January 6, 2007

THE THINKING SPOT

"Surge" Without Congressional Approval Is Impeachable Offense - Failure to obtain additional authorization from Congress for this substantial enlargement of U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq would constitute an impeachable offense under the terms of the United States Constitution for violating the Constitution's War Powers Clause and Congress's own War Powers Resolution."
http://tinyurl.com/yk49tl

DUMB BUSHISM

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." —speaking underneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003

PONDER THIS

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

WAR

Rattled America Will Find It Can't Spin Itself Out of This One
http://tinyurl.com/ylhuvg

CABINETS, COMMISSIONS, etc

How Rumsfeld made a fortune off of North Korea's nuclear energy project before coming to the Bush administration
http://tinyurl.com/ydjby7

DID YOU KNOW

-Too much of wrong bacterium in gut can have a powerful effect on achieving a correct weight

-General David Petraeus, President Bush's new commander for Iraq, is expected to back a rapid five-brigade expansion,

-GPO Sen.Susan Collins confronts Bush on opening mail without a warrant

-records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public.

-"Jesus Is Cool but Some of His followers Give me the Creeps"

-Pres. Bush warned Iraq troop surge unacceptable to Democratic majority

-The US has spent a million dollars for every dead Iraqi

-Dick Cheney is behind sending extra troops to Iraq to deliver success.

-Attack of the Zombie Computers Is a Growing Threat, Experts Say

-Serve country till you're 55 under the Army’s new recruitment limit.

-Not surprising - Army asks dead to sign up for another hitch

ECONOMY

Banking groups urge Pentagon to narrowly apply law Banking groups urge Pentagon to narrowly apply law - Congress recently passed legislation that imposes a 36- percent cap on annual interest rates and fees that lenders can charge on credit cards and other loans provided to U.S. military personnel. The law, passed last year, was tucked into a Defense Department authorization bill.
http://tinyurl.com/ygbz6w

US PIRG: New Report: Cutting Interest Rates in Half Would Save Working and Middle Class Students Thousands of Dollars in Debt
http://tinyurl.com/snyhf

CONGRESS

New Congress Leery of Bush's Troop Increase and Secrecy
http://tinyurl.com/ym6r3p

ENVIRONMENT

Ethanol's Success Story May Have Downside
http://tinyurl.com/y277pa

Bush Administration agrees to protect polar bears as global warming destroys habitat:
http://tinyurl.com/yd2att

Coal emissions blanket China with pollution:
http://tinyurl.com/yngwue

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Solar industry to soar in 2007 as consumers, cities seek renewable energy solutions:
http://tinyurl.com/yascna

Startup hopes to convert chicken fat into biodiesel:
http://tinyurl.com/yzqwkj

San Francisco startup unveils device able to create a broadband hot spot in your car:
http://tinyurl.com/ylxur5

HEALTH

Omega-3 fatty acids to appear in hundreds of grocery products this year:
http://tinyurl.com/sppqc

Conflicts of interest at the FDA are rampant and largely ignored:
http://tinyurl.com/yx23om

Starbucks to cut trans fats from baked goods in half of U.S. stores:
http://tinyurl.com/ycmzla

Doctors still fail to recognize healing power of foods, nutrition and supplements:
http://tinyurl.com/yzlh2p

Panel votes to extend antidepressant black box warning to children and teens:
http://tinyurl.com/yb4gkx