And now, NOT in the news today!

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RUE

Thursday, September 21, 2006 2:25 AM

It seemed like a good idea.

Open water north of Europe all the way to the north pole. It happened in just one month. Everyone knew the Arctic ice was disappearing, but this was unimaginable. Suddenly, it was just gone.

This is climate change which is happening now and WILL be our common future. You'd think something so important would get more notice.

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_42468.shtml
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-20-01.asp
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0919-esa.html

KANEMAN

Thursday, September 21, 2006 3:19 AM

There is no such thing as global warming! You know it , I know it! Hey asshole you have a forumn to explain. Go ahead ....I need a good laugh...RUEse!

HERO

Thursday, September 21, 2006 1:37 PM

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Originally posted by rue:
Open water north of Europe all the way to the north pole. It happened in just one month. Everyone knew the Arctic ice was disappearing, but this was unimaginable. Suddenly, it was just gone.

Why so glum? Perhaps this is the quick and easy water route to the orient that Europe has always wanted.

Now where did I leave my iron ships and wooden men...

H

SIGNYM

Thursday, September 21, 2006 3:13 PM

Evo Morales and Bolivia.

Natural gas nationalization is, for lack of a better word, stalled. The plan was for the Bolivian government to buy a majority of shares. That plan hasn't gone forward for lack of money. The largest shareholder is, oddly enough, Brazil.

Meanwhile, Bolivia is riven by internal division. On the one hand, there are the Evo suporters who make up the vast majority of the population and are closely identified with Cochabamba. On the other hand, there is the wealthy conservative class centralized in Santa Cruz, who control the Senate. While everyone agrees that the final Constitution must be passed by a 2/3 majority, Evo's supporters want the interim decisions to be adopted by a majority vote. National resources and land reform are at issue. The very wealthy see their control slipping away permanently. Should Bolivia polarize further and the government take a more extreme stance (similar to Hugo Chavez) you will see Evo pilloried in the US press with a vengeance, and the USA might possibly try to engineer a coup (as we tried in Venezuela).

As a result, Dreamtrove will say that Evo is EVIL!! EVIL!! And Kaneman and Auraptor will lump Bolivia in with Iran.

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Reality sucks. Especially when it contradicts our cherished ideas.

DREAMTROVE

Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:08 PM

Huh, I guess I ducked my stereotype. If you'd read all my posts you will realize that I already backed Morales before you posted this. I know what I'm doing. And I know who's evil. I didn't say Chavez was evil, I said he was a shmuck.

Not in the news was the thing about Pakistan and China, or the Ahmadinejad is not interested in nuclear weapons, war with america, or the destruction of israel. Also, Finland is going to support stem cell research.

RUE

Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:30 PM

Iraq

With the US-incited focus on Iran, except for stories about bombing in Baghdad, you don't hear much about Iraq these days.

The US military reports Anbar Province is lost:

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The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that THE PROSPECTS FOR SECURING THAT COUNTRY'S WESTERN ANBAR PROVINCE ARE DIM AND THAT THERE IS ALMOST NOTHING THE U.S. MILITARY CAN DO to improve the political and social situation there, said several military officers and intelligence officials familiar with its contents.

This is important and should not have been buried. It is vital to Iraq's future.

RUE

Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:31 PM

Fallujah (in Al-Anbar province)

Haven't heard about that in a while so people presume everything must be OK.

Not exactly.

After bombing the city, sealing it off, background-checking everyone who applied to enter AND requiring biometric ID before entering:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HI13Ak03.html

Quote:
"Dhahy ... said the US military had threatened it would destroy the city if resistance fighters were not handed over to them.
"Last week, the Americans used loudspeakers on the backs of their tanks and Humvees to threaten us," Dhahy said. Residents said the US forces warned of a "large military operation" if fighters were not handed over.

What the US admits to is banning automobile travel in the city after a series of mortar and bomb attacks carried out from within the city.

RUE

Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:38 PM

Don't you wish the administration would address these things?

Global warming - wouldn't it be reassuring to have an administration that said - we're studying what effects there may be on the US in terms of agriculture, storms and fires, disease, and the economy. We're looking into ways to mitigate the problems people will be facing and will have recommendations.

Iraq - wouldn't it be nice to hear a realistic assessment of Iraq and a practical outline of US options? Southern Iraq is under paramilitary control. Baghdad is under seige. There is NO winning strategy in Anbar province according to the US military. So, what can the US to do mitigate its own losses?

SIGNYM

Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:40 PM

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Don't you wish the administration would address these things?

Heck, I would be happy if the so-called "news" media addressd these things!

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Reality sucks. Especially when it contradicts our cherished ideas.

RUE

Monday, September 25, 2006 6:36 PM

Iran was the issue just a couple of weeks ago. It was a matter of national life and death. It needed to be solved - right then! or there would be doom!
And now it's -- gone. As if it had never been. Presumably someone else is taking care if it.

So anyway, lately it's been:

IRAN !!! That was good for a month or so.
Lebanon! (at the Bush administration's urging. It was supposed to be Israel's easy victory and a shining light in Bush's GWOT.)
Chavez called Bush the devil ! A couple of days.
ObL dead ! (???) That, oh, about a day. (topic held in reserve for later)
Clinton !! That'll go on for a week.
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What are we NOT supposed to be looking at?
What about Bush's lengthy record of failures?

And what about his GWOT? It and his record on national security were supposed to be Bush's signature strengths. Now that they're a documented failures, USers are being induced to look anywhere else. Over THERE Not Iraq -- IRAN! And lookit over there ! Bill Clinton !

The country is and will be treated to a series of highly-hyped non-issues, as long as they have nothing to do Bush's terrorism and Iraq record.

- The failure to capture bin Laden in the 5 years since 9/11 2001. The fact that there is now no winning strategy in Iraq. That Bush's policies are generating more terrorists across the globe. And alienating former allies at the same time.

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And why is the media not actually reporting pertinent information? Pre-election would be a good time - the perfectly natural time, to evaluate Bush's record, to see where it stands up and where it falls down. I would expect to see articles listing policies and results. But - nothing.

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