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POPSSo, Why did you Cut Down the Rainforest? Uh, i needed a parking lot. Panamanians learned well from their former colonial master, the USA - greed and laziness rule - if you are going ot cut down a rain forest - do it on a weekend or a holiday - no one will notice or care???
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POPSTop 5 Entry-level HDTVs...What To Purchase? Even at the lower end of the spectrum, HDTVs can be a big investment. We've chosen two budget models (retailing for less than $550), two moderately-priced sets (less than $1,000) and one premium model for the first-time HDTV customer. Read the full content for each TV below; Link is http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/5-entry-level-hdtvs.htm 5: Panasonic TC-L26X1 4: Samsung LN32A450 3: JVC LT-32P300 2: Sharp LC-32D43U 1: Panasonic TC-P42S1
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POPSBarack McNamara Obama: Why Can't Obama See His Wars Are Unwinnable?
"We must try to put ourselves inside their skin and look at us through their eyes," McNamara warned long after the fact, speaking of "America's enemies" but really just about people--people who live in other countries. People whose countries possess reserves of natural gas (Vietnam) or oil (Iraq) or are situated between energy reserves and deep-sea ports where oil tankers dock (Afghanistan and Pakistan). Why can't President Obama imagine himself living in a poor village in Pakistan? Why can't he feel the anger and contempt felt by Pakistanis who hear pilotless drone planes buzzing overhead, firing missiles willy-nilly at civilians and guerilla fighters alike, dispatched by a distant enemy too cowardly to put live soldiers and pilots in harm's way? In fairness to McNamara, it only took two years for him to call to an end of the bombing of North Vietnam. By 1966 he was advising LBJ to start pulling back. But, like a gambler trying to recoup and justify his losses, the president kept
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POPSTypo? Fruedian slip? DHS Transcript: "Anyone Exhibiting Swine Flu Symptoms Will Be Evaluated Before Proceeding To Their Destruction
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POPS A Violent Border "We can do significant things," she said. "And you know we're not -- let me be very, very clear -- we are not removing border-protection agents who are between the ports of entry guarding our border. We are not doing that. We need those people....We need those boots on the ground on illegal immigration." "I can say that there are several cabinet- and security-level departments that are working with us now and looking at what can be done," she said, "not only to protect the U.S. side of the border and Americans on the U.S. side, but also to work with President Calderon, because it is in our joint interest that these drug cartels be demolished." She didn't give details. "There hasn't been a coordinated plan," Ms. Ginsburg said. "There haven't been enough resources. And the agencies involved don't always play too well together." She is expected to appear before the Senate Homeland Security Committee to address the issue on March 25.
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POPSA conflict of civilization versus resources
"All this is now threatened. Five years ago, men from Maggi Energia arrived in the village and announced plans to build hydroelectric dams on the Juruena river. The Enawene Nawe were horrified. Unusually for Indians, they only eat fish, never meat. Moreover their whole belief system revolves round the river and fish, which they believe commune with their ancestral spirits. “If the fish dies, we all die, you inuti and we Enawene Nawe,” explains Marikerosene, a man in his thirties with red-and-black stripes daubed across his face. " the other side: “You go on about deforestation but the world needs to eat, and if Brazil doesn’t use all its land to produce food we won’t even have enough for our own population, let alone Europe and China. Instead of giving more land to the Indians we need to take back at least half. Indians don’t generate economic activity — they just cost money. Brazil should spend that money by building more ports and making the rivers navigable.”
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POPSGaza massacre: Fueled by the U.S. According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, between 2004 and 2007 the U.S. Defense Department gave $818 million worth of fuel to the Israeli military. The total amount was 479 million gallons, the equivalent of about 66 gallons per Israeli citizen. In 2008, an additional $280 million in fuel was given to the Israeli military, again at U.S. taxpayers' expense. The U.S. has even paid the cost of shipping the fuel from U.S. refineries to ports in Israel. Enjoy this story? Buzz up! More * Buzz up! * Digg * Facebook * StumbleUpon * Reddit In 2008, the fuel shipped to Israel from U.S. refineries accounted for 2 percent of Israel's $13.3 billion defense budget. Publicly available data shows that about 2 percent of the U.S. Defense Department's budget is also spent on oil. A senior analyst at the Pentagon, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, says the Israel Defense Force's fuel use is most like
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POPSOur ports of entry sare still unsecure but open up your social security to anyone - no problema! Strange what our Federal managers and leaders seem to be able to do and not do. If you are checking who is driving 16 wheelers in and out of all US Ports, there is no way to check if John Smith is John Smith who is a driver for a non-Federal contractor or sub-contractor. But this is still a "Mission Accomplished" Administration long on talk but short of action and real accomplishment other than enriching it buddies.
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POPSChanging Back Obama wants to "restore funding for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program." He will spend $200 million a year on state and local matching grants. He will also "launch a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank that will invest $60 billion over 10 years" plus "stop spending $10 billion a month in Iraq and start investing that money in Phoenix, Nashville, Seattle" and "re-commit federal dollars to strengthen mass transit . . . ports, roads, and high-speed rails." CDBG actually gave "aid" to millionaire enclaves such as Greenwich, Conn. And as urban policy scholar Kimberly Hendrickson pointed out in an American Enterprise Institute study: "Mainstream urban scholars and practitioners — on both the left and right — have become dismissive of, and even hostile towards, programs once heralded as bold and visionary . . . now widely seen as harmful to cities and their residents."
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POPSISPs Neglect Infrastructure: Think of Capping Downloads Articles, like this one, do not take into consideration the growing trend of multiple internet ports per home. For example, a home could have a parent on one computer downloading news videos, a child on another computer downloading Netflix or MP3s, and a third child could be on a PS3/Xbox playing online. This type of house could easily surpass the monthly limits. Additionally, bandwidth needs typically doubles every year, so one house may only need 10 GB per month now. However, next year they will likely need 20GB per month. How are placing caps going to provide ISPs with incentive to increase their infrastructure? It will not!
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