| Lost scholarships upset governor
Last year, Bredesen proposed putting money into a fund that would be used to help schools get better interest rates on loans for building projects. The proposal did not make it through the General Assembly, nor did a plan backed by Senate Republicans to give school districts grants from the lottery surplus to use on construction projects. The Senate Education Committee will take up a passel of lottery bills Wednesday. The governor also said he would like to see more money put into non-lottery scholarship programs that are geared to help students with financial need. "I couldn't have gone to college without that kind of help," said Bredesen, who graduated from Harvard University in 1967 with a degree in physics.
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With friends like these ...
Doesn't it rather disconnect us, since instead of doing something enjoyable such as talking and eating and dancing and drinking with my friends, I am merely sending them little ungrammatical notes and amusing photos in cyberspace, while chained to my desk? A friend of mine recently told me that he had spent a Saturday night at home alone on Facebook, drinking at his desk. What a gloomy image. Far from connecting us, Facebook actually isolates us at our workstations. Facebook appeals to a kind of vanity and self-importance in us, too. If I put up a flattering picture of myself with a list of my favourite things, I can construct an artificial representation of who I am in order to get sex or approval. ("I like Facebook," said another friend. "I got a shag out of it.") It also encourages a disturbing competitivness around friendship: it seems that with friends today, quality counts for nothing and quantity is king.
Why was it left to Prince Charles to honour returning veterans of Iraq ...
Conservative MSP Bill Aitken said: "My own view is that the Scottish public in particular are immensely appreciative of the contribution which our armed forces make, and Prince Charles is to be commended on recognising this. "It is a pity, but unfortunately true, that the army doesn't feel appreciated and, bearing in mind the sacrifices made in Iraq and Afghanistan, governments both in Scotland and Westminster have to recognise soldiers more effectively." Clive Fairweather, a former SAS colonel, said he was "delighted" Prince Charles had taken such a "positive position" and said it showed the prince was in tune with the concerns of serving and former soldiers. He said: "He has spent a lot of time in the services and he meets a lot of soldiers and ex-soldiers. What I think would surprise most people is just how up to date and clued up the Royal Family are.
President Bloomberg?
His platform, so far, consists of a vacuous rhetoric that lets listeners read into it whatever they want. He would end "the tired debate between the left and the right, between Democrats and Republicans." Oh really? He would pull Washington out of its "swamp of dysfunction." How grand! Michael Bloomberg, who couldn't get a crowd to stand on its feet and cheer with real enthusiasm to save his life; Michael Bloomberg, who raises the temperature in the room only when he reaches for his wallet; Michael Bloomberg, who has managed to duck every tough question about the direst issues confronting our country, from Iraq to Iran. Michael Bloomberg will run for president because he hears America calling for change. He alone hears his own name in that same wind, but no matter. He can do so because he can afford to.
The Facts on the Trilateral Commission Show New World Order Plot
The Facts on the Trilateral Commission Reveal That David Rockefeller and Other Elite Crooks Want Global Government Tyranny. "The Trilateral Commission is international and is intended to be the vehicle for multinational consolidation of the commercial and banking interests by seizing control of the political government of the U.S." - Sen. Barry Goldwater When looking at the facts on the Trilateral Commission, it's important to understand that it was set up as a front for the exact same goals of the Council on Foreign Relations. The Trilateral Commission is another tool used by the leaders of the CFR shadow government. The world's elite utilizes secretive organizations such as the Committee of 300 structure, the CFR, the Bilderberg Society, and the Trilateral Commission to further its ultimate goal of global domination.
July 2006
An American car company can move its factories to Mexico and claim it's a Free Market. An American toy company can outsource to a Chinese sub-contractor and claim it's a Free Market. An American branded shoe company can produce its shoes in India and claim it's a Free Market. An American bank can move its corproation to Bermuda to avoid U.S. twes and claim it's a Free Market. We can buy cheaper ink-jet printers made in Mexico and cheaper sports shorts made in Bandladesh, because it's a Free Market. In fact, we can purchase almost anything we want (and save money by doing so) from twenty different foreign countries because it's a Free Market... Free for some, but illegal for you and me But Heaven help the Elderly and Disabled who dare to buy their prescription drugs from a Canadian Pharmacy! That, our leaders say, is Un-American.
Timber Industry 1991-2000
This is more than 24% of the world's forest reserves. In contrast to the rest of the world, the area under forest in Russia is slowly increasing rather than decreasing. Russia can produce up to 650 million cubic meters of timber per year without environmental damage. However, in reality, it produces and processes no more than 130 million cubic meters.
About 1.4 million people work in the industry. Its annual sales volumes exceed $4.5 billion, which is 2.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Russian Federation. Up to 85% of production is geared to export: round timber accounts for 33% of exports; lumber, for 19%; and the remainder is comprised of cardboard, pulp, and paper. The industry's foreign deliveries of more than $3.5 billion per year hold fifth place as a source of income after gas, oil, and ferrous and nonferrous metals.
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