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bslev — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:02:37 +0000

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You weren't long winded and I

oleeb — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:51:55 +0000

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You weren't long winded and I understand your point and am in agreement. Unfortunately at this time the Democrats are the only ones we can turn to.

Thanks. I'll check them

Emma Zahn — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:21:29 +0000

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Thanks. I'll check them out.

Sun, I think; maybe salt, but

wendy davis — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:57:56 +0000

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Sun, I think; maybe salt, but surely sun. Lemme go grab a youtube. Retied Captain Charles Moore is trying to show anyone he can, and he has a multi-part youtube; didn't snag it, thinking it might all be known.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrAShtolieg&feature=related

It's far beyond helping, but making other containers..

More related videos on the right, of course.

It's just breaking down into

Emma Zahn — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:44:01 +0000

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It's just breaking down into liquid, and coating the ocean floor and anything in its way.

Any idea what's eating it?

As much as I agree with that

hoppycalif2 — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:26:16 +0000

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As much as I agree with that lengthy essay I think you left out a major point. Governments of democracies (its a pity we aren't one) have to serve the people who elect them or they lose their jobs. So, those governments view the electorate with fear. Our government doesn't rely on the electorate for anything.

That statement seems absurd, since we elect them, but in reality our votes are determined by what the major news media and talk radio choose to tell us. And, we have such short attention spans, as evidenced by the few of us who actually read that whole essay, that 15 second TV ads, which cost a fortune, determine to a large extent who we vote for. That means it is the money men who the government fears, not the electorate.

Not the Democrats, you say? Well who do you think NAFTA was passed to benefit? It wasn't the electorate, for sure. It was the money men, the wealthy who own and run corporations, who benefited, because it opened the door for them to use the cheapest labor in the world to produce their products, and opened a ten times bigger consumer base to buy their products. Bill Clinton (D) is responsible for NAFTA.

Sorry to be so long winded, but if we don't understand this, we will never have a government for the people. Once we understand this it is at least possible to formulate a strategy for changing things. If we don't understand it, say hello to your fascist government.

"Only an alert and

acamus — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:02:09 +0000

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"Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."

It is interesting that you use this quote because all the indications are that we don't have an alert and knowledgeable citizenry. Yet without such, Obama is suppose to take on and undo this monster? And Ike didn't add in there the national media machinery. Until we have such a citizenry, hopes for any president accomplishing what you aspire for such is hopeless.

Hurrah, die Butter ist alle!

Joe Wood — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:23:01 +0000

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Hurrah, die Butter ist alle!

We shouldn't get caught in

Rick — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:56:25 +0000

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We shouldn't get caught in semantics. You know what someone above you in the heirarchy allows you to know. As you point out the compartmentalization creates problems, when you testify to Congress. You may know only a small slice of an intel operation, but you present the info as a complete report.

If the NSA wants to tap anyone's phone in this country -- who is watching them? Who is asking on a regular basis what they are doing at their super-secret HQ? This is what Ike feared would happen -- and it has come true.

Our Cold-War-Ending Peace

wendy davis — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:59:39 +0000

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Our Cold-War-Ending Peace Dividend never quite materialized, did it, Oleeb? ;-(