http://www.pointmanspage.com Strange in a Stranger Land Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:44:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Proving once again Global Warming is about research grants to study the obvious. At least this one is rather optimistic for plants. The last story I recall on "CO2 is plant food" was how rising CO2 was going to inundate us with poison ivy. http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/08/duh-higher-co2-levels-may-be-good-for-plants/ The under reported story of the decade is the crumbling value of the U.S. dollar. Between the poor monetary policies of the last 3 Presidents, Congress printing money like drunken sailors, Congress and the Executive spending like drunken sailors, too much U.S. currency held by foreign concerns, and many other ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/07/the-crumbling-dollar/ I don't often go out of my way to recommend vendors but today re-affirmed my sincere appreciation of Direct Line Parts not only as a primary sponsor of the VTX Owners Association but also as a customer centric business. As is their custom for holidays Direct Line offered the VTXOA ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/07/direct-line-parts/ “We live in an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create our Declaration. Our Declaration created them. The things of the spirit come first. Unless we cling to that, all our material prosperity, overwhelming though it may appear, will turn to a ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/07/our-barren-sceptre/ Remember all that Archaeological looting of Iraqi antiquities that was reported as being due to our entering Iraq? Well, guess what... like many other anti- American media stories it simply wasn't true. Go figure. http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/07/archaeologists-debunk-claimof-looting-in-s-iraq-war-zone/ The former head of the Palestinian Communist Party hopes Obama is elected so he will immediately birth a palestinian state. Of course if people would read their history they'd know there is already a Palestinian state, it's called JORDAN. When Israel was granted territory it was a tiny tiny sliver ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/07/obama-will-immediately-birth-palestinian-state/ Those non-existent WMD's from Iraq? Yeah, well they just moved a 500 tons of uranium from Iraq to Canada.... Of course the Administration never said they would find any, only that they were trying to build them, and I think 500 tons of low grade Uranium, some in various ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/07/us-removes-uranium-from-iraq/ While Der Spiegel writes of a a brighter future in baghdad National public Radio writes of Insurgents Turn Themselves In to U.S., Iraqi Troops. There ought to be some cut-and-run Democrats a bit worried.... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/03/a-brighter-future-for-iraq/ Very nice article on Are the ice caps melting? Also, I always enjoy Chris Horner's take. http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/03/are-the-ice-caps-melting/ A blog worth reading, the Marxists/Socialists/Communists for Obama. If this doesn't scare you then, heaven help us. http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/01/marxistssocialistscommunists-for-obama/ YouTube - Harry Reid Says "Coal Makes Us Sick" What an idiot. Democrats in control of the House for the past almost 2 years. Gasoline at $2.00 then, its at $4.15 now. And with the attitude Harry Reid displays in the video you know it will only get worse since their ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/07/01/harry-reid-says/ The Republican website has a nice review of Obama's statements concerning firearm ownership. At the same time ABC is reporting the Obama camp distancing itself from Obama's own statements as "inartful" which isn't even a word but gets the point across that they've been unexpectedly caught with their drawers ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/06/26/more-political-fallout-from-scotus-ruling/ I love reading Ted Nugent's writing and his take on the DC Gun Ban ruling is a satisfying read as I would expect. On the polar opposite side of the political spectrum on everything else, my favorite Progressive Sam Smith weighs in with positive comments on the Courting getting something right. ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/06/26/nugent-weighs-in-dc-gun-ban-blown-away/ Despite my recent bout of pessimism regarding the case the SCOTUS blog has the ruling reflecting well on the rights of We the People. Though superficially it would appear they've worked very carefully to maintain the status-quo and not shake the current legal standing of any anti-gun law short of ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/06/26/scotus-ruling-on-the-second-amendment-is-in/ So now the Supremes have ruled that death penalty for child rapists is cruel and unusual. I wonder what they think it was from the child's perspective? This is going to be like the recent Taser ruling and I expect the consequences to be pretty immediate. If a parent has no ... http://www.pointmanspage.com/2008/06/26/no-death-penalty-for-raping-children/