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By Evo Morales http://www.countercurrents.org/morales260907.htm Letter from President Evo Morales to the member representatives of the United Nations on the issue of the environment Earth Calls For Radical Social Change And Spiritual Transformation By Dr Glen Barry http://www.countercurrents.org/barry260907.htm The population bomb has burst, the climate and biosphere are in tatters, and tyrannical, militaristic governments rule; yet there remains a path to global ecological sustainability

So the Pravrutti means nothing if they all cancel each other out? What is Heaven? What is Hell?

Don't worry Joe. Take a break and go hiking with your brother.

The University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center said Arctic sea ice on Sept. 16 stood at 1.59 million square miles, about 1 million square miles less than the long-term minimum average from 1979 to 2000. Scientists compared the loss to an area about the size of Alaska and Texas combined. The sea ice is at its lowest level since satellite record-keeping began nearly 30 years ago. The Artic Sea ice extent now stands at 4.18 million square kilometers (1.61 million square miles). This represents an increase of 50,000 square kilometers (19,000 square miles) compared to the value of 4.13 million square kilometers (1.59 million square miles) five-day running mean extent, observed on September 16, which appears to be the 2007 minimum. Satellite data provide the best means of observing sea ice coverage and variability. A variety of remote sensing instruments have been used successfully to map sea ice conditions. Frequent cloud cover in the polar regions and the fact that the sun remains below the horizon for continuous periods in winter require microwave sensors to map ice cover. Passive microwave instruments such as ESMR, SMMR and SSM/I, and radar such as ERS-1, ERS-2, and RADARSAT provide the main data sets used for sea ice studies because of their nighttime and all-weather capabilities. Passive microwave data allow scientists to monitor the interannual variations and trends in sea ice cover. Observations of polar oceans derived from these instruments are essential for tracking the ice edge, estimating sea ice concentrations, and classifying sea ice types. In addition to the practical use of this information for shipping and transport, these data add to the meteorological knowledge base required for better understanding climate. Passive microwave imagery is available from late 1978 through the present. Earlier but less reliable data from the Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) are available from late 1972 to 1976. Global sea level is currently rising as a result of ocean thermal expansion and glacier melt, both caused by recent increases in global mean temperature. Antarctica and Greenland, the world's largest ice sheets, make up the vast majority of the Earth's ice. If these ice sheets melted entirely, sea level would rise by more than 70 meters.

I have to agree with you Human. As you can see I asked the Democratic Presidential Candidates this question. http://action.richardsonforpresident.com/p.../lukewilbur/Bgr http://chrisdodd.com/issues/constitution#comment-36892 http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/lukewilbur http://connect.hillaryclinton.com/forum.js...rumID=400006445 I still ask John Edwards. None of the presidential candidates want to answer how they interpret this power problem.

This appears to be no Congressional resistance to this merger. Here is the complete statement from Mayor Bloomberg on the Borse Dubai/NASDAQ deal

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Anyone seen this email. I do not want to send my information to them.

Despite strong objections from the United States and some of its allies, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday calling for the recognition of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples' right to self-determination and control over their lands and resources. The adoption of the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples comes after 22 years of diplomatic negotiations at the United Nations involving its member states, international civil society groups, and representatives of the world's aboriginal communities. An overwhelming majority of UN member countries endorsed the Declaration, with 143 voting in favor, 4 against, and 11 abstaining. The United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand stood alone in voting against the resolution. The nations that neither supported nor objected were Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Nigeria, Russia, Samoa, and Ukraine. "It's a triumph for indigenous peoples around the world," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after the General Assembly vote. "This marks a historic moment when member states and indigenous peoples have reconciled with their painful histories." http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20070914/...rgEpLorGh0E1vAI

Krzysztof Kieslowski's "A Short Film About Love" WE HAVE 160 YES, AND 15 MAYBES , SO SHOULD BE A GREAT CROWD! PLEASE CLICK ON "VIEW INVITE" BELOW TO RSVP SO WE CAN PREPARE FOR YOU. SCREENING 7:15pm and 9:15pm showings Kieslowski's great film about a young man's voyeuristic scrutiny of the windows in the building next door. RECEPTION 6:00pm -12:00 midnight Drinks, Snacks, and Music by Matt Spangler. LOCATION: GOETHE INSTITUT WASHINGTON 812 7th St NW (7th & Eye), a few doors down from Fado Irish bar in Chinatown. For further EVENT and FILM DETAILS, DIRECTIONS and to RSVP (much appreciated), please click on VIEW INVITATION below. Location: Goethe-Institut Washington 812 7th St NW (7th & Eye) Washington, DC 20001-3718 (202) 289-1200 Map Click Here Date: Friday September 21, 2007 Reception: 6pm to midnight (no cover) / Music by Matt Spangler Screenings: 7:15pm and 9:15pm ($10 @ the door to theater) Metro Take the Red, Yellow or Green line to Gallery Place/Chinatown (7th and H Street Exit). The Goethe Institut is located less than a block from the Chinatown gate (a few doors up from Fado Irish Pub). Parking Parking is available either on-street or in the basement garage of the Renaissance Hotel, accessible from 7th and I Streets, as well as in many other parking garages in the neighborhood, including the large surface lot on the site of the old Washington Convention Center (entrance from 9th Street southbound). Tell them DCpages sent you.

I am too Joe, Early in the season I listened to the National Media hype about the Dallas Cowboys team this year. I even listened to my many Cowboy friends preaching to me how the Redskins will not win until Dan Snyder sells the team. I have listened to Cowboy fans who have purchased Redskins Season Tickets preach to me that Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson are the alpha and omega. I even listen to Cowboys fans driving in their white sedans waving their blue and white fags, I am mean flags chanting, "ROMO." Then there are those people that come out of the cracks saying, "Joe Gibbs is from another era!!! Jack Pardee and Bobby Beathard really built this francise. Joe Gibbs racing team has dropped GM and their new sponsor is Toyota. I am not a NASCAR fan. I don't care about what Joe Gibbs does in his other life. I was not happy with Gibb's decision to have Al Saunders at first. I even thought that the Redskins team was off vacationing in Country Club land last year. The Redskins "Monday Night Football" game against the Eagles really showed this team has woke up from their delusions of greatness. Now they want to get it. Redskins coach's and more importantly players are feeling like winners. Moss, El and Cooley are moving the chains and Spreading out the opponent defense. Plain and I really Jason Campbell's performance. He mightily overthrew Santana Moss for the "Nail in the coffin" lead and a interception that kept the defense on the field longer, his performance on the field hinted greatness. Gibbs is finally all smiles about his pick. The Redskins are the best when they want to. ESPN was great in spotting Jason's looking at receivers accross the field. He is learning to become and actor. Campbell had the Eagles second guessing where he was going and what he was doing. Side Note to ESPN. WAKE THE **to perform an anatomical sexual impossibility** UP!!! What happenned to "Monday Night Football" football that I grew up with? What happenned to the 36 year Institution of of Da-da-da-da? Has the production budget just focused on Hank William's "Are you ready for some Football" theme song? Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon were so negative and out of focus with the game. These two are not announcers, but rather famous Washington Post Writers. Most of the game commentary was negative, negative, negative, and not part of the game. It was like they wrote up what they would say and then just say it at the wrong time. At one point ESPN switched the camera from the game and focused on the dialogue with Charles Barkley for what seemed forever. Michael Wibon had to brush the statement, "By the way there was a time out." ESPN should look how ABC produced the show. Listen to Howard Cosell Don Meredith playcall the game. Ron Jaworski can stay the way he is. Hail to the Redskins

The authorities of the town of Sarov, in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Region, have inadvertently declassified the latest project of a Russian submarine by posting an interview with its commander on their website. The unprecedentedly tight secrecy surrounding the boat suggests we have here a unique experiment by Russian scientists and military officers. On September 6, Sarov's official site carried a report about a visit to the town by Sarov submarine commander Sergei Kroshkin. The web page mentioned the project number - 20120 - and cited the boat's characteristics. On September 11, the news disappeared from the site, but had already been reprinted in local media. The secrecy over the new project has caused a surprise - in recent years everything relating to shipbuilding has been widely covered in the media. Officials readily shared with journalists the numbers of projects, names and other particulars. News broke on Wednesday that the experimental Project 20120 was designed to test a unique technology - installation on a diesel submarine of a nuclear reactor as an auxiliary power plant. Such experiments were staged back in Soviet times. Several countries are engaged in upgrading their diesel submarines to obtain the same sea endurance as costly nuclear submarines. Germany leads the field here. Since 2000 it has been building Project 212A submarines with non-air breathing engines. These submarines are capable of staying under water for 20 days (common-type Diesel submarines qualify for 4-5 days). Perhaps Russian scientists have decided to respond to the challenge by reopening their mini-reactor program for diesel boats. Story No. 2: Project 20120 is a test bed for the latest nuclear reactor of the Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau of Engineering, which was first mentioned in the media in February 2007. A Nizhny Novgorod Delovaya Gazeta article said that in 2006 the Bureau had "developed a new submarine called Kalitka, which mounted a fundamentally new steam-generating plant, KTP-7I Fenix." It is not ruled out that the enigmatic Project 20120 dates from the no less mysterious Kalitka project. The Bureau, when asked about the project, showed no surprise. But Yevgeny Kusmartsev, an aide to the concern's director, told a Kommersant correspondent that "submarine reactors are of interest to U.S. intelligence, not you," and suggested the paper seek information from the press service of the Russian Agency for Nuclear Power. The agency, however, declined to comment.

Phylis Canion lived in Africa for four years. She's been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house to prove it. But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch was a new one even for her, worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra. "It is one ugly creature," Canion said, holding the head of the mammal, which has big ears, large fanged teeth and grayish-blue, mostly hairless skin. Canion and some of her neighbors discovered the 40-pound bodies of three of the animals over four days in July outside her ranch in Cuero, 80 miles southeast of San Antonio. Canion said she saved the head of the one she found so she can get to get to the bottom of its ancestry through DNA testing and then mount it for posterity. She suspects, as have many rural denizens over the years, that a chupacabra may have killed as many as 26 of her chickens in the past couple of years. "I've seen a lot of nasty stuff. I've never seen anything like this," she said. What tipped Canion to the possibility that this was no ugly coyote, but perhaps the vampire-like beast, is that the chickens weren't eaten or carried off all the blood was drained from them, she said. Chupacabra means "goat sucker" in Spanish, and it is said to have originated in Latin America, specifically Puerto Rico and Mexico. Canion thinks recent heavy rains ran them right out of their dens. "I think it could have wolf in it," Canion said. "It has to be a cross between two or three different things." She said the finding has captured the imagination of locals, just like purported sightings of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster have elsewhere. But what folks are calling a chupacabra is probably just a strange breed of dog, said veterinarian Travis Schaar of the Main Street Animal Hospital in nearby Victoria. "I'm not going to tell you that's not a chupacabra. I just think in my opinion a chupacabra is a dog."

Iran has strengthened its defense capacity and is capable of decisively repelling any attack against it, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Iranian TV. "If our enemies take any bold actions against Iran, they will receive a decisive and jaw breaking response," Mohammed Ali Jafari said. Jafari also said that the IRGC was the only armed forces in the world, whose personnel are motivated and self-confident. The 125,000-strong Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the largest branch of Iran's military, separate from the rest of the army. It is equipped with modern weaponary and controls militia units numbering up to 12 million soldiers. Serious discussions are now underway in the Bush administration on "the costs and benefits of military action against Iran," focusing on two options - "less invasive scenarios" involving a blockade, and "full-scale aerial bombardment." In an interview Tuesday Robert Baer, a former CIA field officer assigned to the Middle East, was asked whether the U.S. was preparing for military action against Iran, citing Baer's column for Time Magazine on August 18, where he suggested that Washington officials expect an attack within the next six months. "I've taken an informal poll inside the government," Baer told Fox. "The feeling is we will hit the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [iRGC]." He said the George W. Bush administration is convinced "that the Iranians are interfering in Iraq and the rest of the Gulf," but what his sources anticipate is "not exactly a war." "We won't see American troops cross the border," said Baer. "If this is going to happen, it is going to happen very quickly and it is going to surprise a lot of people." There were recent reports that Washington would put Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard - the largest branch of Iran's military, separate from the rest of the army - on the terrorism list. Baer said the U.S. military suspects that the Revolutionary Guard is the main supplier of sophisticated improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to insurgents killing coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also said there is a belief among neo-conservative elements in the Bush administration that the Revolutionary Guard is an obstacle to democratic and a friendly Iran. "IRGC IED's are a casus belli for this administration. There will be an attack on Iran," Baer quoted an anonymous White House source as saying. However, the U.S. government has consistently denied rumors of preparations for military action against Iran. Whitehouse Spokeswoman Dana Perino said on August 15: "All of our efforts are focused on the diplomatic actions that we are working through, in terms of the United Nations Security Council." "Military action is not being contemplated," she told a news conference at Crawford Middle School, Texas. The results of a recent poll among 108 prominent U.S. political and military experts conducted by the Center for American Progress, a U.S. policy research think tank, also differ from the forecast provided by Baer's sources. According to the survey, 89% of U.S. experts said there would be no preemptive military strike on Iran and its nuclear facilities, and 65% said they were certain that George W. Bush would authorize an attack on Tehran during his remaining time in the office. Robert Baer is an intelligence columnist for Time Magazine and the author of See No Evil, an account of CIA anti-terrorism field work, and more recently a political thriller, Blow the House Down.

Russia has tested a thermobaric bomb that is the most powerful in the world, a top military official said Tuesday. Known as a vacuum bomb, it uses a fuel-air explosive and can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb, said Alexander Rukshin, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. "It is environmentally friendly, compared to a nuclear bomb, and it will enable us to ensure national security and at the same time stand up to international terrorism in any part of the globe and in any situation," he said. He stressed that the bomb does not violate any of the international agreements that Russia has signed.

Mr Fradkov asked to be allowed to resign from his post at a meeting with the President at the Kremlin. Mr Putin accepted Mr Fradkov's resignation and proposed that he continue his functions as prime minister until the State Duma approves a new candidate for the post. The Government of the Russian Federation (Russian: Правительство Российской Федерации) was the executive governmental body that brought together the principal officers of the Executive Branch of the Russian government. The juridical ground of the Government consists of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and Federal Law "On the Government of the Russian Federation.

I am going to have to confirm this. This is alot of information to digest. At this point I have to believe that this is still a conspiracy theory. The headline attempts to attribute Prescott Bush as a contributor to the Nazi movement. The story attempts to connect Prescott Bush to Fritz Thyssen to Adolph Hitler. This is like the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game where any actor can be linked, through their film roles, to actor Kevin Bacon. Adolf Hitler was in Rio Rita (1942) with Julian Rivero Julian Rivero was in Broken Lance (1954) with Robert Wagner Robert Wagner was in Wild Things (1998) with Kevin Bacon How many people does it take to get from Prescott Bush to Kevin Bacon? P.S. Please refrain from posting off topic. It takes time to move your information to a new spot.

Your stating apples and oranges here. Patraeus is a General in charge of the Army in Iraq. Powell at the time was Secretary of State.

Here are the charts that Gen. Petraeus' used for his testimony (PDF) petraeus_slides.pdf

What should be done with our Tariff laws? Also what type of reporting should be done with U.S. Citizens making money from outside countries. Should the Citizen give permission to U.S. Customs to monitor their bank transactions?

Congressman Eckerman stated that Iraq Al Queda started in 2005. General Petraeus stated Al Queda is the fuel for the ethno secretarian violence. The Army is currently building giant T Walls to seperate the groups.

Another protestor screams out at Congress. She wears the flag upside down. This is a sign of distress.

Representative John Spratt of South Carolina stated that it will take 958 Billion dollars to fix Iraq with a troop reduction.

The Jones Report states: