Thursday, August 21, 2008
Zapped!
WASHINGTON (AP) FDA allows food producers to zap spinach, lettuce with radiation to kill food-poisoning germs.
From Yahoo! News Alert
I think this is great. Why has it took so long? The technology has been there for years if not decades and proven safe. I've heard before it was because of the public's fear of radiation or irradiation. If true (and I don't buy that fully), then why would we accept it now?
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Documents: US strike aided bin Laden-Taliban ties
Below is more proof that the 9/11 attacks were enabled by the Clinton administration. I won't say it's Clinton's fault, but he never helped with the insistence that this should be fought in the courts. That makes no sense, to fight a foreign enemy of our nation with our courts, which would of course have jurisdiction only in our country. Essentially, he wanted to fight bin Laden by proxy, expecting or hoping another country would give him up to us. It didn't work and won't ever work with this kind of enemy. We have to do it ourselves if we want it done and that means militarily.
So, how do you think Obama will approach this? He's already given us the answer. Just like Clinton did. By the way, what's going on with Russia right now is a huge test for Obama. We're watching and seeing what he says about it and contrasting him with McCain. He claims to be like Reagan and Lincoln... we'll see. We know how they responded.
From AP News:
Documents: US strike aided bin Laden-Taliban ties
WASHINGTON - The U.S. cruise missile strike on an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan in 1998 was meant to kill Osama bin Laden. But he apparently left shortly before the missiles struck, and newly declassified U.S. documents suggest the attack cemented an alliance with his Taliban protectors.
The State Department documents released Wednesday provide details of the evolving relationship between Taliban leader Mullah Omar and al- Qaida chief bin Laden over four month in 1998. The period begins Aug. 21, 1998, one day after the missile attack - retaliation for the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on Aug. 7 of that year.
Omar said publicly on Aug. 21 he would continue to protect bin Laden. But the next day, he told a State Department employee in private that he would be open to negotiating bin Laden's presence in Afghanistan, giving U.S. officials faint but ultimately false hope the Taliban might hand him over to Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden had been in Afghanistan since he was expelled from Sudan in May 1996.
Those talks took place sporadically over the next few months in 1998, according to documents obtained by the National Security Archive at George Washington University through a Freedom of Information Act request.
In the interim, however, bin Laden had traveled south in Afghanistan to Kandahar. There, he would be close to Omar, who wanted to "keep a watch on him," said a secret cable sent from Islamabad, the capital of neighboring Pakistan, to U.S. diplomatic and military posts on Sept. 9, 1998.
By the end of that October, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad was concerned the tables had turned and Omar was falling under bin Laden's political and philosophical sway. The U.S. once had believed the Taliban's ambitions were confined to turning Afghanistan into a Sunni Muslim theocracy. Now, however, there were signs that Omar's association with bin Laden was driving him toward a greater goal - pan- Islamism, the unification of all Muslims under a single Islamic state.
"I believe that bin Laden has been able to get into the good graces of Omar - who is very poorly educated and unsure of foreign affairs - and to influence him in his way of thinking," according to a cable from Oct. 22. "The potential ramifications of a Mullah Omar who is drifting toward pan-Islamism are grim. First and foremost, it could mean that the Taliban would under no condition expel bin Laden because they see his cause as theirs."
The rest of the documents detail months of unsuccessful U.S. attempts to persuade the Taliban to expel bin Laden.
"Time for a diplomatic solution may be running out. Taliban brush-off of our indictment and other evidence may indicate movement from tolerance" of bin Laden's presence "to more active support," said a Nov. 28 memo for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Bin Laden remained in Afghanistan until after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when he apparently was driven out by the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. He is believed to be hiding in western Pakistan's ungoverned border area.
After the bombings of the two American embassies, the U.S. launched 62 Tomahawk cruise missiles at two al-Qaida training camps in Afghanistan. It was believed bin Laden was at one of them meeting with several of his top men, but left shortly before the missiles struck.
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By PAMELA HESS Associated Press Writer
So, how do you think Obama will approach this? He's already given us the answer. Just like Clinton did. By the way, what's going on with Russia right now is a huge test for Obama. We're watching and seeing what he says about it and contrasting him with McCain. He claims to be like Reagan and Lincoln... we'll see. We know how they responded.
From AP News:
Documents: US strike aided bin Laden-Taliban ties
WASHINGTON - The U.S. cruise missile strike on an al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan in 1998 was meant to kill Osama bin Laden. But he apparently left shortly before the missiles struck, and newly declassified U.S. documents suggest the attack cemented an alliance with his Taliban protectors.
The State Department documents released Wednesday provide details of the evolving relationship between Taliban leader Mullah Omar and al- Qaida chief bin Laden over four month in 1998. The period begins Aug. 21, 1998, one day after the missile attack - retaliation for the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on Aug. 7 of that year.
Omar said publicly on Aug. 21 he would continue to protect bin Laden. But the next day, he told a State Department employee in private that he would be open to negotiating bin Laden's presence in Afghanistan, giving U.S. officials faint but ultimately false hope the Taliban might hand him over to Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden had been in Afghanistan since he was expelled from Sudan in May 1996.
Those talks took place sporadically over the next few months in 1998, according to documents obtained by the National Security Archive at George Washington University through a Freedom of Information Act request.
In the interim, however, bin Laden had traveled south in Afghanistan to Kandahar. There, he would be close to Omar, who wanted to "keep a watch on him," said a secret cable sent from Islamabad, the capital of neighboring Pakistan, to U.S. diplomatic and military posts on Sept. 9, 1998.
By the end of that October, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad was concerned the tables had turned and Omar was falling under bin Laden's political and philosophical sway. The U.S. once had believed the Taliban's ambitions were confined to turning Afghanistan into a Sunni Muslim theocracy. Now, however, there were signs that Omar's association with bin Laden was driving him toward a greater goal - pan- Islamism, the unification of all Muslims under a single Islamic state.
"I believe that bin Laden has been able to get into the good graces of Omar - who is very poorly educated and unsure of foreign affairs - and to influence him in his way of thinking," according to a cable from Oct. 22. "The potential ramifications of a Mullah Omar who is drifting toward pan-Islamism are grim. First and foremost, it could mean that the Taliban would under no condition expel bin Laden because they see his cause as theirs."
The rest of the documents detail months of unsuccessful U.S. attempts to persuade the Taliban to expel bin Laden.
"Time for a diplomatic solution may be running out. Taliban brush-off of our indictment and other evidence may indicate movement from tolerance" of bin Laden's presence "to more active support," said a Nov. 28 memo for then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Bin Laden remained in Afghanistan until after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when he apparently was driven out by the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. He is believed to be hiding in western Pakistan's ungoverned border area.
After the bombings of the two American embassies, the U.S. launched 62 Tomahawk cruise missiles at two al-Qaida training camps in Afghanistan. It was believed bin Laden was at one of them meeting with several of his top men, but left shortly before the missiles struck.
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By PAMELA HESS Associated Press Writer
Friday, August 15, 2008
Georgia president signs cease-fire with Russia - Yahoo! News
Georgia president signs cease-fire with Russia - Yahoo! News: "TBILISI, Georgia - A reluctant Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Friday he signed a cease-fire agreement with Russia and declared in the presence of the chief U.S. diplomat that the West behaved in ways that invited the invasion."
This is a really big deal. The Russian attempt to annihilate Georgia will affect relations with them for years to come. Although we can't respond militarily to Russia (who I believe Putin wants to revive as the New Soviet Union), we can respond economically, and we will. Well, at least until we get a wishy washy leftist as president.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
11 charged in connection with credit card fraud - Yahoo! News
11 charged in connection with credit card fraud - Yahoo! News: "The indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Boston alleges that the people charged hacked into the wireless computer networks of retailers including TJX Cos, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21 and DSW."
If you've done business with any of these companies, you might want to think about changing your credit card numbers. Even if you haven't been scammed, doesn't mean your number hasn't been stolen. Most of the time they sit on these for a long time.
Friday, August 01, 2008
Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices - Yahoo! News
Lawmakers head home after impasse on gas prices - Yahoo! News: "Democrats believe they can weather the criticism since voters are hardly sympathetic to the big oil companies pressing to lift the drilling restrictions. They perform better than Republicans in opinion polls on energy — despite the shift in opinions favoring offshore drilling — as well as on most other issues."
It shouldn't be so. The media pounds and pounds that Democrats do better on the economy than Republicans in polls. But everything they do and have done causes the economy to go into the tank. They raise taxes, which pulls money out of the economy, and inefficiently spend it and much more, causing inflation. The solution for getting us out of this slow-down is for government to just get out of our way and let us do our work.
Obama proposes $1,000 emergency rebate checks - Yahoo! News
Obama proposes $1,000 emergency rebate checks - Yahoo! News: "ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday pushed for a windfall profits tax to fund $1,000 emergency rebate checks for consumers besieged by high energy costs, a counter to Republican rival John McCain's call for more offshore drilling in coastal states like Florida."
Brilliant! I'd go for this is they'd promise to reduce government spending by $10,000/person. Here's an idea, instead of spending money to give us these rebates, just CUT TAXES!
If this happened, then over 50% of Americans not only will have paid zero taxes, they would be getting more from the government than they have paid in.
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