Tag: politics
member name: Steve B.
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December 13, 2009 10:04 AM EST --
There is an old saying that a lie will travel half-way around the world before the truth has tied it's shoes. So it is with the phony email "scandal", the latest version of the "birthers" and "death panels". . . .
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October 12, 2008 01:55 PM EDT --
In July, a much publicized rift in the McCain campaign over social security and how to fund it for the future, resulted in McCain's campaign experts stating that McCain doesn't speak for the McCain . . .
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April 07, 2009 09:58 PM EDT --
A new confidential report by the International Red Cross, "ICRC Report on the Treatment of Fourteen 'High Value Detainees' in CIA Custody," details specific techniques of torture used . . .
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November 15, 2007 04:26 PM EST --
In recent days, you may have read that the congressional democratic leadership has backed away from renewable energy by dropping from the current energy bill the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and . . .
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December 04, 2007 05:41 PM EST --
Sierra Club is reporting that Pelosi will introduce the energy bill in the House this week, including CAFE standards of 35 mpg by 2020. In releasing her press statement, Pelosi said, "This comprehensive . . .
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December 08, 2007 11:41 PM EST --
The House of Representatives passed the energy bill this week, which would require automakers to achieve a fleet average of 35 mpg by 2020. The bill also included a renewable portfolio standard, which . . .
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October 01, 2009 12:58 PM EDT --
There is a funny tv ad that perhaps you've seen, produced by the Americans Against Food Taxes, showing an indignant woman insisting that Washington not tax fruit juices and sodas. She says proponents . . .
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November 28, 2009 10:24 AM EST --
According to a new report, "Rising Tigers Sleeping Giant", the Asian countries of China, Japan, and South Korea are far outdistancing U.S. investments in "New Energy". According to the report, China alone . . .
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September 30, 2009 08:20 AM EDT --
Do you ever get the feeling that some folks, who simply don't want to be told what to do, confuse immaturity with freedom? I do.
For example, consider a comment by a fellow gatherer recently in the . . .
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January 21, 2007 07:42 PM EST --
The new global warming report of the International Panel on Climate Change is reported to make the case stronger, based on research and evidence, that the atmosphere is warming in substantial consequence . . .
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January 21, 2007 05:33 PM EST --
FDA likes clones-
Thinks they're ok for food-
Wants you to buy them
Don't think you'll eat clones?
You'll never know you bought them.
They won't be labelled.
Industry . . .
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November 25, 2009 02:54 PM EST --
Scientists have released The Copenhagen Diagnosis , a summary of hundreds of studies that have taken place over the 3 years since the last IPCC Report was issued. The major findings in these studies . . .
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December 13, 2007 12:42 PM EST --
Senate republicans, by a single vote, successfully blocked an energy bill that would have extended tax incentives for renewable energy. Incentives for renwable energy sources, totalling around $24 billion, . . .
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December 17, 2007 07:22 PM EST --
Last week, the senate fell one vote short of passing an energy bill with moderate support for renewable energy. The main reason for this was simple. Funds dedicated to tax incentives for renewable . . .
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July 30, 2008 06:51 PM EDT --
In his 2006 State of the Union speech, George W. Bush stated, "America is addicted to oil." It was not an original metaphor, but it was an accurate one. So it is quite surprising to . . .
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September 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT --
This week, the senate has finally passed an energy bill, which includes tax credits for renewable energy. The bill has an eight year investment tax credit, and it extends the production tax credit for . . .
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December 20, 2007 04:40 PM EST --
During the campaign for the 2008 elections, many issues are tossed around, surveys and polls taken about how candidates and voters think about the issues, issues ranked according to importance, and otherwise . . .
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November 04, 2006 12:38 PM EST --
The White House deliberately distorted John Kerry's clumsy comment about Bush's stupidity earlier this week. Yet the liberal media amplified the administration's spin for two days, effectively . . .
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November 25, 2006 08:05 PM EST --
MSNBC is reporting that energy companies are increasingly conceding that global warming is a real threat, and that regulation at the federal level is inevitable.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15871433/ . . .
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March 09, 2007 08:00 PM EST --
Barbara Boxer is circulating a petition thanking Al Gore for his leadership on global warming. She says she will present it to him when he testifies before the senate environmental and public works committee. . . .
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