Ladies and Gentlemen Meet Mrs. PELOSI

[GaryC 7]

Wow!! I was looking for an article about Pelosi for Steve and this popped up. Sure tells you who side the Marines are on!!

http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthre...3547#post203547

[Carol&Marc 0]

I'm trying to find a legitimate source that really delves into her family fortune. What exactly does she own and operate? Do you know? Do you know whether she is actively involved in the business decisions? Do you know if the employee's at the businesses she owns ever tried to unionize? What do they say about her? Without knowing those questions, this is just blowing smoke.

This article delves in just fine, Steve. It's just not delving where you would like it to, Of course I could'nt imagine any business owner being involved with their business? how stupid of me.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

It really isn't hard to find Steve. Here is one from Newsmax.

You do realize what Newsmax is? Not a reliable source to be quoting from, Gary.

O'Reilly on NewsMax.com: "a good website ... for conservative listeners"

On the November 11 edition of The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, host Bill O'Reilly decried the impact that false information on the Internet had on the presidential election. In addition to touting his own website, he promoted NewsMax.com, which he described as "a good website, I think, for conservative listeners." O'Reilly is a NewsMax.com-sponsored columnist; his column is published in NewsMax Magazine.

Media Matters for America has documented numerous examples of misinformation published on this "good website ... for conservative listeners":

* On October 14, NewsMax.com wrongly asserted that during the October 13 presidential debate, Senator John Kerry "outed" Vice President ####### Cheney's daughter as a lesbian.

* On October 4, subscribers to NewsMax.com's email-only "Insider Report" received an article that baselessly claimed: "Democrats and their supporters may be laying the groundwork for a massive effort to 'steal' the election come Election Day."

* On August 13, NewsMax.com falsely claimed that as lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, "Kerry authored an executive order that said the state of Massachusetts would refuse to take part in any civil defense efforts in response to a nuclear attack on America."

* On July 7, NewsMax.com helped the Republican National Committee spread an unsourced anecdote that smeared Senator John Edwards (D-NC) as inexperienced. The NewsMax.com article claimed that "Edwards has so little foreign policy experience that he reportedly couldn't identify the name Yitzhak Rabin as belonging to the late Israeli prime minister." NewsMax.com credited radio host Rush Limbaugh with "unearth[ing]" this report.

* On May 31, NewsMax.com published the unfounded rumor that during Memorial Day ceremonies at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kerry "flipped off" Ted Sampley, a Vietnam veteran and leader of Vietnam Veterans Against John Kerry. Limbaugh spread this rumor on June 1 and The Washington Times reported it on June 2.

* On October 24, NewsMax.com falsely claimed that the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) had registered illegal alien and accused terrorist Nuradin Abdi to vote in Ohio.

* On September 15, NewsMax.com distorted the words of Kerry's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, stating that she called her critics "scumbags."

In 1998, NewsMax.com published an article claiming that then-President Bill Clinton had a "secret son" with a Little Rock, Arkansas, prostitute. Other NewsMax.com articles on Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton include: "Arkansas' Murderous Ways," which alleged that Bill Clinton is the "product of an Arkansas political machine that has long been corrupt and tied to organized crime"; "Clinton-Connected Bribes, Break-ins, Beatings, Death Threats"; and "[Clinton Commerce Secretary] Ron Brown's Death: 'Blunt Force' ... or Bullet?"

—N.C.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200411150005

I'm trying to find a legitimate source that really delves into her family fortune. What exactly does she own and operate? Do you know? Do you know whether she is actively involved in the business decisions? Do you know if the employee's at the businesses she owns ever tried to unionize? What do they say about her? Without knowing those questions, this is just blowing smoke.

This article delves in just fine, Steve. It's just not delving where you would like it to, Of course I could'nt imagine any business owner being involved with their business? how stupid of me.

Marc, just curious. Did you ever have to do a research paper in college?

Wow!! I was looking for an article about Pelosi for Steve and this popped up. Sure tells you who side the Marines are on!!

http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthre...3547#post203547

Can we stick to substance? These political threads are getting to be so ridiculous and empty of any real discussion.

Edited November 17, 2006 by Steven_and_Jinky

[Carol&Marc 0]

Can we stick to substance? These political threads are getting to be so ridiculous and empty of any real discussion.

So why do you post so many "empty" political threads. There is lots of substance here, the substance is to point out hypocracy.

Edited November 17, 2006 by Carol&Marc

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

Can we stick to substance? These political threads are getting to be so ridiculous and empty of any real discussion.

So why do you post so many "empty" political threads. There is lots of substance here, the substance is to point out hypocracy.

it's not empty if it's bashing bush

[peejay 327]

Bush Administration OKs Expanded Oil Drilling in Alaska

by H. Josef Hebert

WASHINGTON - Citing a need for domestic energy, the government plans to open for exploratory drilling thousands of acres on Alaska's North Slope that have been protected for decades because of migratory birds and caribou.

The Bureau of Land Management has concluded that oil and gas exploration in the northeastern corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska can be conducted with "minimal impact" on the area's wildlife.

While most of the 22 million-acre reserve is open to oil development, its lake-pocked northeastern corner has been fenced off, dating back to the Reagan administration, because of environmental concerns. That area also is viewed as having the highest oil and gas potential within the reserve.

Interior Secretary Gale Norton is expected to sign off on the BLM's recommendation next week, said a department official, speaking on condition of anonymity because a final action has not been announced.

The NPRA, which was created in 1923 specifically to have access to oil if needed, is not to be confused with the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge farther to the east, which has been the focus of intense debate in Congress over oil development.

The Fish and Wildlife Service, which like the BLM is part of the Interior Department, has said the area around Lake Teshekpuk in the northeast corner of the NPRA is among the most important molting areas in the entire Arctic for wild geese. It is also used for calving and insect relief by herds of caribou.

The BLM, however, has concluded that more than 400,000 acres surrounding Lake Teshekpuk should be opened for exploratory drilling with restrictions. The government estimates the area contains about 2 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil and 3.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Henri Bisson, the BLM's Alaska director, outlined the planned action in a speech posted Friday on the agency's Web site, predicting the decision will prompt strong criticism from environmental activists and a likely lawsuit.

"I have been told flat out ... to expect an all out fight to the finish to keep this from happening," said Bisson in the speech, given earlier this week to a business group in Anchorage.

The Anchorage Daily News reported on Bisson's speech Friday.

Bisson called the decision to open the northeastern corner "one of the most difficult projects that we have attempted yet at BLM" but said the reason was simple: "The country needs access to its oil and gas resources and this area is a petroleum reserve."

A broad section of environmentalists and conservationists, from the Wilderness Society to Ducks Unlimited, have urged continued protection of the lake region, noting that almost all of the NPRA already is available to oil companies.

"You do need to have oil and gas development in the NPRA, but not on every single acre," said Eleanor Huffins of the Wilderness Society in Alaska. She said environmentalists have little confidence that the government restrictions will be protective.

"When industry asks for exemptions they give it to them," she said in a telephone interview from Anchorage.

Bisson said the development plan would identify seven lease tracts, of 46,000 to 59,000 acres each, north of Teshekpuk Lake, including 217,000 acres of key habitat for waterfowl. Exploratory leases also will be made available for 157,000 acres east and south of the lake, the area used by caribou.

He said ice roads, graveled drilling pads and other facilities would be limited to 300 acres, excluding pipelines, and exploration would be restricted to winter months, resulting "in minimal impact to the wildlife resources that live in this area."

However, if oil is found — as it widely expected — year-round production will follow, environmentalists said.

Most of the federal petroleum reserve was opened for oil drilling during the Clinton administration, although then-Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt fenced off 840,000 acres, including the area around Lake Teshekpuk. Norton expanded drilling in the reserve last year, but also left the northeastern section alone.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.asp

Really...is it worth trashing such a pristine area to extract roughly 95 days worth of current US oil consumption?

[Carol&Marc 0]

Really...is it worth trashing such a pristine area to extract roughly 95 days worth of current US oil consumption?

Yep I think the street you live on was pristene 200 years ago,Just think of all those animals homes you destroyed And now look at it, all that pavement and cars littering the streets. Peejay you HEATHEN!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I wouldn't trust Wikipedia much. Just about anyone can write an article and then nearly anyone can edit and/or add to one. There are very few, if any, controls on the content at Wikipedia -- unless, of course, an article becomes vandalized. This recently happened to the Wikipedia articles covering the Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii.

They do use reference articles at the bottom of the page - noone forces anyone to rely on the wikipedia articles alone. Recently, I believe Wikipedia has actually tightened their content controls as a result of vandalism.

[peejay 327]

Really...is it worth trashing such a pristine area to extract roughly 95 days worth of current US oil consumption?

Yep I think the street you live on was pristene 200 years ago,Just think of all those animals homes you destroyed And now look at it, all that pavement and cars littering the streets. Peejay you HEATHEN!

Groovy...why waste all that empty space in Yellowstone, Yosemite, or the Grand Canyon when they could be better put to use as hazardous waste dumps, Walmart distribution centers, or a bombing practice range for the US military?

And better yet...that empty field down the street from your house would be a wonderful place to build Section 8 low income housing for illegal aliens and gang bangers. Enjoy.