Read my Lips - No More Tax Cuts!!! The Supply Side of the current USA Economics is NOT the issue. Businesses are not losing their homes !!!

The Republicans practice "Supply Side" economics when they institute tax cuts. In other words, for some reason businesses have problems meeting demand for their goods due to cost of production related to government taxes. Therefore, in order to stimulate the economy, tax cuts allow MANUFACTURING to increase it's production, increase supply, bring down the costs of the goods, make them more affordable and open up venues of the market in two ways; more product to sell to more people while lowering product cost and allowing more consumers the 'ability' to purchse.

In the USA today, the consumer is impoverished through poor wages, increased health care costs, an energy and transporation system that is antiquated, and a supply of products they just don't want. Imports of far poorer quality than anything normally manufacturered in the USA; when, at one time, those products increased employment opportunity.

Today, Americans don't have savings, they don't have homes and many face medical costs they don't have insurance for or are under insured. The American Dream has been squandered by The Bush Curse, which chronically and inappropriately gives money 'away' to business while keeping their fingers crossed that their cronies will 'come up with something' that will turn the corner on a poor economic outlook.

Until the Energy and Transportation needs of Americans are addressed and manufacturing of high quality goods is returned to the USA using energy efficient methods, that also stop and reverse, Human Induced Global Warming, there isn't a darn thing any legislation is going to do to turn this mess around. This is THE RESULT of incompetency in government which encouraged corrupt business practices that drove American wages into poverty economics. Businesses under the Bush Curse literally robbed the people of their ability to sustain their lives and put corrupted practices to work in knowing they were morally "W"rong in the treatment of American Labor.

The Republicans just don't 'get it.' When JFK instituted tax cuts and got a huge return on every reduced tax dollar it was to give American Business a 'breather' to increase production, grow, hire Americans and sell more product.

The Economy since Bush '41 has suffered by low wages, two or more incomes to a household, diminished quality of life, and huge influx of imports. When an economy is a service economy and the choices in the 'market place' are all imported it does not translate into American Jobs.

Outsourcing to India and China has removed American jobs to countries that we import from, but, has also caused businesses to invest in infrastructure abroad and now that the instructure abroad is in place, it's demanding higher prices for their outsourced economy. Therefore, the products imported to the USA are no longer inexpensive, but, are increasing in cost, especially when considering the poor quality. Americans have not only lost jobs to outsourcing they have lost 'quality' in their 'market place' with increasing prices from the 'outsourced suppy side.'

It doesn't matter how many 'tax breaks' crony companies like Ford or Halliburton get, they put out products Americans don't want and therefore, seek products from foreign sources that supply products they do want.

The Energy and Transportation of the USA is grossly outdated in it's consumer demands, hence, any tax breaks are going to the "W"rong place. The USA is better off without an economic stimulus bill out of the House and Senate unless it adequately addresses the 'real' concerns of the American people.

Get of Iraq. Address the militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Make America safe. Secure the borders with People and not Walls. Change the Energy and Transportation infrastructure. Return the USA's dignity and address Climate Change in a real way. Stop using Fossil Fuels and throwing billions after billions to exploitation of Alaska and other resources of the USA because the oil doesn't come to Americans anyway. Put in place Universal Healthcare. Retool America for the products it's citizens want such as electric cars and high speed magnetic rail !!!

And.

Impeach George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney.
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End of Discussion (click here).

The weather at Scott Base, Antarctica is (Crystal Wind Chime) warm:

Hillary honoured at new US South Pole base (click title to entry, thank you)
The Press
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
The new American base at the South Pole took 10 years and $220 million to build but when the flag was hoisted at the official opening, it was raised only to half-mast - in memory of Sir Edmund Hillary.
A delegation of dignitaries from the United States travelled through Christchurch to the South Pole for the inauguration on Saturday of the new elevated Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
Prime Minister Helen Clark had invited Hillary to the pole for the 50th anniversary of reaching it by tractor, but he was prevented by his failing health.
However, Arden Bement, director of the National Science Foundation, which runs the United States Antarctic Programme, used his speech opening the station to say he believed Hillary was present in spirit.
"At this moment of exciting celebration, however, it is fitting that we pause for a moment to remember the accomplishments of Sir Edmund Hillary, the noted New Zealand explorer who stood on this very spot in January 1958, the first person to do so since Robert Falcon Scott in 1912," he said....

COUNTRY ON FLOOD ALERT AS STORMS WORSEN

January 15, 2008

Cardiff-Wales, United Kingdom

Photographer states :: Atlantic storms lash England and Wales - some pictures around my area in Wales. Hasent stopped raining in 2 days and there is a further 4 days of it! winds of over 70 mph have been recorded once again. Stricken counties of the diaster in summer 2007 in England and Wales under water again. Its been 1 year scence hurricane kyrill struck Europe killing over 50 people.

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

Geography of Walrus Habitat noted below.

Habitat and Distribution (click here)
A. Distribution.
Walruses are circumpolar, but they are concentrated in several geographically separated areas, with little or no chance of interbreeding.
1. Pacific walruses inhabit the Bering, Chukchi, and Laptev seas.
2. Atlantic walruses inhabit coastal areas of north eastern Canada and Greenland.

B. Habitat.
1. Walruses are generally found where the water is not more than about 80 m (262 ft.) deep. They prefer a habitat with a gravelly bottom.
2. Walruses spend about two-thirds of their lives in the water.
3. Walruses haul out to rest and bear their young.

E. Calf at birth. (click here)
1. Newborn calves weigh about 45 to 75 kg (99-165 lb.) and are about 95 to 123 cm (3-4 ft.) long.
2. Calves are ashen gray to brown with dense, short soft fur. About two to three months before birth, the calf sheds a fine white layer of soft fetal hair called the lanugo.
3. Within days or weeks, the calf becomes more robust. Its fur turns reddish-brown to tawny within one to two weeks. Calves shed and replace their natal coat when they are one or two months old. This first molt is usually completed by August. Calves then molt annually.

Time :: 9:55 AM

Elevation :: 33 feet / 10 meters

Temperature :: 37 F / 3 C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity :: 81%

Dew Point :: 32 F / O C

Wind :: 12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s from the SE

Pressure :: 30.13 inches / 1020 hPa (rising)

Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.l kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Few 1200 ft / 365 m
Mostly Cloudy 2000 ft / 609 m
Overcast 2600 ft / 792 m
(Above Ground Level)

I told you so. It's just that simple. The underestimation of the melting of the Arctic Ocean was due to the fact, the vortexes were never accounted for in any warming curve. The 'trend' scientists were looking at resulted from a 'straight line' assessment of 'past' melting.

See, the oscillations of the Arctic, North and South Atlantic were very rarely studied and considered to be insignificant to Earth's climate because their occurrence was so rare. However, on October 4, 2002 when the two vortices showed up at the same time in the Northern Hemisphere at each coast of North America, there HAD to be a general understanding that 'the melting curve' due to Human Induced Global Warming had changed.

Now, for any scientist that didn't make the leap of faith then and it took until now, REALIZING the nature of water and it's different states, to start to alarm the world about this issue only states the gross imbalance of the acceptance of the science by society and governments.

I began to look for severe trends years before October 4, 2002 and were seeing issues with seals in Great Britain, changes in breeding seasons and migratory patterns with birds wihin that country and it was Great Britain that were among the first to begin to demand a movement toward climate issues a decade or more before anyone else simply because they are an island in the midddle of some very dynamic waters and very near the origins of the Deep Ocean Conveyor Belt in the North Atlantic.

The point is THIS IS VERY LATE and still today countries that contribute to the degradation of habitable climate, especially the USA, are still lacking policy regarding these deadly dynamics. I noted the other evening that some of the major network news programs were talking about the melting polar sea. All I can say is 'Finally, the public is aware of this." I appreciate every aspect of the coverage of this issue, it's a dire one and needs EFFECTIVE address by the global community. The USA has been a horror under this administration regarding this issue and the international community has to bring pressure to bring about change.

..."The sea ice is decreasing faster than all the models predicted," says Jay Zwally, the ice satellite project scientist at NASA Goddard, "We not only have the warming of the atmosphere, we have a warming of the ocean that is affecting this. It has been surprising to everybody, this decrease in area. This is a marked departure, and this is suggesting to us that maybe we are getting at this tipping point."...

Considering President Chavez's long history in the region, his success in handling crisis, I think it's time he have a chance to explain...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) and senior rebel commander Ivan Marquez of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) walk at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 8, 2007. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has asked Chavez to mediate with the Marxist guerrillas from Latin America's oldest insurgency, the FARC, to break an impasse in negotiations meant to win the release of the group's most high-profile captives. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA)

...how rebels, after generations of being rebels aren't necessarily terrorists so much as entrenched in lives they don't necessarily have control within or ways to change. It's time to listen to an unpopular leader and discern if he indeed can make a difference in the lives of those so involved with violence that they can't find their way out.


Mathaba News Network (click here)
Chavez: 'I support the search for peace, not the FARC'
Posted: 2008/01/15
From: Mathaba
'I do not support the FARC ''Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia'', I support the search for peace,' Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said Sunday.

Good night...

...and then there was that whole Massachusetts oil deal which was interesting.

Considering Georgie just grandstanded in Saudi Arabia for the exact same issue, 'Cheaper Oil for the USA" in exchange for advanced weaponry, Chavez didn't even ask for anything in return. Hello?


August 28th 2005, by Bernardo Delgado - Venezuelanalysis.com
Caracas, Venezuela, August 28, 2005 —Venezuela’s Chavez said to visiting Rev. Jesse Jackson (click here) today that he would like Jackson to help with finding a way to provide discounted heating oil and free eye operations to poor communities in the U.S. Pointing out that Venezuela provides 1.5 million barrels of oil per day to the U.S., Chavez said, “we would like to provide a part of this 1.5 million barrels of oil to poor communities.”

...and Hugo Chavez has made good use of the oil monies of the People of Venezuela...

He has been true to his 'theme' of liberating Venezuela from the clutches of insitutions that have, in the past, locked South American countries into insoluble debt. He, along with Brazilian President, Inácio Lula Da Silva and Paraguay's Nicanor Duarte created a South American alternative to the IMF. I hope it goes well. It's philosophy is something the people of South America understand and approve of. Not bad, for a man Bush simply dispises.

Venezuela cuts oil payment time (click here)
Published: Jan. 8, 2008 at 11:26 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Venezuela's state energy company, PDVSA, decided Tuesday to cut the period for which foreign companies can pay for oil from 30 days to eight. Venezuelan officials said they decided to reduce the length of its payment period so PDVSA can, in turn, reinvest in its infrastructure sooner, Globovision TV reported Tuesday. Officials also attributed the decision to the declining value of the dollar. In 2007, Venezuela assumed majority control of several large oil projects, including those of U.S. producer ExxonMobil.

So, in a role not frequently notable to Hugo Chavez, he assisted with the release of hostages.

Consuelo Gonzalez, released hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, with her daughters Patricia, second left, and Maria Fernanda Perdomo in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday.Photo: AFP

Now realizing, Columbia and Venezuela are in a very dangerous neighborhood, is to realize why it took Hugoo Chavez to secure the hostages.

But, these acts of caring for people get him a lot of mileage and to a greater degree, rightfully so. I don't know about you, but, if push came to shove I would rather have a man with the background and sincere commitment to democratic socialist principles than otherwise. After all, he thought nothing of intervening.

The results were good results. Can anyone else claim such a success given the nature of the hostage takers? I don't think so. Not without causing a war. And a war is the last thing the people of South America need. So, Hugo did good. He did better than good, he did great.

See, Hugo is 'kinda' typical of those that seek to thwart harmful and out of control American policy. There is this espionage story about the USSR...

...Speaking through an interpreter, Chavez called on nations to rise up against what he called America's hegemony. He even had some recommended reading for his colleagues: Noam Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance.
"It's an excellent book to help us understand what's been happening in the world throughout the 20th century," Chavez said, "and what's happening now."...

...Dallas was a television program about this wealthy oil family, living on a go-zillion acres of land in Texas (click here). The series was very spicey and it was a long held view that the 'illegal' market of Dallas videos at the time was rampant through the USSR with the country of Georgia leading the assault, or should I say the profiteering. There was no way that Dallas was marketed illegally throughout Russia for the purpose of destabilizing it, but, there is a long held belief it contributed to 'the thinking' including Parastroyka and Glasnov.

So, when Chomsky wrote his book about Hegemony and the like, it is assumed there is a lot of truth in it. Now, to some degree there is, in that, when listening to most Neocons/Right Wing Republicans they sincerely believe conquering the world and so called spreading democracy is 'the right of the USA.' In other words, in order to insure the USA remains a democracy it needs to destroy every other sovereign government on Earth. To realize how close Bush/Cheney has come with that 'strategy' is a little scary.

Hegemony is not about waging 'fair' and 'conventional' wars. It's about destroying everything in the path of American wrath and never regreting it. That is what Hitler did, okay? There are still Right Wing Republicans talking that way on national radio. Iraq wasn't enough of a mistake, they are still determined to blow up anything not American and be happy about it.

So, realizing books like Chomsky's are read and mostly backed up by the actions of the Bush/Cheney administration, it gets fairly obvious that Hugo Chavez believes in the potential to be invaded FOR NO GOOD REASON by a Superpower that even Russia opposes with defunct USA Star Wars Technology. So, Hugo got a bad rap. He stated his sincerest fears. It didn't go over well.

I think want really got Hugo in trouble with the world and his people was the 'Devil thing.'

...by the way, I thought it was a great speech. I really did. I still do. Considering Hugo is a Christian, there was a lot of 'himself' and sincerity, I thought.

..."And it smells of sulfur still today," Chavez said. "Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum -- the president of the United States, the gentleman whom I refer to as 'the devil' -- came here, talking as if he owned the world."...

Whether anyone wants to say it or not, Venezuela is a nation in a tough neighborhood.

Colombian Troops Begin Retaking Rebel-Held Territory (click here)

...But although most of the guerrillas responded to the offensive by disappearing into the jungle, some shot at helicopters this morning, hitting three aircraft and wounding two soldiers and a pilot, Gen. Fernando Tapias, chief of the armed forces, told reporters at the Defense Ministry in Bogotá this morning. He suggested that the takeover of the region would be slow, since the military was wary of anti-personnel mines on the roads and the possibility of rebel ambushes....

He's been demonized as of late because of his extremist 'attempts' to be dictator

He's a revolutionary. As General he attempted a coup in 1992. It was unsuccesful, or so they say, because in 1998 there was nothing unsuccessful about his election to President.

He is popular because he is sincerely a man that wants to elevate people to a standard of living they have never been afforded. His 'fall from grace' during the Bush Years is due to the fact he is concerned for the national defense of Venezuela and it's sovereignty.

His concern comes from the same source as any other small country viewed as being in disfavor of the USA, it stems from the aggressive nature of the USA as well as the unpredictable us of it's military.

Hugo Chavez - The Controversial Venezuelan President. Do want to understand him or simply ridicule him?

Hugo Chevez greets you.

Bolivarian Revolution - The Rise of the Disenfranchised.

...The Bolivarian Revolution is a struggle waged by those who have those who have always been socially excluded against those who have traditionally been privileged against. It's a battle of dignity against ignominy, a battle for the rights of the peoples of Venezuela and Latin America. The Bolivarian Revolution is a result of and a struggle of the will and hope of the Venezuelan people to be independent and the owner of the riches of my country.
The Bolivarian Revolution, and President Chavez as its leader, is the result of this struggle, inspired by the ideas of our national hero, Simon Bolivar....

Simon Bolivar, Military General and President of Venezula 1813-1830

Revolutionary and diplomat

April 19th of 1810 marks the date of the Declaration of Independence. The “Junta” formed on that day appoints Bolívar, in the company of Luis López Méndez and Andrés Bello, as representative to the British Government. Once his mission was completed, Bolívar returns from London at the end of the same year. In Britain he was able to observe the practical functioning of institutions. Once restored to his place in the Caracas Patriotic Society, he becomes one of the ardent spokesmen for Independence which is finally proclaimed by Congress on July 5 of 1811. Bolívar enters military service, and rising to the rank of Colonel he takes a hand in the raid of Valencia under the orders of Miranda in 1811.

It's Tuesday Night

Venezuela by Cisco Houston

I met her in Venezuela
With a basket on her head.
And if she loved others she did not say
But I knew she'd do to pass away
To pass away the time in Venezuela.
To pass away the time in Venezuela.

I bought her a sash of blue
A beautiful sash of blue.
Because I knew that she could do
With all the tricks I knew she knew
To pass away the time in Venezuela.
To pass away the time in Venezuela.

Her lingo was strange, but the thought of her smile,
The thought of her beautiful smile.
Will haunt me and taunt me for many a mile
For she was my gal and she did the while
To pass away the time in Venezuela,
To pass away the time in Venezuela.

And when the wind was out to sea
The wind was out to see.
And she was taking leave of me
I said, "Cheer up. There'll always be
Sailors ashore in Venezuela.
Sailors ashore in Venezuela."

I am traveling this week. The time to attend to issues is sporatic.

King Abdullah awarded Mr Bush the Saudi Order of Merit

We all know now what the 'Iranian Speed Boat' farce is about. It's 'staged' justification for Bush's latest PEACE initative:



US to Sell Precision-Guided Bombs to Saudi Arabia (click title to entry, thank you)
By David Gollust State Department14 January 2008
The Bush administration officially notified Congress Monday of its intention to sell sophisticated precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia. The action, coinciding with President Bush's visit to Saudi Arabia, is part of a broader U.S. effort to bolster Gulf allies in the face of a more assertive Iran. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
The Bush administration has already briefed Congress on its arms sales plans for Saudi Arabia. Monday's announcement sets in motion a 30-day period in which the House and Senate can block the plan with a joint resolution - action that appears highly unlikely....



Of course, kissing up the Saudi King is all worth it since Bush is allowed to take an activist stand for the ONLY time in his life grandstanding to oil prices. The most interesting aspect of the Bush visit to Saudi Arabia is not his promise to promote war, but, the assistance of the French President.

Sarkozy in Gulf to Sign Nuclear Deal, Boost Contracts (Update1) (click here)
By Helene Fouquet

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy began a three-day Middle East visit to push energy and defense contracts and discuss regional political matters, including Iran, Lebanon and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Sarkozy's trip began yesterday in Saudi Arabia and will continue in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates tomorrow. After signing accords on oil, natural gas and education in Saudi Arabia and discussing 39.5 billion euros ($59 billion) worth of contracts, France is set to sign a civil nuclear energy agreement in Abu Dhabi under which Areva SA, Suez SA and Total SA may build two nuclear plants by 2025.
Sarkozy, whose visit coincides with President George W. Bush's week-long trip to the region, said France could do ``much better'' at gaining a bigger market share in the Middle East where it lags behind countries including the U.S., China and Germany. In a bid to boost business and bilateral relations, France offered to supply civil nuclear energy to Arab and Muslim countries. In addition to the Abu Dhabi nuclear accord, France has raised the prospect of a similar deal with Saudi Arabia....



Since Bush's indulgence of Indian sales of nuclear technology didn't go well, the option of allowing France to deal the technology at least kept Bush clear of any criticism at home. Orders of Merit indeed. Now I ask you, as the other Sunni nations of the Middle East seek nuclear capacity, does anyone believe Iran will stop it's initiatives? No ! Why is it I much rather France under the leadership of far more passive influence? Hm?

Morning Paper's - It's Origins

The Rooster
"Okeydoke"

Are logging landslides worse than any other? Weyerhaeuser practices lack validity in the year 2008.

Weyerhaeuser, environmentalists argue logging's effect on floods
A photo by a Weyerhaeuser geologist shows the Stillman Creek site from a different angle and distance.

When a logging company has poor management practices that are not dictated by sustainability the outcome to soil erosion and the forest is far worse.

Dr. Jerry Franklin, a long time associate of any USA forest of this nation, has sound science incorporated into methods of sustainability. Keeping in mind the need for protections of forest in the face of Climate Change his principles should become a matter of law rather than voluntary practice.

The logging does not need to be eliminated from these private, corporate forests already in use for that purpose, but, the disturbance patterns need to be changed so the public is safe from poor practices. There are far better methods of disturbance that need to be implimented. These disturbance methods have been in existance a long time and without laws to force corporations to change their ways, they will continue in methodologies that endanger the public.

Effective legislation at the local, state and federal levels needs to begin to insure sustainable forests rather than just places where forests sometimes exist until logged. Of course there is more danger to flooding when entire mountains are logged of their trees, that is a hideous question.

Forest Management: Mudslide stumper (click here)
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD
Legislators are up against a stumper, or what some folks want them to think is one: Could huge clear-cuts and development have had anything to do with the mudslides and flooding in southwest Washington?
Gee. Do you think? If you strip hills of vegetation, water tends to flow like crazy, carrying soil.
Logging industry representatives suggest everyone jumped to the wrong conclusions from a Seattle Times photo and TV footage of a nothing-but-stumps hillside. According to the AP, however, David Montgomery, professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington, told the state Senate Resources, Ocean & Recreation Committee that forest practice rules don't prevent landslides. Details of this event aside, that's the larger point.
With the hearing, Sen. Ken Jacobsen, the committee chairman, raised issues. He's also concerned about preserving older trees to assure their air-clearing contributions in the global warming era. So, here's another question that has really stalled the state: Will we ever -- finally -- exchange 20th-century-style clear-cutting for the "new forestry" advanced by the UW's eminent Jerry Franklin?