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Why Karl Rove Should Go To Jail

Claims of immunity are argued in court. Not by letters between lawyers. Rove needs to challenge the subpoena in court. posted 07/17/2008 at 19:28:20

A Generational Challenge to Repower America

Thats 4,000-8,000 Giga watts of power for N America. Or 4,000 San Onofre nuclear plants.

Please understand the enormity of the problem. Understand the numbers. 4,000 extra sets of nuclear waste, when we've not figured out how to dispose of the waste of one nuclear plant yet -- not one. posted 07/17/2008 at 18:04:19

Tax Havens Hearing

To those who much is given,
much is expected. posted 07/17/2008 at 12:13:01

You are correct. Guess where we'd have to start? DOD? Perhaps replace it with a well regulated militia? posted 07/17/2008 at 12:10:28

Mars Pictures From European Spacecraft Are Incredible (PHOTOS)

Don't be stupid. We all know it was created in one stroke in 4004 BC posted 07/17/2008 at 02:10:48

It expensive when its borrowed and YOU have to pay it back posted 07/17/2008 at 02:10:01

"molecular speed" actually I remember this as "mean free velocity" as it's a normal distribution of velocity....(just to be picky) posted 07/17/2008 at 02:06:17

Of course you are an illegal alien. Where's your ancestor's Indian (Native American) issued Green Card or Naturalization certificate? posted 07/17/2008 at 02:05:57

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Spent $200M To Buy Influence

Answer the question:

Why were the shareholders bailed out?

If the Gov is going to provide the capital for a banrupt company, then it's nationalized. posted 07/16/2008 at 14:48:40

Obama Spokeswoman Hits Back At McCain's New Afghanistan Argument

What is "win"? posted 07/15/2008 at 12:37:12

Norquist Defends McCain After Fiorina's Tax Raising Remarks

Who was standing behind McCain when he was looking in the mirror? JC? posted 07/14/2008 at 19:46:57

Green Travel: Top 7 U.S. Eco-Travel Destinations

Another myth "rent a Prius to visit ".

The msnufacturing the battery pack uses more than the car will ever save in its lifetime.

Time to consider lifcycle costs, birth to death. posted 07/14/2008 at 17:19:12

Congressman Goes Over Bush's Head In Iraq To Advise Parliament

Reading comprehension - the republicans strength - Including, NIEs, UN Weapons Inspectors Reports, PDBs, the Constitution, Geneva Conventions... posted 07/14/2008 at 15:50:23

Bush lifts oil drilling ban, wants Congress to act

Umm... who was leading?

Bush? posted 07/14/2008 at 12:59:06

Clean coal? What have you been smoking? Coal? posted 07/14/2008 at 12:22:57

Obama's Critics Wage Irrational Attacks Over Israel

Poisonous Mindset
We have a poisonous mindset at work, the result of too much "Military Thinking."
This mindset is focused on win/loose. And this degenerates into a bloody, expensive, loose/loose stalemate that achieves the exact opposite of it's goals - it delivers insecurity,not security.

Win/win is the only way to make progress. Another expression for win/win is trade, or business.

So, what's the win/win solution in Isreal/Palestine? We've had 60 years to become familiar with loose/loose and the various forms of loose/win and win/loose. I repeat, what's the win/win? posted 07/10/2008 at 15:18:33

Senate Passes FISA Bill, Gives Telecoms Immunity

That's the most stupid thing anyone has said, learn spanish. We don't owe them any money. Now Mandarin....learn the language of our masters.... posted 07/09/2008 at 19:38:42

Chrysler Building Sold To Abu Dhabi Group

We know about private property.

Please Abu Dhabi would the whole damn financial district in NY, CT & NJ, we'd let them leave the union, they'd become vassals of the emir, we'd be done withe the thieving bunch of them, and have paid off the national debt.

Please? Pretty please? posted 07/09/2008 at 19:27:52

Big Oil Needs to Step Up

Good luck with your suggestion. Don't hold your breath. posted 07/09/2008 at 15:59:16

Peek-A-Boo Accounting and the Crash of Financial Stocks on Wall Street

Don't worry. Congress will grant retroactive immunity to all those Bankers.
Retroactive Immunity become commonplace now. posted 07/09/2008 at 16:03:31

"they embrace socialism faster than Trotsky"

Let's see, Trotsky was: a) communist, and b) got shot for his troubles. posted 07/09/2008 at 16:03:30

McCain's 'Deficit Reduction' Plan Would Cost Trillions

You and I. posted 07/07/2008 at 17:16:02

The Rubber Snake That Generates Electric Power From Waves

It's a rubber tube with a turbine at the end. Think of it as a very large rubber ...um... posted 07/07/2008 at 18:06:28

Best study on alternative energy

http://www.withouthotair.com

good reading posted 07/07/2008 at 18:06:23

Francis Farley, ScD
MA (Cantab), Phd
FRPS, FRS
I understand you.

My old dean.
He must be nearly 80. posted 07/07/2008 at 18:02:54

Obama Tries and Fails to Put Out the FISA Fire in His Own House

"if a lawsuit is property" look conditional to me.

Are you asserting a "claim" cannot be property? Clearly a "claim," is property when it asserts mining rights.

"statutes of limitation would violate the 5th Amendment. They do not"

Got any case law to back this statement? Or any constitutional basis for statutes of limitation? posted 07/06/2008 at 00:45:29

HR 6304 is an unconsitiutional taking, as defined by the 5th amendment, where "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation"

The lawsuit is private property. Property becuase there are monetary damages atached. There is no compensation offered in HR 6304 for the taking.

The only part of this that is not settled law is if a civil action with damages is property. "It's my lawsuit against..." makes a clear statement of ownership. Evrything in our society is property, very few things are not, maybe only us humans (per the 14th amendment)".

if a lawsuit is property (not settled law as far as I understand, but I personally fail to understand how a lawsuit could be anything other than personal property), then HR 6304 is an unlawful taking because there is no compensation offered.

Ok Michelle? posted 07/05/2008 at 21:19:04

"Holding the Bush Administration accountable??" or "Or making sure this country is safe and secure???"

Making sure the country is secure by hold the Bush adminsitration accountable.

The military does not make us more secure. It just increases the number of enemies we have. Trade, or cpaitalism, such as CocaCola franchises, that make locals rich. make us more secure, becuse we have more friends. posted 07/05/2008 at 21:06:23

"OK, just finished dinner. Self harvested shark meat is delicious!!! "
Does that make you a cannibal? posted 07/05/2008 at 21:03:24

Prince Charles' Aston Martin Hybrid Runs On Wine

It runs on english whine. There is a huge amount of that. posted 06/30/2008 at 17:52:13

McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports

"The county made no effort to get an accurate address"

These are taxes. The county has no obligation to seek out the taxpayer. The Taxpayer has the obligation to seek out the county to pay the taxes.

Please don't write such arrant bullshit, and please understand tax obligations. posted 06/29/2008 at 23:04:40

Grover Norquist: Obama "John Kerry With A Tan"

"Leave Us Alone,"

Yes we agree. How about starting with wiretapping?

And Grover, how's your boy Bush doing on shrinking the federal governmnet?

The question is not between big government and small government, but between the kinds of big government, one that make us less secure economically and physically by increasing military spending, or one that focuses on the economy and soft power.

Well Grover, take your pick. posted 06/27/2008 at 17:29:29

John Yoo, David Addington Testify On Torture, Detention Policies (VIDEO)

The old really is

"If the Sovereign does it it's legal"

and that's what the founders wanted to eliminate. posted 06/27/2008 at 07:14:02

No. Then Yoo would be a victim. He deserves not that dignity. posted 06/27/2008 at 07:10:51

Addington: I Can't Talk About Torture Because 'Al Qaeda May Watch C-SPAN.'

Don't be so stupid. The Aid was give to the enemy when we occupied Iraq. posted 06/26/2008 at 17:47:44

Madonna Gets McCartney's Divorce Attorney And Guy Quits Kabbalah: Reports

This UK rag, as you call it, is a respectable paper owned by Rupert Murdock that.....um, stutter, um, well never mind.

"Rupert Murdock" & 'Respectable" & "SUN (Nudes on P3)"... HaHa, LAMO. posted 06/27/2008 at 07:51:55

Anheuser-Busch Tells InBev To Stick Its Buyout Offer: Source

Exporting ownership of US businesses is exaclty what is paying for the US' twin deficits. posted 06/26/2008 at 21:05:45

"suitable only for removing oil spots from my driveway"

How? What have you been drinking? It just makes my driveway wet.

I alwyas was very suspicious of the output of those horses.... posted 06/26/2008 at 21:00:55

This is a ritual:

"Will you marry me"
"No, the diamond is too small. Now we'll have to fire 5,000 workers to pay off the sharholders"
"Ok, here's a bigger diamond, will you marry me"
"Yes, I supose so. Now we'll have to fire 10,000 workers to pay for that diamond"

Who's really winning here? posted 06/26/2008 at 20:59:16

Monet Painting Sells For Record $80.4 Million

Not a real record. Inflation adjusted this painting just sold for $1.20. posted 06/25/2008 at 08:33:59

Israel Pushing US To Strike Iran

Yes, it's not English. It's in the minor dialect of English, called American. posted 06/24/2008 at 23:29:28

We'll have none of that, thank you. posted 06/24/2008 at 23:26:51

"Israel Pushing US To Strike Iran"

Who the f.... do these welfare cases think they are? Taxpayers? Voters? posted 06/24/2008 at 23:26:06

The Weapon of Mass Destruction Is Cancer

Is this another war crime? posted 06/25/2008 at 08:46:42

McCain Adviser: Another Attack on U.S. Would Be "Big Advantage" For McCain

Yes, and they are mutually exclusive. posted 06/23/2008 at 15:49:43

Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence

"There's evidence, for example, that early humans were engaged in scavenging before they figured out how to hunt for themselves. " Really? Where?

We'd to better to send the dead to the knackers, and render all their flesh into fuel. People could decide to be rendered with their loved pets, so you and your pet dog could become fuel. for the next generation's carbon footprint. posted 06/23/2008 at 11:59:47

Zimbabwe: A Question for Obama (and McCain) that Won't Wait [Updated]

No. All we need is one accurate strike. A predator or two would suffice. posted 06/23/2008 at 15:47:56

Where were you, and people of your leanings between 1964 and 1980 when Ian Smith's government was running Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)? You wanted Smith out. You got your wish.

The US wanted Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Despite more than 20 years of post colonial experience in African nations that were almost uniformly disasters. And now, now after 27 years of increasingly inept rule, you want to condemn Mugabe? Where were you in 2000 when the land seizures started in earnest? Silent?

Too little, too late, following absolute, unreasoning hostility government, that created prosperity despite the US best efforts.

Some friends. Some concern. So false. posted 06/23/2008 at 11:55:42

The Sleep of Monsters Produces Reason

Thank you. We have to ensure their moral compass points to the correct (not right) direction. posted 06/23/2008 at 01:51:18

No Telecom immunity filibuster, and Obama can go back to Chicago.

Yes, this is a test. One of many. Ok Obama, is it pass or fail? posted 06/23/2008 at 01:49:49

Infrastructure: Boring Word, Hot Topic

Wrong. Wind can't do it. Not even close.
Solar maybe. Fission yes, Fusion probably,

http://www.withouthotair.com

Very good study on the possibilities of alternative energy. posted 06/23/2008 at 16:12:22

Obama Raises $22 Million In May

I used to believe this was an important tipping point. Now I don't. If FISA and Telecom immunity is change one can believe in, than I don't want it.

If I'm going to get screwed I might as well get lower taxes too. I was hopeful. Now I'm voting for McCain, contributing for McCain and working on Rorabacher's re-election.

Obama, Go back to Chicago. Stay there. posted 06/21/2008 at 01:49:55

Terrorists Are a Unique Breed

Got to work on your typing. Don't you mean 21st Century? posted 06/23/2008 at 02:20:28

Buchanan faults Churchill and the British for WW I and WW II.

Buchanan is a f*cking Idiot to blame Churchill. He was too young to cause WW I (Triple alliance anyone?), and WWII was cause by French reparations (collapse of Weimar Republic).

Which is one of the reasons for the Marshall plan after WW II. posted 06/23/2008 at 02:18:49

No, Murdock is not a Terrorist, he's a Traitor. Read the oath of citizenship. posted 06/23/2008 at 02:16:40

Don't be so naive.

Our forefathers WERE the foreign occupying force. Ask the indians.

The British fought the French & Indian Wars against the, duh, French & Indians, in North America in the mid 1700s. In the late 1700s, the BRITISH colonist wanted to move west over the Appalachians. To achieve this the colonists need protection from BRITISH (aka for Britain), troops. So the BRITISH government, levied taxes on the colonials, to pay for said troops.

The British East India company (the evil multinational), was exempt from these taxes. So the tea was thrown into Boston harbor.

The "forefathers"? Traitors, pure & simple. If the British had not got tangled up with Napoleon, the US would have been taken back. posted 06/23/2008 at 02:13:56

No, the Israeli military indulges in collective punishment, killing civilians on the beach, as a result of the Palestinians starting to have their land taken from them in 1948.

And then spending three or four generation in "refugee" (aka concentration) camps. There's a really good book review/interview over at firedoglake, "Jeff Halper: An Israeli in Palestine". posted 06/23/2008 at 02:08:59

The basis for your argument is specious.

One has to examine root cause of any situation to determine the underlying issues and address those issues. People resort to terrorism when there is nothing else, not even hope.

The cancer, the main underlying issue, driving the middle east is the Israel/Palestine problem.

No where, not once, do you address this issue. It's the detonator of a significant percentage of muslim anger.

Your rationale is as stupid as the "war on drugs", which cannot work, and those fighting it have no interest in winning, because they would loose their jobs. The same is true in the "war on terror". Its bullshit, because the root cause are completely unaddressed.

Treating symptoms, and not causes, cures nothing. Where's your analysis of root cause? Speak up!! posted 06/23/2008 at 01:59:11

Bear Stearns Executives Ralph Cioffi, Matthew Tannin Indicted... FBI Announces "Operation Malicious Mortgage"

Ok, here's how the mortgage market works (as I understand it).

1. The Investors set the underwriting standards. Because they are making a commitment to buy mortgages written under their underwriting standards. The Investment banks (Bare Sterns etc), wrote the underwritng standards.
2. The Mortgage Banks publish rate sheets based on the underwriting standards.
3. Loan officers, screen applicants and try to get them a mortgage from he rate sheets, subject to the underwriting standards.
4. A completed loan application is set by the loan officer to the underwriters for review, under the underwriting standards.
5, If approved by underwriting, the loan docs and sent out, signed, returned, reviewed, and the loan may, or may not be funded.

Notice who sets the underwriting standards. All these people are paid only if a loan is funded. If a Loan Officer told a buyer "you can;t do this" the buyer would just go & find a Loan Officer who could make the loan.

The people who have been arrested misrepresented the risk of the underwriting standards to the investors. Simple as that. For once we seem to have nailed the perps. Now to their management who are vicariously liable. posted 06/19/2008 at 17:35:27

Aha, its all the fault of a person in their early twenties....Right. posted 06/19/2008 at 17:26:42

Campbell Robertson, New York Times' Broadway Reporter, Headed To Iraq As War Correspondent

Um, no.

The position was unavailable for Judith Miller. posted 06/18/2008 at 13:43:57

" All the world is a stage and all men and women merly players. They have their exits and entrances and one man in his time plays many parts" - As you like it or Call it What you will.

Just the man for the job. posted 06/18/2008 at 13:42:33

Bush To Echo McCain's Plan To Drill In Oceans

Yes, I love my private plane. I use it to commute the 2 miles to my office every day.

Just as I'm reaching V1, I have to stop again. What a bummer. posted 06/18/2008 at 11:55:54

And made by Ford & GM. posted 06/18/2008 at 11:50:14

There is plenty of refining capacity. Its not in the US. We could import refined product, we don't have to import crude.

Tthe bigger picture: Should we continue to burn oil? Burn coal? posted 06/18/2008 at 11:49:24

Obama: GOP Tactics The Reason bin Laden Is Still Free

I also believe this.

GWB wanted a bogeyman. posted 06/17/2008 at 18:58:30

NASA's New Spacesuit Design For Missions To The Moon

Yes. Is the woman's suit pink? posted 06/17/2008 at 16:47:49

Bush Administration Says Detainee Trials To Continue

"the most generous set of procedural protections ever afforded aliens detained by this country as enemy combatants."'

Bullshit. The Geneva conventions apply, with their procedural pertoections. GWBCo appears to have invented the "enemy combatants" are a third category between soldiers (with their protections), and civilians (with their protections), as a mechanism to evade the Geneva Conventions. posted 06/13/2008 at 16:03:28

Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Detainees Have Constitutional Right To Challenge Detention

Right. 1315. Magna Carta. Runnymeade. Told King John to keep his hands off (land fee simple) that which William I 9William the Conqueror) had granted. posted 06/12/2008 at 17:07:08

Impeachment is not jail. It's firing.
What make you not want to exercise your right to fire people? Businesses do it all the time. posted 06/12/2008 at 16:56:46

Scanners That See Through Clothing Installed At US Airports

Isn't this unreasonable search? Why don't the TSA need a warrant, and probable cause? posted 06/12/2008 at 10:37:56

Politicians Line Up To Save Anheuser-Busch Shareholders From Profits, InBev

Wrong, it's passed by those horses they use to pull the wagons. posted 06/12/2008 at 10:33:56

I Was Wrong About The War On Drugs -- It's A Failure

Yes, Prohibition is sooooo successful. posted 06/10/2008 at 13:30:09

US Wants 58 Bases In Iraq, Shiite Lawmakers Say

WWs confused? Treaty of Versailles was at the end of WW I. Reparations from Germany to France are though to be a root cause of the collapse of the Wiemar Republic, the rise of Hitler, and WW II. posted 06/10/2008 at 02:43:41

Rebranding Republicans: McCain's Conundrum

"The Republican brand is battered. "

Bullshit. What's battered are their policies, ideology, ideas, and governing skills.

These can't be fixed by a PR campaign. These require effort and thought. They need a brand new product, which is going to be really hard to make, becuase they are all about "War, Guns, God & Gays". posted 06/07/2008 at 13:53:43

Announcing HuffPost Green: Our New Eco-News and Opinion Section

Let's be precise here. What are the actual items under socialism your fear? What is it you'll loose?
List the topics, and the issues, and then we can have a discussion.

I'll start.

Under Socialist Health care, one can go to any doctor. Acute conditions are treated promptly, chronic less so, you have to wait. No insurance rejections, no pre-existing conditions, no rape of the public purse as under Medicare part D.

Perfect? No.

Now to the next topic, over to you...

I suspect what you fear is totalitarianism, and your have that here with a peculiar US twist, under the guise of "fighting the Global War on Terra" posted 06/05/2008 at 09:16:58

Wikipedia Founder Proposes Support for Open Textbooks

It also needs a better way to index or locate OER materials by subject, grade level, language, and licensing (open or protected) so that OER can really make a difference to teachers and children all over the world

You need a database, on line, that the OER creators can update, and consumers can search.

As for the readers, Sony produce a nice "eBook Reader" for about $299, or the cost of 5 textbooks.

You statement "index or locate OER materials by subject, grade level, language, and licensing" is a great index definition.

Probably take a mont or two for a web based system for someone with Perl & MySQL skils. posted 04/01/2008 at 15:49:19

Keith Olbermann Continues Feud Against Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart Responds

No. Its, bad, worse, worst. Its irregular. As in, your education is bad, your knowledge of grammar worse, and your exposing this to all is the worst. posted 04/01/2008 at 17:57:53

It is you and me paying it, idiot. It's passed on in prices. posted 04/01/2008 at 14:44:54

Reading The Pictures: The Mighty U.S. Trained And Supported Iraqi Army

After $22 billion spent training the Iraqi army, how does Team Petraeus justify the sight of Iraqi Security forces?

Beacuse the government can't do anything right.

And, becuase a mercenary, that is paid, US Military does not want to loose their funding? And, because with two year rotations in a job, which is the senior military pogram, no one is interested in achieving masurable goals, just keeping thier nose clean, aka "It was all right on my watch"

Systemically Corrupt & Systemically Incompetant? posted 03/31/2008 at 12:25:58

Time Is Not On Our Side

Silly Iraqis. All you have to do is sign over the oil -- we'll give you 20% back and we have Enron's accountants ready to keep track of the money, and we'd give you your country back - less a few useless bits of desert. posted 03/28/2008 at 20:11:05

Bush: Iraq Violence A Necessary Part Of Development

"obama's pelosi took impeachment off the table."

Are you suggesting Obama controls Pelosi?

Logically:

Got proof of this premise? If not, your logic is based on a false premise. And the rest of your statements are also false.

Emotionally:
You are stupid. posted 03/28/2008 at 15:34:58

Keith Richards On Groupies, Mick Jagger And Curing Himself Of Hep C

When does Freddy take the mask off?
And what's with those little red eyes? posted 03/28/2008 at 20:14:24

Jessica Cutler Prostitute? Washingtonienne linked to Hooker Ring Allegedly Used By Spitzer, Report Says

This site is going to the dogs... posted 03/28/2008 at 20:16:03

Why the Administration Won't Define Success in Iraq

"flirt with the native girls "

Never, in a Muslim country. posted 03/28/2008 at 16:50:33

Who is the Iraqi Army?

"What constitutes victory in Iraq, and if we don't have that clearly defined how do we know when we've won? Or even lost for that matter?"

Our Oil companies own 80% of the oil revenues. The Iraqis own the 20% left. The US army is there to shoot any Iraqi stupid enough the get betwen the oil companies & the oil.

Socialize the risk, privatize the profits.

Clear enough definition of victory? Get it? Don't like it? So?

Yours
Dick posted 03/29/2008 at 00:17:45

US Embassy Personnel In Baghdad Told Not To Leave 'Reinforced Structures' Due To Incoming Insurgent Fire

The Iraqis are just negotiating. Remember: war is diplomacy another way. posted 03/27/2008 at 20:17:53

Ok, we know the Iranians are behind this. Nuke 'em. posted 03/27/2008 at 20:16:20

Third Day Of Fighting Takes Over Iraq

George has go so far righ,t that he travelled in a Great Circle, and is now approaching the problem from the left. George, a born again Maoist, has taken Mao's teaching to heart, especially the part where mao said:
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

This leads naturally to the latest round on negotiations in Iraq: The attack on Basra & Sadr city, as we told you in the '70s, peace growns out of the barrel of a gun.

See? We're winning. posted 03/27/2008 at 14:30:14

It's a special garmin unit. It get Bush there by only taking right turns, and its always prodicts success in the six months. posted 03/27/2008 at 14:22:42

Yes we have to win. And it's unpatriotic for you to complain about the high cost of Oil when we are fighting for our freedom. And we are winning the Oil profit war. posted 03/27/2008 at 14:20:19

Yes, and we've only made $500 Billion in revenue so far! We see an opportunity for at lease $5 Trillion in revenues, and about $1 Trillion in profit & executive bonuses! We are aiming to get 1% of this opportunity.

The upside for our company, Peaceful Intentions Inc, is very positive. What recession? posted 03/27/2008 at 14:17:38

O'Reilly Attends Easter Services At Church Led by Ex-Nazi

That eliminates all the evangelicals, most of the jews, and black churches (who lean heavily on the Old Testament or Jehova),

The parts about an angry & vengeful God, smiting this, casting out, sending floods, tormenting Job just to test his faith (Job must have been a terrorist), and we can throow in jealousy, murder, infidelity, coveting someone else's wife, etc.

And the Book of Revelations of St John the Divine, which is far, far, far from Divine, Christ's teachings, the Acts, and Paul's letters.

Not to mention the history of the Catholic Church (Inquisition anyone?)...

OK, who does that leave? posted 03/24/2008 at 14:21:58

Another Bill Clinton Moment On The Campaign Trail

If Hill is too old in 8 years, isn't mcCain too old now? posted 03/22/2008 at 16:51:37

What errors of fact are in Wright's words?
Delivery aside, what's in error?
If there are no errors, that what's you issue? The truth? posted 03/22/2008 at 16:49:51