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Obama is going to push for more drilling. Alternative energy use is going to quickly grow in the next few decades but that growth will still be less than the global demand for fuel. Fossil fuels will remain our primary source of energy for at least the next 25 years.
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While some have focused on the "contraception" issue, I've posted previously
that this is a fight by the Council of Bishops that goes far beyond birth control. But the push back from the public is giving some Bishops concern, and the thrust of their fight may be changing in more obvious ways. Reuters Stephanie Simon DENVER | Tue Mar 13, 2012 Bishops consider broader focus in birth-control fight Quote:
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04-03-2012, 09:02 AM | #333 | |
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The Republicans are right, we don't want any more "activist Judges appointed to the US Supreme Court.
Tell you kids they better return those overdue books to the library. NY Times By ADAM LIPTAK Published: April 2, 2012 Supreme Court Ruling Allows Strip-Searches for Any Arrest Quote:
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04-04-2012, 09:14 AM | #334 |
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The local populace, who elect the sheriff, and depending on the area may either elect the chief of police, or elect the mayor who appoints the chief of police.
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Corporations have essentially won the war to reduce their taxes to zero.
Their next goal is to downgrade governmental regulations to the same endpoint. The Dept of Agriculture has a mission to foster and the support production and distribution of food, and so the U.S.D.A. puts that at a higher priority than regulating the quality of that food. To wit: NY Times By RON NIXON April 4, 2012 Plan to Let Poultry Plants Inspect Birds Is Criticized Quote:
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04-05-2012, 08:47 PM | #336 |
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Same issue as having Wall Streeters become/work in/for the administration.
You say we need people with working knowledge within the industry, well now you have it. You should be pleased.
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Yet again...
The Oregonian Lynne Terry April 30, 2012 Oregon health officials suspect two more illnesses linked to outbreak of raw milk from Wilsonville farm Quote:
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05-01-2012, 09:58 PM | #338 | |
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05-02-2012, 12:56 AM | #339 |
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...because the standardised, regulated practice of milk pasteurization is a government regulation, i assume?
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05-04-2012, 08:09 PM | #340 |
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Washington State is about to make the headlines as one of the most fucked up states in the history of public health....
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/0...ssis-epidemic/
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07-02-2012, 08:00 AM | #341 | |
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This argument really illuminates the issue of government over-reach because it is far more than a left vs right or rural vs urban issue. It comes down to choice. From my classroom experiences, I know that people given choices are much happier than people forced to comply. People choosing balance their own needs and values, becoming at the same time more responsible for themselves.
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We basically allowed a giant 'tragedy of the commons' to occur for decades with the air and water that we consume. Even if someone were to eat organic food and drink water from a source miles from the nearest city, a blood test would still show trace amounts of compounds in their blood that probably did not exist 100 years ago. It seems that scientists are constantly reassessing safe exposure levels since the data takes large population samples and decades to quantify. Drinking so much of this at once will kill a person. Being exposed to so much will increase the risk of cancer by such a percentage. For everything that modern chemistry has given us, it has also made us human guinea pigs.
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Bumpity boo ...
New Study Finds CRA 'Clearly' Did Lead To Risky Lending Quote:
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All done with gov't support and insistence.
Serving up one big fat mortgage crisis! |
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The litigious behavior of Monsanto is well publicized,
including a TV documentary about them suing farmers for plants growing in their fields from seeds that blew in from neighboring farm(s). NY Times ANDREW POLLACK Published: February 15, 2013 Farmer’s Supreme Court Challenge Puts Monsanto Patents at Risk Quote:
But if he had not used it (to his advantage), would he be in a better legal position ? |
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