The Associated Press put together several quotes from astronauts who have travelled into space to orbit our planet about what our fragile, blue orb means to them. I thought this quote from Jim Lovell was especially poignant and wanted to share it with all of you:
"It's hard to appreciate the Earth when you're down right upon it because it's so huge.
"It gives you in an instant, just at a position 240,000 miles away from it, (an idea of) how insignificant we are, how fragile we are, and how fortunate we are to have a body that will allow us to enjoy the sky and the trees and the water … It's something that many people take for granted when they're born and they grow up within the environment. But they don't realize what they have. And I didn't till I left it."
-Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 and 13.
It is Earth Day today. Thought it might be nice to get some perspective from folks who have gotten that space-eye-view of the planet. If you are in the mood for a bit of additional music, might I suggest this lovely song from Sting entitled "Fragile." Lest we forget how fragile we are…
Taylor has the President's statement on Earth Day. Let's just say it's not exactly the most credible thing I've read lately. And I don't know why, but this NYTimes profile just made me smile this morning.
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Earth!
Good morning!
The nations’ Commader in Oil, giving a speech about protecting Mother Earth. How quaint and provincial.
The number one priority is a healthy planet. What have we got with out it?
How about our macho pres going up in one of those flights and actually looking at this small blue orb?
Anyone read “Cadillac Desert?” or any of Barry Lopez?
I was out working in the yard yesterday and jamming to my iPod and was really struck by the song “Everyday Glory” by Rush.
Thanks to Christy, Jane and all of you who are working your asses off to create everyday glory. Earth Day is another inspiration to just keep fighting!
Interesting tidbit about Rover, Sheryl Crow, Laurie David and global warming at the White House Correspondent’s
PablumDinner…according to Laurie David,Food for thought on Earth Day.
Well, that does it. If I ever own a five-story mansion in Manhattan, I will throw an Amway party. Promise.
sofistic @
6
And he need not hurry back.
sofistic @
6
No, no, no. He was insufferable enough with the flightsuit. You want to give him a space suit?
Besides, Sen. Bill Nelson used to go up into space, and it didn’t make him less of a dweeb.
Two questions. Who is the best Democrat on the issue of the environment? And who, as president would you trust most to roll back global warming?
AP story on HuffPo:
NYC Pledges 1 Million New Trees by 2017
Can you imagine all the extra tons of pollution that’s being dumped everyday into the atmosphere as a result of the Bush war in Iraq?
I hope that when Rove goes to prison that he will never see anything green and growing. That he won’t see a sunrise or sunset for many years. That his only TV channel will be the Home Shopping one.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 13
Well, I know who your two favorite Democratic politicians are, so I’m going to guess its one of them. Umm…Hillary Clinton! Am I right?
If we believe the situation is critical and it should be our number one priority, isn’t the political road ahead of us clear? Doesn’t that road lead to Al Gore.
I just got back and looked at the previous thread. Don’t say Gore didn’t lose those debates– I saw them and Gore not only lost them, he made a complete fool of himself and of the Democratic party. He was sighing and acting like a petulant child. Even Dumbya looked good by comparison.
Gore picked Dumb Donna and Holy Joe, no one chose them for him. No one made him choose them.
He’s a founding member of the DLC, he supports NAFTA, he wants to send all our jobs overseas to countries with poor labor and environmental laws.
Wake up, ‘dogs!
It is a beautiful day outside. I can smell bacon in the pan, got my Costa Rican coffee at hand and I will go figure where to plant my patch of corn today, Hopi blue corn, Hopi sweet corn, and Hopi white corn. I love roasted corn much better than boiled.
Alicia at 9 — Wow — that was some weird experience to read about — thanks for that link.
cleter @ 17
Actually, I wouldn’t trust Hillary to keep my lawn green. ;0)
Christy – Does it look to you like BushCo has already invoked the Unitary Executive (using the AUMF) – but, it’s a ’secret’ unless you’ve been ‘read into the program?’
Would that explain Gonzo acting like an arrogant, annoyed, part-time, visiting administrator from a more privileged place?
Are there two Americas?
Decaf Espresso? Doesn’t that defeat the point?
sofistic – love Cadillac Desert and so mourned Reisner’s tragically premature passing!
in light of Clear Skies, Fresh Water, & Healthy Forests™, it’s interesting on this earth day to point out -
this guy was a Republican
their founders were Republicans
this former Republican co authored the Endangered Species Act
Oklahoma kiddo @ 22
Okay then, it must be Joe Liarberman? Am I right?
Oh, I don’t know, OK. Hillary did such an excellent job geting us all universal health care back in the 90s, I’m sure she’s up to the task of universal lawn greenage.
I picture Hillary as a lawn-chemical-treater.
radiofreewill @ 23
my favorite abu gonzales picture of the week!
selise @ 29
I didn’t get my favorite, which would be Whitehouse actually making Abu cry.
Lovell. One of the first three humans to see this stuff personally:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoo…..raphy.html
Previously, Gemini 11 [record for highest earth orbit achieved; still a record, excluding Apollo moon missions]
http://www.californiasciencece…../India.htm
signed,
Commander Cody and Major Tom
Alicia 9,
Astounding. What a nut job.
my personal favorite was the guy in the drudge hat keeping a tally like fans posting ‘k’s during a ballgame – but haven’t seen it outside the CSpan broadcast
Sorry, my 23 was OT and better for another thread.
I’ve always thought that far from us destroying the Planet – it’s the other way around – eventually the Planet will reject us.
No matter what we do – and I’m in favor of a loving, symbiotic relationship with the Earth – Mother Nature is many, many times more powerful.
It’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature…
OT I’m watching Wolf Blitzer. Coming up is discussion of AG scandal with that idiot Rivkin and that other idiot Lanny Davis. Is Lanny Davis going to defend Bush Admin’s AG policy like his master Joe Lieberman would? Wanna take bets?
Ha. Light rain in Santa Barbara, legend has it the orginal home of Earth Day. I guess we better get down to the festival early…
Meanwhile, the garden is in, the early peach tree is looking heavy with fruit, the blueberries are ripening, the oranges and satsuma are flowering sweetly, the roses are blooming, and Gore’s campaign staff is getting together on their own. Sounds like a good day to me!
“Okay then, it must be Joe Liarberman? Am I right?”
What a scream! ;0)
Oklahoma kiddo @ 15
Never mind the war, what about the Sunday morning talk shows?
radiofreewill @ 23
Don’t know if you caught this, that was flying around yesterday;
http://www.slate.com/id/2164751?nav=tap3
Alicia @
9
Food for thought on Earth Day.
ThinkProgress provides this link:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..l-warming/
You know, I think last night really captured what’s wrong with the DC media: Almost every prominent political reporter in America was in a room with Karl Rove, and the only one who asked him hard questions was Sheryl Crow.
Rich Little was a star compared to the DC media elite. At least he did his job, even if he didn’t do it well.
many would find roots of the first Earth Day in 1970 to this event – for those who don’t remember, the nation was horrified by images of oil covered seals, whales, otters, and birds
and it was the first time this hippie had ever heard the term ecology
1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill
AZ Matt @
16
Bullshit, make him watch the 700 Club. 24/7.
PeteCo at 39 – That article is right-on!
Did you read this one from last night re: prosecutorial corruption?
http://www.harpers.org/archive…..070420xovi
i’m planning on celebrating earth day for a week or so.
Twisted Martini @ 43
LOL!!
radiofreewill @ 44
Yep.
Sunshine Jim @ 45
I was thinking of honoring the planet by continuing to not own a car.
Alicia @ 9
Food for thought on Earth Day.
Karl Rove, Arrogant Little Shit-like we needed reminding.
Whoofah. I just watched Pastor Hagee run through the family lines of the bible, starting from the begats and running in a seamless line to Hitler and ending smack dab in Iran.
That’s their end game.
-GSD
Well, the NYT profile made me want to puke. I grew up in the same neighborhood as folks like that, although from a COMPLETELY different economic level (rent control, you know…), and went to one of the private schools where chauffeurs and nannies drop off their children (I was on scholarship). This is their fad of the week, like a new purse or trendy new cafe. Until you’ve met them you have no idea how shallow and useless the vast majority of them are. /rant off
Marion at 51 — Welcome to the upper west side? *g*
The image I have of Karl is him running to the whitehouse from a copter or into a car from some kind of building. We really never see this guy standing still. I guess he figures that a moving target is harder to hit. So, when I read Laurie David this morning in Huffpo it was confirming to find that he is such a prick. A dangerous, maladjusted prick.
Selise at 29 – Here’s my favorite Gonzo Cartoon of the week:
http://www.cartoonistgroup.com…..?iid=16657
Oklahoma kiddo @
15
And I don’t understand the Air Force sky shows. Burning fuel just for fun seems rather outdated.
Course it didn’t turn out to be fun yesterday, did it?
I hope someone will wipe that fucking smile off his face permanently with an indictment and subesequent conviction.
good morning!
sun and clouds this AM,
and some gentle opposition blossoms in the flower beds.
Zippin’ by — heard Friedman give props to Edwards for the most forward green policy proposals. Then CNN Wolfie went with the tired ol’ either-or pundit segment and we turned to
Discovery Channel–Planet Earth! All 10 episodes airing today. And the finale.
Oh, and may I say, Pontiff-icating Cokie and Sanctimonious Sam and George “I never met a subject I couldn’t bs about…” Will: Shut the flock up.
Song of the day.
Idiot son of an asshole.
-GSD
I remember, back in the day, somebody referred to the Earth as ‘the big blue marble’. I love that.
There was a comment somewhere (sorry, I do not recall where–he says, channeling Abu G)last week to the effect that ‘This is the strangest planet I’ve ever lived on.’ I love that,too.
Not to mention Stephen J. Gould’s book ‘Wonderful Life’, about the Burgess Shale. Life is fragile; hold on to it.
radiofreewill @ 54
This is great cartoon too:Gonzo/Rove
Karl Rove:
Piggy in Lord of the Flies?
Or Charles Durning in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas?
At least Charles could dance….
GSD @ 50
Speaking of Elmer Gantry, I watched “Jesus Camp” yesterday for the first time. I was moved to tears….
…of laughter, at the Haggerd sequence. I didn’t know he was in the documentary. I wonder what the long-haired kid thinks now.
I may watch Koyaanisqatsi today (for the 42nd time) or sometime this week. Then follow that with Powaqqatsi.
thirty seven years ago- jeebus I’m old
Mercy, Mercy, Me
VJB – blogronicity ! – was just reading on line passages this morning ! another cruelly premature loss
sofistic @ 64
Excellent choices.
GSD @ 59
Small correction: idiot son of two assholes. And it worked out very well for them.
Whoever came up with the stupid idea that we [humans] are stewards of the Earth, and as a result we can own it?
GSD @ 59
That rocks!
sofistic @ 64
Where did I put my bong?
EvilDrPuma @ 67
Is that like twin sons of different assholes?
sofistic @ 68
Somebody in the Bible who isn’t Jesus.
Twisted Martini @
43
that would be kharma, indeed …….
sofistic @ 68
That would be Dominionist Christians (before that, the delusion was more that natural resources were in unlimited supply). Silly me, I thought “steward” meant “manager,” not “exploiter.” Maybe that was because, oh, I don’t know, there was a parable or two about stewardship. But these morons don’t actually read their sacred texts before they interpret them, so they can’t be expected to know that.
sofistic @ 71
…or twin daughters of different assholes…
All we are saying, is give bees a chance.
Hydrangia, double-dutch iris, roses, geraniums, hybiscus and azaleas in full bloom here. I love Mother Earth.
Is it legal to have cheesecake and berries for breakfast?
Loo Hoo @ 77
We won’t tell.
Earth: Mostly Harmless…
Eureka Springs @ 76
Punaise. Gauntlet. Thrown. Down.
Eureka Springs @ 76
Visualize Whirrled Bees!
EvilDrPuma @
78
I had porkchops and spaghetti.
Hey, we were out of oatmeal.
I saw Harry Belafonte the other day. Someone asked him about Obama. He said, take away the skin, and ask yourself what is he mostly not saying? Not a quote, but the gist of it.
While making a point not to endorse him, he said Edwards is the only one talking about poor people, health care, and etc.
Harry Rocks.
PeteCO @
39
Wow! I just saw Judgement at Nuremberg for the first time yesterday (Turner Classics), and it focuses on the evils follow when politics and “unitary executives” gain control of the apparatus of prosecution. BTW, Scott Horton’s Balkanization article written on the eve of the signing of the MCA is yet more frightening.
Is it normal for crows to attack owls? Because crows are very unhappy with the owl in the back yard. Lots of crow-yelling and so forth. The poor beleagured owl has to keep moving around.
radiofreewill @ 44
This is all really good stuff. The feisty emptywheel had a post this week about the brilliant effectiveness of Abu’s stonewalling that should be added to this mix.
At first I was foolish enough to think that Abu had left a blindspot in his training. That he and his handlers didn’t realize that by saying he couldn’t recall where the original list came from and how he didn’t make the decision but takes responsibility for it–or whatever the hell he half-said–, in combination with Sampson’s testimony, that the list didn’t come from him… all points straight at the White House. That instead of “so there’s no evidence, no smoking gun, is this over and simply in the hands of the president,” there is now every reason to go after Goodling, Miers, and Rove.
But now it just seems like a dare, that Abu G. executed a carefully designed strategy to perfection. It’s hard to believe when he seems so incompetent. But the junta seems to be at the advanced stage of embracing the obvious, saying go ahead and try to come after us.
Makes me wonder if the D.C. US attorney Taylor, or whatever his name is, is going to be the Rubicon of this whole affair.
this might explain things :)
bg @ 83
Notwithstanding Edwards’ poor decision-making with his bloggers, I’m inclined to agree with Belafonte. Edwards is the one offering a plan for health care, for example, rather than just platitudes. And he’s sure enough of his ability to sell that plan that he feels he can afford to be honest about tax hikes. There’s time for others to get a straight story out, but right now, I have to lean toward Edwards as a default.
Morning pups,
I must confess I played Joni 3 times already, damn I love that song. Thanks Christy.
Happy Happy Earth Day! (um…make it 4 times)
lolo
cleter @ 85
Well, I’ve seen crows dogfighting with hawks any number of times. They can be protective of their food supply(maybe territorial isn’t the right word), and it’s possible that there are nests and eggs involved.
cleter -
fairly common behavior from nesting birds
have seen hummingbirds chase hawks away
lolo @ 89
Morning. You’ve got mail.
sofistic @ 64
You know there is a third in the series. I have not yet watched it but will join you in watching the first two today.
We have so many better candidates for president in the Democratic party than the so called two front runners.
I will hopefully not have to settle for Hillary and or Obama.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 94
At least we’re not all morosely sitting around wishing somebody would challenge the odious Vice President Lieberman.
Loo Hoo @ 92
oh goody!
cbl @ 87
and if that doesn’t do it just go to youtube and get the real skinny from lewis black ……
lolo @ 89
joni is a musicians musician.
what she did with her voice on that song ….
cbl @
25
I was talking with a friend at work last week and he commented that in the sixties he was a moderate Republican. He said he hasn’t really changed any of his views but now he’s a flaming liberal.
Another demonstration that the Republican party has transformed itself from the party of nobles oblige to the party of ignoble savagery.
LooHoo,
nothing in my mailbox????
lolo
cbl @ 87
That’s either a really tiny dinosaur, or Jesus was 35′ tall.
Scarecrow @
10
Yeah, well, we won’t come unless the NYTimes covers it.
zhiv @ 86
So when are they going to burn the Reichstag down?
GSD @
50
BINGO! That’s why the fundies “love” Israel; to set-up their endgame nonsense. And thank you for watching that idiot because neither my stomach nor my blood pressure could handle it.
Will someone please have pity on those of us tied to dial-up and provide a brief review of the “Idiot Son on an Asshole”……………….*g*
Thanks for some Joni in the morning!
loL AT tmoblackberry DOT net?
cleter @ 96
When I think of Hillary or Obama, your view would be a definite ‘glass half full’ perspective.
Subway Serenade @
81
When I lived in CT a few years ago, saw a bumper sticker on a couple of cars : Visualize Whirled Peas.
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.c……html#more
Marcy has been a busy girl. She has 2 new posts.
Loo Hoo @ 108
loLo11@tmoblackberry.net
Someone(s) is trying to place in a poltical straight jacket and ram Clinton down our throats.
I sure wish Joni would once again sit down at the piano and just sing anything (even cover songs)…til a full CD can be pressed and distributed..
PeteCO at 104 So when are they going to burn the Reichstag down?
Anthrax was a warning shot across the bow. Did you notice how suddenly Congress got really quiet?
Their problem is that the enemy is so ill-defined. Is it Iraqis? Iranians? Immigrants from central and S. America? They have failed to sufficiently demonize a group for us to hate enough to give up our remaining liberties.
Oh, in re: KKKarl being forced to watch 700 Club 24/7? He’d probably love it. I think make him watch KO 24/7. Or Sheryl Crow videos.
Just exactly who are the power brokers in my Democratic Party?
cbl @ 87
Of course that doesn’t explain that TRex was just a big chicken.
lolo at 89 — Glad to bring a smile to your face, and happy you enjoyed it. I’ve always loved that song, too — and her cheery grin in this YouTube was infectuous.
dakine01 @
105
The latest neo-con/far right blogger mindset has revived the following theory. The Russians assisted the Iraqis in moving all of their WMD’s into Syria.
The Russians and the Chinese will assist the Syrians and the Iranians with their efforts at disseminating WMD’s to third party actors, Hezbollah/Hamas/Al Qaeda in hitting the US with a massive attack.
-GSD
[Modnote: no advocating violence against public officials, period.]
…would soothe my soul.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 121
Think you might have the makings of a gospel in that lyric?
Oh yeah, Hamas has called for renewed attacks against the Israelis in light of recent Israeli hits on militants.
Israel has also buzzed (jet flyovers) Hezbollah sites in Lebanon. Hezbollah has been busy refortifying their positions, north of the Litani and near the Syrian border.
War’s coming back to that neighborhood.
-GSD
sofistic @
68
So far as I know, one of the first to use that term was Louis Bromfield, who was one of the main voices of the soil conservation movement of the 1940s, e.g., Pleasant Valley, 1945. But he contrasted “stewardship” to “ownership,” as in “We are stewards, not owners, of the land.” His point was the stewardship involves an obligation to protect and preserve the land for future generations. And he was alarmed that the fertile top-soil in the midwest was washing down to the Gulf of Mexico.
He had a great deal of influence on my father.
That little exchange between Crowe and Rove seems to encapsulate the whole damn thing, doesn’t it?
Eureka Springs -
coming April 24, 2007
a tribute to joni mitchell
there was a 2000 Tribute on one of the Turner owned channels (TNT ?) but have yet to find it anywhere – Ms. Mitchell was there and can be seen in the video enjoying the artists celebrating her work
here’s one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg5b7yrooLs
sofistic @ 125
As I show some of my vestigial remnants of sexism, Sheryl Crowe can touch me any time she wishes (which probably would not be too often) :}(
Fresh thready goodness for you guys.
Subway Serenade @81
Herf.
GSD @
50
The people who believe this are the people who believe that GWB listens to a different father.
They are prepared for the great showdown, even pray to hasten it. So the sooner that the war moves to Iran, the sooner that rest of prophecy unfolds. Many pray to be of service to hasten the day.
egregious @ 115
I’ve often thought, in the last few years, that when there is another terrorist attack in the US, my first impulse will be to hold the government responsible. I think there’s a lot to be said for the theory that they let 9/11 happen, given that they were warned that terr’sts were planning to attack ‘Murika. I also think they were caught off-guard by the scale of it, which would explain Codpiece publicly shitting his pants when he was informed during his little show & tell.
I may be deep into tinfoil hat country, but with subsequent events, who would blame me?
dakine01 @ 116
Blaring Joni Mitchell during all sleeping hours!
Check again, lolo.
for this Earth Day let us think of the President clearing brush and………..Iraqui neighbourhoods………..
cbl @ 124
Whoa, cbl, that tribute looks fantastic. I ordered it, thanks!
this earth day let us reflect on the great natural resources this country has in its faith and prophetic destiny.
i hope i never hear anyone say that pastor john hagee would make a great worm farm. because we dont need more toxic worms. no.
Loo Hoo @ 132
Not yet, maybe there are still server problems with blackberry. Try again later. lo
EvilDrPuma @ 74
yes. and seemingly ‘turn the other cheek’ means ‘while reloading’………
the idea of hyprocrites not entering the ‘kingdom of god’ is actually a postmodern fable meaning ‘hyprocrites will enter the kingdom of god first’………
‘jesus i nuked iran for you………..’
PeteCO @ 49
Karl Rove, Arrogant Little Shit-like we needed reminding.
I’m assuming this isn’t satire. which means I can only utter ‘wtf?’
Cheryl Crow touches his arm and he freaks out with robopig grunting?
Strong women are to be avoided at all costs I’m betting. While trashing mother earth.
Last Wednesday, following the car bomb massacre of nearly 200 people in Baghdad, Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, paid a visit to the lunatic asylum known as the White House to inform its chief inmate that “the war is lost”. He referred to the “extreme violence” in Baghdad as proof that US military strategy was now bankrupt.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 139
…but the president has a sunburst pattern on his oval office rug……so there!
Oh my gosh. I’m getting so rad today.
Joni Mitchell – California
Left coast lovely
dulcimer tune,
ah, sun and
oranges!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..mp;search=
more here from that 1970 concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..mp;search=
Bee Bop!
http://www.bananasinpyjamas.co…..g/bees.jpg
How about this. Is there a plan afoot for our government to attack Iran with nuclear weapons, and thereby commencing world war, and is there a plan afoot by the Israeli government to become unencumbered by the Palestinians?
As to Rove: How about this? Sauce for the gander; sauce for the goose.
Stephen Parrish, CPA @ 40
ThinkProgress provides this link:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..l-warming/
I wonder if that’s on film anywhere? Has to be, I would think. It would make a great YouTube scene. I would never think that Karl Rove would fear being touched by Cheryl Crow, but maybe he thinks that breast cancer is contagious?
Softball is not being played today. Tender sensibilities will not carry the day.
My generation, during the ’60’s, did not help this country get out of Vietnam, and thereby save countless thousands of lives, theirs and ours, by being polite. Period.
Oklahoma kiddo @
140
A reporter on CNN said that Reid referred to Lyndon Johnson and that when the president recoiled at the mention, Reid reached out and touched him to comfort him.
interesting series of photos of lbj in air force 1 with the bloodstained jacqueline kennedy beside ladybird. just prior to being sworn in lbj looks over his shoulder to a congreeman thomas (according to photo captions I have seen) who nods and winks to him.
oh here’s good ol’ lbj in that photo:
http://www.rense.com/general40/thewnk.htm
I want justice for Rove, Rumsfeld, Rice, Cheney, Bush and some others. In some quarters that’s called radical.
Almost forgot. Justice for Colin Powell too.
Boston1775 @ 150
I wonder whether Reid is being skillful here or aggravating, both or neither.
cbl @ 42
I know that a fellow named Jose Arguelles, an Art Professor at UC Davis, organized the 1st Annual Whole Earth Week (March 15-21, 1970). That event, held annually now on Mother’s Day, is still going strong. In the mid-80’s it was drawing 50-60,000 people. It is always a place where one can obtain information about environmental issues, alternative spiritualities, holistic health, political action, and hear great music…for free. In 1978 bands that played were Taj Mahal, Holly Near, Robbie Basho, Mimi Farina, and Queen Ida, and the following year Norton Bffalo, Country Joe and the Fish, Reggae artist Dennis Brown, Paul Winter, Bodie Wagner, and Queen Ida.
They have since decided to scale it down, and the bands are often more independent label artists, though Saturday usually includes one big name for the evening, but it still draws a large crowd.
http://asucd.ucdavis.edu/annua…..h-festival
http://www.tortuga.com/archive…..tions.html
http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=11728
Actually you can leave the part about chewing gum and typing.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 155
Maybe he’s having to play “Good Cop and Bad Cop” [and “Kindergarten Cop”] all at the same time…since no other “Cops” are allowed to penetrate the mighty Presidential “Cone of Silence”.
My #156 is still here. Can you remove it, please?
To all of you at 160,
I wish I could replay that part of Wolf Blitzer’s interview. I heard them say that Reid had reached the conclusion that the war can’t be won and that
LBJ and MacNamara were in his mind. I want to replay what was said to the president.
After they spoke of Reid reaching out to comfort the president, Wolf asked, “And was he comforted?”
I think it was Suzanne Malveaux who said, “No, I don’t think so.”
I think it’s going to take more than Reid to comfort this psycho (Bush). As in very, very professional help.
What has Bush wrought?
AP – Gunmen in northern Iraq stopped a bus filled with Christians and members of a tiny, mostly Kurdish religious sect on Sunday, police said, separating out the groups and taking 23 of the passengers away to be shot.
The Islamic militant group Hamas called Sunday for new attacks on Israel after nine Palestinians were killed by Israel Defense Forces troops in a surge of fighting over the weekend.
Loo Hoo @ 55
As an Air Force brat I resent this remark — also The Blue Angels are the Navy’s aerobatic team. The Air Force aerobatic team is the Thunderbirds.
Right now, I’m mourning the loss of a damn good pilot, and I don’t want to think about how his family is feeling…
cleter @ 85
Yes — most birds will harass raptors of any sort. Most of my raptor sightings have been because I noticed that the crows were after something. Best sighting was the Peregrine Falcon blasting by 10 feet in front of me, less than 6 feet from the ground with the crows making an attempt at hot pursuit…
Climate change disaster strikes Australia.
http://tinyurl.com/2o86zz
“Australia has warned that it will have to switch off the water supply to the continent’s food bowl unless heavy rains break an epic drought – heralding what could be the first climate change-driven disaster to strike a developed nation.”
The Prime Minister, John Howard, a hardened climate-change sceptic, delivered dire tidings to the nation’s farmers yesterday. Unless there is significant rainfall in the next six to eight weeks, irrigation will be banned in the principal agricultural area. Crops such as rice, cotton and wine grapes will fail, citrus, olive and almond trees will die, along with livestock.
A ban on irrigation, which would remain in place until May next year, spells possible ruin for thousands of farmers, already debt-laden and in despair after six straight years of drought.
Australia is the only major industrialized country other than the U.S. to reject the Kyoto Protocol.
20 years ago I dedicate myself to Organic Agriculture. I, along with dozens, then hundred’s of like minded people tolled for years to develop then implement Organic standards at the State, Federal and International level.
We have, though our hard work removed thousands of tons of chemicals and synthetic fertilizers from the earth.
All you have to do to help heal the earth, is buy Organic products.
With Organics every day is earth day.
Late to the party, but in honor of Earth Day:
Let The Mystery Be
–Iris Dement
(You Tube video)
I just finished Malkin’s snarky Earth Day post. God I wish I had her address so that I could ship all my recyclables to her.