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Spore Tribal Stage Preview - IGN
Thompson: Obama Supports Infanticide
http://www.nysun.com/national/obama-facing-attacks-from-all-sides-over-abortion/84059/
Video from Peace March in Minn (RNC Convention)
Can I Get Your Number
http://www.videosift.com/video/Mad-TV-Can-I-Have-Your-Number
Hitler gets banned from World of Warcraft
NASA Delta Rocket lauch and Massive Explosion.
http://www.videosift.com/video/rocket-explodes-fuel-and-debris-rains-down-in-amazing-fire-show
Stupid: riding in the back of a pickup truck over sand dunes
*discard
Apollo 11 Crew Still Pwnz
http://www.videosift.com/video/Dont-Mess-with-Buzz
*discard
Les Claypool - One Better
This Guy Is Awesome At The US Sobriety Test
http://www.videosift.com/video/Reno-911-DUI-Stop
Les Claypool live bass solo
Amazing Ball Catch
Low Gravity - Mythbusters Bust Moon Landing Conspiracies
That may be, but that does not prove that we went to the moon.
Yes it does. http://www.videosift.com/video/Laser-Pointer-Mythbusters-Bust-Moon-Landing-Conspiracies
It is also possible to see other reasons outside of conspiracy why we haven't gone back lately. Some basic cost vs benefit figures come to mind. Manned moon missions cost billions of dollars and put lives at risk. We've sent a number of manned missions basically just to prove it could be done. Since the conspiracy only focuses on the first landing while ignoring everything up to Apollo 17 and unmanned missions following, does this vast conspiracy continue to fabricate moon landings and scientific research?
Now, like you said, we have the technology to perform tasks remotely. So why spend billions trying to send more people when you can launch something that doesn't have to worry about oxygen, food, sleep, or any other human needs? Also, in regards to wondering why no one else went there, what is the rush now? There is nothing there and the race is over. Russia and China are still considering possible manned missions in the future. In the meantime, unmanned missions work just fine. It is easy to construct conspiracy theories after an event has occured. Take a dash of fact, mix with conjecture, bake till ignorant, and you've got a conspiracy. Works best if served while calling everyone blind.
Having an opinion is above Obama's pay grade
Do I think drilling will bring back $1.50/gal gasoline? This is a loaded question considering prices have *never* been rock steady. We have built up an anti-oil mentality in this country over many years, blocked expansion, and brought a majority of the price increase on ourselves. I most definitely believe that drilling coupled with releasing a small portion of our reserves to the market will drop prices. You may not immediately drop to a solid $1.50/gal, but gas prices always have been and always will be in flux. Newer estimates are placing the number of barrels in the OCS conservatively at 86 billion. That will definitely make a difference in our domestic supply vs. imports. Don’t forget there are even more untapped oil reserves throughout this country besides the OCS that can be drilled as well. This is even excluding all the oil shale resources which the US has in abundance. As I see it, the only reason to oppose drilling comes from beliefs that it will destroy the environment which is a myth.
As for global warming, I’ve discussed it many times here before. The last I can remember was in Fedquip’s sift talk post claiming the debate is over here:
http://nature.videosift.com/talk/The-Decade-long-Conversation-to-nowhere
I’m tired of rewriting the same information over and over again. If you want to pick a category off of Wikipedia to pigeonhole me I would say I can fall under:
Global warming is not occurring or has ceased
Believe accuracy of IPCC climate projections is inadequate
Believe global warming is primarily caused by natural processes.
Those all cover my general beliefs. Warming trends ended nearly a decade ago. I think global warming is based in fear and is used to push particular agendas through the threat of a coming apocalypse. I also believe our understanding of the Earth and its complex climate patterns is still very limited. As more evidence is uncovered of warming periods prior to the industrial revolution which were even more intense than the one experienced at the height of the global warming frenzy, I think we begin to see just how little we really know. Talk is even beginning now of global cooling as the fears of a coming ice age are about to be recycled.
http://www.mms.gov/offshore/
http://www.johncornyn.com/posts/345
Glenn Beck - Michelle Obama wants your pie