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"Stephen Trapani" wrote in message
... You must have lost track of what we were talking about because you are now supporting my position. Funny. Past presidents and the like can easily do very well income-wise speaking, writing books and a variety of legal ways, just like Clinton has done, and so they have no reason at all to do huge favors for anyone while they are in office. Your contention was that politicians will not seek profit for their friends while in office, and now you're claiming that they don't because they'll make money after they leave office. In addition, you said that former Presidents and VP are somehow accountable, and that their finances are "tracked" with some requirement to do that. Both statements are patently absurd. You claimed that Clinton came into office well off. I provided a link that disproved this. I also provided a link that shows that Cheney was wealthy and will likely be more so after he leaves office, all the while enriching his oil buddies. You claimed that this will be closely monitored, which is also absurd. Politicians have and will continue to break laws to enrich their friends. Bush and Cheney are prime examples. When asked by Martha Raddatz of ABC his reaction to 70% of the people disagreeing with the reason and prosecution of the Iraqi war, Cheney's response was, and I quote, "So?" Cheney would and has sacrificed what is good for the US in the name of big oil and flawed ideology. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
Right-wingnut Kook claims ((was Kook claims)was Beneteau Makes Racing Boats?))
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:44:58 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote: Much like some western Euro countries, we should be moving much more aggressively in the direction of alternative energy. Iowa has had one oil well that produced 69 barrels, so they looked elsewhere for energy. We came up with wind. The state of Iowa manufactures windmills, and gets 5% of its electricity from them. The rest of the world is agressively pursuing nuclear. We should be. Turn all those surplus weapons into power, for openers. Alcohol is a cruel hoax. Turning food into fuel is insane. The poorest people will starve Casady |
Right-wingnut Kook claims ((was Kook claims)was Beneteau Makes Racing Boats?))
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... On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:44:04 GMT, (Richard Casady) wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:44:58 -0700, "Capt. JG" wrote: Much like some western Euro countries, we should be moving much more aggressively in the direction of alternative energy. Iowa has had one oil well that produced 69 barrels, so they looked elsewhere for energy. We came up with wind. The state of Iowa manufactures windmills, and gets 5% of its electricity from them. The rest of the world is agressively pursuing nuclear. We should be. Turn all those surplus weapons into power, for openers. Alcohol is a cruel hoax. Turning food into fuel is insane. The poorest people will starve Yeah, but the more that starve, the fewer will be consuming energy. Over population is the root of the entire problem, and any other "solution" is merely a stop-gap temporary bandaid. I'm not saying that we should let people starve, but I am saying we need to stop reproducing at greater than the mortality rate. We are past the point where "zero population growth" is enough. We need to work the numbers back down. I would even halt all funding for further research into ways to extend life. It's counterproductive to overall survival. The right-wingnut administration promotes abstinence only programs, which have been shown not to work. And, even the laudable efforts of the Bush administration to provide HIV meds is tainted and diminished by the requirement of requiring that these programs be the only ones used... Even when a country wants to use it's own money for condom distribution, it can't or risk losing funding for medication. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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