Yeah -

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One of Ronald Reagan's first acts as President was to disconnect the solar collectors that Carter had installed atop the White House. It was Mr. Reagan who said, "If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all." And, "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles."
http://www.astrology3d.com/maya/energyfeb2001.htm

BridgetAG wrote:
] Didn't Reagan say it was from volcanic explosions, or too many
] trees or something ludicrous like that?
]
]
] Dementia wrote:
] ] ] LONDON - In an astonishing announcement on global warming
] ] ] and extreme weather, the World Meteorological
] ] ] Organisation has signalled that the world's weather is
] ] ] going haywire.
] ] ]
] ] ] In a startling report, the WMO, which normally produces
] ] ] detailed scientific reports and staid statistics at the
] ] ] year's end, highlighted record extremes in weather and
] ] ] climate occurring all over the world in recent weeks,
] ] ] from Switzerland's hottest-ever June to a record month
] ] ] for tornadoes in the United States - and linked them to
] ] ] climate change.
] ] ]
] ] ] The unprecedented warning takes its force and
] ] ] significance from the fact that it is coming from an
] ] ] impeccably respected UN organisation that is not given to
] ] ] hyperbole (though environmentalists will seize on it to
] ] ] claim that the direst warnings of climate change are
] ] ] being borne out).
] ]
] ] Nope, no global warming, nothing to see here...

] LONDON - In an astonishing announcement on global warming
] and extreme weather, the World Meteorological
] Organisation has signalled that the world's weather is
] going haywire.
]
] In a startling report, the WMO, which normally produces
] detailed scientific reports and staid statistics at the
] year's end, highlighted record extremes in weather and
] climate occurring all over the world in recent weeks,
] from Switzerland's hottest-ever June to a record month
] for tornadoes in the United States - and linked them to
] climate change.
]
] The unprecedented warning takes its force and
] significance from the fact that it is coming from an
] impeccably respected UN organisation that is not given to
] hyperbole (though environmentalists will seize on it to
] claim that the direst warnings of climate change are
] being borne out).

Nope, no global warming, nothing to see here...

New Zealand News - World - Extreme weather evidence of global warming

] "I would guess that you would then see stories about the
] family faced with economic ruin and the cost of having to
] hire defense counsel, settling for $10,000 or $20,000,
] and the money they were saving for Timmy's college
] education now has to go to Kid Rock," said Philip S.
] Corwin, a lobbyist in Washington for Sharman Networks,
] distributor of the Kazaa file-sharing software.
]
] "That's the kind of stuff that would scare a politician."

Labels May Face Risk in Piracy Suits

] Natalie Brougham was crowded onto a third-floor porch
] with dozens of friends early Sunday when the floor
] dropped out from under them, sending wood and bodies
] crashing through two other decks to the ground. Twelve
] people died, most of them crushed on the porches below.
]
] At least 57 others were injured, authorities said.

Crowded porch collapses in Chicago; 12 dead

] On February 10 Marion County deputies were called to
] William Frank Reese's home for a domestic disturbance.
] When they got there they found Mr. Reese bleeding from
] the leg and Tommie Lorene Burnette bleeding from the face
] and ears.
]
] Sheriff Bo Burnette, no relation to the woman involved
] with this case, said she was a girlfriend, but Mr. Reese
] told NewsChannel 9 she was a "live-in housekeeper."

Just how exactly does your housekeeper get close enough to bite your nutsack?

News Channel 9: Charges Dropped In Scrotum Biting Case

] Even as NASA engineers debated possible damage, a flight
] director e-mailed Columbia's astronauts to say there was
] "absolutely no concern" that breakaway foam that struck
] the space shuttle might endanger its safe return. The
] shuttle's commander cheerily replied, "Thanks a million!"
]
] Flight director J.S. "Steve" Stich conveyed his assurance
] to Columbia's commander and pilot on Jan. 23, according
] to documents disclosed Monday. At the time, engineers
] inside NASA continued to debate and study whether foam
] that smashed against Columbia's wing on liftoff might
] have fatally damaged materials protecting the shuttle
] during its fiery descent.
]
] Such materials included the wing's reinforced carbon
] panels and insulating tiles covering other parts of the
] spacecraft.
]
] "Experts have reviewed the high speed photography and
] there is no concern for RCC or tile damage," Stich wrote
] to Columbia's commander, Rick D. Husband, and pilot,
] William C. McCool. "We have seen the same phenomenon on
] several other flights and there is absolutely no concern
] for entry. That is all for now. It's a pleasure working
] with you every day."
]
] Husband, a veteran shuttle astronaut, replied two days
] later, on Jan. 25, "Thanks a million, Steve! And thanks
] for the great work on your part."

I'd no idea the crew was even told of the foam strike. Suffice it to say if ground control felt compelled to email video clips of the incident, the crew had to know SOMETHING was up - astronauts aren't exactly mentally challenged. Wouldn't have taken them very long to put 2 and 2 together.

Laughing Boy

E-mails: 'Absolutely no concern' over Columbia foam strike

] "There are so many cartoons where press people are saying
] 'Is it Vietnam yet?' hoping it is, and wondering if it
] is, and it isn't," Rumsfeld told reporters at the
] Pentagon. "It's a different time, it's a different era,
] it's a different place."

Wow Mr Rumsfeld, thank you for the clarification on that! You’re right. Iraq ISN’T Vietnam - I see now by my atlas that Vietnam is actually a small country in the orient thousands of miles away - no where near the Middle East!

I'm so glad we have government officials with your caliber of reasoning and deduction of logic to point out stuff that might other wise confuse us helpless sheep.

Laughing Boy

Support for Iraq war slipping

] Authorities arrested American rapper DMX on Saturday for
] using profanity during a concert the night before on the
] Caribbean island of St. Kitts and Nevis, police said.
]
] DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was released on
] bail of $376 until Monday, when he is due in Basseterre
] Magistrate's Court.

*gasp* Oh FUCK! I hope they fucking let him off easy for this shit.

DMX arrested for using profanity during St. Kitts concert

] A blur of platted hair, arms and legs dives into the pile
] of dirt and rocks, searching for hidden treasures.
]
] It takes only seconds before the first high-pitched voice
] screams, "I found one!"
]
] "Hey, here's another one," cries out a young girl. "I'm
] finding lots of them."
]
] Within minutes, plastic freezer bags are stuffed with
] chunks of gray rock containing trilobites, brachiopods
] and horn corals -- Devonian-era fossils from creatures
] that inhabited the Earth 350 million years ago.
]
] Fossil Park, which has been built in an abandoned 5-acre
] (2-hectare) quarry about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from
] downtown Toledo, is open for its second full season this
] summer.
]
] And visitors can keep what they find.

Cool!

Finding trilobites by the bucket, for free

] Iraq's ex-information minister appears on Arab TV
]
] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) %u2014 The former Iraqi
] information minister, who gained notoriety during the war
] for wildly implausible claims of victory, showed up on
] Arab television Thursday %u2014 his first appearance
] since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.
]
]
] al-Sahhaf gained notoriety during the war for denying
] that U.S. troops were in Baghdad.
]
] AP
]
]
] In an interview with Al-Arabiya satellite network,
] Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf claimed he had surrendered to
] American forces, was questioned and let go.
]
] "Through some friends, I went to the Americans," he said.
] "I was interrogated about a number of subjects related to
] my job. After that, I was released."
]
] The network aired only a few remarks from the 30-minute
] interview it said it conducted with al-Sahhaf on Thursday
] in a Baghdad suburb. The full interview was to air on
] Friday.

Make this guy White House Press Secretary - he lies much better than Ari Fleischer did.

Iraq's ex-information minister appears on Arab TV