Obama 's "WTF" encrypted message does it mean "winning the future" or really mean "what the fuck",
I love spending your money.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Newt Gingrich wants to replace the EPA
AP Interview: Gingrich calls for replacing EPA
DES MOINES, Iowa – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called Tuesday for the elimination of the Environmental Protection Agency, which he wants to replace with a new organization that would work more closely with businesses and be more aggressive in using science and technology.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Gingrich said the EPA was rarely innovative and focused only on issuing regulations and litigation.
"What you have is a very expensive bureaucracy that across the board makes it harder to solve problems, slows down the development of new innovations," Gingrich said.
Gingrich, who has acknowledged that he's mulling a run for the Republican presidential nomination, was in Iowa to talk to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. He also met privately with Republican legislators, often a sign in Iowa that people are laying the groundwork for a campaign. The state has the nation's first presidential caucuses.
Gingrich, who has made several visits to Iowa recently, said the EPA was founded on sound ideas but has become a traditional Washington bureaucracy. Gingrich had previously mentioned his desire to change the EPA, but Tuesday's explanation was the first time he made a specific proposal for replacing the agency, Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said.
"We need to have an agency that is first of all limited, but cooperates with the 50 states," Gingrich said. "The EPA is based on bureaucrats centered in Washington issuing regulations and litigation and basically opposing things."
EPA spokesman Brenden Gilfillan in Washington declined to comment on Gingrich's statements.
Gingrich denied his proposal would result in environmental damage, saying he would replace the EPA with what he called the Environmental Solution Agency.
"I think you have an agency which would get up every morning, very much like the National Institutes for Health or the National Science Foundation, and try to figure out what do we need to do today to get a better environment that also gets us a better economy," he said.
Gingrich also said his proposed agency would pursue the development of a clean coal and rewrite regulations governing the development of small nuclear plants.
"There's a whole new emerging technology that allows you to build smaller nuclear plants, but all of our rules were designed for very complex, very expensive systems," he said.
Gingrich's anti-Washington, pro-business theme was designed to appeal to the conservatives who dominate Republican precinct caucuses, which traditionally launch the presidential nominating process. Iowa's next presidential caucus is Feb. 6, 2012.
"The level of control that Washington bureaucrats want to extend over topics they don't understand and communities they don't live in is wrong," he said. "Having an attitude of getting up every morning and trying to stop the economy is just a very destructive attitude."
By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Mike Glover, Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called Tuesday for the elimination of the Environmental Protection Agency, which he wants to replace with a new organization that would work more closely with businesses and be more aggressive in using science and technology.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Gingrich said the EPA was rarely innovative and focused only on issuing regulations and litigation.
"What you have is a very expensive bureaucracy that across the board makes it harder to solve problems, slows down the development of new innovations," Gingrich said.
Gingrich, who has acknowledged that he's mulling a run for the Republican presidential nomination, was in Iowa to talk to the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association. He also met privately with Republican legislators, often a sign in Iowa that people are laying the groundwork for a campaign. The state has the nation's first presidential caucuses.
Gingrich, who has made several visits to Iowa recently, said the EPA was founded on sound ideas but has become a traditional Washington bureaucracy. Gingrich had previously mentioned his desire to change the EPA, but Tuesday's explanation was the first time he made a specific proposal for replacing the agency, Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond said.
"We need to have an agency that is first of all limited, but cooperates with the 50 states," Gingrich said. "The EPA is based on bureaucrats centered in Washington issuing regulations and litigation and basically opposing things."
EPA spokesman Brenden Gilfillan in Washington declined to comment on Gingrich's statements.
Gingrich denied his proposal would result in environmental damage, saying he would replace the EPA with what he called the Environmental Solution Agency.
"I think you have an agency which would get up every morning, very much like the National Institutes for Health or the National Science Foundation, and try to figure out what do we need to do today to get a better environment that also gets us a better economy," he said.
Gingrich also said his proposed agency would pursue the development of a clean coal and rewrite regulations governing the development of small nuclear plants.
"There's a whole new emerging technology that allows you to build smaller nuclear plants, but all of our rules were designed for very complex, very expensive systems," he said.
Gingrich's anti-Washington, pro-business theme was designed to appeal to the conservatives who dominate Republican precinct caucuses, which traditionally launch the presidential nominating process. Iowa's next presidential caucus is Feb. 6, 2012.
"The level of control that Washington bureaucrats want to extend over topics they don't understand and communities they don't live in is wrong," he said. "Having an attitude of getting up every morning and trying to stop the economy is just a very destructive attitude."
By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Mike Glover, Associated Press
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
The Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard made its debut on September 18, 1995. Edited by William Kristol and Fred Barnes, the magazine is published 48 times a year by Clarity Media Group. The Weekly Standard is available by subscription. The price of a single copy is $4.95.
Those are the basic facts. But we invite you to look inside the magazine to see what it's about, department by department. And also to see who besides Slate thinks The Weekly Standard is must reading. (What Others Say and Congressional Comment.)
We'd be remiss if we didn't mention one of the big benefits of being a subscriber. Late Friday night, when we send the magazine to our printer, we also format the new issue so that we can post it on this site. Subscribers can open up the latest issue and read the editorial or the parody or that big piece splashed on the cover—or even the entire magazine. Subscribers can also read back issues in our Virtual Library. To enjoy these benefits, a subscriber registers simply by choosing a password.
The staff of The Weekly Standard also produces WeeklyStandard.com, which features reporting and comments on the news of the day.
visit the Weekly Standard website
Those are the basic facts. But we invite you to look inside the magazine to see what it's about, department by department. And also to see who besides Slate thinks The Weekly Standard is must reading. (What Others Say and Congressional Comment.)
We'd be remiss if we didn't mention one of the big benefits of being a subscriber. Late Friday night, when we send the magazine to our printer, we also format the new issue so that we can post it on this site. Subscribers can open up the latest issue and read the editorial or the parody or that big piece splashed on the cover—or even the entire magazine. Subscribers can also read back issues in our Virtual Library. To enjoy these benefits, a subscriber registers simply by choosing a password.
The staff of The Weekly Standard also produces WeeklyStandard.com, which features reporting and comments on the news of the day.
visit the Weekly Standard website
Saturday, January 22, 2011
what is the Dreyfuss Initiative ?
what is the Dreyfuss Initiative ?
In the Fall (2010) the Dreyfuss Initiative will spearhead "It's Time for a Talk--The National Conversation" intended to link a purposeful diverse variety of websites representing disparate political opinions and a wide range of social sectors to foster a discussion related to the future of America.
visit the dreyfuss initiative.org online website
In the Fall (2010) the Dreyfuss Initiative will spearhead "It's Time for a Talk--The National Conversation" intended to link a purposeful diverse variety of websites representing disparate political opinions and a wide range of social sectors to foster a discussion related to the future of America.
visit the dreyfuss initiative.org online website
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
O : A Presidential Novel (new book)
Product Description
The truth only fiction can tell.
This is a novel about aspiration and delusion, set during the presidential election of 2012 and written by an anonymous author who has spent years observing politics and the fraught relationship between public image and self-regard.
The novel includes revealing and insightful portraits of many prominent figures in the political world—some invented and some real.
About the Author
The author of O has been in the room with Barack Obama and wishes to remain anonymous.
Presidential Novel, o, book on Obama
Buy this new novel on Pres Obama O: A Presidential Novel
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Boeing drops the ball again on SBInet for border security
Boeing drops the ball again on SBInet for border security
Boeing’s SBInet was supposed to be the ultimate in anti-illegal immigrant technology: miles of surveillance-radar towers (colloquially, “Cameras on a Pole”) hooked up to ground-based sensors that detected the heat of someone’s footprints or the metal of a border-crossing vehicle. Sound impractical? That’s what the GAO Government Accountability Office found in October, when it lamented SBInet’s “well-chronicled history of not delivering promised capabilities and benefits on time and within budget.”
It only took nearly a year of hiatus and $1 billion in sunk costs, but the Department of Homeland Security has finally gotten rid of the networked suite of sensors that made up its virtual border fence. But some of its technology may live on as zombie border protection.
The virtual fence “cannot meet its original objective of providing a single, integrated border-security technology solution,” Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded in a statement today heralding the program’s termination.
see more on info on Boeing's failures to deliver on promises at the GAO office report
see actual GAO report on Boeing failures and promises
see more info at
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/homeland-security-junks-its-sensor-laden-border-fence/
Boeing’s SBInet was supposed to be the ultimate in anti-illegal immigrant technology: miles of surveillance-radar towers (colloquially, “Cameras on a Pole”) hooked up to ground-based sensors that detected the heat of someone’s footprints or the metal of a border-crossing vehicle. Sound impractical? That’s what the GAO Government Accountability Office found in October, when it lamented SBInet’s “well-chronicled history of not delivering promised capabilities and benefits on time and within budget.”
It only took nearly a year of hiatus and $1 billion in sunk costs, but the Department of Homeland Security has finally gotten rid of the networked suite of sensors that made up its virtual border fence. But some of its technology may live on as zombie border protection.
The virtual fence “cannot meet its original objective of providing a single, integrated border-security technology solution,” Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded in a statement today heralding the program’s termination.
see more on info on Boeing's failures to deliver on promises at the GAO office report
see actual GAO report on Boeing failures and promises
see more info at
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/homeland-security-junks-its-sensor-laden-border-fence/
1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
In his earlier book, 1421: The Year China Discovered America (2002), Menzies, a former British Royal Navy submarine commander, asserted that a mighty Chinese fleet commanded by the eunuch Zheng visited North America. The book generated considerable interest and a cult following among laymen, but professional historians in both China and the West largely dismissed his claims. Now Menzies, still the provocateur, insists that a Chinese fleet visited Italy and imparted the wisdom of the highly advanced Chinese civilization, thus sparking the explosion of scientific inquiry and creativity during the Renaissance. As scholarly history, this work is weak. Menzies takes fragmentary evidence and blows it up into “without a doubt” conclusions. Still, as a combination of nautical tall tale and historical speculation, this is a fun book. Menzies knows how to spin a yarn and does so in the manner of a good detective story. This isn’t serious history, but many will find it an enjoyable read. --Jay Freeman
1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance (P.S.)
In his earlier book, 1421: The Year China Discovered America (2002), Menzies, a former British Royal Navy submarine commander, asserted that a mighty Chinese fleet commanded by the eunuch Zheng visited North America. The book generated considerable interest and a cult following among laymen, but professional historians in both China and the West largely dismissed his claims. Now Menzies, still the provocateur, insists that a Chinese fleet visited Italy and imparted the wisdom of the highly advanced Chinese civilization, thus sparking the explosion of scientific inquiry and creativity during the Renaissance. As scholarly history, this work is weak. Menzies takes fragmentary evidence and blows it up into “without a doubt” conclusions. Still, as a combination of nautical tall tale and historical speculation, this is a fun book. Menzies knows how to spin a yarn and does so in the manner of a good detective story. This isn’t serious history, but many will find it an enjoyable read. --Jay Freeman
1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance (P.S.)
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Animals Spirits: required reading for Obama staffers ?
Animals Spirits: required reading for Obama staffers ?
click to order this book: Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (New in Paper)
Atlas Shrugged
I have seen this book on Stossel and Glenn Beck show. They both speak very highly of this book, still a best seller after decades,
At last, Ayn Rand's masterpiece is available to her millions of loyal readers in trade paperback.
With this acclaimed work and its immortal query, "Who is John Galt?", Ayn Rand found the perfect artistic form to express her vision of existence. Atlas Shrugged made Rand not only one of the most popular novelists of the century, but one of its most influential thinkers.
Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder--and rebirth--of man's spirit.
* Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club
Atlas Shrugged click to order this book
At last, Ayn Rand's masterpiece is available to her millions of loyal readers in trade paperback.
With this acclaimed work and its immortal query, "Who is John Galt?", Ayn Rand found the perfect artistic form to express her vision of existence. Atlas Shrugged made Rand not only one of the most popular novelists of the century, but one of its most influential thinkers.
Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder--and rebirth--of man's spirit.
* Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club
Atlas Shrugged click to order this book
The "You Cut " program: cast your vote on government spending
The "You Cut " program: cast your vote on government spending.
Express you opinion /thoughts and suggest here.
http://majorityleader.gov/YouCut/
Express you opinion /thoughts and suggest here.
http://majorityleader.gov/YouCut/
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
in honor of Rep Gabrielle Giffords: continue her 5% reduction for Congress every year.
in honor of Rep Gabrielle Giffords: continue her 5% reduction for Congress every year.
On Thursday , the day the U.S. Constitution was read in Congress, Giffords read the First Amendment.
On Friday, Giffords introduced legislation to provide for a 5 percent reduction in pay for members of Congress.
in honor of Rep Gabrielle Giffords: can we continue her 5% reduction for Congress every year on.
Every year a 5 % reduction in congress and their staff. Can we get the Senate to go along this downsizing government.
This may reduce the legislation /staff that sit around trying to fix something.
On Thursday , the day the U.S. Constitution was read in Congress, Giffords read the First Amendment.
On Friday, Giffords introduced legislation to provide for a 5 percent reduction in pay for members of Congress.
in honor of Rep Gabrielle Giffords: can we continue her 5% reduction for Congress every year on.
Every year a 5 % reduction in congress and their staff. Can we get the Senate to go along this downsizing government.
This may reduce the legislation /staff that sit around trying to fix something.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
bulletproof phone booths for any politicians ?
bulletproof phone booths for any politicians ?
an interesting solution to the paranoia ?
1 whacko in a population of over 320 millions people.
How can you ever protect everyone from 1 nut ?
an interesting solution to the paranoia ?
1 whacko in a population of over 320 millions people.
How can you ever protect everyone from 1 nut ?
Students First
Led by Michelle Rhee, the former Chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, StudentsFirst formed in 2010 in response to an increasing demand for a better education system in America. Our grassroots movement is designed to mobilize parents, teachers, students, administrators, and citizens throughout country, and to channel their energy to produce meaningful results on both the local and national level. United For Children Advocacy is doing business as "StudentsFirst: a movement to transform public education" and is a 501(c)4 organization based in Washington, D.C.
If you have any questions about our organization, our mission, or if you are a member of the media and would like to speak with our public relations representative, feel free to contact us.
see their offical site ..................
http://www.studentsfirst.org/
If you have any questions about our organization, our mission, or if you are a member of the media and would like to speak with our public relations representative, feel free to contact us.
see their offical site ..................
http://www.studentsfirst.org/
Monday, January 10, 2011
why the left is crying political foul in Tucson Arizona shooting ?
why the left is crying political foul in Tucson shooting
It seems the left and the left winged media is crying crying foul in
the bizarre shooting in Tucson. This Jared Lee Loughner character was a registered independent, only voted once in 2008, did not vote at all in 2010. To claim he was a politically motivated shooter doesn't fit his profile.
On Monday the press discovered a tent in the backyard with a little altar with marijuana under a skull, where was his parents ? I think any parent would have talked to their kid or seek some professional help.
He was kicked out of the Pima Community College, a junior college in Tucson, and asked to return only with a medical note regarding his mental wellness. Should someone picked up the ball here? His family/ school management?
It seems the left is whining after losing the election big in November and are still looking for someone to blame. This smells like a "never let a crisis go to waste" moment for the lefties.
In my opinion this was just a apolitical nut, in a population of over 320 million, who stepped over the line, like the Virginia Tech shooter, Columbine shooter.
It seems the left and the left winged media is crying crying foul in
the bizarre shooting in Tucson. This Jared Lee Loughner character was a registered independent, only voted once in 2008, did not vote at all in 2010. To claim he was a politically motivated shooter doesn't fit his profile.
On Monday the press discovered a tent in the backyard with a little altar with marijuana under a skull, where was his parents ? I think any parent would have talked to their kid or seek some professional help.
He was kicked out of the Pima Community College, a junior college in Tucson, and asked to return only with a medical note regarding his mental wellness. Should someone picked up the ball here? His family/ school management?
It seems the left is whining after losing the election big in November and are still looking for someone to blame. This smells like a "never let a crisis go to waste" moment for the lefties.
In my opinion this was just a apolitical nut, in a population of over 320 million, who stepped over the line, like the Virginia Tech shooter, Columbine shooter.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
did that Arizona shooter vote? was party was he in ?
did that Arizona shooter vote? was party was he in ?
info on American Renaissance
info on American Renaissance
see for yourself/make your own judgements.
link to the American Renaissance
web site
see for yourself/make your own judgements.
link to the American Renaissance
web site
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