an issue about jobs, because they're working jobs that most Americans do not want anyways, the issue is families and our politicians should be pushing for reform that will address this issue because until the U.S. understands that the fix to illegal immigrants coming to our country is holding their countries of origin responsible then we will not stop illegalls from coming but we can do something to keep honest families from making undesirable choices.
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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 7/03/09
I was busy most of the day, but I heard that something might have happened with regard to the 2010 elections. Some sort of a candidate announcement. Might have been a governors race? Perhaps someone here can fill me in.... :) MN-Gov: Apparently, Norm Coleman IS Serious About This
Norm Coleman is obviously trying to resemble one of those sandy-bottomed childrens toys that you keep knocking over, only to see it rise again to your endless amusement/frustration. According to this article, a Coleman advisor is saying that he is actively discussing a 2010 gubernatorial bid with Republican activists. This comes, of course, less than 72 hours after he finally conceded the 2008 Senate race, in which he was defeated by Democrat Al Franken. OH-Gov: Poll Confirms Softening of Strickland's Position
A new poll from Quinnipiac shows that the state's financial dire straits have had a political effect on the state's first-term Democratic governor, Ted Strickland. Once considered in a strong position for re-election, Strickland now leads his potential GOP rivals by single digits. Strickland holds a one-point edge over former Senator Mike DeWine (41-40) and a five-point edge over former Congressman John Kasich (43-38). In early May, Quinnipiac had Strickland leading both GOP candidates by double-digit margins. NATIONAL: The Dire Straits of Republican Governors
As Sarah Palin jogs off into the sunset (for now), Kyle Munzenreider of the Miami New Times has a pretty solid read on a topic that will probably unleash a little healthy weekend schaudenfreude in these parts: the shockingly swift descent of the Republican governors, once considered to be the bedrock upon which the GOP resurrection would be built. The gallery of GOP gubernatorial drama alone is worth the visit. IL-Sen/IL-Gov: Could Kirk's Statewide Plans Get Scuttled By Right-Wing?
Mark Kirk has taken most of his abuse lately from the political left, in particular for his somewhat dangerous attempt to give Barack Obama and the Democrats a swift kick in the knees by telling China that America's government could not be trusted. Now, he is taking on water on the starboard side. Yep, the right-wing in his state is less than thrilled that he was one of eight Republicans to support the President on last week's very tight Clean Energy vote. NV-Sen: Heller Looking Less Likely As A Senate Challenger in 2010
Barely a week after John Cornyn insisted that a Republican challenger to Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid was forthcoming, the main target of the NRSC's recruitment efforts seems to be intent on staying put. Dean Heller, who has served northern Nevada in Congress since 2006, has not made up his mind definitively, but the signs are pointing towards him not running for statewide office in 2010. This is doubly good news for Democrats, since not only does this mean that he is unlikely to challenge Reid, but it also means that he is unlikely to challenge incredibly vulnerable GOP Governor Jim Gibbons. Top Republicans seem resigned to a Heller non-candidacy: John Thune, now in the Senate leadership, simply said of Heller, "I think he likes the job he has."
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Top 10 reasons for Palin resignation
Feel free to add your own theories in the comments.
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Palin secedes from office. Also.
So Sarah Palin has resigned. From four colleges. From her job with the Oil & Gas Commission. And now finally, from her job as governor. Highly unusual for someone once so determined to climb the political ladder that she stayed on in Texas to deliver a speech to the Republican Governors' Association, even as she went into labor with her fifth child. But, hey, that's Sarah. Also. Now, my first thought was that she merely meant that she was tired and wanted to recline, but alas, she left little doubt about her actual intentions with her extended, often rambling speech, during which the local waterfowl laughed repeatedly. Palin's first draft, by the way, reportedly began: "When in the course of human... stuff... (also)." It's truly been an amazing few weeks for the America, as we found out that GOP governors celebrate Father's Day with adultery, and July 4th by resigning from office. This is a pretty amazing abdication of responsibility, I must say. I think back to John McCain's flaky "suspension" of his campaign over the financial crisis, and when you put it side by side with Palin's freak-out, I'm really astonished that they were ever considered a legitimate presidential ticket. How she ever made it all the way through field dressing a moose without getting bored and quitting, I'll never understand. But then again, this was someone who probably winked because she couldn't commit to finishing a blink. I'm appreciative, at least, that she went out in a blaze of glory, with one last incoherent blast of public word spray. I think I'm seeing starbur... ah, screw it. I don't feel like finishing that sentence. Best of luck to you in whatever you do next, Sarah. Rumor has it that you quit for an offer of $50 an hour to go pick lettuce in Yuma for the whole season. But I think you can't do it, my friend.
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