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POPSDigital TV, Costly changeover? Sounds like if you are a basic cable subscriber you may be screwed. But like most things this has more to do with back-scatching, palm greasing and huge amounts of money more then anything else.
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POPSGermany plans to take in Christian Iraqi refugees • U.N. estimates 2 million Iraqis have left their country since war began • U.S. tells U.N. it will try to resettle 7,000 Iraqi refugees in United States this year • So far, U.S. has taken in 466 Iraqi refugees • New U.S. plan calls for $18 million for refugee aid, placement in other countries Because we certainly don't want them here. Create a crisis and let other take care of the messy leftovers.
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POPSEcovillages everywhere This community is about 50 miles south of me outside Fairfield Iowa. Home of Maharishi International University. Fairfield hosts an Eco-Fair every year, and has the most homes with solar energy or other green building features in Iowa. Happy to say that my own house will be off the grid by mid July. Yahoo.
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POPSThe Commander-in-Chef Cooks Up a Storm "Bush: And as people are now beginning to see, Iraq is changing, democracy is beginning to take hold. And I'm convinced 50 years from now people look back and say thank God there was those who were willing to sacrifice. "Curry: But you're saying you're going to have to carry that burden... Some Americans believe that they feel they're carrying the burden because of this economy. "Bush: Yeah, well -- "Curry: They say -- they say they're suffering because of this. "Bush: I don't agree with that. "Curry: You don't agree with that? Has nothing do with the economy, the war? The spending on the war? "Bush: I don't think so. I think actually, the spending on the war might help with jobs. "Curry: Oh, yeah? "Bush: Yeah, because we're buying equipment, and people are working. I think this economy is down because we built too many houses."