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why doesn’t the american government support solar power?

Posted on May 20, 2012 by admin| 11 Comments

If all the homes in america got solar panels and we started strongly supporting wind energy, our energy dependence in the middle east would be significantly reduced and I’m sure it would cost about the same as the war in Iraq has cost so far, if not less. Why aren’t we doing it?
To: kfaulk211, it is not “relatively” expensive. The cost of the war in Iraq will end up being at least 750 billion dollars (there are only 300 million americans, so that’s about 1/4 or that in homes: a guess of at most 75 million homes comes out to about $10,000 (per home) which could have gone to installing solar panels into every home in America. You also mention that solar power is not efficient but that is only if you use ONLY solar power, it works perfectly fine if used in conjunction with other sources of energy. As for energy being produced by private companies, I don’t see why the gov’t couldn’t have a private company produce these products and offer them to the American people.

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What goes through your mind when someone doesn’t understand that?

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin| 7 Comments

when someone doesn’t understand that the war in Iraq costs us 12.5 billion dollars per month and …..when someone doesn’t know what a billion dollars is in terms of million dollar units?

***By ending the war in Iraq, Obama would save us 12.5 billion dollars per month. That is over 12 thousand million dollar units per month . ***

***Ending the war in Iraq would easily pay for universal health care, and a free education for all students with good enough grades to get into college, plus the savings would put people back to work working on our bridges and highways and building wind generators, and solar panels to reduce our dependency on foreign oil. ……….. That is how Obama would pay for his proposals to help all Americans. enough said?

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Should we take pride in our war with Iraq?

Posted on May 4, 2012 by admin| 25 Comments

It is good Saddam is no longer in power. That aside, we went into Iraq because of lies. Would staying there as long as possible be misdirected pride? We must clean up the mess that we were tricked into, but a real man knows when something is worth standing up for and when he should remain silent. Our fine men and women of the Armed Forces should be proud that they served. What I’m trying to ask is whether we, America, might wind up in an un-winnable situation that we could avoid, but might be led by false pride into getting more of our brave soldiers wounded and killed for little reason? Do we have the men, money, and willpower to continue operations that were initiated by lies and have led us to fighting multiple social movements (insurgencies) in the freaking Middle East? What are your thoughts?

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What do you think would happen if the world became dependent on a non-petroleum energy source?

Posted on April 29, 2012 by admin| 2 Comments

Say, hyper solar power, or magnetic energy or something, to fuel engines and machinery? Do you think the US would still be in Iraq and the middle east killing and destroying with no oil issues on the leader’s agenda?

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Is Baghdad the Next Hiroshima?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin| 7 Comments

What Ullman, Powell and other Bushites see now is their vision for high-tech war, “rapid dominance,” or “shock and awe” , the ability to impose complete and total destruction.” When it came to Iraq, Ullman liked the idea of cruise missiles — lots of them, right away. CBS News reported that Ullman’s ideas are the basis for the Pentagon’s war plan. The U.S. will smash Baghdad with up to 800 cruise missiles in the first two days of the war. That’s about one every four minutes, day and night, for 48 hours.
“The missiles will hit far more than just military targets. They will destroy everything that makes life in Baghdad livable. “We want them to quit. We want them not to fight,” Ullman told CBS reporter David Martin. So “you take the city down. You get rid of their power, water. In 2,3,4,5 days they are physically, emotionally and psychologically exhausted.”
Ullman was sure it would work as well in 2003 as it did in 1945: “You have this simultaneous effect, rather like the nuclear weapons at Hiroshima, not taking days or weeks but in minutes.”

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Why does no one in this country understand the simple facts?!?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin| 18 Comments

-Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever in Iraq.
-Over 400,000 kids have up to date immunizations.
-Over 1500 schools have been renovated, and ridded of the weapons that were stored there, so education can occur.
-The port of Uhm Qasar was renovated so grain can be off lloaded from ships faster.
-School attendance is up 80% from levels before the war.
-The country had it’s first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August.
-The country now receives 2 times the electrical power it did before the war.
-100% of the hospitals are open and fully staffed compared to 35% before the war.
-Elections are taking place in every major city and city councils are in place.
-Sewer and water lines are installed in every major city.
-Over 60,000 police are patrolling the streets.
-Over 100,000 Iraqi civil defense police are securing the country.
-Over 80,000 Iraqi soldiers are patrolling the streets side by side with US soldiers.
-Over 400,000 people have tel
This was sent by a soldier who is home for two weeks from Baghdad. I think it says it all…

As I head off to Baghdad for the final weeks of my stay in Iraq, I wanted to say thanks to all of you who did not believe the media. They have done a very poor job of covering everything that has happened. I am sorry that I have not been able to visit all of you during my two week leave back home. And just so you can rest at night knowing something is happening in Iraq that is noteworthy, I thought I would pass this on to you. This is the list of things that has happened in Iraq recently: (Please share it with your friends and compare it to the version that your paper is producing)

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Why does no one in this country understand the simple facts?!?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin| Leave a comment

-Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever in Iraq.
-Over 400,000 kids have up to date immunizations.
-Over 1500 schools have been renovated, and ridded of the weapons that were stored there, so education can occur.
-The port of Uhm Qasar was renovated so grain can be off lloaded from ships faster.
-School attendance is up 80% from levels before the war.
-The country had it’s first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August.
-The country now receives 2 times the electrical power it did before the war.
-100% of the hospitals are open and fully staffed compared to 35% before the war.
-Elections are taking place in every major city and city councils are in place.
-Sewer and water lines are installed in every major city.
-Over 60,000 police are patrolling the streets.
-Over 100,000 Iraqi civil defense police are securing the country.
-Over 80,000 Iraqi soldiers are patrolling the streets side by side with US soldiers.
-Over 400,000 people have tel
This was sent by a soldier who is home for two weeks from Baghdad. I think it says it all…

As I head off to Baghdad for the final weeks of my stay in Iraq, I wanted to say thanks to all of you who did not believe the media. They have done a very poor job of covering everything that has happened. I am sorry that I have not been able to visit all of you during my two week leave back home. And just so you can rest at night knowing something is happening in Iraq that is noteworthy, I thought I would pass this on to you. This is the list of things that has happened in Iraq recently: (Please share it with your friends and compare it to the version that your paper is producing)

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