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Lloyd Lutterman ~ You can make plastic out of Hemp too; and, it's biodegradable! You can also make cloths, paper, medicine, building materials and high grade fuel--all far superior in quality to petroleum based products! Read all about it:
http://thehempsolution.blogspot.com/
Hemp is the perfect renewable natural source of solar energy!
In reference to nuclear waste being stored above ground: Virtually all nuclear plants in the USA are now storing spent fuel in dry cask storage at the nuclear sites. These canisters are licensed for 40 years which is kicking the can down the road. The new plants under construction in GA and SC have minimal (5 yrs) spent fuel storage and then have to go to dry cask storage. This was designed to lower construction costs. All of these dry casks are a temporay measure. Someday someone will have to deal with removing them or changing them. I should mention at great cost. The nuclear industry has had 50 years to come up with a solution to this mess and can only kick the can down the road.
A shame most want to live in plastic world and not a world built with hemp
Palindromedary ~ You're welcome! By the way, if you liked that one you might also like this one. Here Jesse interviews Abby Martin from "Breaking The Set" about what it is like to be in the media and question 9/11. Enjoy!
http://www.ora.tv/offthegrid/abby-martin-uncovers-911-0_5lfnpd97jghb
The problem here is Citizen's United. The recent failure of the Senate to approve the amendment necessary to overturn Citizens United is a disastrous sign of things to come. As long as BIG money controls our politicians nothing short of an environmental catastrophe will make any difference in our way of life. Our representatives have become wholly owned subsidiaries of the Big Oil industry; and, until that invisible hand is removed from our government things are only going to get worse.
There are two ways to make people turn green. The easy way or the hard way. Either way turning green is inevitable. Simply make turning green easier and cheaper; or, make not turning green harder and more expensive. There are no other sources of motivation. Only by removing Big Oil money from politics can we go the easy route. Until we do that we are doomed to create our own environmental crisis. That is why the best course of action is to focus all our efforts on cleaning up the money in politics. Any other endeavour is a waste of time and energy that we cannot afford.
Consumer Unions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeEMSht_E30&list=UUuFCfiQxxQFt3ELgYceCElw
Very well said, Ellioflight! I certainly agree!
Aliceinwonderland ~ Have you checked you eMail lately?
I have grave missgivings about who is responsible or culpable in the 9/11 attacks. With my logical mind, I watched as the Twin Towers fell with demolition expert precision. I watched as Building 7 went down the same way--the same morning and was NOT hit by a plane--planned demolitions take take WEEKS of planning. I know that Bush's cousin was head of security, the "white elephant" was leased by a very wealthy man and insured around six weeks before the collapse. I've heard radio calls from firemen fighting the fires in the towers reporting that they had the fire under control. I've heard interviews by tennents of the building who report that there was "construction" going on and dust falling into their workspace from in the floor above, but when it was finished, they went to check and nothing was there. I've read a scientific peer-reviewed paper on the possibility that thermite was used.... If I were an investigative journalist, that would be my life's work--to find out the TRUTH.
And of course 935 lies were told by Bush & co to get us into Iraq for the oil and war profits for campaign supporters and staff--so why wouldn't they "wag the dog" and sacrifice innocent Americans for their cause? They didn't think twice about sacrificing our sons and daughters and fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters and cousins for that LIE.
The bigger the lie, the more people believe it.
So why are fairly new builings ceated from toxic chemicals? Or was the wreckage contaminated wth nuclear devices. Wake up America! The whole world can see you are being conned by your own government.
DAnneMarc: Your welcome, my pleasure. By the way, Karolina over on the Community blog has posted a very interesting subject about 9/11:
FBI Whistleblower: Pentagon, CIA, NATO And MI6 Were Masterminds Behind 9/11
Looks like Sibel Edmonds has a new book out...because she is prevented by her previous employers...the FBI...from releasing explosive and incriminating information...she has written a "Novel"...you know, the kind where they don't use real names but you can easily tell who they are talking about. Her book, "The Lone Gladio(Volume 1)" is now out. So far, the Customer Reviews on Amazon give it a solid 5 stars.
http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2014/09/fbi-whistleblower-pentagon-cia...
DAnneMarc: Thanks for that link. I am going to have to start watching more of these Jesse Ventura vids. I just now got around to reading your message....still busy in hell! heh! heh!
You're most welcome! Thanks for the cool avatar!
Nobody does it better than Jesse Ventura!!! Thanks for the link!
Here is a story about how Bahrain is committing human rights crimes, and in particular against one family, whose members have been repeatedly beaten and tortured in their prison cells. The father of two daughters, all of whom are in Bahrain prisons, was beaten so badly that he had to have 30 plates put into his skull to keep his face together. They are up for a peace prize...but may not live long enough to receive them. The US won't say a word about it...for one thing, they have a US Naval base in Bahrain. And the close ties between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain keeps the US at bay. Most of the population of Bahrain live in poverty...in slums...while the wealthy few liver very well indeed. You should see the artificial islands they built at the southern part of Bahrain. The area is off limits to everyone but the wealthy few who can afford to live there. The 5 mini islands are in the shape of a fish and there are 6 hook-shaped islands outside of the fish islands. Every house location has it's own swimming pool and boat dock. Enter these coordinates in Google Earth: 25°49'59.53"N 50°36'11.30"E
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/terrorizing_a_family_of_human_rights...
I have 2 grown generations of offspring and glad to hear his views are close to mine.
Ex Governor Jesse Ventura on 9/11. This is one great rant folks!
http://www.examiner.com/article/jesse-ventura-bush-and-cheney-lied-about-9-11-to-make-money-off-of-the-iraq-war
better than tens of thousands of our boots on the ground....walk softly, but carry a big stick. (If one can bomb softly).
9 / 11 ! Our brand new holiday. Every Year we as citizens of the New World Order have something to celebrate. Careful what you say about the events cause it might just get you fired or laid off without a chance in hell of ever getting employed again. Social engineering and management at its finest. Most everyone is compliant if they know whats good for them.
Even my mom and her liberal friends took exception to my comment that 9-11-01 was the best day in "President" Bush's career. It gave him the perfect excuse to get the war machine's gears grinding once again. Never mind that his "excuse" was under entirely false pretense. He'd been wanting to invade Iraq for years anyway. Never mind that all but one or two of those 9-11 orchestrators was Saudi, not Iraqi! There wasn't a single Iraqi participant in that entire operation. But hey, the warmongers could always count on an ignorant, gullible American electorate to fall in lockstep behind their unholy agenda. I could see through the facade right away, but folks like me were vastly outnumbered.
Did any of you happen to see the video of Bush Junior reading aloud to a classroom full of kiddies on 9-11-01, when he first received news about the attack? It is so bloody creepy, it makes my skin crawl. What creeps me out is Bush's body language. He doesn't even look surprised. Quite the contrary, he looks more like he'd expected it to happen; almost as if he was in on the plot. Instead of excusing himself from what he'd been doing, he went right back to reading aloud to those kids as if nothing had happened.
Would I go so far as to accuse Bush of being behind the terrorist attacks? Hell no. But I wouldn't put it past him either. The guy is a fucking war criminal. He wanted his little war with Saddam, and 9-11 certainly put the American public in the mood for it. Out came the war drums! The haste with which Bush shuttled the Bin Laden family out of the U.S., rather than interrogating them as was appropriate, is significant as well. And let's not forget the cozy friendship between the Bush family and the Bin Ladens.
There's another video clip of Baby Bush holding hands with the Saudi prince. Gag me. Who needs soap operas?
What goes around comes around. Long as the U.S. government functions as the biggest terrorist organization on the planet, we can expect blowback such as 9-11 from time to time. Frankly, it amazes me that another such incident hasn't already occurred since 2001. We can thank our government for setting us up as targets for the justifiable rage our war mongers have ignited with their murderous, kleptofascist rampages. - AIW
The US also has law against torture and war crimes but that's tricky business when those war crimes are committed under the corrupt doctrines like American foreign policy. The Patriot act gives blanket immunity to all kinds of unjustifiable acts against humanity. This act was passed during the Bush administration, justified by 9/111, and and the Obama administration has only tried to strengthen it, not abolish it.
No administration is going to pursue war charges against a previous administration, because that would be an endless cycle of imprisoned former presidents. War crimes is just business as usual for any superpower administration with a constant war based economy for the purpose of protecting resources to keep the world moving and consuming without ever considering the consequences of their mindless consumption.
Isn't it curious that we call the new "terrorist" CIA created monster 'ISIS'? Ya know how, the corporations' US government always touts the opposite of what is actually true? How Repugs blame Dems for the policies of Repugs and how Dems seem all too willing to take the blame? Who is Isis? She is the Goddess of the people, the ancient Egyptian Goddess of social justice and equality. Interesting huh? Isis is a construct of the private corporations that now control our military and government. Their intent is to completely destabilize the planet in order to seize whats left of Mother Earth's resources and to let runaway climate change and pollution take care of the rest.
Pissed off that Putin recked our chances to bomb Syria, they created a monster and made it possible to finally, ultimately control the region. Don't take my word for it..
https://medium.com/@NafeezAhmed/how-the-west-created-the-islamic-state-d...
No, their not totally immune, but say, Dick Cheney is arrest in another country, and taken to the Hague. U.S. law dictates that the Hague can be invaded to rescue American soldiers/citizens and it's extended to our allies from facing war crime charges, or in other works, facing justice in the world courts.
My comments numbered #14 was in response to #1's post