ThinkFast: August 17, 2006
ThinkFast: August 17, 2006
1,666: Number of roadside bombs that went off in Iraq in July, the highest monthly total of the war. Seventy percent of those bombs were directed at U.S. troops. “The insurgency has more public support and is demonstrably more capable in numbers of people active and in its ability to direct violence than at any point in time,” said a senior Pentagon official.
Hollywood stars condemn Hezbollah, Hamas. A group of 84 high-profile Hollywood stars, including Nicole Kidman, Michael Douglas, Sly Stallone, and Bruce Willis, took out a full-page advertisement in today’s Los Angeles Times to condemn acts of violence by terrorist groups. “If we do not succeed in stopping terrorism around the world, chaos will rule and innocent people will continue to die,†the ad says.
“Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels — up by more than 40 percent from 2005 — despite hundreds of millions in counternarcotics money.”
“About half of adults in middle-income families reported serious problems in paying for their health care while even those in more affluent circumstances said they had troubles with medical bills,” a new study by The Commonwealth Fund found.
The Lebanese government ordered army troops to deploy across southern Lebanon under a compromise arrangement that allows Hezbollah to retain some of its arms caches. Meanwhile, Hezbollah “fighters put down their guns and turned into relief organizers.†The Israeli foreign minister and the Bush administration expressed concern that Hezbollah’s intensified relief efforts could strengthen its political standing and future electoral prospects.
One in three U.S. national parks are “choking on pollution,” according to the National Parks Conservation Association.
“There are between 5,000 and 6,000 extremist websites on the Internet, each one encouraging extremists to cultivate relationships with like-minded people,” Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said yesterday. “This radicalization is happening online and can therefore develop anywhere, in virtually any neighborhood, and in any country.”
A University of California, Berkeley study found capping greenhouse gas emissions in the state “would create 17,000 new jobs and add $60 billion to the gross state product by 2020.”
And finally: Summer is here, and for Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) that means seersucker, grossgrain, and polos in Nantucket: “Perhaps as the next round of elections draw near we can interview Dr. Frist and ask him where he stands on important issues like collar popping and the monogramming of barware.”
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What, has Alberto Gonzales only just noticed this now? I mean, sheesh the Republicans have had a web page for years…
August 17th, 2006 at 8:55 am“Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has hit record levels — up by more than 40 percent from 2005 — despite hundreds of millions in counternarcotics money.â€
Well, they were right. It is not just about oil.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:04 amAnd why would “Hollywood Stars” put an ad in the LA paper?
August 17th, 2006 at 9:08 amI think they should take their message straight to the terrorists. Up close and personal like “In the Actor’s Studio”…
I like Mel Gibson’s “Hollywood” angle, myself…
August 17th, 2006 at 9:09 amAnyone catch the slam Dennis Leary planted on Gibson the other night?
http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/08/youtube_of_the__19.html
Worth checking out.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:13 amBruce,
Unfortunately “extremist” to Gonzales means websites like Thinkprogress, MediaMatters, Buzzflash, DailyKos, Americablog, CrooksandKLiars, Firedoglake.
You get the picture.
Terrorist=Critical of Chimpy and the Bush/Coulter Republican Party.
-GSD
August 17th, 2006 at 9:17 am#4. YourTube took it down. Could someone just send the transcript? Thanks!!
August 17th, 2006 at 9:23 amDid Omar Sharif sign that ad? I am sure he is on the Bush/Gonzales Endless War On Terrorism Watch List.
-GSD
P.S. Notice how the Reverse King Midas effect is working on Bush. Condi gets snubbed a few weeks ago for allowing the Israeli’s to continue bombing Lebanon.
The number 2 man in the UK just reportedly called Bush “crap”.
The Chinese diplomat to the UN said that the US should “shut-up” about China’s military spending. He said China is not in any other country and is not an aggressor and that the US spends more than anyone else…so “Shut-up”.
Remember the Limp-baugh types that were clutching their pearls because “Bill Clinton” made a laughing stock out of the US? Bush has made the US the focus of almost every nations scorn, anger and enmity.
Heckuva job.
*Cue the troll attacks about Monica Lewinsky in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
-GSD
August 17th, 2006 at 9:24 amUnfortunately, those jobs would go to illegal aliens, so there would be no net gain to the citizens or tax revenues.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:24 amCould Hollywood finally be getting the message that the US needs to fight a WAR against TERRORISTS?
August 17th, 2006 at 9:26 amSandy, comedians Denis Leary and Lenny Clark were in the booth. Youkilis was on 1st base for the sox. Leary asked, “Youkilis, is that Greek?”
Was told by one of the announcers, that Youkilis is Jewish.
So Leary and Clark ran with the ball.
“I hope Mel Gibson doesn’t come around here.”
When Youkilis caught a ball and forced an out Leary yelled “In your face Mel Gibson.”
It was quite funny and refreshing to see.
-GSD
August 17th, 2006 at 9:27 amI believe Hollywood is now coming out against TERRORISTS as a reaction to Ned Lamont’s win over Lieberman. Could progressives (regressives) be TOO FAR LEFT for Hollywood and the mainstream media?
August 17th, 2006 at 9:27 amYea, I ALWAYS look toward Bruce Willis for any political wisdom.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:29 amSo we’ve got net nutrality on the table already, and they’ve managed to get the general public pretty apathetic about that. So now they need to step things up a bit by talking about extremists on the Internet. The next step for this kind of Administration is to make 2+2 equal 5 and officially champion Net Nutrality as a way to ‘protect Americans and the world from the ongoing threat of terrorism’. Then the MSM will catch wind of a story where some white teenage girl ALMOST became a suicide bomber because Lamont supporters told her to do it.
I think you can figure out the rest from there. Keep your eyes open, people. These conservative fools are trying to bring society down on our heads in the form of a jail cell.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:30 am#11 – You’re confusing your terminology there, Jason. Regressives are the opposite of progresives. Therefore, regressives are Republicans.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:31 amUnfortunately, those jobs would go to illegal aliens
Hope the men in black can stop them.
“If we do not succeed in stopping terrorism around the world, chaos will rule and innocent people will continue to die,†the ad says.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:31 amI thought it was a Miss Universe´s answer.
“The insurgency has more public support and is demonstrably more capable in numbers of people active and in its ability to direct violence than at any point in time,†said a senior Pentagon official.
Man, those last throes are a bitch! Good call, Cheney.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:31 amLadies and gentlemen, just back from a tea-bagging session with Karl Rove. Jason Hendler is in the house with some more trite attacks on America.
That is all the far-fringe right has left is to attack everyone in America who doesn’t agree with them.
Bush is tanking again. All of the crowing about the British attacks haven’t helped. Folks like Hendler and the rest of the pre-programmed Rovian troll bots haven’t quite digested the fact that most Americans no longer have in Bush or his ability to govern.
So when they attack anyone who disagrees with Bush they are attacking a larger and larger percent of the population.
That is not very smart.
Check out the SUSA polling on The Decider. Net approval in 4, that is FOUR states.
http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/50StateBushApproval060815Net.htm
-GSD
August 17th, 2006 at 9:32 amDenis Leary is not funny.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:33 amMel Gibson is right.
More importantly, Mel Gibson is HONEST. Atleast up until he apologized.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:34 amWhy does the Pentagon hate America?
-GSD
Fellow TP-ers. The time for hard pushback is beginning. Write letters. Contact friends via e-mail and phone. The Bush/Rove/Coulter Republican Party is in tough shape. Not that the Democrats are any great saviors, but anything but Bush is what is needed now. Washington gridlock is much more favorable to the Bush/Coulter/Republican agenda.
The wingers only know how to deal with things from a point of strength, not weakness. They are weak and now is the time to hit them hard. Use logic and pinted information. Most wingers shrivel under such tactics.
-GSD
August 17th, 2006 at 9:36 am#11 JMH
I believe Hollywood is now coming out against TERRORISTS as a reaction to Ned Lamont’s win over Lieberman. Could progressives (regressives) be TOO FAR LEFT for Hollywood and the mainstream media?
Yeah, I’m sure that’s it. You’ve really had your thumb on the nation’s pulse with this Lieberman-Lamont thing.
Democratic Soldier is right. Regression is the hallmark of the Republican party. And, repression is its stock-in-trade.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:37 am#16 – So, you hate Jews as well? I guess you’re cheering Hezbollah on in their fight, right?
It’s the only “honest” position if you feel that Mel Gibson is “right” and “honest”.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:38 amHey, more OPEN RACISM from the rightwingers. How about that. They were the ones claiming that the Democrats and liberals were the racists a few days ago.
A few days ago, the Bush/Coulter Republicans were claiming that Democrats were “racist” because the party was being tough on the Dubai Ports Deal. A few weeks later FAYX NEWS, in between negotiating with terrorists, is asking “Should there be Muslim only lines at the airport”.
The Bush/Coulter Republicans want to have all things all ways at all times.
Not anymore asshats. America is waking up now the the scales have fallen from our eyes.
-GSD
August 17th, 2006 at 9:39 am#15, GSD,
Your polls have not turned into election results for Dems. Typical of Dems, they see correlation and believe it to be cause and effect. Yes, poor approval ratings of the president have correlated to unfavroable mid-term election results for the president’s party in the past, but if you stretch that understanding to mean that all Dems have to do is drive down Bush’s poll numbers to win elections, you are mistaken. If that hypothesis were true, then Busby would have won an election in a district in which the previous Republican went to jail, but her numbers were little different than John Kerry’s in that district.
You will be in a prolonged period of American history in which foreign policy will dominate public interest, and cut & run Dems can’t be trusted to handle foreign policy. Where are the days when Dems would hurl nukes at an enemy which had no nukes of their own and no defense against them?
August 17th, 2006 at 9:41 amnet neutrality… tie in to extremist websites on the Internet…
yep, that surely is the connection, excuse they need…
August 17th, 2006 at 9:41 ambut there’es plenty of race baiting and hate mongering on fox -
start there…
Check out the SUSA polling on The Decider. Net approval in 4, that is FOUR states.
http://www.surveyusa.com/ 50State2006/ 50StateBushApproval060815Net.htm
-GSD
Comment by GSD — August 17, 2006 @ 9:32 am
Yes, and if you look at the tracking graphs, he’s beginning to lose Wyoming and Oklahoma.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:42 amDon’t care about Jews. Don’t care about Hezboller or Al Kayduh. I do care about this:
Ariel J. Weinmann
Our government can’t seem to determine whom Weinmann spies for…
August 17th, 2006 at 9:42 amI have to agree somewhat with Jason, here.
He’s correct in saying that poll numbers do not convert directly into votes, even though in typical con fashion, he’s stating that is the dem stance when he’s the only one saying it. All of that aside, he is right, which is why GSD posted what he did. Calling for a hard push MEANS getting out and securing votes. I understood that pretty well, since it was clearly outlined by the POINTS OF ACTION listed.
If we could get past using partisan attack methods, then maybe we could get on with the business of supporting our canidates and letting the people decide? Oops, that sounds too much like a democracy, my bad.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:47 amJason, those polls were done AFTER the 2004 elections (beginning May 2005). The Lamont-Leiberman primary is more reflective of the national mood change than Busby’s defeat. The defeat of a three-term incumbent Senator trumps is very significant, which is by the Republican machine is so freaked out.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:47 am22 – And here I thought that all regressives didn’t pay attention to the polls. I guess regressives only use polls when they’re favorable to them.
How about the oh-so very small “bump” in Pres. Bush’s polls after he tried (and failed) to ride the coat-tails of the UK on their successful arrest of terrorists? I guess you don’t want to talk about that poll.
How about the Republican sites that are projecting losses of Republicans to Democrats in the upcoming mid-term election? Don’t want to talk about those polls as well.
I guess the only time a poll is worthy of being mentioned is when it’s anti-Democrat.
Don’t worry, I’m sure that crow will taste good when the regressive Republicans continue losing seats to Democrats.
http://www.electionprojection.com/elections2006.html.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:48 amI should have said honest Christian/Evangelical. I’m not trying to be offensive. Except maybe about the Denis Leary part.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:48 amI took my own “poll” this morning. I asked the black woman working the window at Whataburger if she were going to vote in November.
It doesn’t look good folks…
August 17th, 2006 at 9:50 amUnfortunately, those jobs would go to illegal aliens, so there would be no net gain to the citizens or tax revenues.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 17, 2006 @ 9:24 am
Just wondering. Was Jason’s statement:
August 17th, 2006 at 9:50 amA. Completely made up
B. From information gathered at a study done at “Stanford”
C. A & B are actually the same thing
1,666: Number of roadside bombs that went off in Iraq in July, the highest monthly total of the war. Seventy percent of those bombs were directed at U.S. troops.
Get our troops the f*ck out of there!
August 17th, 2006 at 9:51 amHollywood stars condemn Hezbollah, Hamas.
Do we care? Are we caring about this…?
August 17th, 2006 at 9:52 am#24 – Yeah, but you sure do care about Mel Gibson. What, can’t get enough of his anti-semitism?
Or are you just in love with his classically good looks?
Are you sure you’re not one of them thar homer-sexauals?
Why don’t you care about our Federal Govt. leaking classified information as a political tacitc? Or does that take too much time and effort?
Why don’t you care about the massive debt that Pres. Bush ushered into office? Why don’t you care that the US is going to go broke trying to support failed policies?
I guess all that takes honest effort and moral fortitude. Something that regressives are well short of having.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:52 amSummer is here, and for Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) that means seersucker, grossgrain, and polos in Nantucket: “Perhaps as the next round of elections draw near we can interview Dr. Frist and ask him where he stands on important issues like collar popping and the monogramming of barware.â€
His mama dresses him funny.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:53 amI could deal with the illegal aliens better if I knew that when I bought something made in China it wouldn’t break and have to be repurchased 3 or 4 times…
August 17th, 2006 at 9:54 amThe video for the Leary take on Mel Gibson is still up at DeadSpin. The link is in the Sullivan post, up above.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:54 am#30
The answer is D – A general sense that those evil darkies are always holding the white man down.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:54 amYou’re too hot to handle, Democratic Soldier.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:55 amDLC,
I’ve owned 4 cars manufactured by Asian companies and one by an American company. Guess which one I drove the least, since it was forever in the shop being fixed?
/proud owned of a 97 Maxima, running like new @115k miles
August 17th, 2006 at 9:56 amGWB can relax on vacation now, thank goodness for the big mouth of Jon Benet Ramsey’s alleged killer.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:57 amI said China.
I know Japanese products are superior.
We’ve got a goddamn soap dispensing brush for dishes that my partner keeps replacing monthly after it breaks.
We’re trained like dogs, man. Dogs I tell ya.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:59 am#40 – I’ll agree with you on that. Chinese products are cheap because they’re made cheap.
I just wish there were American products that could compete.
Try using sponges! My partner replaces the sponge weekly so it doesn’t breed bacteria!
August 17th, 2006 at 10:03 amDS,
August 17th, 2006 at 10:06 amOh, you don’t get it. The goddamn brush looks good in our kitchen.
#40 & 41,
Are you guys exchanging household hints? That’s frickin’ hilarious!
August 17th, 2006 at 10:07 am#40
I don’t know what’s worse… the cheap product or the idiot that keeps buying it.
August 17th, 2006 at 10:07 amRonin,
It apparently looks fantastic in his kitchen…
August 17th, 2006 at 10:08 amI needed a laugh this morning!
Yeah, I’m a bit surprised myself!
Next thin you know, we’ll have our own show on HGTV! ;-)
August 17th, 2006 at 10:12 amI’d watch your show, Dem Soldier, because I can always use sponge and soapy wand thing advice. ;)
August 17th, 2006 at 10:14 amHendler says that the democratic polls are not turning intodems being elected. Does he not know that the election is not until November?
On CNN this morning there was a report that Bush is going to sign a VERY IMPORTANT pension bill. The report also said it was so weak as to be useless.
When Bush took office the Pension Guaranty Trust Fund had a surplus of 10 Billion. It now has a deficit of 23 Billion.
The first few days in office Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest of the neo-cons had a meeting and all government agencies were stripped to the bare bones so that they could wage a war in Iraq. This was even before 911.
They did not want to raise taxes in order to wage war, they wanted to lower taxes for the rich, rob the rest of the people, and still wage their war.
The national debt folks stands at 76 TRILLION. The current budget deficit is 746 BILLION, more than double what the Bushites advertise.
What a team!
August 17th, 2006 at 10:17 am#26.
Al Kader must be gaining a foothold in Oklahoma and Wyoming. When do we bomb them?
-GSD
August 17th, 2006 at 10:20 amWhen the Democrats whip the Republicans in november I am going to get on TP and start a letter to Jason M. Hendler that says “I told you the Democrats would win”N times where N is the number of Democratic seats gained in the house.
Jason;
August 17th, 2006 at 10:24 amDemocrats will win this fall!
GSD…right after Secry Rice proves where all the WMDs are. So, Tuesday?
August 17th, 2006 at 10:25 amHello, Zoo and everybody! :)
The national debt folks stands at 76 TRILLION. The current budget deficit is 746 BILLION, more than double what the Bushites advertise.
What a team!
Comment by Rebel With A Cause — August 17, 2006 @ 10:17 am
Isnt that the whole purpose of free-market? You know, make poor people pay all debts of rich and poor people so rich people can get richer?
August 17th, 2006 at 10:25 amA group of 84 high-profile Hollywood stars, including Nicole Kidman, Michael Douglas, Sly Stallone, and Bruce Willis, took out a full-page advertisement in today’s Los Angeles Times to condemn acts of violence by terrorist groups.
Kidman married Cruise. Stallone helped Talibans in Rambo III. Bruce Willis believes his movies are based on reality. Michael Douglas…well, I think he made some movies. Those are valid opinions…no doubt about it.
August 17th, 2006 at 10:29 amJonBenet Ramsey-and nothing else in the world has happened,according to the MSM..
August 17th, 2006 at 10:35 amJason M Hendler…Just in case the Think Fast 8/16 Morning thread is archived:
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#129, Dr.
… a prestigious IVY LEAGUE school like Stanford …
Thanks for posting my quote. I stated that I used IVY LEAGUE as a metaphor for TOP RANKED, but it turns out that I used a simile, having inserted the word “like†– my point being that those who meet graduates of TOP RANKED universities typically feel insecure, and do all they can to try to prove they are smarter. I tend not to mention my credentials unless they pertain directly to the discussion, as they did in that particular, or previous, thread.
Vulcinization is the process by which synthetic rubbers solidify. I meant to use the word vulcanism, which can mean any volcanic or geo-thermal process (could be geyser related also).
I do understand urban heat islands. Yes, current theorists state that it is just the retention of solar heat by steel, glass, concrete and higher local concentrations of greenhouse gases in smog. I believe man’s concentrated use of energy in urban areas is a greater contributor than the heat storing capacity of materials. If you don’t accurately identify the main contributors to a problem, you will never identify the correct solution.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 17, 2006 @ 9:02 am
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Thanks for posting my quote. I stated that I used IVY LEAGUE as a metaphor for TOP RANKED …
vulcanism…
Comment by Jason M. Hendler
Jason, it took you all day to come up with that??? Okay…first : I never quoted you! I was rephrasing Mark’s comment! Follow me here: Mark said You would think a guy with an advanced degree from a prestigious university like Stanford, would know this. I added a prestigious IVY LEAGUE school like Stanford See, not your quote, but an addition to Mark’s quote.
If I were to quote you, it would be this “Stanford, an Ivy League schoolâ€
Second: It is not vulcanism, it is VOLCANISM. How would an engineer with such expertise in climatology get vulcanization confused with volcanism? Are you a star trek fan? I mean, how would you feel about my credentials (a pharmacist) if I confused anti-pyretic (fever reducing) with pruritus ani (chronic itching of the skin around the anus).
Jason, this is why I, and many others, have a hard time believing you and your credentials. Are you a paid schill just to disrupt this sight?
Comment by DRxJ — August 17, 2006 @ 9:43 am
August 17th, 2006 at 10:37 amI watched Downfall last night – it’s about Hitler’s last days in his bunker…justice was served, but only after 50 million lives were lost. Is this what we are going to replay? Did you know that he blamed the german people for his failing? Did you know he used them as fodder – like they were animals? Not just the Jews, but his own people?
August 17th, 2006 at 10:38 am# 33
Don’t link us all together like that! Although I am a registered Republican I vote for who I think will do the best job. So in the past I have voted for all three parties at some point in time. And the last time I did not vote for Bush.
I can not get over how many on this site hate anyone who does not believe in their way of thinking. I thought that this would be a more progressive and open minded. Guess I was wrong.
August 17th, 2006 at 10:50 amI can not get over how many on this site hate anyone who does not believe in their way of thinking.
Just the LIARS. I admit, I have no tolerance for downright LIES.
August 17th, 2006 at 10:52 amMadashell,
Just like Bush blamed the Iraqis the other day. “If only the Iraqis realized how much of a gift George W. Bush had bestowed upon them.”
Does Karl Rove ever dress up like Eva Braun?
-GSD
August 17th, 2006 at 10:53 am#60…I think his post was sarcastic, making fun of the polls. (although the addition of “a black woman” was not warranted, IMHO)
August 17th, 2006 at 10:54 am#61….yes, it’s hard to have a decent debate when you get “all you whiney liberals” or “you bunch of tree-hugging atheists”
Once name calling and personal attacks begin, the core of the debate ends
August 17th, 2006 at 10:56 amAre you guys exchanging household hints? That’s frickin’ hilarious!
Comment by Zooey — August 17, 2006 @ 10:07 am
that was great – thanks guys!
ok – the brush looks great – use it for show only…
you really don’t need a soap dispensing brush… a waste of soap…
nuke the wet sponge weekly to get rid of germs etc…
August 17th, 2006 at 10:59 amGSD – I hate to say it, but I wish that they (bush, cheney, and all their henchmen), meet the same end as Hitler, Himmler, etc….but BEFORE 50 million lives are taken!
August 17th, 2006 at 11:01 amwhatsmore about Hitler, is his people really DID NOT KNOW what the hell he was up to. His own secretary had no idea what happened to the jews (or her own people) until after all was said and done. Her kind reminds me of the bushites.
August 17th, 2006 at 11:04 amand before any trolls says that this is not relevant to today’s happenings:
“Has the American military become a training ground for home grown terrorists? “Before the U.S. military made Matt Buschbacher a Navy SEAL, he made himself a soldier of the Fourth Reich. Before Forrest Fogarty attended Military Police counter-insurgency training school, he attended Nazi skinhead festivals as lead singer for the hate rock band Attack. And before Army engineer Jon Fain joined the invasion of Iraq to fight the War on Terror, the neo-Nazi National Alliance member fantasized about fighting a war on Jews. … Military recruiters and base commanders, under intense pressure from the war in Iraq to fill the ranks, often look the other way. Neo-Nazis ‘stretch across all branches of service, they are linking up across the branches once they’re inside and they are hard-core,’ Department of Defense gang detective Scott Barfield told the Intelligence Report. ‘We’ve got Aryan Nations graffiti in Baghdad,’ he added. ‘That’s a problem.’ … ‘Join only for the training, and to better defend yourself, our people, and our culture’ Fain said. ‘We must have people to open doors from the inside when the time comes.’” Is this what our taxpayer dollars are paying for, are we shoring up the military and fortifying the Military Industrial Complex to turn it into an SS brigade? If that doesn’t send chills up your spine, I don’t know what will!!! And just where the hell is all that unaccounted for trillions of dollars at the Pentagon going?”
August 17th, 2006 at 11:07 amI do understand urban heat islands. Yes, current theorists state that it is just the retention of solar heat by steel, glass, concrete and higher local concentrations of greenhouse gases in smog. I believe man’s concentrated use of energy in urban areas is a greater contributor than the heat storing capacity of materials. If you don’t accurately identify the main contributors to a problem, you will never identify the correct solution.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 17, 2006 @ 9:02 am
Jason, no you don’t understand urban heat islands. You are a fraud. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about when you say “man’s concentrated use of energy in urban areas is a greater contributor than the heat storing capacity of materials.” The numbers are orders of magnitude apart. Your claim is utterly laughable.
I, too, wonder whether you are being paid to post this rubbish. Was it really you who posted that Bodreaux is your mentor? Note that the term mentor is not the same as idol, and implies a direct working relationship. Do you work for the George C. Marshall Institute?
August 17th, 2006 at 11:11 amJason needs to start thinking about whether he wants to be the last Bush supporter. It’s going to feel mighty isolated there soon, Jason.
August 17th, 2006 at 11:14 amthis is a MUST READ:
Public Stoning: Not Just for the Taliban Anymore
By John Sugg, Church and State. Posted August 15, 2006.
August 17th, 2006 at 11:16 amChristian reconstructionists believe democracy is heresy and public school is satanic — and they’ve got more influence than you think.
70,
It is common for the military and law enforcement to attract sociopaths, they get to legally kill people.
August 17th, 2006 at 11:32 amBy condemning Hezbollah and Hamas do the Hollywood stars endorse what Israel and the US have done to fight this war on terror? I guess we now know which stars voted Republican and still want them in power. What about all the innocent people that have lost their lives at the hands of US soldiers and bombers? How many thousands are there? Don’t they count? Where’s the fricken ad against that? A vote for Republican is a vote for murder.
And as for Net Neutrality, I can foresee the time when the kids of today will say to their kids, “There used to be a time when you could see and do anything on the net without any restrictions. But then the terrorists went and ruined it for everybody. Now we don’t have any choice. Oh well, that’s America.”
August 17th, 2006 at 11:32 am1,666: Number of roadside bombs that went off in Iraq in July
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I had no idea there were that many.
MSM,do your jobs!
August 17th, 2006 at 11:35 amGreat post’s Madashell………Yep! and to think I use to live 2 city block’s walk from that bunch of crazies in Hayden Lake, Idaho….Would walk my dogs right by their compound and there they were with camo gear, automatic weapons and up on scaffoldings in the trees watching me walk by…That was in the late 70’s and early 80’s….Their true test of war like tactics was putting rattle snakes in their enemy’s mail boxes. I was a blue eyed blond so no problem for me except the wolf whistles…..Fast forward to 2006 and now we have the bush administration aiding and abetting terrorest over there and here…..Blessings …….Peace…
August 17th, 2006 at 12:32 pmOpium and Afghanistan: God bless the narcocracy!
August 17th, 2006 at 1:13 pm“The insurgency has more public support and is demonstrably more capable in numbers of people active and in its ability to direct violence than at any point in time,†said a senior Pentagon official.”
All that means is we have to be less careful about “civilian” casualties, something that should NEVER have been a concern in the first place in locations like the Suni Triangle. The headchoppers thrive on killing civilians so killing their civilians is in fact called for if not absolutely essential.
August 17th, 2006 at 2:34 pmHendler: “I believe Hollywood is now coming out against TERRORISTS as a reaction to Ned Lamont’s win over Lieberman.”
Oh my god!
IRightI: “The headchoppers thrive on killing civilians so killing their civilians is in fact called for if not absolutely essential.”
Oh my god!
People, these morons make about as much sense as an acute schizophrenic.
August 17th, 2006 at 5:52 pmPeople, these morons make about as much sense as an acute schizophrenic.
Comment by Bluedog49 — August 17, 2006 @ 5:52 pm
blue, they do it just to try and pi$$ people off. It is called “personification” I-Wrong-I specializes in that but, he is too over the top.
August 17th, 2006 at 6:25 pmJoe, of course you’re right.
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