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Comment on Sean Hannity’s scam by Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:07:23 +0000

Tim: I’d bet most of the contributors don’t care. They are not evidence based people. They wouldn’t believe it even if they were shown the books.

Comment on Sean Hannity’s scam by Tim Hogan

Tim Hogan — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:58:26 +0000

Hey, why won’t won’t some right minded state’s Attorney General shut this scumbag operation down, NOW!

Comment on What won’t Obama tell us. by Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:55:07 +0000

“Thousands of protesters – many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama – marched through the nation’s capital Saturday to urge immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.”

“‘Arrest that war criminal!’ [Cindy] Sheehan shouted outside the White House before her arrest, referring to Obama.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/20/thousands-protest-in-dc-f_n_507159.html

Comment on Welcome to Prom Night by Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:27:00 +0000

A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school’s prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/19/ellen-gives-30000-to-cons_n_506465.html

Comment on Climate and Conspiracy by Dan Klarmann

Dan Klarmann — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:51:32 +0000

So those who are publicizing the knowledge of global warming are those few with enough money to do so; those who are already in a position to make back their expenses and then some. This is supposed to be a surprise?

Cap and trade may do little in the short term. But the precedent of monetizing waste products will force people to consider the long term costs of short term actions. Because of this policy, people will not have to “consider” in the thoughtful sense to do the right thing. They will just notice the price tag.

The only way to profit from cap and trade is to act responsibly; to earn the credits. Because this is anathema to current ways of doing business, there are billions being spent to block it.

Comment on Using the U.S. census as a teachable moment by Niklaus Pfirsig

Niklaus Pfirsig — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:03:31 +0000

Some suggestions for the Race-Other box:

Indy 500
Tour de France
Ironman Triathalon
Rat
Daytona 500 (or any other NASCAR event)
Arms
Three-legged
Baja 1000

Comment on Climate and Conspiracy by Niklaus Pfirsig

Niklaus Pfirsig — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:55:05 +0000

Dan,
It would seem that way in a superficial sense, but the major proponents of anthropogenic CO2 as the major cause of global warming are those in a position to profit greatly from trading carbon credits as a commodity.

The groundwork has already been laid for the open trading of carbon credits in commodity brokerages. The result of cap and trade will leave the CO2 production unaffected, while the polluters will pass the cost increases to the consumer to offset for the money skimmed by the brokers, and for the fluctuations in the price of the credits caused by speculators. It sounds very much like the kind of energy commoditization scam that Enron built their business model on.

Comment on Climate and Conspiracy by Dan Klarmann

Dan Klarmann — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:52:01 +0000

Aren’t you making my argument? Shall we trust the results presented by the multi-trillion dollar fossil fuel industry, or those of the the struggling, liberal, independent “green” studies?
Again, who has the money and profit motive to spin climate results?

Comment on Time to take a wide open look at U.S. policy regarding Israel by Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:28:33 +0000

Naomi Klein discusses proposal of a highly influential Israeli think tank:

“[T]he Reut Institute, arguably Israel’s most influential think tank, published a very controversial report about “hubs of delegitimization.” It attempted to equate tactics of non-violent resistance—like the growing movement to use Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) to force Israel to comply with international law—with a military campaign to destroy the state of Israel.”

http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-news-section/132-middle-east/1273-protecting-israels-lawlessness

Comment on Amy Goodman talks health care and wars with Ralph Nader and Dennis Kucinich by The so-called interview | Dangerous Intersection

The so-called interview | Dangerous Intersection — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:59:09 +0000

[...] much input the citizens will have. And from what we suspect, the Obama bill will apparently be a huge gift to corporations that are gaming the health care system. But you wouldn’t know any of this based on the questions by this hack [...]