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Would a commercial that accused a candidate of favoring an amnesty for Illegal Immigrants be out of line to use the phrase "That is Amnesty "Senor" Mac".


Could this be construed as an appeal to racism?

""You are seeing good corn yields under conditions that would have probably been a crop disaster 20 years ago," he said.

Others in the industry are using improved soil management methods to reduce greenhouse gases. That includes no-till farming, where farmers plant crops without using machines to plow or turn over the soil. That method cuts down on energy use and traps organic material that breaks down to fertilize the soil. The method also keeps carbon in the ground instead of releasing it to build up in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide."



http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/26/green.farmers.ap/

Think it's a matter of chance that we don't have a meaningful national energy policy? Wondering why oil and gas companies don't pay higher royalties to the Treasury now that oil is over $55 a barrel? Amazed that Washington loves to talk about energy research with promise 15 years down the road, but won't put significant money into alternative technologies that could reduce energy consumption now?

For answers to all those questions and more, just follow the money......


http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Commentary/Experts/Jubak/Jim_Jubak.aspx?msn=1

     This is a convivial group most of the time , many joyfull hours I have spent in friendly argument with people who could never agree with me , but who could use their skills of argument to spar with me in a friendly manner.


      But we have a tacit agreement don't we ?


      We assume the humanity and human feelings of each other , and we know that we aren't here to do harm.

      Every now and then we loose someone who can't tolerate us or who can't stand the rules , but the rules are not onerous here.



      What would the the proper limit though for a genuine difference of opinion in a posting member who was tolerant enough to follow the rules ?


    Suppose a serious disciple of Osama Bin Laden was here saying that he would regretfully have to kill us all until we saw the error of our ways and turned to Islam?

    What if a real member of the actual Nazi party were to expound on the need to controll the "mud People " and the duplicity of the ZOG?

     What about a Communist , a KKK officer , a Russian gangster , a Columbian or Jamaican gun man.

     Hey, there is no barrier to Hugo Chavez or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from coming in here and very politely telling us how nasty we are.

      Could we put up with something like that?

       What does a mature sort of person do when confronted with a philosophy so incompatible whit his own ?

   
     

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi

http://www.rumi.net/rumi_by_shiva.htm



Love rests on no foundation.
It is an endless ocean,
with no beginning or end.
Imagine,
a suspended ocean,
riding on a cushion of ancient secrets.
All souls have drowned in it,
and now dwell there.
One drop of that ocean is hope,
and the rest is fear.

Juan Carlos bagged five bears and two wild boar during a trip to Romania in 2004, according to a report in Spain's El Mundo newspaper. That same year, he took up an invitation to hunt bison and pheasants in Poland.

It was unlikely the Russian reports would have any effect on Juan Carlos's high popularity at home.

The king is a soft-spoken and respected father-figure for modern Spain, acting largely as a figurehead monarch and international ambassador for all things Spanish. Spaniards like his down-to-earth manner and family-man image.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15332205/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15362568/



Says mistakes were made.