Democratic NY governor Eliot Spitzer resigns. Eliot Spitzer has resigned his office as democratic governor of NY over allegations of involvement with a prostitution ring.
Spitzer said:
“atone for my private failings” with family members.
Democratic NY governor Eliot Spitzer resigns. Eliot Spitzer has resigned his office as democratic governor of NY over allegations of involvement with a prostitution ring.
Spitzer said:
“atone for my private failings” with family members.
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Tagged democratic governor, Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns, prostitution ring, Spitzer resigns
There are 1 or more people commenting on this blog that are purportedly University of Western Florida students. Responding with comments to my posts is ok. Disagreeing with me is ok. Trying to take over this blog is not. If you need a platform for your agenda, start your own blog.
History 101 and the Iraq War
Prerequisites: some fundamental knowledge of 20th century history. Closest analogy to Iraq war in past 100 years, World War II.
Topic 1 – The Iraq war is costing a lot of money. There is a cost of action and a cost of inaction. Assignment: calculate the cost of World War II in today’s dollars. Cost in human lives. What would the dollar cost and human cost have been if we had not entered the war? What would the dollar cost and human cost have been if we had gotten involved 1 year earlier? 2 years earlier?
Now, suppose we had not stopped the Iraq invasion of Kuwait. Now suppose we had left Saddam Hussein unchecked. Now factor in Iran and their desire for a nuclear capabability. Don’t believe for 1 minute that Iran has not been pursueing a nuclear program. A friend of mine 25 years ago was married to an Iranian nuclear physicist.
Lesson: there is always a cost for action and a cost for inaction.
Topic 2 – Does the US have a desire to police the world? The answer is no. The United Nations had a clear purpose to prevent Saddam Hussein from getting out of control. The United Nations failed to perform it’s duty. Why? Key members, France, Germany and Russia were “in bed” financially with Saddam Hussein. If my memory is correct, our so called policing was welcome in World War II when the world was going down the toilet and close to Nazi domination.
Lesson: The US is forced into action by the irresponsibility of other nations. Fortunately, the Iraq war was a coalition of many countries including Great Britain and Australia.
Myth: The US is the cause of death and injuries to the Iraqi People. This is an outright lie. The people saying this are liars. Saddam Hussein, remnants of his regime, factional frictions and outside radical Islamic cowards are the cause. And yes, anyone that would attack innocent women and children or ask them to become a weapon, that person is the lowest level of coward. Radical Islamists, if you were real men, you would face American men face to face and not send women and children to do your evil killing.
Any questions, class?
Posted in Bill Clinton, Clintons, Culture, Generals, George W Bush, Government, History, Holocaust, Iraq War, John McCain, Journalism, Justice, Nazi Germany, Peace, Society, United Nations, United States, War
Tagged cost, cowards, facts, history 101, human cost, Iran, Iraq War, Islamist radicals, Kuwait, Nazi, nuclear capability, OWF, revisionist history, Saddam Hussein, United Nations, University of Western Florida, US role, World War II
Eliot Spitzer, the democratic governor of NY, is holding a news conference. Eliot Spitzer apologized to his family and the public after a report that tied him to a prostitution ring.
“acted in way that violates his obligation to his family,”
“I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, to whom I promised better,”
“I am disappointed that I failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself,”
Spitzer was also known for prosecuting several prostitution rings.
Always follow the money.
We all want a clean environment. Most of us want a healthy economy, jobs and gasoline to get to our jobs. There are some, mostly environmental wackos, that typically don’t have to work for a living. They get government money, non profit money, live with mommy & daddy or just generally bum off of people. They don’t care how high gas price go, or if you can even get it. They don’t have to work for a living.
So, wondering why gas prices are going up? Number 1 reason. Lack of refining capacity. This already existing problem was exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina. Refining capacity was reduced approximately 20 % or more. We are still trying to recover from that. Secondly, we are not using our reserves. Alaska has a huge amount of oil.
So, what is hampering our oil production. Environmental wackos. Let’s take Alaska for example. Of course, they always bring up environmental impact. But they also bring up animals like polar bears and whales. They use pseudo science of global warming and terms like may and could cause. They consistently use false data and science. I hear talk of polar bears becoming extinct almost every day when in fact their numbers have increased. Alleged receding ice will fundamentally have no impact on their numbers.
So, when you fill up with gas, remember who is causing the problem, who only cares about fictitious polar bear issues and could care less about you.
For more information, visit these links:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0921/p11s02-usec.html
http://www.reason.org/commentaries/moore_20050901.shtml
Posted in Corporate accountability, Culture, Democrats, global warming, Government, History, Money, News, Politics, republicans, Science, Society, United States
Tagged Alaska, capacity, economy, environmental wackos, Gas prices, global warming, government money, Hurricane Katrina, oil, oil refineries, oil reserves, polar bears, receding ice, refineries, Science
John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel, thinks Al Gore should be sued for misrepresenting the impact of carbon dioxide, CO2, and selling carbon credits. Here is an exerpt from Fox News about his recent statement:
“Not Fair and Balanced?
Weather Channel founder John Coleman is calling global warming a fraud and says the station he founded needs to stop telling people what to think about climate change. The Business and Media Institute reports Coleman was a speaker at the Heartland Institute’s Climate Change Conference in New York. Coleman was referencing what some call the Weather Channel’s global warming alarmism.
One of its meteorologists suggested two years ago that weathercasters who have doubts about global warming should lose their certification. Coleman advocates suing people who sell carbon credits — including Al Gore — because the attention in the courts could, in his words, “put some light on the fraud of global warming.”
The two-day conference is actually getting quite a bit of media coverage — with stories in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Sun and many others.”
Click here to view the Fox news article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335030,00.html
The trancript of John Coleman’s conversation is listed on Rush Limabaugh’s website. Rush members can listen to it. Here are John Coleman’s remarks:
“BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: John Coleman, who founded the Weather Channel, wants to sue Algore on this whole business of global warming being a hoax. I have loved John Coleman ever since he used to be the weatherman at Good Morning America. He was on Fox & Friends today, and Steve Doocy said, “Why should Algore be sued?”
COLEMAN: The whole backbone of the global warming “science” is what they called CO2 forcing. This is carbon dioxide, and they say that this little trace compound in the atmosphere — 38 molecules of carbon dioxide out of a hundred thousand molecules in our atmosphere, they say this little trace element — puts the carbon in the air that forces the water vapor to create this uncontrollable global warming. It’s gonna bring this climatic catastrophe.
DOOCY: Right. Right.
COLEMAN: All right, that’s what they’re finding. Now, I don’t believe that’s the way it works at all.
DOOCY: Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.
COLEMAN: I see absolutely no evidence that CO2, carbon dioxide, is causing any warm-up in temperatures. I don’t think it’s happening. I’m asking the question: If Al Gore knows that CO2 forcing is invalid — isn’t really happening — and he goes ahead and sells these carbon credits for millions of dollars, is he committing financial fraud? That is the question.
RUSH: Doocy says, “Well, John, there’s no disputing the temperature on the planet’s gone up by one degree.” Steve, it’s come down a degree! The whole century gain was wiped out before recent temperature readings, and here’s what Coleman said.
COLEMAN: I dispute that.
DOOCY: You do dispute that!
COLEMAN: I think the whole statistics are somewhat questionable. Where are they measuring this temperature? Who’s measuring it? How are they handling the data?
DOOCY: The whole global warming thing is just a hyped scam?
COLEMAN: Maybe over the last hundred years the temperature on planet Earth went up by close to a degree or so.
DOOCY: Mmm-hmm?
COLEMAN: That’s not a big deal. In the last 12 months, the climate on earth has gone down by a full degree. This has been the coldest winter in modern history globally.
DOOCY: Sure.
RUSH: Amen. John Coleman. I love that guy.
END TRANSCRIPT ”
Listen to Rush or go to Rush Limbaugh’s site to learn more:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030508/content/01125115.guest.html
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Tagged Al Gore, algore, Carbon Credits, carbon dioxide, Climate Change Conference, CO2, Fox news, fraud, global warming, Heartland Institute, John Coleman, meteorologists, New York Sun, Rush Limbaugh, statistics, Sue Al Gore, temperatures, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Weather Channel Founder
On February 23, 2008 I posted the following:
This post was a list of 10 quotes regarding Saddam Hussein. I did not provide the source of the quotes at that time. Many people, for whatever reason, believe only George W Bush took the posture indicated in the quotes, when in reality, the entire Clinton administration believed that Saddam Hussein had WMD, had used them on his own people, posed a real threat and that the US was ready to stop him. All of the quotes from the original post came from the Clinton Administration. Below are the original quotes, followed by the source and the dates. Also, below, I have supplied the links to the CNN articles that contain the quotes. Interesting, isn’t it? Think of all the lies that have been told about George W Bush and the acceptance of revisionist history.
” We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the
stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass
destruction.” “The chemical weapons Saddam has used and the biological weapons we know he has tested pay no attention to borders and nationalities.” Madeleine Albright, February 1, 1998
2. “If diplomacy runs out, we have reserved the right to use
force and if we do so it will be substantial.” Madeleine Albright, February 1, 1998
3. “No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.” Madeleine Albright, February 18, 1998
4. “What we are doing is so that you all can sleep at night. I am very proud of what we are doing. We are the greatest nation in the world and what we are doing is being the indispensable nation, willing to make the world safe for our children and grandchildren, and for nations who follow the rules.” Madeleine Albright, February 18, 1998
5. “Saddam (Hussein) must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons.” Bill Clinton, December 16, 1998
6. “If Saddam can cripple the weapons inspections sytem and get away with it, he would conclude the international community, led by the United States, has simply lost its will. He would surmise that he has free rein to rebuild his arsenal of destruction.” Bill Clinton, December 16, 1998
7. “Earlier today I ordered America’s armed forces to strike
military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq’s nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors. While other countires also had weapons of mass desctuction, Hussein is in a different category because he has used such weapons
against his own people and against his neighbors. Bill Clinton, December 16, 1998
8. “Along with Prime minister (Tony)Blair of Great Britain, I made it equally clear that if Saddam failed to cooperate fully we would be prepared to act without delay, diplomacy or warning.” Bill Clinton, December 16, 1998
9. “The best way to end that threat once and for all is with a new Iraqi goverment — a government ready to live in peace with its neighbors, a government that respects the rights of its people.” Bill Clinton, December 16, 1998
10. “But once more, the United States has proven that although we are never eager to use force, when we must act in America’s vital interests, we will do so.” Bill Clinton, December 16, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/01/iraq/index.html
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Tagged Biological weapons, British forces, can we justify, chemical weapons, Clinton Administration, CNN articles, George W Bush or Bill Clinton, Iraq War, Iraq War justification, Iraq War reasons, Madeleine Albright, media lies, nations, nuclear arms, poison gas, political lies, Quotes, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair, truth, US, weapons of mass destruction, WMD, world