Monday, October 30, 2006
We're just so darned unilateral
This is really all I need to hear to be in favor of the border fence.
The 28 nations express "deep concern regarding the decision adopted by the United States of America to build and extend a wall on its border with Mexico, considering it to be a unilateral measure that goes against the spirit of understanding," it said in the declaration, which was read out by Mexico's Ambassador Alejandro Garcia Moreno.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,225318,00.html
Funny that there is a "UN" in unilateral -- I guess I've finally found a "UN" that I favor.
The 28 nations express "deep concern regarding the decision adopted by the United States of America to build and extend a wall on its border with Mexico, considering it to be a unilateral measure that goes against the spirit of understanding," it said in the declaration, which was read out by Mexico's Ambassador Alejandro Garcia Moreno.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,225318,00.html
Funny that there is a "UN" in unilateral -- I guess I've finally found a "UN" that I favor.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
What are we thinking
"Schools are one of the few places in the United States where the government has guaranteed that there will be no licensed, trained adults with a concealed firearm that could be used to resist a would-be mass murderer."
Just think about it.
Now read the whole article. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTNmZDZhYzg4NTMwODFlMzFmOThjNjhkODMzYzYzMWI
Just think about it.
Now read the whole article. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTNmZDZhYzg4NTMwODFlMzFmOThjNjhkODMzYzYzMWI
Thursday, October 05, 2006
It's not just hitting the fan
It's in the water too:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092801994.html
"...more than half of the bacteria in the streams came from wild creatures. EPA documents show that similar problems were found in Maryland, where wildlife were more of a problem than humans and livestock combined in the Magothy River, and in Northern Virginia tributaries such as Accotink Creek, where geese were responsible for 24 percent of bacteria, as opposed to 20 percent attributable to people."
More hunting equals cleaner water?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092801994.html
"...more than half of the bacteria in the streams came from wild creatures. EPA documents show that similar problems were found in Maryland, where wildlife were more of a problem than humans and livestock combined in the Magothy River, and in Northern Virginia tributaries such as Accotink Creek, where geese were responsible for 24 percent of bacteria, as opposed to 20 percent attributable to people."
More hunting equals cleaner water?
Monday, October 02, 2006
Like this is going to work
Israel withdrew the last of its troops from Lebanon early Sunday, fulfilling a key condition of the Aug. 14 cease-fire that ended a monthlong war against Hezbollah guerrillas.
The pullout ended a nearly three-month troop presence in Lebanon and cleared the way for the full deployment of an international peacekeeping force that will police the border with the Lebanese army.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216870,00.html
The way is cleared for "full deployment" of the international peacekeeping force that won't even dare to require the Hezbollah to give up their weapons as resolved by the UN.
The cease-fire also calls for the unconditional release of the soldiers. The United Nations has appointed a mediator to try to win the soldiers' freedom, most likely through a prisoner swap with Israel.
Unfortunate for those soldiers that their fate is in the hands of the UN.
The pullout ended a nearly three-month troop presence in Lebanon and cleared the way for the full deployment of an international peacekeeping force that will police the border with the Lebanese army.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216870,00.html
The way is cleared for "full deployment" of the international peacekeeping force that won't even dare to require the Hezbollah to give up their weapons as resolved by the UN.
The cease-fire also calls for the unconditional release of the soldiers. The United Nations has appointed a mediator to try to win the soldiers' freedom, most likely through a prisoner swap with Israel.
Unfortunate for those soldiers that their fate is in the hands of the UN.
No Fun Allowed
Overnight stays in national parks fell 20 percent, to 13.8 million, between 1995 and 2005, and are down another 4.3 percent for the first eight months of 2006.
Among the declines in the 10-year period, tent camping dropped 23 percent, backcountry camping fell 24 percent and RV camping was down 31 percent.
"Camping is one of those areas that is a concern to us," said Butch Street, a statistician for the National Park Service who compiles the figures each year. "That is definitely going down.
"Let's face it: It's hard to protect the parks if no one is interested in them."
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4391721
I love that last line about it being hard to protect the parks if no one is interested in them. I thought that was goal of the park service -- keep people out of the parks, and that way they (the parks) are protected. Rules, regulations, park fees used to create improved areas and then only those improved areas can be used -- all of the old places a person could camp can no longer be used. This is what the environmentalist trend leads to -- keeping the public away from nature. I'm just surprised the article did not list global warming as a probable reason for the decline.
Among the declines in the 10-year period, tent camping dropped 23 percent, backcountry camping fell 24 percent and RV camping was down 31 percent.
"Camping is one of those areas that is a concern to us," said Butch Street, a statistician for the National Park Service who compiles the figures each year. "That is definitely going down.
"Let's face it: It's hard to protect the parks if no one is interested in them."
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4391721
I love that last line about it being hard to protect the parks if no one is interested in them. I thought that was goal of the park service -- keep people out of the parks, and that way they (the parks) are protected. Rules, regulations, park fees used to create improved areas and then only those improved areas can be used -- all of the old places a person could camp can no longer be used. This is what the environmentalist trend leads to -- keeping the public away from nature. I'm just surprised the article did not list global warming as a probable reason for the decline.
