Yeah...but...is anyone really listening to what the people want. They want manufacturing back and they want their stolen jobs returned.

I like David Axelrod, he has a lot on the ball.  The link at the title goes to his comments across the spectrum today.

...Americans care much less about the deficit than they do losing their jobs to China. They care less about the deficit than they do about the continued push of America toward a "knowledge worker service economy." They do not believe it has worked and are unlikely to have any more patience with waiting for it to work as they see our trading partners co-opt our hard work in technology and know-how. They want to pull manufacturing back on shore, regardless of political leaning, and they are sick of Wall Street running the government....

http://blog.seattlepi.com/morningeconomist/archives/214211.asp?from=blog_last3

We want our manufacturing back.  Michigan is building wind turbines.  We want to build our railroads, cars, house applicances.  We want it back.  We had our 'labor' jobs stolen from us and we want them back.  Just that simple.  We want to punch a clock and make solar panels and stuff.  Got it?  We want moral manufacturing jobs.  We want to be proud of ourselves, our products and our country again.  Easy.

There are Former Presidents to be asked to follow up on any short fall to the support for Haiti's recovery.

Ex-President George W. Bush tells Christian school in Texas faith helped him in tough times
Associated Press
02/28/10 1:32 AM EST

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Former President George W.Bush says he turned to his faith during tough times in his eight years in office.

He told more than 1,100 people at a banquet Saturday night for Fort Worth Christian School that he didn't see how he could be president without prayer.

The former president also says he doesn't plan on staying in the public eye. He says he won't be "out there opining" or criticizing his successor.

Bush also says he's writing a book about his decisions in office so "you can draw your own conclusions."

Students presented Bush with a $5,000 check from fundraising efforts to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti. President Barack Obama has enlisted Bush and former President Bill Clinton to spearhead private fundraising for Haiti quake relief.

Bill Clinton to travel to Haiti for six-month anniversary of Port-au-Prince earthquake

By staff writers F

rom: NewsCore
July 12, 2010 9:46AM
FORMER US President Bill Clinton will travel to Haiti on Monday (tomorrow AEST) to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the earthquake that devastated capital city Port-au-Prince on January 12.



Time.com said Mr Clinton would meet Haitian President Rene Préval and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and participate in a memorial ceremony at the Presidential Palace.
Mr Clinton led fundraising efforts for relief efforts in Haiti with former President George W Bush at the request of President Obama after the January quake, which killed 230,000 people and injured another 300,000.
Mr Clinton traveled to Haiti in January, February and March to help coordinate aid efforts.


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/bill-clinton-to-travel-to-haiti-for-six-month-anniversary-of-port-au-prince-earthquake/story-e6freuyi-1225890622494
 

You just can't make this stuff us. And Americans want to trust the Right Wing again based on the love of the USA Constitution. What would George Washington say?

...Despite billions of dollars spent on a test-and-punish approach to school "reform," today's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report provides more evidence that the federal No Child Left Behind Law (NCLB) is a failure. With few exceptions, across three age groups and two subjects, the rate of improvement slowed compared with the previous period while gaps between blacks and white as well as Hispanics and whites ranged from widening to unchanging to slightly closing....

Standardized testing simply reveals how students can perform in a focused set of values, it doesn't speak to the child or the adolescent or the young adult and their preparedness for LEARNING.

People need to get over this mess.

I sincerely don't want to beleaguer the point regarding COIN, but, there are some issues still not cited here.

"The entire COIN strategy is a fraud perpetuated on the American people," says Douglas Macgregor, a retired colonel and leading critic of counterinsurgency who attended West Point with McChrystal. "The idea that we are going to spend a trillion dollars to reshape the culture of the Islamic world is utter nonsense. 

Macgregor was a classmate of McChrystal at West Point.


...he has upped the number of Special Forces units in Afghanistan from four to 19. "You better be out there hitting four or five targets tonight," McChrystal will tell a Navy Seal he sees in the hallway at headquarters. Then he'll add, "I'm going to have to scold you in the morning for it, though." In fact, the general frequently finds himself apologizing for the disastrous consequences of counterinsurgency....


In the first four months of this year, NATO forces killed some 90 civilians, up 76 percent from the same period in 2009 – a record that has created tremendous resentment among the very population that COIN theory is intent on winning over. In February, a Special Forces night raid ended in the deaths of two pregnant Afghan women and allegations of a cover-up, and in April, protests erupted in Kandahar after U.S. forces accidentally shot up a bus, killing five Afghans. "We've shot an amazing number of people," McChrystal recently conceded.

The worrisome issue surrounding the desire of General McChrystal to retire is that is has promulgated more 'justification' for occupying Afghanistan.  I am not so sure considering the maneuvering that he wasn't simply a political scapegoat either.

Ninty civilians are significant, but is it moral to ask soldiers to die for a misinterpretation of the 'unknown,' a guess. 

The Defense Department has re-emphasized, and rightly so, the 'proper' methods of interacting with the media.  Secretary Gates has stated under his service he has witnessed many good soldiers and officers leaving the military because of media contact.

There is much on the line.  Staying in Afghansitan for the Right Wing is about their 'idea' of advancing democracy and not really about National Security.  They believe in Nation Building.  Afghanistan stands to be a 're-engagement' of war if there were a return of a Republican to the Executive Branch.

It is far too dangerous to a 'global peace' and 'stability' to stay in Afghanistan and indulge the corrupt nature of the government. 

I believe General McChrystal served in every way he was asked and knew that being 'the good soldier' wasn't truly possible in 'the real world,' but, being an effective one was.

I sincerely like General McChrystal.  The entire mess is unfortunate, but, also very dangerous.

COIN is a 'dreamscape' of a failed President.  We need to rethink the entire idea.


The ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal in favor of Gen. David Petraeus this week had the intended effect of a reset button on the war in Afghanistan, at least inside the Beltway. Outside of Washington, it appears to have focused attention on the perilous state of the war, and the confusing nature of the mission. In the latest poll on the war, approval on the war is nearing a low ebb, and a large plurality believes the US is losing. Withdrawal was not polled by Newsweek, but I’d expect at least a plurality in favor.
http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/06/27/the-next-washington-bait-and-switch-remove-the-afghanistan-deadline/

Bill O'Reilly has this 'thing' he does every Friday. It is a quiz. Click the title to this entry, thank you.

These are the questions from July 6, 2010.  In the first question alone, Murdoch's 'boy' manages to wipe out respect for not just President Obama but Michael Steele as well. 

Bigot? 

Where did anyone get that idea?

The insults and bias and down right hatred just foments from there with the rest of this charade. 

Fair and Honest?  Not in my lifetime. 

1. Afghanistan is a "war of Obama's choosing," he said. Who?
The correct answer was GOP head Michael Steele Steele also said the U.S. should not be in a land war in Afghanistan, leading some prominent conservatives to call for his resignation.



2. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by about 10% in the second quarter. Which individual Dow component was up for the quarter?
The correct answer was There were no gainers The best performing Dow stock was McDonalds, which fell 1.27%. The four companies listed in our question were the biggest losers.



3. When Elena Kagan is confirmed and takes her seat, the Supreme Court will be lacking which of these?
The correct answer was Protestant The court will consist of six Catholics and three Jews.



4. Kenneth Feinberg, who is in charge of distributing BP's $20 billion fund to victims of the oil spill, previously did what?
The correct answer was Feinberg's book "What is Life Worth?" details the process of awarding victims fairly.



5. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it creates more jobs than almost anything else. What?
The correct answer was Unemployment benefits Pelosi argued that unemployment compensation "creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative."




6. The Washington Post Company, which is trying to sell money-losing Newsweek, rejected a bid from Newsmax Media. Why?
The correct answer was Newsmax is too conservative Newsmax was reportedly turned down because of its conservative editorial stance.


7. According to a new poll, most Germans want to see what brought back?
The correct answer was Deutschmark More than half of Germans want to scrap the euro and return to the trusty old deutschemark.



8. In what city did Al Gore order the massage that landed him on the cover of tabloids?
The correct answer was Portland Gore was visiting Portland in 2006 when he paid $540 for the services of a masseuse, who later claimed she was sexually assaulted.



9. Which British pop star becomes a septuagenarian this week?
The correct answer was Ringo Starr Ringo, nee Richard Starkey, was born in Liverpool on July 7th, 1940.



10. Rolling Stone magazine, fresh off its career-ending expose of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has named a new "health columnist." Who is it?
The correct answer was Ozzy Osbourne The drug-addled rocker hopes "people can learn from my stupid mistakes," and aptly refers to himself as "a medical miracle."


Extra! July/August 2001The Most Biased Name in News


Fox News Channel's extraordinary right-wing tilt
By Seth Ackerman


"I challenge anybody to show me an example of bias in Fox News Channel."--Rupert Murdoch (Salon, 3/1/01)
Years ago, Republican party chair Rich Bond explained that conservatives' frequent denunciations of "liberal bias" in the media were part of "a strategy" (Washington Post, 8/20/92). Comparing journalists to referees in a sports match, Bond explained: "If you watch any great coach, what they try to do is 'work the refs.' Maybe the ref will cut you a little slack next time."...


http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067

W.Va. Governor Pushes Renewable Energy

August 11, 2008

Associated Press
August 8, 2008
2:44 PM ET

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Joe Manchin plans to push renewable energy projects ranging from hydroelectric dams to solar power in West Virginia.

Speaking at a Southern States Energy Board meeting Friday, Manchin said more renewable projects will protect West Virginia from criticism as it pushes coal as critical to helping America achieve energy independence.

Manchin says using wind, biomass, even waste to generate electricity still leaves West Virginia 75% or more short of meeting its needs. But Manchin says doing so means no one can discredit the state's message about coal.

West Virginia has underscored that message by approving a $2.23 billion clean-coal plant and supporting a proposed $800 million coal-to-liquids plant capable of making methanol and unleaded gasoline....

Anyone suggest solar to West Virginia?

Biomass is out of the equation.  It always has been, but, until the EPA was lead by Secretary Jackson there has been nothing but 'gutless wonders' lining the halls and unwilling to make it as dangerous to the USA troposphere as coal is.  There sincerely is no such thing as 'Clean Coal' and I believe the people of West Virginia are ready to hear that. 

Sequesting carbon dioxide into a liquid or solid is like trying to find a place for spent nuclear fuel rods, where, for how long and what if something goes "W"rong.  Not only that, but, the USA can only use so much 'dry ice' in anyone's lifetime.  Then there are all those Halloween Party's where it is turned loose anyway.

The biggest and most dangerous lie ever propagated by the Right Wing was the issues surrounding the Climate Crisis.

The date was April 3, 2007

WASHINGTON, April 2 — In one of its most important environmental decisions in years, (click title to entry - thank you) the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases in automobile emissions. The court further ruled that the agency could not sidestep its authority to regulate the greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change unless it could provide a scientific basis for its refusal....

Where are the flag waving Right Wingers now?  Where are they when the LEGITIMATE Supreme Court Justices made this ruling?  Where are they now?

The Date was December 7, 2009.

Science overwhelmingly shows greenhouse gas concentrations at unprecedented levels due to human activity

WASHINGTON – After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat.
GHGs are the primary driver of climate change, which can lead to hotter, longer heat waves that threaten the health of the sick, poor or elderly; increases in ground-level ozone pollution linked to asthma and other respiratory illnesses; as well as other threats to the health and welfare of Americans....


http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/7ebdf4d0b217978b852573590040443a/08d11a451131bca585257685005bf252!OpenDocument
 
 
Climategate scientists cleared of manipulating data on global warmingMuir Russell report says scientists did not fudge data, but they should have been more open about their work....


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/08/muir-russell-climategate-climate-science


The Climate Crisis is not Rocket Science, it is more complicated than that and until there is a clear path to educating the public, scientists are going to have to lead and guide policy.  Just that simple.  There is only one planet and it cannot continue to be abused by economies with disregard for its delicate balance. 

There has never been over 8 billion people on Earth before and if that isn't significant, try to understand the amount of 'agricultural' commodities it takes to feed them daily.  Where does all that come from?  Magic?  Then realize the CO2 those same people breath has to be absorbed somewhere.  Where suppose do you believe that is going to happen?  Huh?

George Washington and his horse Blueskin have both passed away. So did all the other 'white guys' that were land and slave owners.

They were very brave and wonderful men with a common cause.  They wanted their freedom from British rule.  I am confident it was more than 'taxation without representation' that caused their coalition of values.

The USA Constitution in its original form is a magnificent document.  It was not alone it isn't 'manifestation' of the desire for freedom.

http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/CourseDescLong2.aspx?cid=480

It can be said that most people experiencing 'colonialism' seek their freedom as a means of expressing culture.  Typically, colonialism brings oppression of values and with that restless of people accustomed to 'being themselves.'

The Bible, both Old and New Testiment, have many places where freedom from oppression has been expressed as an 'ideal' people were encouraged to strife toward.

The Q'uran is based in achieving freedom from oppression. 

So, to say the USA Constitution is unique and more special than many past documents of the same brevity would be arrogant and disrespectful of the humility most of the Founding Fathers exhibited through their decision making and struggling war strategies.

If George Washington were alive today and you were to bring him upto speed on how the thirteen rebellious colonies, including the prison colony of Georgia, turned into fifty states and many provinces he would never believe it.

He would, however, marvel at the magnificent of the FLEXIBILITY of the USA Constitution and how the Bill of Rights has grown to accommodate all citizens of all race, creed and natonal origins.

He would marvel at how the country became a haven for an influx of people seeking opportunity and would embrace the vast changes the country had undergone including the marvels of Ellis Island.

He would be saddened by the World Wars and be dismayed and disillusioned by the unjustified wars the USA had to fight.  He would never condone the plutocratic experiment in the USA under the Bush/Cheney years and he would frown at the religious bias shown by the Executive Branch during those years.

I don't know what he'd say about birth control or abortion, except, he'd probably see the wonderful idea that women were alive and able to contribute and work and live their lives on their own terms.  With 3 million people within the borders of the USA, he'd probably ask, "Is there more room west to expand?" 

I love the Founding Fathers of this country and their courage no different than anyone else that claims the right to say that, however, I don't believe the 'original' USA Constitution is to embrace as a 'political tool' for oppression of the future or values of today.

The Membership of the Republican National Committee are the most dangerous people on Earth.

The likes of 'Rove' have 'sculpted' an electorate out of Extremists.  They are people that don't believe in diversity, are mired in stereotypes and literally hate citizens that are not financially successful.  They characterize themselves as hard working, yet, when it comes to people that are hard working but not financially successful, they aren't 'real' Americans.

Biased?  Yep.

Bigoted?  Absolutely.

Love their government?  NO !

Love their 'original' Constitution?  You they wrap themselves with it and claim to be 'the real Americans.'

During the 2000 race, the RNC with Rove as 'the architect' found every extremist in the country and promised them the moon.  With those promises dangled in front of them like a carrot to a mule, G.W.Bush managed to 'wrangle' his way into the White House.    From that day and for the next eight years the USA citizens were treated to some of the most corrupt and incompetent members of our society as legislators and executives to our government.  They used 'fear' as a tool with every opportunity that presented itself and made sure we all needed to be praying to the SAME God.

Now, facing odds against them, the Republicans have managed to wrap themselves in the 'Founding Fathers' and the "USA Constitution" and are entertaining more extremists than they have ever entertained before. 

Is the country in trouble? 

You betcha. 

They are sniveling liars that are still trying to carve out an alternate reality to 'find their way back in' to power to run this country further into the ground.

The song below by Lady Antebellum is nominated for a "Teen Choice Award." (click title to entry - thank you)

A what?

The 2010 Teen Choice Awards announced more nominees, this time including best country song and best country album. Those who picked up nominations are:
Choice Music: Country Song


'Need You Now', Lady Antebellum


'The House That Built Me', Miranda Lambert


'Water', Brad Paisley...

'Fifteen', Taylor Swift


'Undo It', Carrie Underwood

The song is about adutls seeking to have sex together.  They aren't married.  They obviously 'know' each other from before, but, give me a break, this is an adult concept featuring 'alcohol' as a 'permission' to 'act' and this is a WHOLESOME song for teens that seek Country - Western as a form of art of choice in their lives.
 
Don't even try it.  This is about longing and being together and how to cope with being apart with a friend called alcohol.  Adults that meet in the 'wee' hours of the day, AIN'T TEENS looking for a friend, they are adults seeking someone to have sex with. 
 
The 'hallway' is a hotel, don't get pregnant though, abortion is a 'no, no.'
 

 
And that isn't all.  There is this tune:
 
It depersonalizes a young woman into being a sex object.  I suppose they are married, or could be, the song is 'cute' enough.  But, don't tell me that a woman should be 'herself' everyday of her life in order to be loved.  Why is it a 'girl' is preferred over a woman anyway?  I thought a MAN had sex with a WOMAN.  No?  A MAN 'make love' to a GIRL.  Oh.  I guess the 'women' is a little to old and disposable.  Hm?
 
This is about having sex, making love, I suppose.  But, don't try to tell me 'the lump in the bed' routine is REAL.
 
It ain't !
 
"Sleepy LITTLE smile on my hairy chest."
 
"Dancin' around like a fool, starring in her own little show..."  So cute, endearing and easy.  His own little dancer.  Right.
 
The Republicans need a NEW virginal role model for their campaigns, ya all.  I can get away with that I am from North Carolina.
 
The TOP TEN DIVORCE STATES, are in the South:
 
# 1 Nevada : 7.1



# 2 Arkansas : 6.2


= 3 Alabama : 5.4


= 3 Wyoming : 5.4


# 5 Idaho : 5.3


= 6 West Virginia : 5.2


= 6 Kentucky : 5.2


= 8 Tennessee : 5.1


= 8 Florida : 5.1


# 10 Mississippi : 4.9

Of the top ten ONLY two were Blue States during the 2008 Presidential Elections, Florida and Nevada.  Let's just stop the charade, okay?  And what is this 'right wing hatred' of Rock'n'Roll about anyway?  The 'theme' of songs can be found by a Rock artist, the only difference is that they don't pretend to be virginal to increase sales.

"Gimme that girl" by Joe Nichols
Hang up that red dress,
let down your hair,
cancel those reservations
there's no need to go no where.
As good as your looking right now,
girl bet your thinkin I'm crazy,
there's a side of you that I wanna see
that never ceases to amaze me.


Gimmie that girl with the hair in a mess
sleepy little smile with her head on my chest,
thats the you that i like best,
gimmie that girl.
Gimmie that girl lovin up on me,
old t-shirt and a pair of jeans,
thats the you i wanna see,
gimmie that girl.


Gimmie the girl thats beautiful,
without a trace of makeup of on,
barefoot in the kitchen,
singing her favorite song.
Dancing around like a fool,
starring in her own little show,
gimmie the girl the rest of the world,
ain't lucky enough to know.



Gimmie that girl with the hair in a mess
sleepy little smile with her head on my chest,
thats the you that i like best,
gimmie that girl.
Gimmie that girl lovin up on me,
old t-shirt and a pair of jeans,
thats the you i wanna see,
gimmie that girl, gimmie that girl.
repeat
 

It's Sunday Night

"Need You Now"

Picture perfect memories scattered all around the floor

Reachin' for the phone 'cause I can't fight it anymore
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time


It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call but I lost all control and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now



Another shot of whiskey can't stop looking at the door
Wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time


It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call but I lost all control and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now


woah woaaah.


Guess I'd rather hurt than feel nothin' at all


It's a quarter after one I'm all alone and I need you now


And I said I wouldn't call but I'm a little drunk and I need you now


And I don't know how I can do without


I just need you now


I just need you now (wait)


Ooo, baby, I need you now

Pinning the PAST failures on the present leadership.

The Democratic Party is still not talking to the nation the way the nation needs to hear it.

When legislation is passed, there needs to be a stipulation that its purpose it to CORRECT an ILL or a FLAW in the USA that has a HISTORY dating back to a demonstrated dynamic that is 'realized by.'

In the case of health care it was the lack of available health care to Americans which was causing deaths BEFORE they even were able to obtain medical or surgical treatment.

In the case of the Veterans, it was to correct a short sightedness that was illustrated by the increased suicide rates noted during the wars of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The list goes on.  No passage of a bill, regardless of its 'Pay Go,' or even 'benefit' to the USA debt should be left to be 'speculated' as to why the bill was passed and where the responsibilty lies for its need. 

What would also be helpful, is for the Democrats to not just talk about 'Pay Go' and 'Responsible Government,' but, to illustrate where the USA Debt actually begins to turn around and where there is an expected surplus.  How 'spending now' is justified for the 'outcomes later.' 

The DNC needs to be more aggressive in assigning responsibilty for the nation's woes and how the Democrats ALWAYS turns the corner to 'Unfair' and 'Irresponsible' and "Immoral" government.  Allowing citizens to die in lacking health care or at their own hand after serving this country is not only "W"rong, it is "I"mmoral by any 'belief system' I am familiar with EXCEPT the Republcan Plutocratic Economic Belief System.

Until later.

Obama: More post-traumatic stress help for vets

Updated: 5:08 PM Aug 30, 2007
Military Suicide Rate Highest in 26 Years..Vets Urge Support
 A local group of supporters, veterans and faith leaders met in Topeka Thursday morning to show support for a funding bill that would support troops in health care, injury research and job training.

Posted: 12:14 PM Aug 30, 2007
 Reporter: Brian Dorman
 Email Address: brian.dorman@wibw.com

A local group of supporters, veterans and faith leaders met in Topeka Thursday morning to show support for a funding bill that would support troops in health care, injury research and job training.
Veterans say it is necessary to support this bill and that Kansans need to urge local officials, especially Senator Brownback and Roberts to support this bill that is threatened to be vetoed by President Bush.
They stressed that this is not about whether we should be at war or not it is about what we need to be doing for those that are at war and those that will be going to war when they return.
An Army Suicide Event Report discovered that suicides in the Army has reached a 26 year high alarming local and national agencies. It will be up to support from Kansas Leaders like Brownback and Roberts to vote for the Labor HHS-Education appropriations bill to allow funds for programs of suicide prevention as well as job training and homelessness prevention services.
In the coming weeks it is expected that this bill will be up for vote in the U.S. Senate. The president has threatened to veto the bill that Thursday's group is calling critical for immediate needs for troops returning home from war.


http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/9474342.html

...The changes that Veteran Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki (click title to entry - thank you) will announce Monday fulfill "a solemn responsibility to provide our veterans and wounded warriors with the care and benefits they've earned when they come home," Obama said in his weekly radio and online address Saturday.

The new rules will apply not only to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but also those who served in previous conflicts.

No longer will veterans have to prove what caused their illness. Instead, they would have to show that the conditions surrounding the time and place of their service could have contributed to their illness.

"I don't think our troops on the battlefield should have to take notes to keep for a claims application," the president said. "And I've met enough veterans to know that you don't have to engage in a firefight to endure the trauma of war."...

Tomorrow

I doubt anyone will like it, unless, there is a value system that loves their country. 

I believe the 'political theater,' that is using an 'anti-incumbent drive,' has become bizarre.  I also believe it is anti-American.  I know it is an Un-Constitutional movement that is 'framed' to change the face of the country in a way that is dangerous for citizens and their country.

No one 'trusts' anymore.  No one even cares enough to base their thinking on 'the truth.' 

Tomorrow then.

Ya just have to love these oil people. They are such smucks. And this is whom Admiral Allen has to maintain a 'working relationship' with and get results for the people of the USA at the same time. Amazing.

...Regarding the relief wells, we continue to make progress there. As of yesterday, we had moved to 17,780 feet in measured depth. We can move to 17,830 feet. It's getting very, very close. Things are going to get slow at this point as they go in small sections....

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/09/1723440/transcript-of-thad-allens-friday.html

I don't know if there is medal of honor for what Admiral Allen is going through, but, the President needs to come up with one.

...Anadarko, a 35pc partner in the well, on Friday refused to pay its $272m (£180m) bill outright claiming that BP's actions "likely represent gross negligence or willful misconduct."
"Although we have notified BP that we are withholding reimbursement to BP at this time, we remain committed to working with BP in good faith to achieve a satisfactory resolution," an Anadarko spokesman said....

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7882421/Anadarko-rejects-BP-272m-oil-leak-bill.html


UPDATE:Anadarko, Mitsui Executives To Testify Before Senate Committee
By Isabel Ordonez
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Friday, 9 July 2010 - 23:51
HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- The heads of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. will testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on July 22 on their liability in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
The testimony will be the first time executives of BP PLC's (BP, BP.LN) partners in the Macondo well will give federal lawmakers their views on their responsibility for the recovery from the spill that resulted from the late April burning and sinking of Transocean Ltd (RIG, RIGN.VX) Deepwater Horizon rig.
Anadarko Chief Executive Jim Hackett and Naoki Ishii, president of Mitsui Oil unit MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC, will testify in a hearing before the subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security, chaired by Sen. Tom Carper (D., Del.).
Kenneth Feinberg, the new administrator for the independent $20 billion escrow fund established by BP last month, will also testify, a Senate aide said....


http://english.capital.gr/news.asp?id=1008216

Researchers and biologists harvest sea turtle eggs from the sand in Port St. Joe, Fla., Friday, July 9, 2010. U.S. Fish and Wildlife and other authorities are relocating thousands of sea turtle eggs to a warehouse on the East coast of Florida in an effort to save them from an oily death from the Deepwater Horizon incident.

A lot of Sea Turtles have died as a result of the BP Disaster.  We 'lucked out' on the breeding grounds and the hope the eggs will replace the lost turtles.


Sea turtle egg evacuations begin along oiled Gulf  (click title to entry - thank you)
 By BRIAN SKOLOFF

Associated Press Writer

 Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs.
Patrick, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, carefully plucked the eggs from the foot-deep hole and placed them one-by-one in a cooler layered with moist sand from the nest, the first step in a sweeping and unprecedented turtle egg evacuation to save thousands of threatened hatchlings from certain death in the oiled Gulf of Mexico.
After about 90 minutes of parting the sand with her fingers like an archaeological dig, 107 eggs were placed in two coolers and loaded onto a FedEx temperature-controlled truck. They are being transported to a warehouse at Florida's Kennedy Space Center where they will incubate and, hopefully, hatch before being released into the Atlantic Ocean....

According to The New York Times there is profound corruption in Kurdish, Iraq.

This isn't really such a surprise, is it?  These kind of 'movements' have been going on for awhile now.  I guess some question arises to me that WHOM are the smugglers and whom are not?

It isn't as though this war doesn't have a history of 'movement' of goods and people.

So, like, what is the problem already? 

You know, there is another reality about the region and the Taliban that absolutely astounds me and that is the infiltration of "Punjab" in both Pakistan and India.  Punjab is a very 'active' city with a highly succesful economy, but, if the Taliban have their way they will OPPRESS the entire REGION and destroy the economy there.

OFFICE OF THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR IRAQ

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT
NUMBER 26

22 April 2003
 
http://www.who.int/disasters/repo/9483.pdf

1 HIGHLIGHTS

There are unconfirmed reports from Kirkuk, Jalawla and Khanaqeen that many Arab families are under pressure to leave these areas due to insecurity. In some villages near Jalawla families are already reported to be displaced, many of whom are extremely poor and have no alternative places to settle.


The UN staff on stand-by to return to northern Iraq plan to depart Larnaca on 23 April via Turkey and will proceed across the border by road, 24 April.  WFP reports that since 5 April 2003, cumulative wheat flour deliveries in the North amount to 10,000 metric tons as at 21 April 2003. In addition, cumulative deliveries of pulses total around 2,170 metric tons.


On 21 April, ten WFP trucks carrying 200 metric tons of oil crossed Penjwin, Iran-Iraq border to Sulaymaniyah.


UNICEF has delivered around US$1.8 million worth of emergency supplies to northern Iraq across the Turkish border since 28 March.


The first truck carrying a medical emergency kit from UNICEF Erbil warehouse arrived in Kirkuk on 21 April. The kit contains medical supplies and equipment designed to benefit 10,000 individuals.


The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issued the blanket authorization for overflight and landing on 21 April 2003. This should facilitate significantly United Nations Humanitarian Operations....






PAKISTAN’S HEART, by John Lancaster, photographed by Ed Kashi (Page 82) Pakistan’s Punjab province is the wealthiest and most populous of the country’s four provinces, a place where East meets West and culture thrives. Home to Pakistan’s political and military establishments, it has also become a prime Taliban target in recent years, with a wave of terrorism attacks attempting to disturb the Punjab way of life. Writer John Lancaster, former South Asia bureau chief for the Washington Post, considers the resilience of Punjabis through the context of history, including the bloody partition of British India in the mid-20th century. Photographer Ed Kashi captures the status quo, one that many Punjabis refuse to give up easily. Lancaster and Kashi are available for interviews.
 
 
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, JULY 2010
On newsstands June 29 


Features and additional Web content at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ beginning June 15
 

I've come to the conclusion auto manufacturers don't really care about women, except, as customers to their products.

I am not discussing the 'pregnancy thing' or the 'abdominal surgery thing,' this is about the fact, I am five foot, four and a half inches tall and have a size C bra cup.

I don't care what I am driving, the seat belt never lays across my chest, 'sterum' the way it should.  The belt always rides up, across my neck and over toward my right arm pit.  That is when I am driving, it is on the left doing the same thing when I am a passenger.

It occurred to me that my carotid arteries are directly under the seatbelt.  Not my collar bone or my sterum, but, my carotid arteries.

I am not trying to make trouble here, I am trying to save lives, but, didn't Princess Diana die of a transected carotid artery in her car crash?

The point is I do not believe 'crash dummies' are necessarily built like most women, either.  I appreciate the effort to protect people and even little people as they have special restraints, but, there is something missing in the 'belt' assembly that keeps belts from moving across delicate neck regions of the body rather than remaining on bony areas for restraint.

I don't believe there is a study I can refer to here, but, then maybe one was never done.  We need the 'next generation' of safety belt restraints.

I don't find it uncommon for women to be ignored when it comes to 'quality or safety.'  They typically don't complain about many things that men feel 'at ease' complaining about.

...Mingle and front seat passenger (click title to entry - thank you) Dawn Hess, 40, of Palmyra, Wayne County, were both flown to the Erie County Medical Center via Mercy Flight, Peron said. Mingle suffered abrasions and was treated and released. Hess suffered a severe head laceration, broken ribs and a broken right arm and was listed in critical condition, Peron said.Three young children were in the SUV’s back seat. They were all taken to Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Buffalo as a precaution, Peron said.
Troopers said everyone in the SUV was wearing seat belts and the younger children were properly restrained in car seats.
The SUV did not strike any other vehicles when it overturned. The SUV did not strike the vehicle that caused Mingle to leave her lane. That driver continued westbound on the highway, troopers said....


...Seatbelts have been proven to be the best way to minimize risk of injury when in a crash, the release said. Of the 33,963 people who died in traffic crashes across the United States in 2009, it is estimated that safety belts could have prevented death in more than half of these incidents. During the first four months of this year in Springfield, at least four out of five fatal crashes involved an unsecured occupant riding in a motorized vehicle (excluding motorcycles). Overall, the safety belt usage rate in Missouri has been estimated to be around 75 percent, compared to 83 percent nationwide....

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100706/BREAKING01/100706029/1007/NEWS01/Crash+report+shows+increase+in+injury+crashes

Diana died of a ruptured coronary artery, not a carotid artery.  That can't really be considered the same unless there was back pressure from the carotid into the heart circulation.  Probably not.  I still believe women are well served by their seatbelts.

...The condition of Diana was at first considered serious until the surgeons discovered that her coronary artery was ruptured. The surgeons then changed her condition to grave. Princess Diana died after two hours in surgery at 4:00 am. It was 4 hours after the car had crashed. The doctors didn’t actually announce her death until 4:30 am. Princess Diana was 36 years old at the time of her death....

http://www.essortment.com/all/deathprincessd_rmoz.htm

Secretary Salizar just needs to issue a moritorium that the Louisiana Courts can't corrupt.

There just isn't anything else to say.  The Fifth Circuit is KNOWN for its bias and dysfunction due to the 'personal holdings' of the judges that sit on this court.

THE OIL STATES

Eastern District of Louisiana



Middle District of Louisiana


Western District of Louisiana


Northern District of Mississippi


Southern District of Mississippi


Eastern District of Texas


Northern District of Texas


Southern District of Texas


Western District of Texas
 
 
...Two of the 5th Circuit judges seemed to disagree about who should be shown more deference: Feldman or Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who imposed the moratorium.

"We give deference, as you should, to what that court has done," Judge Jerry E. Smith said of Feldman's ruling.

Judge James L. Dennis said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar "is entitled to a lot of deference" when the court evaluates whether the moratorium should be allowed to stand. Dennis partially dissented in the ruling, saying that he would have let the moratorium remain in place.

"Why are we in a position to second-guess the secretary on whether or not there's a threat of irreparable harm?" the judge asked at the hearing.
Dennis said he was satisfied that Salazar's decision wasn't arbitrary or irrational, but he wanted to hear more from the Interior Department about why a six-month moratorium was needed....



...The administration is fighting to preserve the ban on two tracks. (click title to entry - thank you)  As the government defends the moratorium in federal court, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is planning to issue a revised ban - this time written with more justification and enough nuance that it could survive a legal challenge....

Incredible interivew with Prime Minister Netanyahu. Mr. Kng stated we would travel to the Middle East to bring all the parties on the show. Applause.

I agreed with everything he stated last night.  I believe the blockade deaths were unfortunate, but, the Israeli Defense Force was expecting violence and indeed there were guns on board. 

I do not believe Israel is a violent nation, I believe they live in a very difficult neighborhood and I believe Israel has every right to exist.

I do believe there needs to be fence mending with Turkey and a resolve to the issues surrounding the blaockade deaths.  That was serious and caanot be treated differently, but, if there were indeed guns on board what was to be a peaceful mission, then I am a bit disillusioned and Israel's actoins are difficult to call into question.

I also believe the Prime Minister is correct when it comes to Iran.  I believe Iran and its threats against Israel has to be taken seriously and the USA sanctions are very important.  More needs to be done.  But, to 'deny' there is anger and threats against Israel for simply exisiting is a worrysome problem.  Israel has done nothing to Iran.  Yet, Iran levels threats to Israel all the time.  It is as though Iran is seeking to be the 'mother ship' to Hezbollah and Hamas.

Iran should break ties with any 'extremist' groups and legitimize relations with the countries of the region and global interests as well. 

I would think, the Iranian President would find a way to seek better diplomatic relations with the West other than simply making speeches at the United Nations.  However, I don't see Iran having good relations with The West if it continues to advocate violence. 

Iran cannot talk out of both sides of its mouth by seeking peace with The West on one hand and denouncing Israel on the other.  Iran supplies 'the hate' in many ways to the extremist groups and then tries to follow it up with actions even if simply making statements at the UN and in the media.

It is time for the Middle East to end this senseless 'street talk' about violence and hatred of Israel.  If there is to be a sincere peace by Israel, there cannot be accompanying propaganda promoting violence within the Islamic communities.  Iran cannot continue to propagate hatred though extremists in the region.  In doing so, it puts young Muslim men and women 'at risk' for ending their lives.  The entire 'paradigm' of hatred by Iran which results in real deaths and violence is simply outrageous for a modern country.  Seeking peaceful use of nuclear capacity cannot be accompanied by a 'paradigm of hatred.' 

It was completely obvious there is a gross difference between the 'peace keeping' intent of Israel's defense department and one that is an 'active threat' to the region.  Israel has a right to defend itself and until the 'propagandized hatred' stops I don't see Israel's 'defense strategy' changing.  Unfortunately. 

I apprecaited Prime Minister Netanyahu coming to the public and speaking on behalf of Israel.  It included us in what we want most, a real opportunity for peace in the Middle East.  It is a leadership role the Prime Minister is taking, with that a 'good place' for Israel to be.