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October 01, 2009 12:58 PM EDT --
There is a funny tv ad that perhaps you've seen, produced by the Americans Against Food Taxes, showing an indignant woman insisting that Washington not tax fruit juices and sodas. She says proponents . . .
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September 30, 2009 08:20 AM EDT --
Do you ever get the feeling that some folks, who simply don't want to be told what to do, confuse immaturity with freedom? I do.
For example, consider a comment by a fellow gatherer recently in the . . .
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September 11, 2009 01:00 PM EDT --
Every year, since September 11, 2001, I have posted some version of this article.
Several years ago, my wife and I went on vacation in the eastern states. One of our stops was at Gettysburg, PA. It . . .
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June 03, 2009 03:12 PM EDT --
This was a very short dream. I don't generally remember dreams - but the ones I do remember seem very significant.
There was this human (possibly) figure, except that he (he?) was a cyclops - and . . .
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May 24, 2009 11:57 AM EDT --
The Atlantis space shuttle has landed safely in California with its crew of seven astronauts. The Atlantis completed a very dangerous repair of the Hubble space telescope, extending its life for an additional . . .
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May 13, 2009 08:55 PM EDT --
A former FBI agent, present for the early interrogations of Abu Zubaydah, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that "enhanced interrogation techniques" (aka torture) were "slow, . . .
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April 07, 2009 09:58 PM EDT --
A new confidential report by the International Red Cross, "ICRC Report on the Treatment of Fourteen 'High Value Detainees' in CIA Custody," details specific techniques of torture used . . .
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April 02, 2009 11:57 AM EDT --
First Solar reported in February that the clean energy company reached the holy grail of renewables: $1/Watt, or equivalency/parity with coal. That is, First Solar now is able to produce solar energy . . .
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December 31, 2008 12:50 PM EST --
A billion gallon coal sludge spill in Tennessee again raises the question, is there really any such thing as clean coal?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html?section=cnn_latest . . .
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December 25, 2008 05:54 PM EST --
Some time ago, I wrote that climate skeptics should throw in the towel when Fox News owner, Rupert Murdoch abandoned the skeptics' camp.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?memberId=84960&articleId=281474977097716&nav=MyGather . . .
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October 26, 2008 08:34 AM EDT --
Wal-Mart is often the target of criticism by environmental and labor groups. However, in the past few years, Wal-Mart has made progress toward three defined goals of 100% renewable energy, zero waste, . . .
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October 12, 2008 01:55 PM EDT --
In July, a much publicized rift in the McCain campaign over social security and how to fund it for the future, resulted in McCain's campaign experts stating that McCain doesn't speak for the McCain . . .
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October 04, 2008 01:50 AM EDT --
Despite the controversy surrounding the "bailout" of America's financial institutions, there is at least one silver lining in this legislation. Congress passed, and Bush signed into law, . . .
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September 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT --
This week, the senate has finally passed an energy bill, which includes tax credits for renewable energy. The bill has an eight year investment tax credit, and it extends the production tax credit for . . .
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September 18, 2008 08:50 PM EDT --
Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, announced this week that Google and GE have entered into a partnership to "establish renewable energy plants, promote plug-in electric cars and transform the nation's . . .
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September 11, 2008 08:52 PM EDT --
I read this exactly one week following the tragic events of 9/11/2001. Everything has context. This context, indeed, seems synchronistic.
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There was nothing in the . . .
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August 13, 2008 10:50 AM EDT --
Since Barack Obama became the presumptive democratic nominee, his opponent has been defining the energy issue in terms of expanded off-shore drilling and nuclear energy. The "liberal media" . . .
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August 03, 2008 11:27 AM EDT --
Or..."What the Hell Are They Doing?!?!?" Or... "How Democrats Can Snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory"
In short, the Obama campaign is in "reactive" mode, allowing . . .
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July 30, 2008 06:51 PM EDT --
In his 2006 State of the Union speech, George W. Bush stated, "America is addicted to oil." It was not an original metaphor, but it was an accurate one. So it is quite surprising to . . .
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December 20, 2007 04:40 PM EST --
During the campaign for the 2008 elections, many issues are tossed around, surveys and polls taken about how candidates and voters think about the issues, issues ranked according to importance, and otherwise . . .
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