The McCain idea of Habitat for Humanity

Coronado Shores

The place where Cindy McCain and family decided to take advantage of the demised California housing market.

That's NOT the best part, though.

Southland home prices tumble fast (click here)
March 14, 2008
Southern California home prices are now 19% below their peak last year, and the surprisingly rapid decline is leading experts to predict that the housing slump will be worse than initially thought – surpassing the severe downturn of the 1990s....

These priorites by a prominent Arizona family is clear demonstration of their 'moral content' and where their loyalities reside. They'll pass judgement on women that seek abortions, but, couldn't care less if they have a home to bring their children to, so much as 'taking advantage' of the planned assault against personal American security in home ownership to 'provide a faux Bush economy' that buoyed his 2004 election.

Now, John McCain wants to 'take advantage' of the adversity his 95% backing of Bush/Cheney policy brought, for him to say HE is a DC outsider.

I

DON'T

THINK

SO !!!

The fact John McCain could not even speak to the issue without leaning on his political advisors to regurgitate 'his appropriate' statements is more than troublesome.

"I think -- I'll have my staff get to you," McCain replied. "It's condominiums where -- I'll have them get to you."

If McCain is unable to make statements about personal home ownership and the activities of his family, then what else does he require coaching on that ONLY his advisors 'get to dictate' comes through his vibarto.

We are all far too familiar with the 'image making' of Bush and how 'the control' of that image made him completely inaccessible to the people he was SUPPOSED to serve. We are seeing the 'same exact phenomena' with McCain and 'here we go again' and WHO indeed is really the candidate? McCain or his 'advisory team?'

The USA needs a leader, NOT, a puppet.

It is easy to see why Barak Obama chose a great American as his Vice President. It's also easy to 'talk about Joe. "...Our Joe..."

Joe Biden is NOT a DC insider. He has lead an atypical career from its inception and has provided some of the most vigorous laws to our country's content.


His presence on the Democratic Presidential Ticket alone has scared the wits out of the Republicans to the point of lying about McCain and stating John McCain is an Independant. Huh? Wow, Joe, you displaced McCain right out of the party in order to compete. How great is that? There is now an entire Republican Party full of voters that are without a nominee. McCain, according to Spector, is now an independant. Amazing. The lies Republcan will tell.


Joe Biden took over the leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after the resignation of Jesse Helms.

Helms had a strangle hold on that committee far, far too long and as a result the cronies of North Carolina enjoyed the presence of a major military base from every branch of the service as well as one of the largest munition depots in the country. The fact of the matter is, North Carolina's 'military content' is a threat to national security. If the rebels of North Carolina took a good notion to be a separatist county they could do it without effort.


But, Joe's 'ease' of conducting himself on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks to his confidence in 'what he knows' when he follows 'his nose' about 'talking straight' about the USA and its 'position' in the world. He will lead the conversations this election cycle on foreign policy and the issues of American image and its roll in the world and how its stability has to be achieved in order to provide a 'counter' balance to that of The East; to facilitate disarmament from 'the nuclear edge of the cliff' Bush/Cheney likes to call diplomacy when all it is, is called brinkmanship.


To that end I need not address his competency.


I know where Barak's loyalty was when chosing Joe. It was right at the heart of what a Vice Presidential candidate is all about. How do I know that? Easy one. When Barak met Joe in Springfield, he made a foible, if you will, in his annoucement speech. Barak stated, "I want to introduce the next President...I want to introduce to you the next Vice President..."

STOP.

HIT PLAYBACK.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

"I want to introduce the next President..." Come on Barak, now I know you don't mean that, so what was that stumble you are so famous for?


You see, Barak is his own lie detector. I never have to wonder whether he is 'playing politics' or being honest, because I always know he is NOT predisposed to lies or deceit. I sincerely believe, except for trying to 'recapture' his image from the lies of the media, Barak is not capable of lying.

He just isn't.

His thoughts have no 'pre-planning' when confronting questions and that 'plays out' in what might be preceived as a 'stuttering' of sorts. What some Americans might even preceive as a disability of sorts.


It isn't. It is the mind of a brilliant man engaged in thoughts about issues that are his to ponder, only to react to questions he has already engaged and mastered. Barak is not WELL REHERSED when he answers questions, he is simply vanished with answers to the tough questions that a nation presents.

When Barak begins to answer questions placed to him, there is this 'engagement' issue of the subject. See, he 'isn't there' for the most part to the question asked, but, he has already 'been there' and it is as if he has to 'reengage' issues already settled in his mind. In other words, 'regrouping' to the reality of the audience.


So, when he stated, "I want to introduce the next President,..." he was. He was introducing the man that would be the next President of the USA should for some reason he not be able to complete his terms in office. I know today, that Barak sincerely chose Joe for that reason and that reason alone. It wasn't a 'ticket enhancement.' It was pure purpose and for that reason, Joe should feel even greater honor. No 'user' fees need to be rendered.

So, to the subject of Joe Biden's career to date. He is a mover and a shaker, a proud expression of the term "American."

Joe has spent eight years as CHAIRMAN of the Senate Judiciary Committee. During those years on the committee and as Chairman he passed some of the best laws of this country. No one talks about that. They only focus on the 'nominees' of the committee. THAT is not all the Senate Committee does. The Senate Judicary Committee seeks answers to the needs of the USA where laws aren't clear or citizens' rights are blurred. To that end, Joe Biden has lead this country immeasurably to enhance the rights and protections of citizens.


Joe has crafted laws such as The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (click here), The Violence Against Women Act (click here) (and I want to return to the VAWA in a minute), but, also legislation such as The Anti-Drug Abuse Act which created the USA Drug Czar (click here) and the RAVE Act (Reducing Americans Vulnerability to Ectasy Act - click here) which also focuses on prosecution of drugs that enhance the vulnerability of a woman to rape as induced by drugs.

Women have a friend in Joe Biden.

But, to take this opportunity to visit The Violence Against Women Act or VAWA, is too good to be true. See, the Supreme Court didn't find the law worthy of the American Constitution and declared its protections of 'gender based' crimes unconstitutional. That isn't the most astounding part. The Right Wing, of which McCain belongs, appauded demise of the law. (click here)

VAWA was then reauthorized in 2000 (click here) and a more extensive reconstruction of the bill was signed in January 2006 (click here) with the reality of the Demcratic return to the majority of the House and Senate.

See there is a profound difference between The Rightish Republicans and Americans. The Republicans don't believe in The Federal Government. They LIKE to reduce its 'need to exist' to nothing at every turn, hence 'the all too famous' TAX CUT, which reduces the 'fisability' of government.


So, where Americans 'need' government, where most women find solice from life's adversities, there is little to no protections for women. Instead, the Republicans like to 'victimize' women that CAUSE their circumstances to be diminished in capacity by the virtual fact they are 'in majority' the weaker gender.

Victimize, one might say? Where? How?

Through 'the lack' of federal laws, the funding to enforce those laws, women are exposed to vulnerabilities they don't know exist. Women's rights extend far beyond the 'womb' and it is amazing to realize 'that organ' is the ONLY place Republican women are focused. It must be about 'control' and 'the control of female power' in that party. Marriage facilitates female wealth when women relinquish their personal powers to 'the role' of 'the better half' to their husbands.

"Been there." "Done that." Won't ever go back, it exposed MY CHILDREN to potentials for poverty that I was never prepared for and to realize women are entering 'that state of affairs' again in large numbers while being excluded from educational opportunities is completely UN-AMERICAN !

Don't like what I say or the way I say it?

Too Bad.

The truth can hurt !

I am taking back my country and WITHOUT the assistance of Republcians with "W"rong directions and priorities. That wasn't always 'the case' either.

Everyone get the 3AM phone call? I did. What kinda good news was that, huh?

Beyond the wonderful choice of a great American for Democratic Vice President, the 'other' story never got reported.

What story is that you say?

The fact that the 'chronically right leaning' media covering the elections of 2008. didn't 'get it.' For nearly 24 hours, the media services ridiculed the Obama Campaign for sending out a text message at such an inopportune time of day.

Nobody reported 'that' story. So, I am going to talk about it here.

Bloggers 'got it,' Twitters 'got it,' those in support of the Obama nomination 'got it,' but somehow all that evaded the Right/West Wing media for nearly 24 hours into the news cycle. My, my, what an opportunity to be AGAIN ridiculing one of the best organized, best 'involved' campaigns in the history of the USA. Right? Why 'pass up' still ANOTHER opportunity to defame the greatest man to lead this country just ONE MORE TIME.

Then they have this 'thing' about reporting high numbers of 'undecideds' and putting a faux face on the election in order to promote the ideas of 'Obama should be leading by 10 points over McCain by now.'

Well, guess what? He more than likely does, but, the reporting services in this country, JUST DON'T GET IT !!!

Out of touch?

Just a little. If our media outlets are 'this' out of touch with reality, then what else are they out of touch with?

Some of their so called, 'style' is a result of eight years of Bush/Cheney, illegal wars, a corrupt Congress, a deeply corrupted FCC and their having to report the legitimacy of it all.

Darn shame. Can't even trust 'fair reporting' anymore.

McCain. The Typical Republican. Kay Bailey Hutchison, indicted 3 counts of official misconduct as Texas treasurer. Who's left for McCain's cabinet?

"PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES..."


McCain and Renzi in Baghdad

Abramoff Aide Plays the Market (click here)
By Garrett M. Graff
Only four months after buying a $2.2-million house in Georgetown, former Jack Abramoff pal Michael Scanlon and his wife, Brandy McMahon, have put the house back on the market—with an asking price nearly $300,000 more than what they paid in February.
The couple indirectly brought about the entire Abramoff lobbying scandal when Scanlon broke off his engagement to another Hill aide and began dating McMahon—a 24-year-old waitress at the Big Fish Grill in Rehoboth Beach, where Scanlon was lifeguarding. The jilted fiancée teamed up with Scanlon’s ex-wife, Carrie Anne Messina, to raise suspicions about Scanlon’s lifestyle. During the height of his association with Abramoff, Scanlon rented a $17,000-a-month penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton in DC’s West End and a share of a Gulfstream jet....




McCain Received $100,000 From Firm Of Abramoff Notoriety (click here)
A review of campaign finance filings shows that the Arizona Republican has accepted more than $100,000 in donations from employees of Greenberg Traurig, the very firm where Abramoff once reigned.
Those donations include several thousand dollars from registered lobbyists who represent, or have represented, businesses such as NewsCorp, Rupert Murdoch's media empire; Spi Spirits, a Cyprus based company that has fought with the Russian government for the rights to the Stolichnaya vodka brand name; El Paso Corp, a major energy company; General Motors; and the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, a group of businesses and trade associations "concerned" about the shortage of lesser skilled and unskilled labor.
All told, McCain has received more than $400,000 from lobbying firms, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. And among his major fundraisers ("bundlers") 59 have been identified as lobbyists by the non-profit organization Public Citizen....



2nd McCain Official to Face Federal Charges (click here)
February 22, 2008 1:53 PM
...Obama has in the past enjoyed the generous financial support of indicted businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko, although the Chicago-area entrepreneur has reportedly given no money to Obama's presidential campaign. Obama has given back nearly $150,000 in earlier donations from Rezko and his associates.
For Congress-watchers, Renzi's indictment is a separate milestone: He is the fourth lawmaker since 2005 to be indicted or plead guilty. He was preceded by former Reps. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif.; Bob Ney, R-Ohio; and William Jefferson, D-La.

McCain, The War President

If John McCain is elected there will be a draft.

Guaranteed. (click here)

If you are making decisions regarding your vote based on the fact you are scared of seeking peace, then you have sealed 'the deal' on America at War.

John McCain Agrees: “If we don’t reenact the draft I don’t think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden”(click here)

The Commander and Chief Role of the USA Constitution is supposed to be 'a part' of the responsibility of The Presidency; NOT a goal.

...According to the Atlantic, John McCain recently had a conversation with a woman in Los Crucas, New Mexico, who was concerned about the plight of veterans.

The woman said, in part:"My son is an officer in the Air Force, I'm a vet, and I was raised in a military family. And I think it's a sorry state of affairs. When we have illegal aliens; having a medic-aid card that can access specialists, top physicians, the best of medical, and our vets can't even get to a doctor. And these are the people that we tied yellow ribbons for and Bush patted on the back. If we don't re-enact the draft, I don't think we'll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of Hell. ( click here) "

To which Senator John McCain replied, "Ma'am let me say that I don't disagree with anything you have said and thank you."...

To begin, the USA cannnot 'sustain' a protracted war on any front. It has no economy and there is a huge myth about 'a war economy.' The War Economy of WW II occurred 'in consent' of allies and in support of an overt reason to succeed. One of those allies was Russia. Russia is NOT Hitler.

It is completely naive to think the return of Rosie the Riveter in hopes of re-establishing an economy for the USA, with high ideals of returning some form of democracy to Georgia while removing any further 'threat' from Communism is hideous to conceive. A country has to have 'income' to supply a war. Cutting taxes, while exporting the USA economy has caused a recording setting debt in the USA, that China primarily holds the purse strings and as soon as the USA moves against Russia, it can count on sinking whatever is left of the USA economy.

Today, there is no end in sight to the failing USA economy as it stands. Unemployment is rising and UNDERemployment hasn't even been addressed in the political rhelm. Additionally, the USA is failing to provide health care to its people in a way that makes the country healthier and therefore places a huge burden on defining and guaranteeing a 'healthy work force' to any companies that might be interested in establishing within the USA borders. Literally, the USA is on its own in recovering from this steady decline in its economic reality and McCain has no viable economic plan to invigorate USA infrastructure.

Outsourcing and expanding NAFTA is out of question. Companies that have long stood by the USA, such as Ford and GM need us. They need a political system that stands in loyality to them and provides a benevolent climate for them to succeed. The future of the USA demands change and in a very big way. The future for the USA depends completely on a new vision for the country and a strong diplomatic effort with both allies and enemies. Allies, such as the former Soviet States have lost faith in the USA. They have every right to believe having the USA as an ally is nothing more than an empty promise. Because its true. Bush and Rice have done NOTHING but pander to 'ideologies' in regard to Georgia because there is no other choice left them. They have no ability to war with Russia and Russia knows it.

John McCain IS NOT capable of leading the USA out of the quagmire it currently wallows. He has no new ideas, he has no ability to extend new relationships with other countries, he has no loyality to the American people. His 'idea' of loyality to Americans is to hand them war and plenty of it. That is loyality? Not the way I define it !

Is everyone having fun yet? The central pressure of Fay is down to 994 millibars and falling. Still tropical storm, too. Hm.

This has got to be one of the most irresponsible societies I have ever witnessed in the USA.

Got to be Number One in 'moron' content.





WHY INDEED ?

Oh, I forgot. The atypical hurricanes of Climate Change are 'natural.'

Right.

Wheels of cars in a driveway are almost underwater due to flooding from Tropical Storm Fay in a neighborhood in Melbourne, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John Raoux

Storm floods hundreds of Fla. homes (click here)
By Brian Skoloff, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Emergency crews launched airboats into submerged streets Wednesday to rescue central Florida residents trapped by rising floodwaters from a stalled Tropical Storm Fay, which soaked the state for a third consecutive day.
Fay formed over the weekend in the Atlantic and was blamed for 20 deaths in the Caribbean....




August 21, 2008
1130z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click title to entry for 12 hour loop)



Under these conditions Bertha hit Cat l at 984 millibars. The only reason I bring that up, you understand, is that John McCain's offshore oil drilling does NOTHING to end the vicious and defeating cycle of Human Induced Global Warming. Might that be why Bush/Cheney never included such aspects in their Energy policy? Just thought I'd mention how Republican Political Rhetoric is asinine and completely STUPID. Why would anyone put a man capable of such stupidity at the top of the Executive Branch of the USA?

Fay might be ONLY rated as a tropical storm, but, its storm surge was significant.

August 19, 2008
Lakeworth, Florida
Photographer states :: Intra coastal public boat dock. Water was pouring in and flooding the parking lot. Sorry for the bad quality, was raining real hard.











August 18, 2008
Marathon Key, Florida
Photographer states :: Here are some photos of Fay.

The swells are significant. A reality check is to compare the size of the swells in relation to the trees. Substantial and unsafe, including the rip tide that accompanied those waves. Little known fact about fishing before a severe storm, it is easier and a bit unfair. Fish are just as frightened of these storms as humans and 'school' in larger numbers. There should be a law, especially considering the 'overfishing' when there are no storms. Besides, the 'danger element' to humans, property and potential loss of livelihood is playing with odds that don't favor a good outcome.

Fishing before a storm can result in big numbers (click here)
By NICK WALTER - nwalter@bradenton.com
Just as humans move and congregate to get ready for any sort of tropical storm, so do fish.
Fish, though, have it easy. No boarding up the windows. No gut-throbbing over spaghetti plot paths....

There were a few tornadoes as well.

The storm called "Fay" has classic Human Induced Global Warming dynamics.

August 19, 2008

1330z

UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite

There is a 'vortex air mass' centered over 'Oklahoma/Texas border' as well as one over Quebec. They are pushing the storm currently located on Florida's west coast in a northeast direction. The storm will 'classically' weaken over that land mass and accelerate again once connected with 'open water' or 'coastal conditions.'

The hurricane center seems to believe it will dissipate over northern Florida. I hope they are correct. It is contributing to a heat transfer system and will continue in that capacity until it dissipates. (click here)

The vortex air mass currently over the south central USA will continued to move into the Gulf and add to the turbulence there.

ABOUT THIS 'OIL THING.'

Summer Vacation Season is OVER for most folks, right?

It is called 'Price Gouging.'

McCain was going to try to 'protect' his Big Oil Buddies with a 'Summer Time Subsidy.'

Interesting, huh? It isn't a conspiracy thing, it is an 'opportunist' thing.

This way the American electorate/public wouldn't be 'up in arms' at the reality of it all and Big Oil wouldn't have to sacrifice profits. Only the American Tax Bill would get bigger.

We need alternatives, NOT oil.

Oil drops to near $112 as storm threat eases (click here)
By PABLO GORONDI – 55 minutes ago
Oil prices dropped near $112 a barrel Tuesday, extending an overnight decline as Tropical Storm Fay avoided wells and other oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico.
By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude for September delivery was down 77 cents to $112.10 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The contract fell 90 cents Monday to settle at $112.87 a barrel after the threat of Tropical Storm Fay eased. That was the first time crude ended below $113 since May 1.
In London, October Brent crude fell 64 cents to $111.30 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
Analysts also said oil pricing is likely to remain suppressed amid concerns that a global economic slowdown may further dampen world demand. But intermittent supply concerns due to the hurricane season and ongoing conflicts such as that between Russia and Georgia are likely to halt any sharp slide in pricing....

Yeah, I noticed that too, Michael. The OLD PLAY BOOK. Literally. Political chaos created to be released this election season.

The Old Republican Party is 'at it' again. They are soliciting the electorate with all kinds of books. It is the way these authors make their money so they can do it again in four years.

Funny. I thought the American electorate knew their own minds by now. Didn't you? These books are simply an insult to the experience of the American voter that brought them to conclusions regarding their choice this November. The 'Republican Propaganda Books' are simply an abstraction with their own 'chase down the truth' hounds. Its a darn shame the American electorate is 'toyed with' in such a manner.

You know, if one really wants to participate in their own future and vote intelligently, it is a continuous process, NOT a last minute decision. It is a committment to democracy and NOT a menu selection.


August 18th, 2008 5:46 pm

Books For the Fall: Obama, Woodward and Moore
By Hillel Italie / Associated Press

NEW YORK - In case you're wondering which books to read this fall, Michael Moore has a suggestion: Don't read any. (click here)
Not the new fiction by Toni Morrison or Philip Roth or Stephen King. Not that policy book by Sen. Barack Obama, whom Moore is supporting for president; or Bob Woodward's latest on the Bush administration; or Thomas Friedman's manifesto on the environment.
Not even a little paperback meant as a handbook to the political campaigns. It's called "Mike's Election Guide 2008" and it's written by a certain Academy Award-winning filmmaker and well known agitator named Michael Moore....

The Georgian government desires 'control' of 'the message' across its country.

Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:51am EDT

Georgia cuts access to Russian websites, TV news (click on title to entry. thank you)

By Niko Mchedlishvili
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian authorities have blocked most access to Russian news broadcasters and websites since the outbreak of the conflict with Moscow.
Georgia's Interior Ministry said the action was not anti-democratic, but Russian broadcasts could not be allowed to "scare our population".
A war over the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia has unleashed high emotion in Russia and Georgia, reflected in coverage on both state and private channels.
"People from the (Georgian) security agencies asked me to block Russian sites," Mamia Sanadiradze, founder and CEO of the biggest Georgian internet service provider, Caucasus Online, told Reuters....

You leave first.

No.

You leave first.

No.

You leave first.

Good job, Condi.

Russia says Georgia failing to withdraw troops from S.Ossetia (click here)

MOSCOW, August 19 (RIA Novosti) - Georgian troops are not implementing President Mikheil Saakashvili's orders on their withdrawal from the South Ossetian conflict zone, a senior Russian military official said Tuesday.
Russia began pulling back troops from Georgia on Monday in accordance with a six-point plan to resolve the South Ossetia conflict drawn up by the Russian and French presidents in Moscow on August 12.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the plan in Moscow on Saturday, a day after his Georgian counterpart signed it in Tbilisi.
"Although Saakashvili signed the six principles [peace plan], we can see that this order is not being implemented," said Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of the Russian General Staff.
Earlier Tuesday, Moscow handed over 13 Georgian military personnel and two civilians, captured during the recent conflict over South Ossetia, in exchange for five Russians, among them two pilots.
But the Russian General Staff denied Georgian allegations that it was holding captive 80 Georgian servicemen....

DOJ preparing to charge Blackwater guards in Iraq killings: report

When corruption 'IS' the economy of the USA, it dies hard.














An Iraqi policeman inspects a car that was destroyed when Blackwater security guards opened fire in Baghdad, killing 17 civilians.

Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Private contractors in Iraq may be stripped of immunity: Iraq official (click here)
Mike Rosen-Molina at 11:37 AM ET

The Republican White House, through 'special considerations with private contractors' obsturcted the legal process in order to prosecute. In desperation and enslaved to political success in the USA, the Republicans turned against their USA Constitution to achieve their goals.


"...During a private meeting in December, DOJ officials reportedly told Congress that numerous legal hurdles [JURIST report] would have to be overcome before Blackwater employees could be charged with any crimes...."

Ed Prouty receives a phone call. The 'personal' campaign of Barak Obama.

It turns out that the 2 millionth donor to Barack Obama was a heating and air conditioning contractor from New Hampshire. (click here)
Ed Prouty of Atkinson got a surprise phone call from Obama himself, and the campaign posted the audio on its website.
"It's folks like you that really helped this campaign work," Obama told Prouty.
"It's a wonderful symbolic moment for us," the presumptive Democratic nominee said of the 2 million milestone reached late last week.
Then, the conversation evolved into a discussion of the sour economy.
"How's business going?" Obama asked.
"Terrible," Prouty replied.
"It's still very slow. We're just hanging on," he said, adding that "this is the worst we've ever seen" in 25 years in business....

Funding NASA is also a National Security issue. With tensions rising regarding the Russia role in Georgia, questions arise about the 'shared' responsiblity between the USA and Russia for 'space.' NASA also has many sophisticated satellites that help access the 'status' of Earth's climate. The USA military admitted some time ago that Human Induced Global Warming is a National Security Issue. You won't know it though with the lack of a palpable policy for Energy and Transportation in the USA.

Obama looks to the moon with NASA funding endorsement

by Stevie Smith - Aug 18 2008, 10:24

...Stepping forward yesterday to endorse a congressional plan (he is allowed to do that) to lavish NASA with a huge $2 billion USD funding boost, Obama’s policy paper outlined that the Democratic nominee from Illinois is keen to “minimize the gap” between the upcoming decommission of the Space Shuttle and the resumption of manned space missions....

...The endorsement follows on from last week’s NASA announcement that revealed a 2014 launch delay to the unveiling of the Orion spacecraft and its Ares rocket, which will combine to serve as the official replacement for NASA’s long-serving orbital shuttle.
NASA attributed the one-year delay to funding restrictions and also problems related to ongoing technical issues with Orion's new systems.
The Orion craft is not expected to carry a manned crew of astronauts to the International Space Station before 2016....

June 25, 2008

Congress sets sights on moon, wants to boost NASA funding (click here)
Mark K. Matthews Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Congress gave NASA another boost Tuesday when a U.S. Senate committee recommended a $2.6 billion increase in the space agency's budget next year to accelerate its plans to return astronauts to the moon....

The Media Fear Mongers of the USA are fabricators. Nothing more.

Going, Going, Gone! (click here)

Is Perez going to be exiled is the next 'real' question !

Why take the chance of this mess happening again, after all he came to power through a coup?

Perhaps he should be exiled to Afghanistan or India where he can finally learn what it is to be a peace maker and THEN write his repentant book regarding his traitor status to his people and those he conveniently called allies.

Meet the 'Acting President of Pakistan (in the foreground). The former Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro.

It is doubtful there will much consternation regarding this man as the parties are busy with a coalition government seeking new authority for Pakistan. Acting President Mohammedmian Soomro was Prime Minister under the former President Musharraf. I doubt there is much suprise to 'the business of Pakistan' this leader doesn't understand.

The war mongering media of the USA simply doesn't have a brain in their head other than one that screams fear at their listening audience.

They have NO credibility.

There are no such things as "Loose Nukes" in Pakistan. Musharraf gave up his general uniform some time ago. That ended on November 3, 2007. Does the American Neocon Media actually think they can get away with such misinformation?

Oh,wait. They don't care. They are only looking to turn the USA into aggitated, sleepless maniacs willing to put General McCain in charge of the USA nukes.

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

The deaths of the walruses noted in the articles below, are not exactly what I would 'coin' as 'natural.' There is something lost in the Russian translation of 'climate change.' The 'truth' is intact in the Russian reporting as the information by the World Wildlife Federation is accurately stated.
These deaths are the equivalent emergency to Russia as the Polar Bears are to the USA and Canada. I remind, Russia recognizes Kyoto already !

What is going on with walruses in the Chukchi Sea? (click here)
1. Long swimming trough rough ice free sea is severe trail causing death of young and old or sick animals. Local hunters often observe absolutely exhausted animals coming ashore.
2. On coastal haulouts walruses are extremely crowded. In contrast to haulouts on ice coastal ones are often featured by “layering” when some walruses occupy slopes above others (see fig. bellow). This situation extremely increases mortality of animals during panics.
In addition to the above factors outstanding concentration of considerable part of the population leads to overpressure on its feeding base. In contrast to current situation, in the past walruses having ice platforms utilized randomly almost the whole shelf zone of the Chukchi Sea....







WWF says walrus deaths in Russian Far East due to natural causes (click here)
14:55
18/ 08/ 2008
VLADIVOSTOK, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - The World Wildlife Fund said on Monday that over 800 walruses found dead 10 days ago by border officials in Russia's Far Eastern region of Chukotka probably died of natural causes.
The carcasses were found on the coast of the Chukotka Peninsula near the Chegitun River on August 8. Officials had said they believed that the walruses were slaughtered by poachers for their valuable tusks in late July.
However, experts with the WWF's Polar Bear Patrol project said: "It is extremely difficult to hunt so many walruses on ice and it would be strange to bring the bodies to the shore."
"It is clear that border guards found remains of walruses that died last autumn," the WWF said on its Web site. "Most probably the animals died during long swimming through rough ice-free sea, from drifting ice to the mainland coast," or due to over-crowding in coastal haulouts, the statement said....

These are battle cruisers?
Below are the USS Polar Seas and Polar Star. Only one is seaworthy.







The Bush White House is lying about the security of the USA. We do NOT have the military clout this Executive Branch boasts about. Bush is promising a lot more than he could ever deliver. There won't be any security in the Arctic Ocean for 'American Oil Interests.'
Attempts to test American 'protections' for Arctic Ocean exploitation was even backed by the British last year when their submarine sprung a leak forcing the vessel to the surface.
The Arctic is different terrain even with an ice free surface. The conventional means of warfare isn't 'fitted' for Arctic environments.


U.S. losing ability to patrol Arctic's icy waters (click here)
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, August 17, 2008
...The need for new Arctic icebreak¬ers almost surely will be included in the service’s report (click here). The Healy, commissioned in 2000, is one of three Arctic icebreakers, only two of which are in operational status.
The Polar Star and Polar Sea, the other two icebreakers com¬missioned in the 1970s, need mil¬lions of dollars in maintenance and repairs.
The Polar Sea’s life expectancy was extended to 2014 thanks to a major overhaul in 2006, but the Polar Star has been laid up for at least two years and requires 12 to 18 months’ lead time, as well as an estimated $60 million for a “significant overhaul,” before re¬turning to full operational status....

Lat/Lon :: 58.8° N 137.0° W

Local Time :: 8:31 AM AKDT

Elevation :: 0 ft / 0 m

Temperature :: 52 °F / 11 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity :: 94%

Dew Point :: 50 °F / 10 °C

Wind :: Calm

Pressure :: 29.66 in / 1004 hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds:
Few 2000 ft / 609 m
Overcast 4000 ft / 1219 m
(Above Ground Level)

The deaths were in other countries. Why bother about them? Who cares. Why make the storm more political than it has to be?

August 18, 2008
1130z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite

In the view of eastern seaboard of North America this is an interesting contrast of images.
It takes a great deal of water vapor to support any major storm. The way Fay has obtained water vapor is from having a large periphery to its' dynamics as it moved 'near' and 'over' land masses. (continued below)








August 18, 2008
2330z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite.
The media of the USA has been 'absorbed' with narcisstic concerns regarding a storm that is huge in diameter.
This is a view of "Fay" from 12 hours ago. It has been interesting, to say the least, watching this develop.

Fay has caused deaths.

Published: August 16. 2008 1:40AM
Tropical Storm Fay forms over Dominican Republic (click here)
MIAMI -- Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say Tropical Storm Fay has formed over the Dominican Republic.The center of the storm is located about 35 miles east of Santo Domingo, and has maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph with higher gusts and is moving west at about 14 mph.The Dominican government has issued a tropical storm warning for the country's north coast and parts of the south coast.


HAITI AGAIN !

Deaths in Haiti again due to tropical storms? When will the USA be a better neighbor and actually protect these island nations?

50 die in Haiti after swollen river sweeps away bus (click here)
Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:11am BST
" PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Around 50 people died in Haiti on Sunday when a bus tried to cross a river swollen with rain from Tropical Storm Fay and was swept away, witnesses said. Two dozen survivors were pulled alive out of the...";


...Fay has left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean (click here), claiming at least 11 lives in the Dominican Republic and Haiti and pummelling Cuba. While it has been moving at a relatively slow 50mph, it is forecast to intensify to hurricane force by the time it arrives in the Florida Keys, 90 miles north of Cuba....

In the 2330z view of Fay the 'borders' to the storm extend from Calove'bora, Panama to east of Florida at approximately 27 north latitude & 75 west longitude in the Atlantic Ocean. That provided necessary water vapor and the heat was provided by the land masses. The extent the water vapor accumulated to support this storm, it accelerated, while at the same time being diminished by the interference with land, but, it was a mutualism that would allow a degree of cooling to a water starved, yet hot Earth troposphere.
The 'mutualism' got more than interesting as the central pressure fell to 1003 and sustained only to rise to 1006 (click here) as the water vapor to the northern periphery supplied enough energy for the storm to literally 'skip' over Cuba, its biggest land mass jump of its existance.
As the storm moved north, with less land interference, it consolidated its periphery and strengthened while moving from a central pressure of 1006 to 1001 within an hour.
As this storm moved north it became 'water starved' and diminished in strength, but, not in voracity.
These storms actually do more damage than traditional storms of their nature and before the dynamics of 'water starvation' occurred. They have higher and chronic 'energy/heat' levels that are ALWAYS seeking more water vapor than storms of the past.
In the past, with an abundance of water vapor, a Cat 1 was at its maximal potential. That is not occurring with these storms. Many of these storms are not reaching their potential do to the lack of 'available' water vapor at the surface of Earth where they occur.
This may very well be 'an Atlantic' phenomena where the CO2 is far higher in density than anywhere else on the planet and the heat levels are continuing to increase because of the USA carbon dioxide pollution. When examining the Pacific storms they are still reaching high levels of Cat 4 this year. So much for China and India being culprits in this madness.
Traditional 'expectations' of storms in 'Cat 1 thru 5' accumulated their potential, sometimes to a maximum allowed by Earth dynamics at a Cat 5, and simply ran their course. That is NOT the case in Earth dynamics as it exists today. These storms always have more 'potential than kinetic' energy and why they do more damage than ever expected.
In other words, Katrina was a Cat 3 at landfall, but, did damage far greater than normally obtained by any Cat 3 in history. There are reasons for that.
These storms, although revealing a central pressure and wind velocity that place them in TS status or Cat 1 ranking, have 'intense' dynamics that expand their periphery to 'chronically' bring higher vorticity to their central pressures.
Let's face it, with a heating troposphere the predictions were that we would be seeing Cat 6 storms. That hasn't happened and won't happen simply because the water vapor to support those dynamics DOESN'T EXIST at Earth's surface.
The prediction of higher and more dangerous storms will NEVER occur on Earth because as the surface heats the water vapor moves up in altitude, therefore, depriving Earth's surface from the necessary 'water vapor/heat content' of its troposphere to sustain such increasing dynamics to hurricanes.
INSTEAD, the troposphere is manifesting 'tornadoes' in higher number and in far more unlikely places than ever anticipated.
BOY, did they have it "W"rong. Good thing I was here, huh?
These storms are far more 'Democratic' in nature than anyone would attribute them to be.
Democratic you say?
How so?
They have far more 'Potential' than ever allowed to have credit for !!!
A sense of humor is always necessary when dealing with morons. You would think that people capable of landing humans on the moon could get Earth's physics right, won't you? Figuring 'trajectory' don't come close to 'contexting' Earth's troposphere. I guess it 'takes a woman.'
I ever tell you the story about the time when...??????

Damaging hail and strong winds were anticipated...

August 16, 2008

Newfane, Vermont

Photographer states :: August hail storm

...and across the pond...

Will awful August be the wettest for nearly a century? (click here)

By Paul Sims

Last updated at 10:47 AM on 18th August 2008

Been caught in a summer downpour lately?
Then the following will probably come as no surprise.
According to forecasters, Britain is on course for the wettest August since 1912.
Some parts of the country are expected to see more than double the average rainfall for the month....

Michael Phelps scores eight.

"It's time to be the best ever," a friend texted our new hero before he became just that. (click here)

Ever hear of The Redlands Dam? Probably not. Its in ARIZONA.

The 'infrastructure' of the USA is failing is a very big way !

The failure of the Redlands Dam caused flooding in Supai, a village on a canyon floor where about 400 members of the Havasupai tribe live.

(When the reservation was created in 1882, the federal government confined us to the 518 acres at the bottom of the canyon and we lost almost 90% of our aboriginal land.) click here

Hundreds Rescued In Ariz. After Dam Bursts (click here)

National Park Service Airlifts Campers And Residents Near Grand Canyon To Safety
PHOENIX, Aug. 17, 2008

...Even before the rain-swollen dam burst, heavy rainfall since Friday totaling as much as 8 inches caused flooding and problems in the area. Sixteen people in a boating party were stranded on a ledge at the confluence of Havasu Creek and the Colorado River on Saturday night after flood waters carried their rafts away, Oltrogge said....

Russia is not going anywhere. They can't. There has been disruption of internal government structures.

Bush is crying at his failed foreign polices and the idiocy of it all and now Rice is pleading 'Put it back the way it was. Put it back now.' This is the most politically driven administration in the history of the USA. Bush/Cheney/Rice literally want the anarchy of Baghdad to reign in Georgia.

NO !!!

Bush treats this as if it was a military exercise. It was war. Hello? Bush foreign policy caused war in Georgia. Bush was warned over and over in the past several years by Russia that this was inevitable if he continued on the path he pursued. The Bush foreign policy is an abject failure and continues to ratchet up the tensions.

Last update - 11:02 18/08/2008
VIDEO

Georgians try to put their lives back in order, despite Russia presence
By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent
GORI, Georgia - Despite Russia's pledge to begin withdrawing its troops from Georgia on Monday, no pullback preparations were visible as of Sunday afternoon. Russian armored forces did leave the village of Igoeti, some 35 kilometers from the capital Tbilisi, but instead of withdrawing, they dug into camouflaged positions with good views of the country's main road. Convoys of supplies and engineering equipment continued to flow toward these positions.

The Russians also maintained their presence in the city of Gori, though they allowed Georgia's civil authorities to begin organizing food and medical services. The Georgian police were still not allowed to operate in the city. But, five days after taking over, the Russians did finally allow an organized entry of reporters into Gori....

The Martyr had no bomb, but, the strength of 'desire for freedom and justice' to vanquish the criminal.

Pakistani President Musharraf resigns
Press Information Department
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf addresses an Independence Day ceremony in Islamabad last week.

Facing impeachment, the former general insists he is innocent but asks supporters to accept his decision.
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times

Staff Writer

August 18, 2008
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- President Pervez Musharraf, facing impeachment, resigned today, insisting on his innocence but saying he did not want to subject the country to a draining political battle....