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What might the world look like if the bailout works? Like Sarah Palin

What might the world look like if the bailout works? Like Sarah Palin | Naomi Klein | Comment is free | The Guardian .

I read this to understand all sides.  I say everything in moderation…What do you think of Naomi Klein?

“Because make no mistake, capitalism will be back. And the same message will return, though there may be someone new selling that message: You don’t need to change. Keep consuming all you want. There’s plenty more. Drill, baby, drill. Maybe there will be some technological fix that will make all our problems disappear.” -Naomi Klein,30/7/2009.

If so, Progressives and Liberals, you are also in trouble.  We need energy answers.  This will come from innovation. And yes, that is going to take some new technology. Innovation+Technology= A change.

Nobody is completely right or wrong.  These generalizations, such as Naomi Klein is making, have to stop and we have to all work together.

Using generalizations to refer to Capitalists or Conservatives is an uneducated view.  Unfair. Shame on you, Ms. Klein.  Not everyone who fits into this group is like you have described in your article.

Being obsessed over Sarah Palin seems juvenile and I know this is “not about Sarah Palin”,  but you are giving Sarah Palin the power, by showing fear towards her.  Are you really just threatened by her? That’s rhetorical.

This is not the change we need to campaign for a better world.  This is not even American.  We can argue all day long, but at the end of the day, there are more than two sides and there is a compromise. Nothing should be all or none.

Motivation comes from the ability to climb that ladder and we have it in America now, if we will teach everyone to use it.  Kick out the criminals and stop the theft, but don’t break America!  There is a reason so many people immigrate here!

Oh, and the bailout will only work to give us higher taxes and more home losses.  Some of us are already living within our means and aren’t greedy First Class passengers…

As for Disaster Capitalism, didn’t Rahm Emanuel say “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.”

That’s not change, that’s hypocrisy. What is different? A crisis so we can spend more money? Trillions…Oh, and we are still at war. Great.


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Al Gore sued by over 30,000 Scientists for Global Warming fraud John Coleman – Constitutional Emergency

Al Gore sued by over 30,000 Scientists for Global Warming fraud John Coleman – Constitutional Emergency.

Did anyone see this coming?  Comments?   Maybe direct them to Al Gore…

~J

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mini-nukes for everyone

Hyperion is offering mini nuclear power plants that can be installed cheaply and provide very affordable power to 10,000 homes per unit for seven to ten years at a cost of only $2,500 per home.

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OPEC to cut oil supplies to keep prices high

Reuters reports OPEC may cut oil supplies in 2 rounds: Khelil. With the price of oil falling from $147.27 to under $70 per barrel, OPEC is now trying to stop the decline. The November sweet crude contract rose from $69.85 to $71.85 even in anticipation of OPEC meeting to cut production.


Updated Monday morning (10/20/2008): crude rose more than $2 to over $74 a barrel.

Updated Tuesday afternoon (10/21/2008): U.S. oil for November delivery tumbled $3.98 a barrel to $70.27 by 12:33 p.m. (1633 GMT) on weak demand, despite the OPEC supply cut.

Updated Friday morning (10/24/2008): U.S. light crude for December delivery traded down $4.80 at $63.04 a barrel. Earlier it touched $62.85, its lowest since May 2007.

Updated Monday morning (10/27/2008): Crude for December delivery dropped $1.99, or 3.1%, to $62.16 a barrel.

Updated Tuesday morning (10/28/2008): OPEC officials say ready to act again to boost oil. Prices recovered to $64 a barrel.

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Algae Biofuel

On April 1, 2008 (no joke), PetroSun announced it will begin operation of its commercial algae-to-biofuels facility in Rio Hondo, Texas. This facility will produce algal oil, renewable JP8 jet-fuel, and biomass that can be fermented into ethanol.

The advantage of algae biofuel is that it can produce 30 to 100 times as much oil per acre as soybean. According to the US Department of Energy, algae biofuel can replace all the petroleum fuel used in the United States by utilizing only 15,000 square miles (40,000 square kilometers) of land area, which is 1/7th the area of corn harvested.

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