[FairfieldLife] Re: Our literate media
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > > > AP headline today: > > > > > > > > "Energy Companies Drill with a Conscious" > > > > > > > > Via Yahoo News: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/3b9jr8 > > > > > > The headline writer > > apparently thinks "conscious" is the word for that little > > voice in our heads that tells us when we're doing wrong. > > The subconscience mind, in other words. > > ; - ) LOL!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Our literate media
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > AP headline today: > > > > > > "Energy Companies Drill with a Conscious" > > > > > > Via Yahoo News: > > > http://tinyurl.com/3b9jr8 > > > > The headline writer > apparently thinks "conscious" is the word for that little > voice in our heads that tells us when we're doing wrong. The subconscience mind, in other words. ; - )
[FairfieldLife] Re: Our literate media
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > > > AP headline today: > > > > > > "Energy Companies Drill with a Conscious" > > > > > > Via Yahoo News: > > > http://tinyurl.com/3b9jr8 > > > > > > It's genuinely sad to hear that: "The U.S. Energy Information > > Administration says 31,587 natural-gas wells were drilled for > > exploration and production in 2006, up from 16,728 just four years > > earlier." How long can this go on?! > > Good comments, important topic, but I was actually > calling attention to the horrendous typo in the headline... > > It's really even worse than a typo. The headline writer > apparently thinks "conscious" is the word for that little > voice in our heads that tells us when we're doing wrong. Damn. I missed it. But while I'm at it... speaking about being properly educated, I ran across this today: Today's college freshmen may not remember much about politics before President Bush, and the war has been going on for most of their teenage years. Combine that with the administration's fine line in disinformational BS and this is what you get: I have now received three (3) student papers that discuss Iraq's attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11. All three papers mention it as an aside to another point. I've had two papers on the virtue of forgiveness that argue that if we had just forgiven Iraq for the 9/11 attacks, we wouldn't be at war right now. I just read a paper on the problem of evil which asked why God allowed "the Iraq's" to attack us on 9/11. The thing that upsets me most here is that the the students don't just believe that that Iraq was behind 9/11. This is a big fact in their minds, that leaps out at them, whenever they think about the state of the world. http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/12/how-things-seep-in/ I wouldn't want BushCo karma.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Our literate media
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > AP headline today: > > > > "Energy Companies Drill with a Conscious" > > > > Via Yahoo News: > > http://tinyurl.com/3b9jr8 > > > It's genuinely sad to hear that: "The U.S. Energy Information > Administration says 31,587 natural-gas wells were drilled for > exploration and production in 2006, up from 16,728 just four years > earlier." How long can this go on?! Good comments, important topic, but I was actually calling attention to the horrendous typo in the headline... It's really even worse than a typo. The headline writer apparently thinks "conscious" is the word for that little voice in our heads that tells us when we're doing wrong.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Our literate media
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > > > > AP headline today: > > > > "Energy Companies Drill with a Conscious" > > > > Via Yahoo News: > > http://tinyurl.com/3b9jr8 > > > It's genuinely sad to hear that: "The U.S. Energy Information > Administration says 31,587 natural-gas wells were drilled for > exploration and production in 2006, up from 16,728 just four years > earlier." How long can this go on?! > > There ARE alternate energy technologies today that are not being fully > developed and/or implemented that could indeed cut way back on the > need for fossil fuels. But at a significantly higher cost than gas, coal and oil. And it is still a much greater cost on top of that if you want electricity, or be able to charge ones plug in electric vehicle, at night -- via batteries storage of solar and wind. There is technology today that would enable the US and world to be off oil and gas totally. Its not congress that is stopping that. Its the consumer who is disinclined to spend 3-4 times as much for energy (renewables plus battery storage). I am willing to pay it. Are you? >It's inevitable that humanity will eventually > *have* to implement them. It's my understanding that Big Oil has often > blocked that kind of effort when it has appeared to be a threat to > their dominance. > > And, speaking of Big Oil: > > How Big Oil contributions impacted the Senate energy vote > > > Big Oil buys Tax Loopholes from Congressmen - this week's edition of > corporate run government > > > Today the Senate passed an energy bill that helps reduce America's oil > dependency and takes an important step toward reducing global warming > pollution. Unfortunately, the bill does not close $13 billion worth of > tax loopholes and subsidies for the oil industry and reinvest the > money in clean and renewable energy technologies. Earlier in the day, > 40 Senators blocked the bill, forcing Senate leaders to jettison the > tax provisions. > > "Oil companies have given $8 million to Senators over the past four > years. Today's action by 40 Senators proved they have gotten their > money's worth: $1,600 in tax breaks for every dollar the oil industry > has spent in campaign contributions. > > http://www.nwf.org/news/story.cfm?pageId=D5668608-F1F6-7B10-3BE0FD3C6B3475B4 > > > Cumulative Oil & Gas Contributions to Senators > Who Blocked a Measure to Rollback Oil Company Giveaways on HR 6 > > Source: Center for Responsive Politics > > > OIL & GAS CONTRIBUTIONS over past 4 years > > Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) $577,556 > > John Cornyn (R-TX) $561,380 > > Bob Corker (R-TN) $215,350 > > Pat Roberts (R-KS) $205,850 > > James Inhofe (R-OK) $196,700 > > Mitch McConnell (R-KY) $150,500 > > Pete Domenici (R-NM) $145,950 > > Jon Kyl (R-AZ) $140,700 > > Mary Landrieu (D-LA) $133,650 > > Christopher Bond (R-MO) $129,350 > > Sam Brownback (R-KS) $129,155 > > Trent Lott (R-MS) $124,300 > > George Voinovich (R-OH) $122,050 > > Arlen Specter (R-PA) $119,878 > > Lamar Alexander (R-TN) $98,300 > > Jim Bunning (R-KY) $98,269 > > John Ensign (R-NV) $95,100 > > David Vitter (R-LA) $81,100 > > Michael Crapo (R-ID) $63,650 > > Jeff Sessions (R-AL) $58,800 > > Robert Bennett (R-UT) $58,700 > > Thad Cochran (R-MS) $58,500 > > Richard Shelby (R-AL) $56,800 > > Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) $53,400 > > Ted Stevens (R-AK) $44,700 > > Michael Enzi (R-WY) $42,500 > > John Sununu (R-NH) $41,900 > > Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) $41,250 > > Larry Craig (R-ID) $33,500 > > Judd Gregg (R-NH) $31,500 > > Lindsey Graham (R-SC) $29,600 > > Richard Burr (R-NC) $28,750 > > John Barrasso (R-WY) $27,500 > > Johnny Isakson (R-GA) $25,200 > > Jim DeMint (R-SC) $23,722 > > Mel Martinez (R-FL) $17,000 > > Chuck Hagel (R-NE) $16,600 > > Tom Coburn (R-OK) $9,600 > > John Warner (R-VA) $9,500 > > Wayne Allard (R-CO) $0* > > Total $4,097,810 > *Sen. Allard was last re-elected in 2002 and will be retiring in 2008 > > [pdf file] http://tinyurl.com/3anmf4 >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Our literate media
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > AP headline today: > > "Energy Companies Drill with a Conscious" > > Via Yahoo News: > http://tinyurl.com/3b9jr8 It's genuinely sad to hear that: "The U.S. Energy Information Administration says 31,587 natural-gas wells were drilled for exploration and production in 2006, up from 16,728 just four years earlier." How long can this go on?! There ARE alternate energy technologies today that are not being fully developed and/or implemented that could indeed cut way back on the need for fossil fuels. It's inevitable that humanity will eventually *have* to implement them. It's my understanding that Big Oil has often blocked that kind of effort when it has appeared to be a threat to their dominance. And, speaking of Big Oil: How Big Oil contributions impacted the Senate energy vote Big Oil buys Tax Loopholes from Congressmen - this week's edition of corporate run government Today the Senate passed an energy bill that helps reduce America's oil dependency and takes an important step toward reducing global warming pollution. Unfortunately, the bill does not close $13 billion worth of tax loopholes and subsidies for the oil industry and reinvest the money in clean and renewable energy technologies. Earlier in the day, 40 Senators blocked the bill, forcing Senate leaders to jettison the tax provisions. "Oil companies have given $8 million to Senators over the past four years. Today's action by 40 Senators proved they have gotten their money's worth: $1,600 in tax breaks for every dollar the oil industry has spent in campaign contributions. http://www.nwf.org/news/story.cfm?pageId=D5668608-F1F6-7B10-3BE0FD3C6B3475B4 Cumulative Oil & Gas Contributions to Senators Who Blocked a Measure to Rollback Oil Company Giveaways on HR 6 Source: Center for Responsive Politics OIL & GAS CONTRIBUTIONS over past 4 years Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) $577,556 John Cornyn (R-TX) $561,380 Bob Corker (R-TN) $215,350 Pat Roberts (R-KS) $205,850 James Inhofe (R-OK) $196,700 Mitch McConnell (R-KY) $150,500 Pete Domenici (R-NM) $145,950 Jon Kyl (R-AZ) $140,700 Mary Landrieu (D-LA) $133,650 Christopher Bond (R-MO) $129,350 Sam Brownback (R-KS) $129,155 Trent Lott (R-MS) $124,300 George Voinovich (R-OH) $122,050 Arlen Specter (R-PA) $119,878 Lamar Alexander (R-TN) $98,300 Jim Bunning (R-KY) $98,269 John Ensign (R-NV) $95,100 David Vitter (R-LA) $81,100 Michael Crapo (R-ID) $63,650 Jeff Sessions (R-AL) $58,800 Robert Bennett (R-UT) $58,700 Thad Cochran (R-MS) $58,500 Richard Shelby (R-AL) $56,800 Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) $53,400 Ted Stevens (R-AK) $44,700 Michael Enzi (R-WY) $42,500 John Sununu (R-NH) $41,900 Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) $41,250 Larry Craig (R-ID) $33,500 Judd Gregg (R-NH) $31,500 Lindsey Graham (R-SC) $29,600 Richard Burr (R-NC) $28,750 John Barrasso (R-WY) $27,500 Johnny Isakson (R-GA) $25,200 Jim DeMint (R-SC) $23,722 Mel Martinez (R-FL) $17,000 Chuck Hagel (R-NE) $16,600 Tom Coburn (R-OK) $9,600 John Warner (R-VA) $9,500 Wayne Allard (R-CO) $0* Total $4,097,810 *Sen. Allard was last re-elected in 2002 and will be retiring in 2008 [pdf file] http://tinyurl.com/3anmf4
