Thursday, June 21, 2007

Thursday welcomes Summer!

Hello and Good morning. It is a beautiful day and the mood is just right. Nothing too depressing going on as of yet- as yesterdays news wasn't as bad as it could have been. There is generally a good feel today as it is our Summer Solstice! What a wonderful mood summer inspires upon everyone and everything.


Congress blocks $89 billion in funding for Bush's plan to develop a new generation of nuclear weapons

500,000 teachers quit every year, costing $7.3 billion.

10 Greener Ways to Get Rid of a Dead Body. Every year in the US alone, traditional burial wastes 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid, 90,272 tons of steel in caskets and 1,636,000 tons of reinforced concrete in vaults, here are 10 greener ways to dispose of your body after your die.

The shadowy and highly lucrative world of government contracting has boomed under George W, rising 86% since he's been in office and now totaling nearly $400 billion a year. Get this: There are now more people doing federal jobs under corporate contracts than there are people employed directly by the government. In other words, in today's government, corporate servants outnumber civil servants.

Department of Homeland Security plagued by hackers and viruses

It's OK to kill millions in Iraq, Saddam did it too - Bush's spokesman

Why Michael Moore's SiCKO is a health care documentary every American must see

Fair and Balanced, My Ass! The Bizarre Reality of Fox News

Mexican farmers replace tequila plant with corn. Ethanol demand has doubled corn prices, making it more profitable than agave

Is Google Going To Buy Apple?

Straight Talk: Videotaping Police

Google: Do no evil...except in China

That soldier, the other day, who refused to carry out orders because he objects to the Iraq war, could have gotten off as a conscientious objector... that is, if they hadn't *just* changed the rules.

33 Ways to Watch Free TV Online

I don’t agree with every single thing he stands for, but Ron Paul STANDS for something, is against foreign military adventurism, corporate influence in government, phony wars, government intervention in our lives, and is for cutting our bloated military and returning America to a sound economic and diplomatic footing. Sounds pretty good.

Cheney tells agency that Vice President's office is not part of the executive branch

New Study Links Sweetener To Cancer

China Overtakes U.S. As Leading CO2 Polluter

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