People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer
Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which last year earned a joint share of the Nobel Peace Prize, said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.
His comments are the most controversial advice yet provided by the panel on how individuals can help tackle global warning.
Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel's chairman for a second six-year term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental problems - including habitat destruction - associated with rearing cattle and other animals. It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport, he said.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are generated during the production of animal feeds, for example, while ruminants, particularly cows, emit methane, which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than carbon dioxide. The agency has also warned that meat consumption is set to double by the middle of the century.
'In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about reductions in a short period of time, it clearly is the most attractive opportunity,' said Pachauri. 'Give up meat for one day [a week] initially, and decrease it from there,' said the Indian economist, who is a vegetarian.
However, he also stressed other changes in lifestyle would help to combat climate change. 'That's what I want to emphasise: we really have to bring about reductions in every sector of the economy.'
Pachauri can expect some vociferous responses from the food industry to his advice, though last night he was given unexpected support by Masterchef presenter and restaurateur John Torode, who is about to publish a new book, John Torode's Beef. 'I have a little bit and enjoy it,' said Torode. 'Too much for any person becomes gluttony. But there's a bigger issue here: where [the meat] comes from. If we all bought British and stopped buying imported food we'd save a huge amount of carbon emissions.'
Tomorrow, Pachauri will speak at an event hosted by animal welfare group Compassion in World Farming, which has calculated that if the average UK household halved meat consumption that would cut emissions more than if car use was cut in half.
The group has called for governments to lead campaigns to reduce meat consumption by 60 per cent by 2020. Campaigners have also pointed out the health benefits of eating less meat. The average person in the UK eats 50g of protein from meat a day, equivalent to a chicken breast and a lamb chop - a relatively low level for rich nations but 25-50 per cent more than World Heath Organisation guidelines.
Professor Robert Watson, the chief scientific adviser for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, who will also speak at tomorrow's event in London, said government could help educate people about the benefits of eating less meat, but it should not 'regulate'. 'Eating less meat would help, there's no question about that, but there are other things,' Watson said.
However, Chris Lamb, head of marketing for pig industry group BPEX, said the meat industry had been unfairly targeted and was working hard to find out which activities had the biggest environmental impact and reduce those. Some ideas were contradictory, he said - for example, one solution to emissions from livestock was to keep them indoors, but this would damage animal welfare. 'Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simplistic solutions being proposed,' he said.
Last year a major report into the environmental impact of meat eating by the Food Climate Research Network at Surrey University claimed livestock generated 8 per cent of UK emissions - but eating some meat was good for the planet because some habitats benefited from grazing. It also said vegetarian diets that included lots of milk, butter and cheese would probably not noticeably reduce emissions because dairy cows are a major source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas released through flatulence. Other things he recommends is painting the forehead with caste marks and worshiping Shiva to reduce Man Made Global Warming.
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I was going to make the eggs for breakfast until reading this. Its enspired me to drive to Dennys and get something with bacon.
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"drive to Dennys and get something with bacon"
Mmmmmmmm - bacon.
BLT for lunch! :-D
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mmmmmmmmm bacon, the candy of meats
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One meat-free day per week. If he allowed for fish to be eaten he could get together with the Pope to start hammering out on the Fish-friday theme again and maybe get a lot of people to follow suit.
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This years' Texas State fair winning food delicacy: chicken fried bacon.
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"A fried banana split, a mash of gooey banana and honey peanut butter balls surrounded by chunky fried dough and then smeared in caramel, chocolate and powdered sugar and ice cream factors in there somewhere won the most creative prize."
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One meat-free day per week. If he allowed for fish to be eaten he could get together with the Pope to start hammering out on the Fish-friday theme again and maybe get a lot of people to follow suit.
Further nailing it down [no pun intended] as just another secular religion rather than science. Thou hast sin, obey me to repent thy sin.
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Since cows emit methane, am I not doing a bigger favor for the planet by eating them? After all, if I were to substitute beans in my chili for the beef, well....wouldn't the methane exuded on this planet be increased?
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Actually, Methane is a very tiny part of a fart. Farts are mostly sulfur dioxide, CO2, nitrogen, and hydrogen sulfide (the papermill smell). The sulfur/hydrogen compounds are what burns when a fart is lit.
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I'm not even going to ask how you know that, DB.
Though I'm pretty sure it's a guy thing.... ;-p
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Barbara, it is most definitely a "guy" thing. Although, to be fair, I have known a few women who claimed to have done it.
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"I have known a few women who claimed to have done it."
In front of you, maybe, Wolfie, but I've never met a woman who would confess say such a thing in front of other women.
And I've never hung around with prissy women....
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When I was working at Oak Ridge we had to do a study on Volatile Organic Chemicals in the Office Workplace. 95% of VOC's come from Human Bioefluent Emmisions (burps and farts). BUrps are mostly O2, N2, and a bit of H2 with some H2S.
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Rantburg U. in action. There's just no other place like in in the Interwebs.
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So Dr Rajendra Pachaurithe (Indian economist) wants the west to get rid of our cattle to reduce global warming. However I don't see India volunteering to get rid of all their sacred cows to save the world.
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* D *** NG IT, "At least under the former World-conquering USSA = Weak anti-sovereign USR/OWG Global SSR, ORDINARY-MAINSTREAM SOVIET AMERIKAN CITIZENS WERE PERMANENTLY POOR BUT OPTIMISTIC"???
The Democrats are in trouble. Sarah Palin has totally changed the dynamics of this campaign.
Period.
Palin's speech to the GOP National Convention on Wednesday has set it up so that the Republicans are now on offense and Democrats are on defense. And we don't do well on defense.
Suddenly, Palin and John McCain are the mavericks and Barack Obama and Joe Biden are the status quo, in a year when you don't want to be seen as defending the status quo.
From taxes to oil drilling, Democrats are now going to have to start explaining their positions.
Whenever you start having to explain things, you're on defense.
I actually went back and watched Palin's speech a second time. I didn't go to sleep until 1:30 a.m. I had to make sure I got the lines right.
Her timing was exquisite. She didn't linger with applause, but instead launched into line after line of attack, slipping the knives in with every smile and joke.
And she delivered it like she was just BS-ing on the street with the meter maid.
She didn't have to prove she was "of the people." She really is the people.
There is one thing she should have done: announced when her 17-year-old daughter and the teenage father of the girl's unborn child are getting married and invited all of us to the wedding. It should be like Sunday at church.
As for Palin herself, she is going to be very, very effective on the campaign trail, especially if McCain's people can figure out how to gently keep her from getting into confrontations with the press.
If she can answer questions like she handled herself at the convention, Palin will turn out to be the most interesting person in all of politics, and the press will treat her like they treated Obama when he was first discovered.
And remember, the Palin bandwagon needs to roll for only two months.
*This is not the same Willie Brown who was Speaker of the California Assembly; this guy is far too young, to judge by his photo. Don't know if he's a relative of Speaker Brown.
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Mike - that is absolutely Willie the former speaker, and always a colorful character. Be sure to read the snippets following the Palin analysis - they are almost wholly non-political, and hilarious, particularly soup recommendations in Oakland.
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It most definitely was THAT Willie Brown. For those who haven't lived in California &/or followed CA state politics, here's his Wikipedia entry. Ol' Willie was a character...basically a mixture of back-slappin' Louisiana politician and Tammany Hall dealmaker with a big dollop of Adam Clayton Powell on the top. Probably the best political instincts of any California officeholder in the last half of the 20th century.
If Willie Brown says the Quislingcrats are in trouble, take it to the friggin' bank.
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Wow. Willie Brown's older than me, and I wish I'd looked that youthful ten years ago. The man must be doing something right!
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DOWN GOES FRAZIER OBAMA DOWN GOES FRAZIER OBAMA!
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The MSM, the people who have for years castigated the administration on its intel work prior to the invasion of Iraq, has shown itself to be devoid of even the smallest degree of restraint in running with claims and rumors, let alone exploding out of proportion, anything and everything that smells of negative about Palin.
Liberalism - one set of rules for me, a separate set of rules for thee.
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"The MSM, the people who have for years castigated the administration on its intel work prior to the invasion of Iraq, has shown itself to be devoid of even the smallest degree of restraint in running with claims and rumors"
Never mind restraint, p2k - their pre-announcement "intel" work on Gov. Palin's selection by McCain makes the CIA look like they actually know what they're doing. So much for "investigating" - and they just plain don't care about actually reporting the truth about the Governer. It's more important that they lie to get their crush-of-the-week elected than that they report the truth.
Losers, the lot of 'em. They've gotten lazy from too many years of being the only game in town, and they haven't figured out yet that they're no longer the monopoly they've been for centuries. They can't kill themselves off too soon for me.
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The MSM loath Palin. Why?
They were not consulted by McCain and their blessings were not sought before the announcement. That is the reason for all the 'wasn't vetted' bullshit the MSM was pushing - since the elite weren't consulted - she wasn't vetted.
She doesn't kow-tow to the MSM elite. I've heard several discussions about her not being on the Sunday talk-show circuit. "Why isn't the McCain camp allowing her to be interviewed? What are they afraid of?" I heard on talking head say - this was on Friday - one single day after the end of the convention. Obviously the MSM Elite had its panties in a knot because she didn't immediately prostrate herself to their wisdom.
She's a true outsider and reformer. The MSM doesn't want reform - they are perfectly happy with the way they are. Which is why they are following Obama with clutched kneepads - he doesn't represent reform either just the same old Democratic / Socialist promises they never fulfill.
In her stunning national political debut as the Republican candidate for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin described Obama as a man who had written two memoirs but no significant laws or reforms. So how did this unaccomplished community organizer rise to fame and fortune? He had some interesting help.
We know he's a Harvard graduate and was editor of the Harvard Law Review. Less known is the story of how he got into the prestigious Ivy League university. As Newsmax's Kenneth Timmerman reports, he was helped by a letter written by Percy Sutton, former Manhattan borough president and a credible candidate for mayor of New York in 1977.
In an interview earlier this year on New York's all-news cable channel NY1, the 88-year-old Sutton made some interesting revelations about his relationship with the young Obama. He told NY1 reporter Dominic Carter on "Inside City Hall" that he was introduced to Obama by a friend raising money for him. The friend asked Sutton to write a letter in support of Obama's application to Harvard law school.
"The friend's name is Dr. Khalid al-Mansour, from Texas," Sutton said. "He is the principal adviser to one of the world's richest men. He told me about Obama."
Sutton recalled that al-Mansour said, "There is a young man that has applied to Harvard. I know that you have a few friends up there because you used to go up there to speak. Would you please write a letter in support of him?" Sutton did.
According to Timmerman, "At the time Percy Sutton, a former lawyer for Malcolm X and a former business partner of al-Mansour, says he (al-Mansour) was raising money for Obama's graduate school education (and) al-Mansour was representing top members of the Saudi Royal family seeking to do business and exert influence in the United States."
One of those Saudi royals was Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of Saudi King Abdullah. He was the Saudi prince who offered to donate $10 million to help New York rebuild after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. After the prince publicly suggested (as Obama's pastor, Jeremiah Wright, did recently) that U.S. policies brought on the attacks, then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani told Prince Alwaleed where he could deposit his check.
Dr. Khalid Abdullah Tariq al-Mansour, born Donald Warden, is another interesting fellow from Obama's past. He himself is a graduate of Harvard and has been a guest lecturer there. His writings and statements reveal him to be an ideological clone of the Rev. Wright, who married Barack and Michelle and baptized their children.
In his 1995 book, "The Lost Books of Africa Rediscovered," al-Monsour alleged that America was plotting genocide against black Americans. The first "genocide against the black man began 300 years ago," he said at a book-signing in Harlem, while a second "genocide" was on the way "to remove 15 million black people, considered disposable, of no relevance, value or benefit to the American society."
Al-Mansour told an audience in South Africa that "the Palestinians are treated like savages," something our worst ex-president, Jimmy Carter, as well as Wright might agree with. He has accused Israeli Jews of "stealing the land the same way the Christians stole the land from the Indians in America."
When he was known as Donald Warden, according to the Social Activism Project at the University of California at Berkeley, al-Monsour was the mentor of Black Panther Party founder Huey Newton and his associate, Bobby Seale.
California Congresswoman Barbara Lee entered an official statement of appreciation of Warden and his Black Panther colleagues for their role in founding a radical group known as the African-American Association into the Congressional Record of April 23, 2007.
What did this radical extremist see in young Barack Obama that he would seek to sponsor and perhaps finance Obama's education? Obama says he paid his way solely through student loans. How did they meet? Where did the money he raised come from? Now that we know who the father of Bristol Palin's baby is, maybe the mainstream media will have time to find out.
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Has anyone else seen a report about Obama meeting privately back in May with a top American Hezbollah apologist back in May?
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Every rumor has some kernel of truth and these types of rumors keep popping up like a bad penny. His campaign seems to do little if anything to deny them, I was never going to vote for him but the more I see him play to adoring crowds, the more uneasy I get. I keep thinking I seen this story before and it doesn't end well.
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It is becoming more obvious that Hussein was "selected" years ago to be groomed as a manchurian candidate. By whom ? Where does all this money supply come from ? Who has hundreds of millions they'll never miss ? Also, I heard an interview (I believe from WGN radio Chicago) with two law school faculty from Univ. of Chicago Law School. Could not have been more derisive of Bama. Obviously, he had no credentials, no published papers, no history of any kind which would qualify him to even be near Univ. of Chicago Law School. He was never actually on the faculty, they couldn't pull that off. He was merely a paid lecturer. He does not have, nor has he ever had, any qualification whatever, to teach constitutional law. The faculty, as these two relate, were in open rebellion about allowing him (Barry) anywhere near the law school. This was crammed down their throats from the top. They were unsure who "the top" was, but insinuated that it might be the president of the university, though the tracks were well covered. Wonder if the wonderful Mayor Daley and friend Ayers were involved? Bama would never attend any faculty functions. Refused to have any discussions with the true faculty. One of the profs said that when he approached Hussein at some sort of public function, Bama refused to talk to him and just pivoted and walked away. He doesn't know enough law to beat a traffic ticket, most likely. What in hell is being perpetrated here ?
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I've said before (I think here) that he's a Manchurian candidate, Woozle.
And who has the money and the desire to take over the world, you ask? You know the answer to that one.
As for the interview with the law school profs, thanks for the report. Too bad the MSM aren't interested in reporting it. Or anything else about The Anointed. >:-(
(If there's a tape or transcript of the interview, send it along to LGF and watch the hilarity ensue.)
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Have you caught "the Messiah's" latest gaffe?!
On George Stephanopolus' show he talks about
"my Muslim faith" before catching it two sentences (if you can call those sentences) later and changing it to Christian faith.
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If the press woudl jsut put in the efforts on Obama that they put in on Palin, we'd either find out the horrible truth of him being a puppet, or else find out with releief that he's just a rube.
The problem is, we simply do not know at this time, and the press had abdicated their responsibility to fiarly inform the public.
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I'd be careful with stuff like this. Obama has enough good re4asons for voting against him without resort to tinfoil-hat-looking conspiracy theories. We start doing this sort of crap and we will easily look as stupid, unhinged, and desperate as Andrew Sullivan and Daily Kos do demanding DNA tests to prove Trig Palin is Sarah's son.
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Another Radical Obama Association? In one of the videos, titled Christians Designed Discrimination uploaded by a YouTube user named IslamStudios, Al-Mansour said, White people don't feel bad, whatever you do to them, they deserve it, God wants you to do it and that's when you cut out the nose, cut out the ears, take flesh out of their body, don't worry because God wants you to do it."
A sane society would drop al-Mansour from the end of a rope.
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barry also said that the previous (still current) administration drove the (economic) car "off of the ditch". I think he came across as a bumbling dumbassed lawyer rather than subconscience slip-ups.
my reference to Zero's "My muslim faith" was not meant to support an AH HA he's a Muslim moment. It was to show that the buffoon is a gaffe-riot. Without a teleprompter he can't open his mouth without inserting at least one foot.
Look, what's the longest lasting conspiracy theory about O man? That he's a secret Muslim with all that implies. So don't you thnk that's the LAST thing he should goof up on??
Listen to it, he was NOT being sarcastic at all he just screwed up. Given his babbling after it where Steph had to correct him it is clearly an example of his total lack of ability to form complete sentences in a serious manner without a script.
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Heard him myself yesterday in a "Did he really say that" Moment
Said on television, "Hydrogen is not really a good energy source, there aren't that many rivers and dams"
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How To Save the Government $5 Million A president's pension currently is $191,300 per year, until he is 80 years old.
Assuming the next president lives to age 80. Sen. McCain would receive ZERO pension as he would reach 80 at the end of two terms as president. Sen. Obama would be retired for 26 years after two terms and would receive $4,973,800 in pension.
Therefore it would certainly make economic sense to elect McCain in November.
If you've read the press coverage of Sarah Palin, chances are you've heard plenty about her religious views and private family matters. If you want to know what drives Gov. Palin's politics, and has intrigued America, read this.
Every state has its share of crony capitalism, but Big Oil and the GOP political machine have taken that term to new heights in Alaska. The oil industry, which provides 85% of state revenues, has strived to own the government. Alaska's politiciansin particular ruling Republicansroll in oil campaign money, lavish oil revenue on pet projects, then retire to lucrative oil jobs where they lobby for sweetheart oil deals. You can love the free market and not love this.
Alaskans have long resented this dysfunction, which has led to embarrassing corruption scandals. It has also led to a uniform belief that the political class, in hock to the oil class, fails to competently oversee Alaska's vast oil and gas wealth, the majority of which belongs to the stateor rather, Alaskan citizens.
And so it came as no surprise in 2004 when former Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski made clear he'd be working exclusively with three North Slope producersExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and BPto build a $25 billion pipeline to move natural gas to the lower 48. The trio had informed their political vassals that they alone would build this project (they weren't selling their gas to outsiders) and that they expected the state to reward them. Mr. Murkowski disappeared into smoky backrooms to work out the details. He refused to release information on the negotiations. When Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin suggested terms of the contract were illegal, he was fired.
What Mr. Murkowski did do publicly was instruct his statehouse to change the oil and gas tax structure (taxes being a primary way Alaskans realize their oil revenue). Later, citizens would discover this was groundwork for Mr. Murkowski's pipeline contractwhich would lock in that oil-requested tax package for up to 40 years, provide a $4 billion state investment, and relinquish most oversight.
Enter Mrs. Palin. The former mayor of Wasilla had been appointed by Mr. Murkowski in 2003 to the state oil and gas regulatory agency. She'd had the temerity to blow the whistle on fellow GOP Commissioner Randy Ruedrich for refusing to disclose energy dealings. Mr. Murkowski and GOP Attorney General Gregg Renkes closed ranks around Mr. Ruedrichwho also chaired the state GOP. Mrs. Palin resigned. Having thus offended the entire old boy network, she challenged the governor for his seat.
Mrs. Palin ran against the secret deal, and vowed to put the pipeline back out for competitive, transparent, bidding. She railed against cozy politics. Mr. Murkowski ran on his unpopular pipeline deal. The oil industry warned the state would never get its project without his leadership. Mrs. Palin walloped him in the primary and won office in late 2006. Around this time, news broke of a federal probe that would show oil executives had bribed lawmakers to support the Murkowski tax changes.
Among Mrs. Palin's first acts was to reinstate Mr. Irwin. By February 2007 she'd released her requirements for pipeline bidding. They were stricter, and included only a $500 million state incentive. By May a cowed state housereeling from scandalpassed her legislation.
The producers warned they would not bid, nor would anyone else. Five groups submitted proposals. A few months before the legislature awarded its license to TransCanada this July, Conoco and BP suddenly announced they'd be building their own pipeline with no state inducements whatsoever. They'd suddenly found the money.
Mrs. Palin has meanwhile passed an ethics law. She's tightened up oil oversight. She forced the legislature to rewrite the oil tax law. That new law raised taxes on the industry, for which Mrs. Palin is now taking some knocks, but the political background here is crucial.
The GOP machine has crumbled. Attorney General Renkes resigned. Mr. Ruedrich was fined $12,000. Jim ClarkMr. Murkowski's lead pipeline negotiatorpleaded guilty to conspiring with an oil firm. At least three legislators have been convicted. Sen. Ted Stevens is under indictment for oil entanglements, while Rep. Don Young is under investigation.
Throughout it all, Mrs. Palin has stood for reform, though not populism. She thanks oil companies and says executives who "seek maximum revenue" are "simply doing their job." She says her own job is to be a "savvy" negotiator on behalf of Alaska's citizens and to provide credible oversight. It is this combination that lets her aggressively promote new energy while retaining public trust.
Today's congressional Republicans could learn from this. The party has been plagued by earmarks, scandal and corruption. Most members have embraced the machine. That has diminished voters' trust, and in the process diminished good, conservative ideas. It is no wonder 37 million people tuned in to Mrs. Palin's convention speech. They are looking for something fresh.
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Good posting, GolfBravoUSMC. Gov. Palin looks like the kind of person who is going to be doing the things her position SHOULD require of her, not what far too often happens in those positions. She's got both my admiration and my vote.
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Given the close primary race between Young (old guard Republican under indictment) and Parnell for one of AK's House seats, I'd say reform is at the equivalent of the earliest days of the surge. Gonna take a LOT of 'boots on the ground', a willingness to take major risks and a determination to take and hold political territory to win this one. I'm hoping but I don't think it's going to be easy and the outcome is not yet determined so far as I can tell.
Still, stirring up the heartland is an important first step.
(Xinhua) -- As the curtain falls for the Republican National Convention Thursday night, the newly-nominated Republican presidential candidate John McCain has formally become the person to lead the party in a fierce general election in November.
The task for him, however, is more than keeping the White House. Moreover, he is now entrusted to try to turn the tide and redeem his party's declining political brand. The question is, can he make it?
REBRANDING THE PARTY
From every aspect, the Republican Party is much weaker than it was decades ago. Although it beats the Democrats seven times of the last 10 general elections, the current picture is rather dire.
Benefiting from Ronald Reagan's success to broaden the Republican base in the 1980s, George W. Bush came to power with a very strong party base. However, as the party is increasingly tilted to the right in recent years, its base has significantly shrunk. Compounded with unpopular Iraq policy and a string of scandals, the Republican brand is losing its luster quickly.
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blah, blah. The bottom line is that this is a choice between four more years of politics as usual v/s the entrenchment of a marxist who who will bring all of the corruption of Chicago politics to the national stage, allowing them to create even bigger pots of tax for their cronies to skim off. Government will become one giant Big Dig project where health care, education and roads get tons of money thrown their direction and yet the bridges will fall and the public schools will eventually just become empty warehouses that store un-educated and angry children and our health care will improve its wait lines to match that of the Canadians, Cubans and Brits.
We can hope that perhaps Sarah might inspire some true reform, but for the most part, it is just a matter of whether you want to live in our current declining staus quo or improve our standard of living to match that of Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbobwe or any other marxist paradise.
Bergman's book, which will be published next week in the United States, is an expanded, updated version of his Hebrew-language The Point of No Return, which was Israel's best-selling non-fiction work in 2007.
The new volume is anything but a mere translation. For one thing, the world has moved on, or more accurately, moved closer to confrontation, in the intervening period. For another, Bergman has added further revelatory content to the 2007 book's disclosures.
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Thank you, Bernie. Very good and useful article. Three cheers for our and other's ghosts, who've been gliding quietly around causing the best kind of problems!
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the guardians of Israel's military secrets have allowed Bergman to provide a fairly extensive account of that September 6, 2007, raid on Syria's nuclear facility - whose purpose he states unambiguously was "the production of plutonium for the manufacture of atomic bombs" and whose construction, he reports, was a tripartite endeavor: "At a series of secret meetings between representatives of the three sides, held mainly in Teheran, it was decided that Syria would supply the territory, Iran the money [$1 billion-$2b.], and North Korea the expertise..."
And nearly a complete blackout on this in the west.
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People don't want to know OS. They just want it to go away. Preferably by not being, but by Israel doing all the dirty work (and getting all the aprobrium) if need be.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
(Xinhua) -- As the curtain falls for the Republican National Convention Thursday night, the newly-nominated Republican presidential candidate John McCain has formally become the person to lead the party in a fierce general election in November. 
