Odd. Unions. NPR. All ideological political targets under the guise of Budgetary Problems. Oh.

Republicans state they have deeply challenged budgets and take on unions.  Every state a Republican Governor has been elected to have the same problems and same resolves?

Sunday, March 6, 2011
...Last month, (click here) a series of popular uprisings shook dictatorial regimes in North Africa and the Middle East. While Cairo garnered the spotlight abroad, Madison became the flashpoint for another fierce and large-scale uprising.
The Wisconsin eruption came when Republican Gov. Scott Walker fabricated a plan to deal with the state's financial crisis by attacking unionized public employees. He claimed the state was broke and faced a projected $137 million shortfall.
But in January, the Fiscal Bureau of Wisconsin reported the state would end the year with a $123 million surplus. The surplus vanished when Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature gave it away in business tax breaks....

Not budget problem, union hatred, discrimination and bias.  One might say, "Income Discrimination."

Wisconsin Governor Signs Union-Busting Bill, Lawsuits Are Filed (click here)

March 11, 2011 03:25 PM EST

...Today comes a lawsuit from Dane County, where the capitol resides. The Dane County lawsuit is similar to the lawsuit filed by the local unions. It contents that sufficient notice was not given to the public when Senate Republicans hastily convened the committee. The Madison Teachers union also asked the court to intervene. The lawsuit also alleges the meeting did not meet the quorum requirements to vote on anything. State law says 20 senators must be present to vote on fiscal matters.

The lawsuit asks Dane County Circuit Judge Amy Smith to find the law unconstitutional and to negate the bill. It also requests a restraining order to prevent the Secretary of State from printing and distributing the bill until the court rules on the constitutionality of the bill.

Florida, too?  This isn't about budgets at all, it is about destroying the Middle Class and providing UNEARNED profits to Republican cronies.  There is NOTHING constitutional about CORRUPTION.

Florida Teachers Association opposing new bill as attack on unions

Submitted by Gargoyle Staff on March 10, 2011 – 11:48 am

Debbie Etheredge, president of the St. Johns County Education Association, is concerned about a new Senate bill (SB 830) that would cease teachers’ payroll deductions for union dues.
Before accepting the position with the Florida Teachers Association, Etheredge taught for 27 years. She said she sees a lot of problems for unions in this proposed bill.

“They’re trying to silence our voice, and we are the working people of St. Johns County,” Etheredge said. ”We’re the working people of Florida. We’re the middle class, and they are trying to silence us.”
Sen. John Thrasher, of Florida’s district 8, proposed the bill. When contacted for an interview, Sen. Thrasher declined to comment.
According to The Florida Senate’s website, the bill would prohibit “a county, municipality, or other local governmental entity from deducting from employee wages the dues, uniform assessments, fines, penalties, or special assessments of an employee organization or contributions made for purposes of political activity.”
Etheredge said she is opposed to this legislation. She said she believes the bill is bad for more than just teachers in the union....

The RNC practices widespread corruption as a methodology. 

Sorry, but, if a surplus disappears to award monies to cronies while the Middle Classes income is depleted, that is CORRUPTION as a methodology without a doubt.

The attack on Freedom of Speech by the Republicans and Right Wing is noted strongly with NPR's circumstances.

There needs to be an investigation to the actual editorializing of James O'Keefe.  He has done this before.  He isn't a documentarian, he is propandist.  There is a difference.

NPR Scandal Reversal: The Raw Footage Shows Something Else (click title to entry - thank you)

Mar. 13, 2011, 6:27 PM

Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy

Here’s my quick summary of The Blaze’s significant findings:

-Edited Video: NPR execs appear to approve of a Muslim Brotherhood connection to the prospective donors. Raw Video: the prospective donors downplay any Muslim Brotherhood connection, and make themselves sound moderate and reasonable.

-Edited Video: Narrator implies that the donors advocate extreme Muslim views (Sharia—associated in many people’s minds with brutal acts and behaviors) and the edited version shows an NPR exec reacting to this information with humor.  Raw Video: NPR executive is acting jovially about something else: a mix-up in their restaurant reservation. (!)

-Edited Video: Suggests NPR exec is against the GOP. Raw Video: NPR exec also talks about his affinity for the GOP and its traditional values.

-Edited Video:  NPR exec appears to be criticizing the Tea Party. Raw Video: NPR exec is quoting two influential longtime Republicans’ complaints about how their party has been taken over by extreme elements, then personally agrees.

-Edited Video: NPR exec says liberals are more educated in general than conservatives. Raw Video: other NPR exec goes out of her way to favorably mention friends who watch Fox News....

If some of conservative media is actually 'finding god' these days, it will be a welcome change.

However, I stumbled upon 'The Savage Nation' the other day on the radio.  There was nothing but vicisous attacks about NPR based in 'personal preferences.'  No one will ever find a 'yelling attack' on NPR as one might find elsewhere in conservative radio.

What was also stated by the HOST of the show was a strong political reason to silence NPR.  He stated, "I wish they would 'go private' and then watch the Tea Party attack their advertisers so it puts them completely out of business."

That is a quote. 

It sincerely appears to have a strong indication that NPR is under attack to have them silenced.

I do believe NPR is also in a unique position to begin to carry advertisements from sources not related to American politics and would not suffer the ravages of war within the USA.  If advertisers are interested in developing new markets in the USA for services or products and it won't hurt them to try, but, more as a venture, it will work.

I also believe BBC should become a strong partner to NPR if they so desire.  The two will provide a lot of quality to their broadcasts.

NPR should not change.  They know they should not and it won't hurt them to 'dabble' in more commercial support from sources that simply won't be effected by 'the politics' of vicious oppression of Right Wing Radio.

There needs to be a real investigation of a 'chronic' offender of media manipulation.

James O'Keefe does not have ethical basis for his films or ventures. 

NASA has a conclusive study illustrating without question the existence of "Human Induced Global Warming."

A NASA/university study of data on Earth's rotation, movements in Earth's molten core and global surface air temperatures has uncovered interesting correlations. (NASA/JPL-Universit Paris Diderot - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris)

Imagine that.  NASA removed the human effects on Earth to discern what 'the natural world' is up to.  And guess what they found?

...And while previous studies (click title to entry - thank you) linked long-term variations in length of day to long-term changes in surface air temperatures, Dickey's research found long-term changes in temperature correspond strongly to changes in length of day over the last 160 years.

"What I think is one of the best points of the paper is that to people not in our area, they've got to see how big the global warming effect is - there's no getting around it," she said. "One picture is worth a million words in that particular situation."

Dickey points to a time series graph illustrating the divergence in observed temperatures over the last century and a "corrected" plot from which man-made changes have been removed to show "natural" changes.

"When you compare the full signal with the natural changes, I think it hits you right between the eyes," Dickey said.

Scientists compared existing data from models of fluid movements within Earth's core and length-of-day observations against two sets of global surface temperature data extending back to the 19th century - from NASA's Goddard Institute and the UK's Met Office. Human-produced temperature changes based on climate models of the Earth's atmosphere and ocean were then subtracted to generate corrected temperature records.

A portion of the study shows after 1930 global surface air temperatures began to rise without corresponding changes in other variables.

And while researchers now turn their attention toward a scientific explanation of these correlations, it's clear that the Earth core's effect on climate is substantially smaller than human effects....

Hm.



I probably should do an entire presentation on what exactly human warming effects are, but, it fairly cut and dry.

Heat Sinks, called cities.  Population growth.  Commerce and economies.  To name a few.

Energy is constant.  It cannot be created and it cannot be destroyed.  What consumes energy exhibits its effect of that consumption.  Equation  ::  Earth's Warming - Human Warming Effects = Natural World Warming

The 'exposure' of the people in areas of Japan without services for their well being.

It can get cold in Japan.  This temperature map shows 9 PM temperatures of 40 to 50 in areas and colder north.

There are tons of debris around.  If people experiencing the elements because they are unable to find shelter or warmth; can group together in areas where small bon fires could be started.

That could be dangerous if it is not done well and winds might carry it out of control.  But, if shelters and warmth can be gained by manipulating debris to their benefit, it is a resource. 

Unfortunately, it is a resource.

...With punishing aftershocks (click here) continuing to jolt the quake zone, the Japanese military was mobilizing 50,000 of its personnel, together with ships and planes, to aid in a rescue effort that has swiftly turned into a deadly race against time. In a country where every modern convenience has long extended into even remote areas, the basics of daily survival - food, water, power - were unaccustomedly threatened....

The very strange reality of all this is that Japan never before hosted their own refugees. 

They hosted others.

Burmese refugees complete Japan resettlement program (click title to entry - thank you)

Last Updated: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:13:00 +1100

Twenty-seven Burmese refugees have marked an important milestone after being resettled in Japan last year.

The Kyodo news agency says Karen refugees have completed a six-month orientation and language training program.

They arrived in Japan from Thailand as part of a UN third country resettlement program.

The ethnic Karen families are to be given work as farmers in Chiba and Mie prefectures.

They are the first of 90 Burmese refugees that the Japanese Government will accept from Mera camp in northwestern Thailand near the border with Burma.

Japan is the first Asian country to introduce the resettlement scheme, which is designed to help people who have fled human rights abuses and find it hard to settle or return home.

I have never witnessed an American administration with so much on their plates from day to day to day.

It is like the global community was waiting patiently for reasonable and capable people to show up for their freedom movements.

Let's face it.  If Cheney was still Veep there would be no peace movement anywhere in the world without 'reason for threat' to war or possibly already engaging in war.

Clinton Leaves For Revolution Tour Focused On Libya, Egypt, Tunisia (click title to entry - thank you)

March 13, 2011

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves for a trip to Paris, where she is set to meet with Libyan opposition figures and hold high-level talks with world powers about the country's situation on March 14, before travelling on to Tunisia and Egypt.

Her departure comes amid reports from Libyan state television that Qaddafi's forces have "purged" the embattled eastern town of Brega of rebels and taken over the city. It is the latest instance of violence in weeks of bloody antigovernment uprisings that have shaken the restive north African country.

It also comes a day after the White House welcomed a call by the Arab League for the United Nations Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya to protect civilians from air attacks by government forces....

Published 12:18 12.03.11
Latest update 12:18 12.03.11

Egypt arrests Mubarak allies over violent Cairo attack (click here)

Mubarak loyalists mounted on camels and horses charged protesters in Tahrir Square, triggering battle seen as crucial moment in the uprising.

By Reuters

CAIRO - The Egyptian police have arrested two members of ousted president Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic (NDP) Party accused of organizing violence against demonstrators during the uprising that swept him from the presidency.
The two NDP figures, both members of the now dissolved parliament, were arrested on suspicion of involvement in "bloody Wednesday", the state news agency reported....

While citizens globally reach for rights and peace, White Men in the Repubican Party seek ? election ?

How likable is Gingrich? (click here)

He wants to be seen as an elder statesman, but some worry about his focus.

Posted on Sun, Mar. 13, 2011

By Thomas Fitzgerald

INQUIRER POLITICS WRITER

Political strategists and focus-group gurus often use a simple shorthand test for electability in presidential campaigns: Would you like to have a beer with X?
Voters want to like the occupant of the Oval Office, since they're going to see an awful lot of him or her over at least four years.
Newt Gingrich is about to find out if that test is really true.
On a recent conference call, the former House speaker told supporters he hopes to kick off a run for the Republican nomination in May at Independence Hall in Philadelphia....

How do these jerks end up leading the USA and causing global war and chaos? 

Denying the truth about a man that is President and sincerely loves the country he leads, is a method of choosing the next President?  I mean when are people going to 'get real' here?

Via the National Review Online and some;

Gingrich: Obama’s ‘Kenyan, anti-colonial’ worldview  (click title to entry - thank you)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Citing a recent Forbes article by Dinesh D’Souza, former House speaker Newt Gingrich tells National Review Online that President Obama may follow a “Kenyan, anti-colonial” worldview.

Gingrich says that D’Souza has made a “stunning insight” into Obama’s behavior — the “most profound insight I have read in the last six years about Barack Obama.”

“What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?” Gingrich asks. “That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior.”

“This is a person who is fundamentally out of touch with how the world works, who happened to have played a wonderful con, as a result of which he is now president,” Gingrich tells us.

“I think he worked very hard at being a person who is normal, reasonable, moderate, bipartisan, transparent, accommodating — none of which was true,” Gingrich continues. “In the Alinksy tradition, he was being the person he needed to be in order to achieve the position he needed to achieve . . . He was authentically dishonest.”...

Newt Gingrich is just about as Anti-American as anyone comes.

He is also a two faced bastard.  He defames the Democrats in a heart beat and decries the Health Care Bill while he makes hugh profits with Electronic Medical Records.  Electronic medical records is an intricate part of the health care bill, so.  Like.  Ah.  What?

And Americans are actually deciding about a President, a Governor, a Senator or a House member 'with allowance' for lies, deceptions, monsterously expensive campaigns sponsored by companies willing to corrupt government and completely hidden agendas. 

Really?

Because of the Repubicans don't stop closing down the earning potential for the Middle Class there won't be a viable economy in the USA anymore.

The challenge to global peace is not between the citizens of countries, it is the sincere ability for countries to embarce 'the concept of rights.'

Peace is NOT a 'person thing.'  It is a problem of governments accommodating what they citizens already know.

Venezuelan Women Call for Peace (click title to entry - thank you)

 Saturday 12 March 2011
Caracas -  Thousands of Venezuelan women demonstrated Friday in this capital for world peace and to reject the interference of U.S and other centers of power in the internal affairs of countries.

Farmers, militiawomen, workers, housewives and students staged the march accompanied by leaders of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and delegates participating in a Latin American meeting of the Women's International Democratic Federation.

In addition to the call for peace and respect to self-determination of peoples, demonstration became shows of support for President Hugo Chávez and the process of change initiated in 1999.

The social leader in Aragua, Nancy Maria Contreras, said the march also supported the efforts of Venezuelan women to ensure the reelection of President Chavez in the elections of Dec 2012.

If Global Peace were left up to the citizens of countries, it would be assured to exist. 

Guaranteed.

Venezuelan Women Protest Court Decision to Annul Section of Law on Violence Against Women (click here)

By Michael Fox - Venezuelanalysis.com

Caracas, Venezuela, June 10, 2006—In May, the Venezuelan Supreme Court annulled important sections of the Law on Violence against Women and Family.  Shockwaves as a result of the ruling led to last Thursday’s protest in front of Venezuela’s Supreme Court (TSJ) and to a debate before the Venezuelan National Assembly on “domestic violence and violence against women.”

The Venezuela Supreme Court ruling from May 9th annulled sections of the Law on Violence against Women and Family, which impeded an aggressor from visiting the home or workplace of a victim, and allowed an aggressor to be held without warrant or “judicial authorization” for up to seventy-two hours.

The Venezuelan daily, El Universal, reported on May 19th that the Venezuelan Supreme Court had declared that these articles violated the presumption of innocence and the aggressor’s right to defense, “since the Constitution says that a detention can only proceed under a judicial order or by apprehension in case of a flagrant violation. ‘[The detentions] are called for without being accompanied by due process,’” it stated....

 

It's Sunday Night

Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Central Park from the album by the same name.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

 

P. Simon, 1969

When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes,
I will dry them all
I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
When you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

Official website at title to entry - thank you.

Okay.

Let's get started. 

Let's see??????

Hm......

I'll be along in a minute.

I write an email twice a week to a group of people very dear to my heart and I am going to finish that tonight before I start here. 

Thanks.

It is too early to have a sincere assessment of entire islands moving 8 feet.

NASA’s Terra satellite's (click title to entry - thank you)  first view of northeastern Japan in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami reveal extensive flooding along the coast. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) acquired the right image of the Sendai region on March 12, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. The left image, taken by Terra MODIS on February 26, 2011, is provided as a point of reference.

"At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass," said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

I am not saying USGS is wrong on its first run through.  However, to draw the conclusion there has a massive shift in the geologic location of the islands of Japan is a bit premature.

I have no doubt the 'area' (which is massive) effective by the quake has relocated many land areas and in ways we would rather it not take place.  But, with the massive flooding and 'fluid' movement of this area there could be many reasons why these GPS units are reporting these findings.  There has to be an 'on the ground' assessment of the units, their integrity and the data, as well as the data from GPS units in other places on the islands of Japan as well as other locations 'in this area.' 

There was a tremendous amount to ocean water displaced and in all honesty there is no solid way of knowing what this data reveals until a further assessment of 'real conditions and real time' can be evaluated.

In regard to the 'tilt' of Earth and its rotation, immediate data suggests a change, but, it takes more than immediate data to finalize that reality.  Everytime there is a major quake I am hearing the same thing.  The rotation has changed, the tilt of the Earth has changed.  Fine.  But, is this a 'moving baseline' or is data compared to historical data at the beginnings of the science when accuracy was known is a different way.

There are a lot of variables, including the change in technology. 

I don't doubt this earthquakes are effecting the planet, but, I do believe the proper way to look at this is that Earth is effecting earthquakes. 

I could go on and on about what is occurring to cause these huge and frequent quakes, but, I still believe the Pacific Plate is trying to become a circle since the Arctic Ocean has melted down and North America no longer has an ice anchor.

There have been many, many huge and devasting quakes in the past century at the same time we are losing all the ice on the northern cap.  I don't really believe in coincidence and I don't believe any scientist can accurately 'talk about Earth' by simply technological data on a screen.

Russia to provide extra energy help for its neighbor in trouble (click title to entry - thank you)

That's Russia.  They know what they know and they know how to act on it.  The directives by Prime Minister Putin is nothing short of heroic.

He could not be more correct to step up their relationship with Japn.  They are very able to supply massive help to Japan to stabilize its economy and the survival of its people.

There is definately a 'deterioation timeline' that will either realize a postitive movement or a negative movement that will literally destroy the civilizaton of Japan.  First World Countries have 'high economic residuals' within their government infrastructure.  If those residuals prove to deteriorate the ability to recover takes on a longer timeline and higher peril to the populous of Japan.

I am grateful to and for Russia.  Their intelligence is remarkable and their ability to react to such emergencies even more incredible.

I don't want to hear how Russia can without a second thought come forward to rescue an entire society and then call it an enemy to a 'high priority ally' of the USA.

I think Russia and the USA have more in common when it comes to valuing human life and a global economy than anyone is willing to state, except, for me.

My sincere gratitude to the Russia people and their sincere leaders.  Greatness doesn't come in minor commodities.  Is there any wonder why Prime Minister Putin is where he is today and why the Russia people love him and their President Medvedev.

We should all be grateful. 

...Russian officials (click title to entry - thank you) have announced they are increasing energy supplies to Japan following a request from Tokyo.
­Japan finds itself in desperate need of extra energy supply due to devastating results of the earthquake, tsunami and explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin has announced Russia will donate 150,000 tons of liquefied gas to Japan and will also increase coal supply.
There is also the possibility of providing electricity to Japan via an underwater cable that stretches from Russian mainland to Japan.
Ceaseless power supply provides for the continuation of rescue works and keeping in safety other nuclear reactors in the country....

Who ever expected this? I sincerely can't find the words to express my feelings about world events today.

Japan is more than a tragedy.  When a First World country and a magnificent friend to the USA finds itself hurting the way the Japanese are now, there are no words. 

Then to realize the Arab League came forward to stop the Libyan people from being hurt or worse.  How magnificent is that?  I am very grateful to them.  The Libyan people are quietly waiting to be saved from the ravages of cruelty.  Thank you to the great countries of the Arab League.  Thank you.

Until tomorrow...

With the extent there is so much damage...

...in Japan.  A first world country.  I believe we are looking at years if not a decade before the area returns to any definition of itself.  No one hopes I am wrong more than me.

The nuclear facilities have to be a high priority to evacuation.  While the Japanese government can state there needs to be evacuations in the area, I question the reality of the ability of people to actually leave to protect themselves.  I would think this should be one of the first places people would be removed if they cannot achieve escape due to flooding and infrastructure failure.

The plant itself was never prepared to protect from such a seismic event.  I would hope the USA and Japan are looking at a potential of building a sarcophagus in a worst case scenario.  Let's hope it doesn't deteriorate to that, but, I believe it is necessary to examine those options.

Unless Japanese standards exceed that of the USA, there is every possibility, with repeated high intensity aftershocks, the facilities' integrity is in danger.

Japan earthquake forces thousands to evacuate in nuclear plant emergency  (click title to entry - thank you)

...Experts warn that order to flee homes signals a serious problem at Fukushima power station in tsunami zone

Terry Macalister, Fiona Harvey, John Vidal and Justin McCurry

guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 March 2011 20.35 GMT

Japanese authorities said pressure was rising inside the plant with the risk of a radiation leak, according to the Jiji news agency. One British atomic engineer said the evacuation suggested a radioactive leak remained a possibility.
"It looks very serious. Obviously we do not know exactly what is going on but evacuating people is normally only a matter of last resort when there is only one containment layer left to be breached," said John Large, a member of the British Nuclear Engineering Society and a fellow of the Royal Society.
If radioactivity has broken through into the final dome over the top of the plant this would put the incident on a par with the Three Mile Island accident in the US which cost $1bn in 1979 money.
Another nuclear expert said that if the water cooling system had broken down, the consequences could be dire....

The reason this problem exists at all, with at least one of the facilities the back up diesel power plant took on water.  Get the picture?

The Japan coastal areas dynamics are unstable.

I can't but wonder if similar dynamics occurred off Chile in South America.  I don't recall much information regarding the oceans, coastal communities and fishing industry being interrupted.  It would easy to find out.

This picture is on the New York Times front e-page (click title to entry - thank you).

While I believe there is significant damage, I also believe the 'area' effected is limited.  The aftershocks are still radiating from the same region without too much migration.  So, while this continues the energy waves are still concentrated in a region.  That means the repeated 'vibration' will continue to knock this area's infrastructure loose.

The images I am looking at have a lot of 'perspective.'  In the picture above there is a tower that provides invaluable dynamics to realiize the size and scope of the dynamics in relation to the infrastructure.  I don't know what the engineers of Japan's infrastructure have planned for, but, with repeated 'vibration' exposure it is bound to have a toll.

The whirlpools above are not caused by the earthquake directly.  They are caused by the tsunamis from the underwater displacement.  They occur because the displaced water 'piles up' in areas and the only resolve to the 'energy' is to move in a circle.  The velocity of that circle will determine its dangers.  The images I am receiving appear to be that of somewhat ? weak ? but sizeable dynamics.  If one realizes there are concrete structures jutting out into the water where these dynamics are playing out, on many occassion the 'energy / wave' dynamics of the whirlpool are interrupted by the structure and DO NOT appear to continue on the other side of that dynamic.  So, while these are significant and NO ONE should be seeking a 'thrill moment' in the wake of these whirlpools (YOU WILL DIE.) there is some hope in that the 'power' to destroy is limited.

What I am saying is, the damage is mostly being caused due to 'quantity' of water rather than by 'velocity.'  I believe the infrastructure of Japan is defeating quite handily the water dynamics of the ocean and its interaction with land.  That isn't true in the 'volume' of the water, but, certainly appears to be in the 'velocity.' 

That is not to say there won't be significant death with this earthquake.  There will be.  Where the Japan infratructure meets with land the impact is significant and the damage to life and limb dramatic.  It is realistic to believe there are lives lost that will result in a 'missing person' list.

My sympathy for every person lost and their friends and family. 

Raw Video: Earthquake Triggers Tsunami in Japan

The tsunami may have caused more deaths than the quake in a limited area. Some of those that may have been on those ships will have survived. The ships may have trouble with engine propulsion, so I would expect any coastal effort would be looking for stranded vessels that may or may not have passengers. This tape shows cars on roadways undisturbed even in their movement down the road while the waters underneath are extremely turbulent. The Japanese infrastructure must be amazing.

The quake occurred on the 'Ring of Fire' side of Japan. That does not mean the tsunami only traveled to the West Coast of the USA.

While the Russian national newspaper, RIA Novosti focuses on what is in 'western' news in their English edition, htere are parts of Russia, China, Canada, the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand worried about the outcome.  Outcomes that might be personal in that people are visiting in Japan and the potential for tsunami effects.

Tsunami to hit U.S. west coast, Alaska (click here)

Tsunami waves unleashed by a series of massive earthquakes in north-east Japan on Friday are expected to strike the western coast of the United States and Alaska, the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said.
Tsunami warnings have also been issued for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hawaii and Canada....

The picture accompanying this article is profound.  The fires, the flooding and the devastation of an 8.9 earthquake.  While everyone wants survivors to 'dial in' the chances any survivor in these areas even has any infrastructure to make that happen is unlikely.


In areas like this there is only ONE authority ABLE to begin to RECON the ability for search and rescue.  That is the militaries of the area.  ALL NGOs will be helpful, but, they have to be 'staged in' for there to be any sincere SAFETY and EFFECTIVENESS.  I sincerely don't want to hear how any military operation is standing in the way of any Not-For-Profit organization. 

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE to move into these areas without prior knowledge and an 'expert base' to achieve those goals.  With a 8.9 on the Richter there are going to be substantial 'aftershocks' and otherwise.  With significant aftershocks comes new tsunami warnings.

Japan's people, throughout that nation are traumatized.  THEY LIVE THERE.  In the last decade that country has sustained an enormous amount of trauma from earthquakes.  If NGOs want to help, then help the people that have survivied this quake and are paralized in their own lives because of the repeated trauma simply living in this island nation. 

Add to that the threat of North Korea's nuclear program and the dangers faced by the people of South Korea and what does that equate to?  Security?  If it only could be true.

This quake happened at 05:46:23 UTC, which is about midnight EST.  I was awake then.  I wasn't on the computer, but, the news said nothing.  I remember the Indonesian Christmas quake.  Within minutes there were reports streaming about that event. 

Oh, well.  It simply tells me that the quake has hit some vital areas and the information was very remote in coming to the global community.

NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN  (click title to entry - thank you)

When I look at the 'shake map' the quake was 24.4 km deep or just over 15 miles down into the crust of the Earth.  That is a fairly shallow eipcenter and why the energy wave did such damage.  Ths shake map is not that large and while there is significant damage to the East Coast of Japan it appears to be limited there.  The after shocks continue to radiate both deeper and shallow around that epicenter.  So, what ever is happening it is limited to a specific stress point in the planet.

continued...

And I found this to my delight on a FOX news website. I had to read it three times and pinch myself to believe it.

There is NOTHING here an ideologue would say.  Wow.

Watching Uproar Over Wisconsin Protests, It's Time to Remember How Unions Make Our Lives Better

By Sally Kohn

Published March 10, 2011

FoxNews.com

...Such monstrous inequality (click title to entry - thank you) and lack of opportunity for ordinary Americans is not a sign that capitalism is broken but a sign that our economy and politics have been rigged to work for the very few at the top. And since the same few rich people and big businesses at the top make most of the political contributions in our country, politicians are woefully skittish to challenge their greed. 

And that's why the final reason to thank a union, the organized voice -- and yes, political money, too -- large enough to stand up to the otherwise-unchecked disastrous power of big businesses that care nothing about you or our economy and care only about their profit. That’s not what America is about. 

That's  why we let people vote to join unions, to stand up together for working Americans and to fulfill the vision of freedom and equality for which our nation was founded. -- Just like we let people vote anti-democratic, anti-working families politicians out of office.

Sally Kohn is a community organizer and political commentator. She is the Founder and Chief Education Officer of the Movement Vision Lab.

I'll get to Japan in a minute. There is some really bizarre reporting regarding Wisconsin, though.

Does the Houston Chronicle have any connections to the real world?

They sincerely received this report from the Associated Press?  Demonstrators were carried out and opposed their removal the entire time.

Can the media get on the same pages with this?  Would be good.  This is where people lose respect for organized media.  When the reports are more propaganda than 'real,' You Tube and Twitter becomes the staples of the information diet.

Wisconsin Capitol quiet after anti-union vote (click here)

By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press © 2011 The Associated Press

March 10, 2011, 8:35PM

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Capitol was eerily quiet Thursday night following three weeks of protests against anti-union legislation that drew tens of thousands of demonstrators to Madison. While people had been sleeping in the building for weeks, all eventually left after the Assembly voted to approve a bill eliminating public employee's collective bargaining rights.

The Senate had passed the bill the day before, and with the Assembly's action, the bill pushed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker was certain to become law with his signature.

The demonstrators' mostly peaceful departure ended a tense day that started with about 50 protesters being hauled from a hallway leading to the Assembly chamber. Police carried them out one at a time, dragging some in a seated position and holding others a few inches off the ground.

The protesters, who didn't resist, were set down behind a line of officers about 20 yards away. Other protesters walked out voluntarily. No one was arrested....

And will some of Laura Ingram's peers seriously council with her.  She is giving female journalists a bad name.  She doesn't do anything except rant 'Control, control, control' about global issues.  If this is the sincere 'core fear center' of the Right Wing Woman then I am not surprised we have a military budget greater than the next 14 nations combined.

As a mother she must be a horror.  Seriously.  I mean that completely.  Hate and fear.