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World’s richest man

By Mike Luckovich | Friday, March 7, 2008, 08:53 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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By AJC Management

March 10, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this

{{{{It might have seemed timely that in New York an array of leading climatologists and other experts should have gathered for the most high-powered international conference yet to question the “consensus” on global warming. After three days of what the chairman called “the kind of free-spirited debate that is virtually absent from the global warming alarmist camp”, the 500 delegates issued the Manhattan Declaration, stating that attempts by governments to reduce CO2 emissions would “markedly diminish further prosperity” while having “no appreciable impact” on the Earth’s warming.}}}}

But the alarmists plod on towards the cliff:

{{{{In February, the San Jose Mercury News reported on how the Valley Transportation Authority found that the VTA’s three zero-emission buses (ZEBs) cost $51.66 per mile to fuel, maintain and operate — compared to $1.61 per mile for a diesel bus.}}}}

{{{{No worries. The California Air Resources Board wants to expand ZEBs. CARB regulations mandate that by 2012, 15 percent of buses purchased by larger transit agencies will be ZEBs.}}}}

~~~~~

{{{{On Friday March 7th the Bureau of Labour Statistics announced that the economy lost 63,000 non-farm jobs in February, following a smaller decline in employment in January. Even with all the bearish talk recently, these results were unexpectedly bad; forecasters had projected a small increase, not the largest drop in five years. >>>>The unemployment rate edged down from 4.9% to 4.8%,<<<< but only because there were fewer unemployed people actively searching for work.}}}}

Remember the Baby Boomers and their impending retirements?

Well, it has begun.

How else can you explain the unemployment rate dropping a full tenth of a percent? That’s pretty close to 200,000 less people in the workforce.

Doing the math, it means 63,000 of those positions lost to retirement were not replaced but 137,000 were.

That’s not bad.

A modest downsizing at just the right time.

Now take a second look at how the drive by media is playing this story.

By AJC Management

March 10, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this

Duh beginning of The End:

{{{{HH: You know, Hitchens was on yesterday. He couldn’t wait to bring up Nadhmi Auchi, the Iraqi who lives in London. And he spelled the name out for my audience. He said more to come. And it’s the sort of thing that Hitchens doesn’t do without warrant, and it seems to me that this is going to be, well, a long-running story in the six weeks that Obama doesn’t need a long-running story, Mark Steyn.}}}}

{{{{MS: No, I think that’s true. I mean, the Senator’s position is that he has no recollection of meeting this rather sinister Iraqi, which leads to the obvious question, well, how many sinister Iraqis does the average Illinois state senator meet?}}}}

Duhsn’t look good for Obambi.

{{{{MS: Well, you know, a lot of Republicans voted for Hillary. That shows she has great crossover appeal, too. I’m happy to complicate the Democratic primary process for as long as we can.}}}}

{{{{HH: Now here’s my best argument against it, which is that Democrats are wrong about every matter of policy. They have nominated John Kerry and Al Gore. They traditionally make horrible choices. Don’t in any way interfere with the exercise of their bad judgment in politics.}}}}

Bwa.

By Doofy

March 10, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

Am I first?

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

President Petro

By Dumb

March 10, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

Get a better car with gas mileage, ride a bike, use Marta. This cartoon is dumb. Let’s drill in the U.S., sorry I forgot the Bush haters will not let us drill here, but want to still blame him for high gas prices, morons.

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this

SNL Spoofs Hillary’s 3AM Ad

AND

On the Red Phone

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this

House GOP funk worsens

PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC MIDDLE AGED WHITE GUY!

AND

MSNBC will announce Monday that Tucker Carlson’s TV show is being canceled:

Maybe Rachel will help him out when they give her a show…..

By @@

March 10, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this

Somehow I’m thinking Bill is still the world’s richest man because….

he’s got “drive”.

By Paul

March 10, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

IThN 8:39

Gasp! Your source was a… lobbyist?!!? An evil, degenerate, influence-peddling scum corrupting the legislative process? And cited in the… San Francisco Chronicle? An ultralib newspaper citing expert testimony from… an evil lobbyist?

Are you sure Presswood’s not on Sen McCain’s election committee?

It’s shaping up to be a fun day!

By George

March 10, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

Thanks ITN,

Saw this on politico link that made my day.

Listen up, Republicans! Over? Did you say “over”? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!

We gotta take these bastids! Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out.! I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part! Do we change our party platform just because 28 years of conservative rule has been an abject failure? NO!!!! Should we decry lobbyists, criminality and cronyism just because 37 of us were convicted of horrendous crimes in 2007 alone? NO!!!! Should we discontinue holding up the judiciary process by using cheap tricks just because the American people are threatening to throw us out of office on our heinies? Hellll NO!!!!

Awright, so snap those jockstraps and get back in the game. Win one for the great water-carrier, Rush Limbaugh! And remember . . we may be dead wrong, factsless, unethical, bigotted, delusional, and sadly-mistaken pathetic losers, but we’ve got the CORPORATE MEDIA ON OUR SIDE !!!!!!!!

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

Paul

Are you an enabler in this nations oil addiction?

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

Weak dollar compounds problem of increasing food prices

By Copyleft

March 10, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

How will drilling domestically help get us off the oil addiction?

By Paul

March 10, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

IThN 8:57

By “enabler” do you mean philosophically, personally, or both? I try to be congruent.

If you’ve read my posts before you should know I’ve long advocated increased mpg standards for cars, light trucks, SUVs, minivans, crossovers - all of ‘em. That’s primary as it’s the one area that can realize the quickest and largest impact on petroleum consumption.

I do not say “ban new sourcing of domestic oil.” Nor do I want to outlaw personal transportation and go to entirely mass transit - a bit overstated, but extremists are to be found everywhere. I’ve written that both sides need to compromise.

My opinion - we have two strategic interests in the Middle East - oil and Islamic militarism. One we can mitigate by our own actions - our reliance on oil. The other is a function of another’s ideology and is independent of where we have military forces, companies, etc. So, reducing our reliance on ME oil will allow us to minimize our involvement there, but will not affect the attitude of those who preach militancy.

So I’d have to say I’ve been pretty critical of this nation’s oil addiction. And of administrations going back post-Carter (who reacted only when a crisis landed in his lap). Also of past Congresses. As O’Reilly said to Newt Gingrich a week or so ago on this issue - “the government (of which you were a part) have failed the American people.”

By How sad can you get?

March 10, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

When somebody makes fourteen posts in an hour on a cartoon chat room page, that pretty well defines the bottom of how sad a person can get.

By Copyleft

March 10, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

“When somebody makes fourteen posts in an hour on a cartoon chat room page, that pretty well defines the bottom of how sad a person can get.”

No, we always have AJCMgmt/Dull/Duh/Andy so set the bar lower.

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this

{{{By How sad can you get?

March 10, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

When somebody makes fourteen posts in an hour on a cartoon chat room page, that pretty well defines the bottom of how sad a person can get.}}}

TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT THE SOMEBODY WHO JUST HANGS AROUND TO BE A CRITIC.

THAT IS OF COURSE, UNLESS THAT SOMEBODY POSTS USING MULTIPLE NAMES

WHADDYA THINK?

By N-GA

March 10, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this

I laugh at anyone who believes that US gas prices would be significantly lower if drilling had been allowed in the ANWR. We MIGHT just be seeing some of that oil now. And I suspect the oil companies would have a thousand (and one) reasons why gas prices were so high.

A few examples: 1) Those damn liberals made it so expensive to drill so those itty-bitty elk wouldn’t be hurt. 2) We have plenty of oil, but our refinery capacity is limited. 2) Our corporate taxes are so high that we have to pass them on to the consumer so that our executives can continue to rake in the cash. 4) We have to pay those lobbyists to keep up the good work. 5) We have to keep paying those politicians to keep up the good work. 6) At these prices we make more money by selling the oil to Japan, China, Korea, etc.

There is no lack of excuses. There is no lack of stupidity on the part of the hacks, either.

Where is the comprehensive energy policy? Where is that phone call to “my friends” in Saudi Arabia?

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

ITN, Not directed at me, but I’m an enabler. I drive a Tahoe. Big V8, seating for 7, room for tools, sports equipment, 3 kids, their friends, and their stuff. It works for me and my family. Yes, there are lots of times, such as driving to work, that I drive it all by myself, but I can’t afford a second car, so I have to drive one that meets all of my needs.

The thing I find aggravating about the liberals stance on more efficient cars vs. local oil drilling is the timing. I think all of us would be all for more efficient cars as long as they still meet our needs. A Prius just doesn’t work for my family. The hybrid SUV’s from GM might help, but realistically, how many people can afford a new one and will that number really have any meaningful impact in the next 5-10 years? No. My guess would be the increase in population over that time would offset most of the gains and we would still be in the same spot we are today; having done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to get away from the middle east oil problems. That doesn’t sound like “change” to me. Sounds like head buried in the sand more of the same nonsense.

By Bosch

March 10, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

Paul,

“Nor do I want to outlaw personal transportation and go to entirely mass transit”

I do. I hate driving. Oh, just kidding - I have to have some fun this Monday morning.

I want a monorail system like they have in Disney World - all around the state of Georgia. That wouldn’t cost too much now, would it?

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this

ITN, Not directed at me, but I’m an enabler. I drive a Tahoe. Big V8, seating for 7, room for tools, sports equipment, 3 kids, their friends, and their stuff. It works for me and my family. Yes, there are lots of times, such as driving to work, that I drive it all by myself, but I can’t afford a second car, so I have to drive one that meets all of my needs.

The thing I find aggravating about the liberals stance on more efficient cars vs. local oil drilling is the timing. I think all of us would be all for more efficient cars as long as they still meet our needs. A Prius just doesn’t work for my family. The hybrid SUV’s from GM might help, but realistically, how many people can afford a new one and will that number really have any meaningful impact in the next 5-10 years? No. My guess would be the increase in population over that time would offset most of the gains and we would still be in the same spot we are today; having done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to get away from the middle east oil problems. That doesn’t sound like “change” to me. Sounds like head buried in the sand more of the same nonsense.

By Copyleft

March 10, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

Jimmy Carter tried to tell us, three decades ago, to get over our selfish oil habits and learn to conserve.

America despised him for it… but he was right.

By Paul

March 10, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

N-GA

“Where is the comprehensive energy policy?”

A good question for the candidates.

I saw Barak Obama in Texas. When he got to the part about alternate energy, biodiesel, etc, the audience cheered. When he said “we have to get away from 6mpg vehicles and have another round of mpg increases” the audience got quiet. (More pickups are sold in Texas than in the rest of the country combined. Escalades account for more sales at some premium Cadillac dealerships than all other models combined. Vehicle weight is the primary factor that affects gas consumption).

He smiled and said he got the same reaction when he spoke to Ford and GM executives. He said they didn’t like the message - but it was one reason Honda and Toyota were cleaning their clocks.

It might not have been comprehensive but it was definitely courageous.

By Bosch

March 10, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

N-GA -

See RB’s response @9:42 - there’s another excuse: it just doesn’t fit MY NEEDS. I might actually have to change my lifestyle, and forget that buddy!

By Paul

March 10, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

RB from Gwinnett

A subpoint is: automakers put emphasis on mpg when it’s to their financial benefit. Nothing wrong with that.

But for years domestic automakers emphasized SUVs because of their greater contribution to short-term profitability. Nothing wrong with that, either.

When we first had mpg standards about 35 years ago and Ford introduced their new, small, Pinto - what’d it get - under 20? Pathetic by today’s standards.

But can automakers do better? Sure. So one has a vehicle the size and weight of a Tahoe. Does it “need” the V-8? Ford just had a huge splash about same or more power, much better mileage thru turbocharging. Funny, Saab’s been doing that for years and years and years. Producing 4-cylinder engines with lots of power and good mileage. But the incentive has not been there for US automakers.

You had a darn good point about having one vehicle to do it all, further strengthened by your point you have one vehicle! But if the design specifications are for automakers to produce a vehicle that will carry a family with three kids, tools, pets, etc, I’m confident they can come up with some designs that are less resource-intensive. (just check the interior space of many new crossovers compared to many sedans - and check the mpg difference. Design trumps). And safe. And affordable. They’re pretty clever when they have to be.

IThN

Biggest impact most people can have with what they’ve got - drive the speed limit. Compared with the speed they drive (even in an urban area) they can save 20 percent fuel. That’s, what - 60-70 cents a gallon saved?

By Copyleft

March 10, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

Paul: Nice to hear that Obama has the courage to give Americans the bad news: our lifestyle IS going to have to change.

Let’s hope America has grown up a bit since the selfish seventies.

By Abomi Nation

March 10, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

RB, no comment on the Hasert seat?

Tell us again how the American public disapprove of the Dems in congress.

While you’re at it you haven’t updated us on the stock market lately, hows that going?

Oh, and the real estate billboard, whats it telling you about the real estate market today?

By bon scott

March 10, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

“A modest downsizing at just the right time”??????

Man, that’s a stretch….. even for you, Andy-poo….

This is more like it.

Eat some of this with your Cheerios and Kool-Aid breakfast.

Retiring baby boomers behind job numbers? Take off the rose colored glasses, son. Or at least get a new prescription.

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this

THE COMPLETE GOP MESSAGE RIGHT HERE

By Glenn

March 10, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

C’mon RB, you drive it because it makes you somehow feel like a Big Man and improves your self image of masculinity and if you are in an accident you’ll likely kill the other person(s) because of your size & weight advantage. You’re no different than 90% of the other Little People who badly neeeeed a truck in order to feel worthwhile. Sad but true. Get thee to a shrink.

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

By Bosch 9:49 AM

Nice thoughts Bosch. Please either explain to me how I can get 400sq ft of hardwood flooring, a compressor, nail guns, and a mitre saw in a Prius, or start writing a check to GM for my new hybrid SUV. Pick one, because I don’t see how to make the Prius work and I can’t afford a new vehicle. If you don’t have a better solution for me, then you need to quit whining about what I drive (and millions more). You need to get over the idea that people who drive SUV’s don’t care about the enviroment, their gas mileage, etc. That’s wrong. Most of us care alot, but don’t have a better solution. Whining is not a solution.

Steadily increasing legislation is part of the answer, but that takes time. Knee jerk never works and is always very expensive.

Interesting observation… Gas in Europe has been nearly 4x the price it is here for 20 years. Why haven’t the Euro car makers made any significant progress in high mileage vehicles?

By Paul

March 10, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

IThN 9:54

Probably your best link yet. Source material. I’ve said before: being “right” for the right reasons is different for being right for the wrong reasons.

On this issue, looks like Obama nailed it. And I think he’s much different that the Clintons, Pelosis and Reids who changed their tune when the war’s management went wrong. That has nothing to do with the reasons for their initial support (“Bush lied” was a political calculation).

That’s possibly one reason why Gen McPeak, former Chief of Staff, US Air Force, is one of Obama’s cochairs. And why more and more polls show Obama to be a stronger candidate than Hillary against McCain.

By Truthman

March 10, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

Even Southern Baptist Convention have evolved enough to now believe that Global Warming is real:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/10/baptist.climate/index.html

OK, nut-case neo-conmen and women. What’s your lame defense now?

GLOBAL WARMING IS MAN’S FAULT. YOU’RE ‘STUCK ON STUPID’ IF YOU BELIIEVE OTHERWISE!!!!!

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

Thanks for reading it Paul.

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

By Abomi Nation 10:07 AM |

Do you ever have anything useful to say? Every one of your posts is nothing more than Bush bashing, the sky is falling, the world is ending, pathetic whining. Again, you are your own worst enemy. If you have that little joy in your life, look in the mirror and do something about it. If you’re honest, your life sucked just as bad during the Clinton years as it does now, didn’t it? It’s not Bush making your life a living hell, it’s your loser attitude. Try the mirror.

By Paul

March 10, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

RB from Gwinnett

About half the cars sold in Europe are diesel. Much, much better mileage. But US was stymied because of environmental concerns. New biodiesel fuels do away with that concern.

Even cars like BMW - Mercedes. Here the larger engines rule. In Europe, not so much.

So the net effect of smaller engines is greater economy on a national scale.

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

By Abomi Nation 10:07 AM |

Do you ever have anything useful to say? Every one of your posts is nothing more than Bush bashing, the sky is falling, the world is ending, pathetic whining. Again, you are your own worst enemy. If you have that little joy in your life, look in the mirror and do something about it. If you’re honest, your life sucked just as bad during the Clinton years as it does now, didn’t it? It’s not Bush making your life a living hell, it’s your loser attitude. Try the mirror.

By AJC Management

March 10, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

{{{{By bon scott March 10, 2008 10:12 AM Retiring baby boomers behind job numbers? Take off the rose colored glasses, son. Or at least get a new prescription.}}}}

Bonnie: Instead of throwing Paul Krugman at me perhaps you’d like to take a stab at explaining how the unemployment rate went down a tenth of a percent?

If 63,000 people were laid off and the number of people in the workforce stayed the same, then the unemployment rate would have to go up. But it didn’t.

This is pretty simple to understand.

A lot of people left the workforce last quarter.

Did they all die?

Were they all murdered by returning Iraqi veterans?

Maybe Paul Krugman can give us a synopsis instead of his usual crying jag?

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Let’s see….

AJC MGMT vs. Paul Krugman

No contest!

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

TO: Representative Steve King 1609 Longworth House Office Building 1609 LHOB Washington, D.C., District of Columbia 20515-1505

Sir:

Re your remarks of Friday, March 7th, that should Barack Obama be elected president, the “terrorists would be dancing in the streets”.

I hate to be the one to break it to you, sir, but the terrorists won’t be dancing over anyone’s election to the US presidency, due to the fact that after the seven-plus years of the Bush administration, they are simply all danced out.

Although we cannot ever know for sure, their first celebration was most likely in the months leading up to September 11, 2001. Surely there was much merriment over the fact that the insistence of people like Richard Clarke that the new administration should be taking past intelligence, along with increased chatter, seriously and act accordingly, his admonitions were falling on decidedly deaf ears. And then there was the August 6th memo, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the US”. As Mr. Bush and his cohorts chose to ignore that warning, the dancing in the streets must have been truly phenomenal.

By Truthman

March 10, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

Here’s the Clinton years, RB!

Gas: $1.25/gal

Oil: $35/bbl

Stock market: Greatest rise in history.

Budget deficit: None!

Budget Surplus: $87 billion!

Wars: Zero!

Terrorist attacks during administration: One.

Result: All conspirators are now in jail or dead!

Bush Years:

Gas: $3.20 and rising!

Oil: $105 and rising! Highest price in history even after adjusting for inflation

Budget Deficit: Nearly a Trillion dollars - that’s $1,000,000,000,000

Budget Surplus: Yeah, right!!

Wars: Two and counting!

Terrorist attacks: One

Result: bin Laden still at large, but we have killed nearly a million Iraqi and Afghans!!

Yep, that Bush is a real man!!!

By Soothsayer

March 10, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

Buy this substance, put it in your car, explode it. REPEAT.

What if your car RECHARGED ITSELF in the parking lot at work?

What if you had your very own ENERGY PLANT in your own backyard? What if that energy plant used only the rays of the SUN to create energy? What if you SOLD your excess energy? What if you didn’t have BUY ANY ENERGY?

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!!!!!

The sun is always shining somewhere.

By Copyleft

March 10, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

I wonder how many in Obama’s truck-driving audience had flags and yellow ribbons on those trucks, and would call themselves “proud supporters of the war on terror”?

Until they’re asked to make some sort of Personal Sacrifice, that is. Then their true colors show… and they sure aren’t red, white, and blue.

“The smaller they are, the bigger the car.”

By Bosch

March 10, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

RB,

I, like Paul, commend you for having one car, but it’s still an excuse. I wish more people would work schedules around so they would only have one car.

My point earlier was not so much directed at you, but it’s an excuse I’ve seen before: why should I have to change my lifestyle? The auto manufacturers all want us to believe that our lives would somehow be diminished if we had to give up our SUVS.

Do you carry around 400 square feet of hardwood, a nail gun, compressors, and other equipment around on a daily basis?

If you drive a car, you are an enabler of the oil companies, which, I’m assuming we are all guilty of, plain and simple. Personally,I would like to see more public funds be spend on better public transportation - like the monorails I mentioned earlier - kind of a joke, but not.

The point about European car makers? One of the reasons is that Europeans don’t have cars like we do. They have public transporation - they have smaller communities and live near their jobs - their countries are geographically smaller - their roads are smaller, many SUVs couldn’t get to their final destination - they’d get freaking stuck! They don’t spend tax money on roads like we do - they spend it on public transportation. Their governments have made it damn near impossible for many people to own a car due to regulations, taxes, etc. forcing many people to walk (gasp!) ride bikes, etc.

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

NSA quietly expands domestic spying program, even as Congress balks

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

If I Were A Terrorist!

By Rick

March 10, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

AJC/homoDuh, the homo-hater is really unglued. Waited at his screen again all weekend to be usual first poster. Now that’s a power trip, eh?? Why the name change, HomoDuh?? From how many things are you trying to escape? Why? Yeah, if I were you I’d wanta escape too. Pitiful.

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

By Truthman 10:40 AM

Waaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah.

{{{Terrorist attacks during administration: One.}}} USS Cole, WTC’93, Barracks, 2 embassey’s, ….. You’re dishonest, TM.

You live in a sheltered world with tunnel vision. I’m not a big fan of some of what Bush as done either, but you give him waaaay too much credit for much of what you listed. Clinton too.

By Truthman

March 10, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

U.S.S. Cole was a military operation, not a terrorist attack. Embassies not on N. American Contintent

P.S. It’s “Embassy”

You’re just another Clinton hater!

Go Barack! Pls bring us back to respectability in the world!

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

By Rick 10:59 AM

Isn’t the term “homo” a bit offensive in the derogatory manner you’re using it? You’re obviously saying that being homosexual is a despicable thing since your using that label to bash someone. A bit hypocritical from a liberal don’t you think? Typical.

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

By Rick 10:59 AM

Isn’t the term “homo” a bit offensive in the derogatory manner you’re using it? You’re obviously saying that being homosexual is a despicable thing since your using that label to bash someone. A bit hypocritical from a liberal don’t you think? Typical.

By celia

March 10, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this

i’m a single mother with 3 school age children. i work two jobs not because i have to but to pay my college tuition. i cannot afford a new car. my future and that of my children is more important than a car that meets environmental standards.

these are the facts.

By N-GA

March 10, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

Having one vehicle really doesn’t matter. What matters is how efficient it is and how many miles it is driven. If someone has 3 vehicles, yet he/she drives the same # of miles as if they had one vehicle, then where is the problem? This is particularly true when you’re talking about “specialty” vehicles. For example, did you use your Vespa to run errands instead of your Escalade?

Now there may be valid reasons for not being able to afford a new, fuel-efficient vehicle to replace a gas hog. But if we can assume the new vehicle has twice the gas mileage, and that the original vehicle required 1,000 gallons of gas per year, then saving 500 gallons of gas at $3.00 per gallon equals $1,500. That’s more than $100/month for a new car payment. Just an observation!

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No 328

By Truthman

March 10, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

Great letter in today’s AJC:

benefits from ‘Iraqi gains’

If Kevin Ferris had waited a few days to write his column, he might have reconsidered (“Deadline a threat to Iraqi gains,” @issue, March 4). The violence in Iraq is certainly reduced from last year, but the political gains he cites have not lasted the week.

The provincial powers and voting bill was vetoed by the Presidential Council, the de-Baathification statute makes it more difficult for many Sunnis to rejoin the political process, and the budget did not address the hardest issues and has been rejected by the Kurds.

Although the political progress collapsed, the Iraqi leadership did manage to welcome Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a state visit complete with red carpet. President Bush has to sneak in unannounced in the middle of the night at an American base and Ahmadinejad lands at the airport and drives around town after his trip was announced in Iraqi media. After nearly 4,000 dead, 30,000 wounded and a trillion dollars from us, Ahmadinejad rides through Baghdad in victory.

ED DARDEN, Atlanta

Yep, that war with Iraq really helped out Western Civilization, eh RB/@@/Shawny/Dusty/Luck-o-dunce.

Bush/Cheney have made the streets of Baghdad safe…for Iranians!!! Ahmadinejad didn’t need body armor, a kevlar helmet and an up-armored Humvee to travel in Baghdad.

Good job, idiots!!

By Jesus

March 10, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

IMPEACH BUSH NOW!!!

By Truthman

March 10, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Bosch,

Please check out my 10:23 post.

Now, what lies will the unbelievers hide behind!?!

Truth hurts, doesn’t it!!

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

By Truthman 11:08 AM |

Dimwit. An embassy is US soil, regardless of where it is in the world. Just as if it was located in the heart of Tennessee. Please enlighten us all how you can separate an attack on US citizens on US soil in one place from another. Those were not attacks on bricks and sheetrock, fool, they were attacks on the United States.

So, you’re saying we were “militarily” attacked by the troops of another nation?? And we didn’t do anthing about that? That’s rather pathetic, don’t you think?

Clinton hater? I didn’t vote for Clinton, think he’s a slimy POS, but as a president, things weren’t so bad during his term. I don’t hate him. Don’t trust him for 1 second either. Would you let your wife/daughter meet with him in private? Me neither.

By Bosch

March 10, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this

Truthman,

Oops! Sorry, didn’t mean to repeat.

I guess since the Rapture is taking so damn, freaking long…….

By Truthman

March 10, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

RB, yes I know embassies are “sovereign territory,” but I believe it was mostly Kenyans and Tanzanians working at our embassies who were killed. Something like 200-300 vs. 12 Americans.

And yes, I would trust Bill Clinton with my daughter.

Would you trust Bush with your son or daughter getting ready to deploy to Iraq? Me neither!!

By Truthman

March 10, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

Bosch,

RDRR (say it fast)!!

Funny person!!!

Isn’t RB just the funniest!?!

By Bosch

March 10, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

RB,

Now what is pathetic is to assume that anytime Bill Clinton is alone with a woman or small female child that he would somehow bring harm to them.

Do you seriously believe that?

By AJC/Duh-the-magic-homo

March 10, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

5 more GIs just blown to pieces in safe downtown Baghdaddy. We continue our winning ways. God bless Bush and God bless Merka!

By Bob

March 10, 2008 12:17 PM | Link to this

RB (11:54) Doesn’t speak very well of your wife/daughter, now does it??

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

Rove: ‘I Fully Expect To Be Indicted By The End Of The Year’

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

FROM FIREDOGLAKE

Iraqis search for signs of change in U.S. election Monday March 10, 2008 9:16 am Source: Reuters Author: Aseel Kami Published: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL106445620080310

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis are avidly watching the 2008 U.S. election race, searching for signs of policy change under a new president and prospects for U.S. troop withdrawals from their country.

“I do not care if the president is a man or a woman, what really matters is the change of American policy towards Iraq,” said Muhenad Sahib, a university professor from the southern oil hub of Basra, Iraq’s second largest city.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, rivals for the Democratic nomination, have squared off over Iraq. Clinton voted to authorize the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein but has since urged Congress to revoke approval. Obama opposed the war from the outset.

Both have vowed to start bringing troops home in 2009 if elected, while Republican candidate John McCain has supported President George W. Bush’s 30,000-strong troop build-up which has been partially credited for sharply falling levels of violence across Iraq.

Athil al-Nujaifi, a member of a secular, multi-ethnic political bloc in the volatile northern city of Mosul, said a Democrat victory would offer the United States “a new future”.

“The current situation in Iraq is tied to President Bush and his inability to admit his mistake in occupying Iraq and his inability to avoid the mistakes the neo-conservatives committed,” Nujaifi said.

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

Iraqi Americans Give Their Two Cents on the War [VIDEO]

By Bosch

March 10, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

Drugs coming from my tap water? Talk about skipping a step.

By Robin Collins

March 10, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

I am so mad! Jimmy Buffett tickets went on sale this morning and I didn’t get any. I and two others tried for 6 tickets but none of us got any. They were sold out in a very few minutes.

The reason that I am mad is that ticket brokers, who are allowed to buy tickets in a pre-sale, got all the good seats and are now reselling them for a hefty profit. $36 Lawn tickets were on sale YESTERDAY for $75 to $150. Today I see reserved seat tickets, not even on the front row, for up to $4,719.00 EACH. That doesn’t mean someone will buy them for that price but the ticket broker will get at least half that for sure.

Its just not fair that rich people get to sit back and have ticket brokers get them the best tickets and don’t have to scramble like we do. This is just not fair. There should be something in America that the rich and poor get equal access to. At the very LEAST this should be concert tickets. This system of legally allowing ticket brokers to buy tickets and resell tickets is unfair and should be made illegal under equal rights legislation.

Ticket brokering is defended by economic principles of ‘supply and demand’ and ‘fair market value’. According to Wikipedia, “A fair market value is often an estimate of what a willing buyer would pay to a willing seller, both in a free market, for an asset or any piece of property. If such a transaction actually occurs, then the actual transaction price is usually the fair market value. Note that the opinion of people that are not interested in buying or selling an asset has little meaning, because they are not active in the market.” (That would be poor and middle class people who are not able to pay broker prices and are not active in that market.)

These legal ticket brokers are nothing more than scalpers! No ticket to an event should be allowed to be resold for a profit. When I do buy a ticket, I pay a handling charge to the organizer; that fee should include insurance that I have bought a ticket at a fair price. Resellers should not be able to make a profit. All Americans should have equal rights to concert tickets!

By Bosch

March 10, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Robin,

Settle down. I really don’t think you meant to post here?

Jimmy Buffet sucks. His concerts are creepy - a bunch of old drunk hippies and fat women screaming something about getting drunk and screwing and eating cheeseburgers (while doing all three I might add at the concert) Believe me, you are better off not going - one of the worst concerts I’ve ever been to. I was totally freaked out the whole time.

And, it’s REALLY bad to post personal information on blogs just in case someone has never told you that before.

But you are 100% correct in your ticket broker analysis.

By @@

March 10, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Putin, done in by a microbe?

Cool!

(((A new alternative ——->fuel technology backed by oil supermajor BP<——- would use microscopic organisms to produce methane from carbon dioxide. If the technology proves successful, it could have consequences for countries like Russia, which have large natural gas deposits and thus are massively influential in the current global energy market.)))

(((The new alternative fuel technology would produce methane (also known as natural gas) from carbon dioxide (CO2) using microscopic organisms, or microbes, that eat CO2 and produce methane as waste. The technology is based on advancements in both genomics and microbiology and is being propelled by U.S. geneticist Craig Venter, most noted for his work on sequencing the human genome. Venter claims that in 18 months his research company, Synthetic Genomics, will be able to produce this nontraditional source of natural gas, but only time will tell how cost-effective this new technology will be in comparison to traditionally sourced natural gas.)))

It’s a twofer.

By AJC Management

March 10, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this

{{{{This space is usually devoted to pristine moral reasoning, but, hell, it’s an election year. Let’s get down and dirty. If McCain really wants to have it all—to refurbish his maverick image without having to flip-flop on the panderings that have tarnished it; to galvanize the attention of the press, the nation, and the world; to make a bold play for the center without seriously alienating “the base”—then he can avail himself of a highly interesting option: Condoleezza Rice.}}}}

Bwa.

By IN THE (Hussein) NEWS

March 10, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

Isn’t it time for a little political theater???

{{{I got a message from Waxman in my inbox this morning. He is talking about bringing impeachment charges over the matter of “Executive Privilege” AND (and this is where I fell off my chair). .He is bringing up the possibility of charging former White House Council Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten with

INHERENT CONTEMPT

and sending the House Sergeant at Arms to bring Miers and Bolton in.

(This means he doesn’t NEED the Justice Department to bring them in. He can have them brought in himself!)

This is a change, kids.. and a pretty big one. The House power of Inherent Contempt hasn’t been used since 1934 }}}}}

By Bosch

March 10, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

@@,

Cars ran on microbe farts? I like it!

What kind of microbes?

By Truthman

March 10, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

If you’d gone to a Publix with cash in hand, you could’ve gotten your precious tickets.

By RB from Gwinnett

March 10, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

By Bob 12:17 PM

{{{RB (11:54) Doesn’t speak very well of your wife/daughter, now does it??}}}

Are you really that ignorant of Bill Clinton’s past to post something that stupid? Here’s a clue for you… Jones, Flowers, Broderick, etc. didn’t accuse Billy with having sex with them that they wanted. They all claimed they were effectively RAPED by the man. And yes, I know there is no proof of any of those, but you know the man lied about Monica and it would be foolish to assume he was telling the truth about the others.

By Constitutional scholar

March 10, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

Inherent Contempt of Congress is a doctrine which has only ever been used against MEMBERS of Congress. Waxman is a fool and once again he illusrates this fact by his clumsy attempt to do something for which there is not legal precede