The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf in the Canadian arctic. File photo.
Photograph by: Denis Sarrazin/Center for Northern Studies/Handout/Reuters,
..."Arctic air temperatures were higher than normal, and Arctic sea ice continued to decline at a fast pace" last month, (click title to entry - thank you) the centre said in its July 6 report, adding that June also "saw the return of the Arctic dipole anomaly, an atmospheric pressure pattern that contributed to the record sea ice loss in 2007."...
Local Time: 3:20 PM AKDT (GMT -08)
Lat/Lon: 58.8° N 137.0° W
Elevation :: 33 feet
Temperature :: 57 Fahrenheit
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 82%
Dew Point :: 52 Fahrenheit
Wind :: 6 mph from the SW
Pressure :: 30.20 inches (Rising)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles
UV :: 2 out of 16
Clouds :: 3400 feet (Above Ground Level)
Ms. Sherrod should be awarded her full retirement and the Agriculture Department needs to provide all benefits to her that would normally be awarded had this not been exploited by the media. This isn't her issue. Her record at the Department of Agriculture cannot express a termination that will effect her status in pursuing a productive and secure future.
Shirley Sherrod, the former Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the USDA, resigned on Monday after making racial remarks.
I have never seen such defamation of a person, a woman's character in my life. What is the Secretary of Agriculture suppose to do? HOPE the department isn't effected. It already has been effected.
Ms. Sherrod needs a good civil rights attorney.
The Tea Party is racist. Look at the religious bigotry leveled by Sarah Palin regarding a Mosque in New York CIty.
Look, a political party that wants to erase 200 years of Civil Rights in this country is definately racist.
They have viciously attacked prominent African Americans since President Obama was inaugurated. This is no different than the Van Jones issue. Who runs country? Rupert Murdoch and their spin machine and those that fall into line to 'make a buck.'
...Sherrod "kept us out of bankruptcy," said Eloise Spooner, 82. She and her husband Roger Sooner, who own a farm in Iron City, located in southwest Georgia, approached Sherrod in 1986 -- when she worked with the Georgia field office for the Federation of Southern Cooperative/Land Assistance Fund -- seeking assistance....
