January 15, 2007

THE THINKING SPOT
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"All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it." - Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French historian - Source: Democracy in America, 1835
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No matter how much you sacrifice, no matter how much you shackle your children to their share of the burden, this government can never get out of debt. The interest alone now exceeds all the personal income taxes paid by every American...... Americans have two and only two choices. Either we allow ourselves to get dragged down, or we stop throwing good money after bad and let the US Government collapse with its bad debts.

ALERT

Cliff Ahead! Stomp on the Gas! War costs are hitting historic proportions - Okay, Bush lost the advantage in Afghanistan, so now he goes down in Iraq by going into Iran? Remember, it is his promises of "freedom" and democracy in the Middle East and throughout the world!!!!

DUMB BUSHISM
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="It's not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true." ---Henry Kissinger
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"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001

PONDER THIS

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

THE WHITE HOUSE
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We Americans have no commission from God to police the world: Benjamin Harrison, address to Congress, 1888
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"Bush is Charles Keating, using other people's money to keep Lincoln Savings going long after it should have been shut down - and squandering the life savings of thousands of investors, not to mention billions in taxpayer dollars, along the way." (Paul Klugman)

Cheney Defends Efforts to Obtain Financial Records - (but how is the Pentagon was using its authority?)
http://tinyurl.com/y6gckt

DID YOU KNOW

-60 Minutes: CIA Official Reveals Bush, Cheney, Rice Were Personally Told Iraq Had No WMD in Fall 2002

-Reuters: Al Gore Won't Run For President

-U.S. GIs fighting in Philippines against guerrillas linked to al-Qaida

-Zogby Poll: Nation Now Needs a New Reagan or FDR
U.S. in national crisis, majority tell Pollster Zogby

-WHAT A PAUSE Mitch McConnell serves up when Wolf Blitzer asks him why he believes President Bush's troop escalation plan will succeed.

-'08 Hopefuls Biden And Dodd: Time For South Carolina To Take Down The Confederate Flag

-Doctors Planning First Womb Transplant In The United States

-More US women husband-free than ever

-Michigan court says 'anyone involved in extramarital fling' can be prosecuted.

LEGAL ITEMS
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"Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.": Marcus Tullius Cicero - (106-43 B.C.) Roman Statesman, Philosopher and Orator
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New Law Could Subject Civilians to Military Trial - Private contractors and other civilians serving with US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan could be subject for the first time to military courts-martial under a new federal provision that legal scholars say is almost certain to spark constitutional challenges.
http://tinyurl.com/yy3j2q

Many in the hot seat at Libby trial
http://tinyurl.com/y36yho

ELECTION ITEMS

Colorado Senate seat opens up in 2008 as Republican Wayne Allard won't run for third term
http://tinyurl.com/yccq8p

ECONOMY
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As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends. Liberty in the wild and freakish hands of fanatics has once more, as frequently in the past, proved the effective helpmate of autocracy and the twin-brother of tyranny: Otto Hermann Kahn - Speech at the University of Wisconsin
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Want to double your taxes? U.S. comptroller says taxes would have to double to pay for Bush budget in 2040
http://tinyurl.com/ydtz5z

Euro displaces dollar in bond markets - The euro has displaced the US dollar as the world’s pre-eminent currency in international bond markets, having outstripped the dollar denominated market for the second year in a row

Housing Crash Continues, Bubble Pops
http://tinyurl.com/444qj

ENVIRONMENT

2006 hottest year on record for U.S., climate experts say:
http://tinyurl.com/y27vpz

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Media giants want to criminalize personal copying of movie DVDs to portable electronic devices:
http://tinyurl.com/y5mxuq

MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

Mainstream media criticizes Wikipedia because it represents a decentralization of their information monopoly:
http://tinyurl.com/ug49p

HEALTH

Genetically Altered Cells Could Fight Skin Infection
http://tinyurl.com/y5fox7

Milk Counteracts Healthy Benefits of Tea
http://tinyurl.com/y4c8de

Fighting Cancer With Fat
http://tinyurl.com/yxnthe

Rush University Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center - using one's own adult stem cells for reversing heart damage and for healing chronic skin problems
http://tinyurl.com/yjmhxp

Study finds that daily dose of probiotic helps improve infantile colic symptoms:
http://tinyurl.com/vfvhm

Calif. governor proposes universal health plan:
http://tinyurl.com/sk45r

Kraft Foods faces suit over "all natural" claim on Capri Sun drink:
http://tinyurl.com/yxyxzw

"Muscle Logic" book introduces revolutionary strength training concepts for building lean body mass:
http://tinyurl.com/yybpth