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Seems that the FBI and the port authority are talking to a fellow on this very subject.

Nope.

I was snorkeling at Phi Phi just a few weeks ago. And I stayed at the Holiday Inn resort on Patong beach... just a couple blocks from the Zen sushi restaurant in this AP photo. I agree that it is a very odd "I was just there" sensation. Especially since my thoughts while there centered on how it is such a nice and relaxing place to live. My thoughts turn to the boat captains, the receptionists, the nice guard at the hotel, the watresses at the Todai down the street, the metal sculpter I bought a beautiful Alien figure from... Many people I recently interacted with, and no telling if they're still alive. Even if they're okay, they surely have friends and family who aren't.

These types of events are always very tragic, and with a closer perspective, all too real.

This article claims that "Commercial interests already are cloning prized cattle for about $20,000 each..." so could someone please tell me why a Cat would cost so much more?

Maybe I'm cynical, but is this a case of preying off someones emotions? After all, very few Cow owners are emotionally attached to their animals.

"Microsoft's tool, expected to be available within 30 days, initially will be free but the company isn't ruling out charging for future versions. 'We're going to be working through the issue of pricing and licensing," Nash said. "We'll come up with a plan and roll that out.' Microsoft's disclosure that it may eventually charge extra for Windows protection reflects a recognition inside the company that it could collect significant profits by helping to protect its customers,"
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Looks like they are investigating how much, not if.

In earlier testing of tracking and targeting systems, which critics derided as highly scripted, missile interceptors went five-for-eight in hitting target missiles.

The chief weapons tester doesn't even have confidence in the system.

The current chief weapons tester, Thomas Christie, said in a written reply to Reuters that the test, if successful, would increase confidence that the system "has some operational capability against a North Korean threat ballistic missile."

Coyle said the tests so far and the coming one gave him no such confidence.

"The target launch time and location, the flight trajectory, the point of impact, what the target looks like, and the make-up of other objects in the target cluster have all been known in advance to plot the intercept," he said. "No enemy would cooperate by providing all that information in advance."

I don't see how this system will ever work unless our attacker warns us in advance of the missile's launch time, its location, flight trajectory,....etc. What a waste of taxpayer money. People should be outraged.

Not a troll?

Apparently this is true. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041209/D86S4U201 .html

Most of the time, when I read these "FOUND DEAD" posts, I do a google news search just in case, and well, it did prove fruitful this time. Though completely offtopic.

Anyway, back to studying for a Cell Biology final.

Leaking confidential information never happens.

no no no, it's because it's http://apnews.myway.com//article/20041124/D86IDI10 0.html Gert Mittring, 38. That is why it is a record ;)

I wonder if they are archiving it all someplace.

No

RIGHT HERE MISTAR BIG PANTS!@

This needs to be said at the top of this thread because noone reads the articles:

Source - Franklin County's unofficial results had Bush receiving 4,258 votes to Democrat John Kerry's 260 votes in a precinct in Gahanna. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct. Bush's total should have been recorded as 365.

Franklin is the only Ohio county to use Danaher Controls Inc.'s ELECTronic 1242, an older-style touchscreen voting system. Danaher did not immediately return a message for comment.

Franklin is the only Ohio county to use Danaher Controls Inc.'s ELECTronic 1242, an older-style touchscreen voting system. Danaher did not immediately return a message for comment.

Meanwhile, in San Francisco, a glitch occurred with software designed for the city's new "ranked-choice voting," in which voters list their top three choices for municipal offices. If no candidate gets a majority of first-place votes outright, voters' second and third-place preferences are then distributed among candidates who weren't eliminated in the first round.

When the San Francisco Department of Elections tried a test run on Wednesday of the program that does the redistribution, some of the votes didn't get counted and skewed the results, director John Arntz said.

"All the information is there," Arntz said. "It's just not arriving the way it was supposed to."

A technician from the Omaha, Neb. company that designed the software, Election Systems & Software Inc., was working to diagnose and fix the problem.

you know there's something wrong in America when Bin Laden starts taunting Americans about the country's PATRIOT Act:

Bin Laden also said the Bush administration was like repressive Arab regimes "in that half of them are ruled by the military and the other half are ruled by the sons of kings and presidents."

He said the resemblance became clear when Bush's father was president and visited Arab countries.

"He wound up being impressed by the royal and military regimes and envied them for staying decades in their positions and embezzling the nation's money with no supervision," bin Laden said.

"He passed on tyranny and oppression to his son, and they called it the Patriot Act, under the pretext of fighting terror. Bush the father did well in placing his sons as governors and did not forget to pass on the expertise in fraud from the leaders of the (Mideast) region to Florida to use it in critical moments."

Obvious disclaimer: I in no way support terrorism, or even the use of force in conflicts unless there is no other alternative. I also consider Bin Laden a piece of shit, but that doesn't mean he hasn't got a point above.

-- james

Which democratic candidate is talking to their protestors? The ones who put them in a cage in Boston during the DNC?

for less than $10,000

How did you predict the Price per barrel of oil in 2010?

Twinkie maker bankrupt!!!

Here are two: Benjamin Ginsberg and Ken Cordier.

The Dems are ASKING him not to run and ASKING voters not to sign petitions for Nader so that he does not make it on the ballot.

No, they're not. They're suing Nader across the nation in an attempt to keep him off the ballots, claiming his signatures are invalid. Already, their claims have been tossed out in Florida and Nader will be on the ballot:

http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/413583|top|09 -13-2004::18:47|reuters.html

Naturally, they claim a Bush conspiracy, but it's just sour grapes that *gasp* someone other than a Democrat and Republican might be taking votes away from the big guys on the playground. What about free speech? What about the idea of anybody being able to run for President?

The 2003 violent crime rate - assault, sexual assault and armed robbery - stood at 22.6 victims for every 1,000 people age 12 and older. That amounts to about one violent crime victim for every 44 U.S. residents.

Oh, just saw something else: the DoD managed to dig up another piece of paper (from 30+ years ago) -- a pay stub from the time he was supposed to have been in Alabama.

This is, no doubt, one of those pieces of "new" information.

It shows that Bush drilled outside of Texas at least once in the interval in question.

(Before it even comes up, let's put a stake through one more point: no, you're not AWOL of you miss drill. That's not how the Guard and Reserves work, because everyone knows it's a part-time job. You have to get enough drills to make up your year's time, and no one disputes that the records show Bush did so.)

So now we've got dental records, pay stubs, and personal recollections. Does that satisfy you?

No, didn't think so. Military records should be completely and absolutely correct -- if you're Bush -- but little errors like a combat V unauthhorized by statute and never awarded are just typos in Kerry's.

So where's the proof that any of these other organizations were plotting with Saddam against the US? You have none

Uh, he has been trying to attack us since the first Gulf War. We have foiled numerous Iraqi terror plots against us, including an attack on Radio Free Europe in Prague, and an assassination attempt of a former President. He has been working with some of the most notorious terrorists in the world in this campaign, including Abu Nidal and Carlos the Jackal. Our intelligence showed that Iraq was plotting more attacks against us, and this was corroborrated by other countries. What more proof do you want? Iraqi suicide bombers in New York?

And your argument doesn't even make any sense. You cannot fight a war on terrorism while ignoring one of the biggest state sponsors of terrorism in the world.

My argument is that the administration built its case for war on the false premises that there was a collaborative link between Iraq and al Qaida (including hinting that Iraq had something to do with 9-11) and that Iraq was a threat to the US because it had stockpiles of WMDs. Neither of these is true, so now you and the administration look stupid.

Your argument is wrong. The Bush Administration said that Iraq supported terrorists. There is no way you can deny that. Iraq wanted to attack us. There is no way you can deny that either. He had active WMD programs and infrastructure. Again, you cannot deny that. If you do not see that as a threat to us, then I am very glad that you are not in charge of our national security.

I agree with your message, but I do not agree with your sig. I was going to mod, but I decided to reply.

You are absolutely right that politics is, for the most part, not about real issues. Things like SBVFT and Bush's (non-existant) Alabama National Guard record are supposedly character issues. But they're from 30-40 years ago. Why is the validity of Kerry's purple hearts an issue, but the fact that Bush was on coke as recently as 1991 (See Kitty Kelley's new book) not an issue?

Kerry is trying as hard as he can to focus on important issues, but the media, and the (lazy and/or uninformed) American voter are bored by issues. They would much rather just believe what they hear, regardless of the source. Which is why you've got Cheney saying a vote for Kerry is a green-light for terrorist attacks, or Bush saying that a $422 B deficit proves his tax cuts are stimulating the economy, because the deficit was originally predicted to be $480 B. It completely avoids the real issues, and is even misleading, but people buy it because it's easier to take it at face value than to actually think about who's saying it and what their motivations are. Anyway, that's about enough for today.

Oh, the reason I take exception to your sig... normally, I would agree with you, a viable third-party candidate would be wonderful. Honestly, I would much prefer we had a multi-party system like Canada or the UK. But this year, aside from the fact that Nader has been accepting all kinds of support from republicans... every vote that is taken away from Kerry will help Bush be re-elected, and there will be zero positive change in the next four years.

Link

At least Bush has the decency to renounce the radical right, while Kerry caters to extremist proto-fascists:

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040823/D84L3OO00 .html

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush denounced campaign commercials aired by outside groups on Monday, including an ad that accuses John Kerry of lying about his combat record in Vietnam.

"That ad and every other ad" run by such groups have no place in the campaign, Bush said when asked about the commercial sponsored by Swift Boat Veterans For Truth that has roiled the race for the White House.

Asked directly whether his Democratic rival for the presidency had lied, Bush said, "I think Senator Kerry served admirably and he ought to be proud of his record."

The president made his comments as the Kerry campaign fought back against charges made by the outside group about the senator's wartime service in Vietnam for which he received five medals.

In a conference call with reporters arranged by aides to the Democratic presidential candidate, Navy swift boat officers Rich McCann, Jim Russell and Rich Baker said Kerry acted honorably and bravely and was well qualified to be the nation's commander in chief.

"He was the most aggressive officer in charge of swift boats," Baker said.

Additionally, crewmate Del Sandusky said at a news conference in Harrisburg, Pa., that he personally witnessed the battle action for which Kerry received Silver and Bronze stars and two of his three Purple Hearts.

"He deserved every one of his medals," said Sandusky, a retired computer repairman who drove Kerry's Navy swift boat boat for nearly three months.

In Texas, Bush said, "I don't think we ought to have 527s," a reference to the outside groups that have poured millions of dollars over the past year into attack ads. Bush himself has been a main target of ads costing some $60 million. Bush said all of the ads should be stopped.

"That means that ad," he said, referring to the anti-Kerry ad, "and every other ad."

The anti-Kerry ad, no longer running but much publicized in news accounts, says Kerry didn't deserve his Purple Hearts, lied to get his Bronze Star and Silver Star and unfairly branded all veterans with his 1971 congressional testimony about atrocities in Vietnam.

"I couldn't be more plain about it," Bush said "I hope my opponent joins me in condemning these activities of the 527s."

With polls suggesting Kerry's standing was beginning to slip - at least among veterans - the Democrat last week called on Bush to call for the attack ads to be pulled from the air. He also accused Bush of allowing front groups to "do his dirty work."

Bush's campaign heatedly denied any connection with the anti-Kerry group, and called on the Democratic challenger to join the president in a call for all outside groups to pull their ads.

Underscoring the impact of the anti-Kerry ad, the Democratic National Committee began airing a commercial last week that offered a testimonial to Kerry's fitness for national command.

And in a shift in strategy, Kerry's campaign has responded with two commercials, despite plans to preserve its campaign funds for the general election campaign.

Kerry running mate John Edwards said Sunday that Bush needed to tell the veterans group to pull its anti-Kerry ads. Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona has said the tactics are the same kind used on him and asked the president to denounce them.

A new Kerry ad says Bush smeared McCain four years ago and "now, he's doing it to John Kerry."

A former Vietnam prisoner of war, McCain lost the South Carolina Republican primary in 2000 after Bush supporters accused him of opposing legislation to help military veterans. McCain never recovered from that primary loss.

Former Sen. Bob Dole, a World War II veteran and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, suggested Ke

He got honorably discharged from the military. Deserters do not get honorably discharged. There are only three months unaccounted for, I dont know what happened during those three months, or what deal he struck with the National Guard. From the sounds of This report, he completed enough training the previous year to cover the three months. I dont know how the national guard works and i dont pretend to, but i do know the military doesnt just give out honorable discharges.

Interesting that in 1992 it wasnt important to John Kerry that Bill Clinton didnt serve in vietnam, saying "we all served in many different ways".

Also, Bush is not a liar. I can only pressume you are talking about the WMD in iraq. Please note, if Bush lied when he said that Iraq had WMD's, then you are also saying that Saddam Hussain, Kofi Annon, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Madylin Albright and more lied about it as well. You cant play a game of pin the tail on the incumbant here. There is also an AP News story about "things" being trucked into Syria.

I just am not a fan of rhetoric. The summation of arguments agaist Bush is... He is stupid, He is a Liar, and HALIBURTON!. Oh yeah, and he's AWOL. While it is hard to find evidence about one's intelligence, he did graduate from Yale and is the President. Most stupid people dont accomplish that. I already cited sufficiently, I believe, why Bush is not a liar. As for HALLIBURTON!, I can only say it is a big american company that helps our military in certain situations. It has been used by Bush 1, Clinton, and Bush 2. Maybe people dont like they idea of such a big company, but... there arent exactly Mom and Pop small-buisnesses that can provide high octane fuel to bases in Basra.

Just my 2, well, maybe 3 cents.

Now it's just becoing apparent.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040731/D84609484 .html

Even MyWay and the My Yahoo! pages have done this. The articles are from a variety of sources (mostly AP, Reuters, and a few big newspapers). But you can choose what headlines you want to see, how many of each, which sports scores to show, tv listings, your weather, local movie listings, etc. I prefer MyWay because they don't have banners or popups and it's much more customizable.

What do you mean "favorite champion"? THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!

AP story

Sports Illustrated/CNN

Saddam in no way posed a threat to you. He did not support terrorists. It a lie, he was a threat only to his people.

This is one of the most ignorant things I have read in a while. The Bush administration's claims that Saddam supported terrorists was not new or unique- it has been official US foreign policy (as well as the policy of most industrialized nations) for the past 20 years.

Saddam was a unique threat because, unlike all of the other bad dictators out there, he:
- was known to have possessed chemical and biological weapons, and he had actually used chemical weapons
- had known connections with several terrorist organizations
- had recently tried to illegally expand his borders- twice
- had launched unprovoked missile attacks against other sovereign neighbors
- was under international orders to disarm, with the authorization to use military force to get him to comply, and he had been defying those orders every step of the way
- was sitting on some of the riches natural resources in the world that could finance just about any WMD program that he wanted

All of this combines to a very serious terrorist threat. It was a threat that had been growing since 1991. There was even evidence that he was in fact plotting a direct attack on the US in the months before the invasion.

The first Gulf War and following weapons inspections ensured that he couldn't even mount a real attack against a friut stand.

Again, no industrialized nation agrees with this.

He was a dictator. Dictators don't stay in power by sharing their technology and power. If he gave terrorists access to weapons he would no longer be in control of them.

It baffles me how you can make these claims when the overwhelming evidence of his terrorist support is publicly available. Try googling for Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, the PKK, the Abu Nidal organization, Hamas, Ansar al Islam, and Palestinian suicide bombers, to name a few.

He can shoot at our patrol planes all he wants because he knew if actually shot one down it'd be his ass.

What? Are you trying to suggest that he was shooting at us but missing on purpose? Why would he do that? To provoke us to bomb him again?

Iran was, and is, more of a terrorists best friend than Iraq ever was.

Yes, Iran supports terrorists. Not more than Iraq did, but they are a problem.

Answer me this one question: Why did we invade Iraq and not Iran given that fact?

Because Iraq posed a greater threat. And its not like we have been ignoring Iran.

I don't know what this deal is with France being the only country asking for evidence instead of biasd inteligence and political cliche. Let's try almost every member of the UN and NATO to start. Haven't they been the brunt of many more (read: in numbers of) attacks than we were? They have been a target longer than the US and are thousands of miles closer to Iraq than we are. If the threat of Saddam were real wouldn't they want to jump in the ring with us? Bravo to the rest of the world for thinking and asking real questions instead of being led around by their fears.

Ok- even France never claimed that Saddam was in compliance with the disarmament. They only differed on how to get Iraq into compliance.

My neighbor who lost both legs in the Arden Forrest (a true partiot) seems to think

What, exactly, does that prove?

As opposed to officials of the previous administration, who just take the classified documents home with them and "lose" them.

What this tells me is that there aren't enough controls (chain of custody) over documents...

UN will be the Beast's throne.

But then again, its harder to screw up a sequel if its allready been written. Its not like they're just saying, "Hey LOTR did great, quick lets think up another story to cash in on the bandwagon." Well they might be saying that, but that other story is already written. And it good writing.

An important point here is that there are quite a few groups of people out there that hate the United States and their allies. These groups, these people, are consumed by their hate. They are hate. So it stands to reason, at least some, hate each other.

Proof of the Al-Qaeda / Saddam relationship.

Still hungry? Iraq is a refuge to terrorists now. Infact, its their staging point. Al-Qaeda associate Zarqawi did a little damage today in Baghdad.

And remember, theres a little difference between map geography and ideology. In the middle east, as we all know, polar opposites sit in close proximity (so don't blame the country of Saudi Arabia). Although I think the kind of policies they institute foster the environment that breeds terrorism and western hate.

Don't take our countries word against Saddam. Putin warned us of Saddam's regime planning (terrorism? This would be a declared war i'd think) attacks against us.

Was he trying to grow a bigger mustache than Hitler? Lets not forget what an evil man he was, and how the media quickly forgets the attrocities and in some cases, covering up for him.CNN Exec Admits Covering Up 'Maniac' Saddam's Atrocities / Access of Evil. READ THIS ARTICLE. Be thankful we are in a country of freedom.

We are only scratching the surface of this demon. Remember, not much was known about the gassing of the Jews until well after it happened (and they didn't have CNN burying it)

And so enters a new age of a gigantic battle between vi vs emacs users in Iraq.

MyWay's email service has been banner ad free since the beginning. Now the 120MB boost (from 6MB) simply sweetens the deal.

I'd say that if you can't get a GMail invite, grab a MyWay account - it's the next best thing.

As for MSN Hotmail, the jump from 2MB to 250MB is impressive. However, this will only serve to slow the mass migration from Hotmail to GMail. I think the same principle applies to Yahoo! Mail.

1) Saudi-arabia is a dictatorship. Not even a very benevolent one. Torture and random assassination of political enemies is commonplace there.

The interesting thing about Saudi Arabia is that there is a constant battle between the House of Saud and the religious leaders. Saud rules, but they know that they'd get overthrown quick if they tell the Islamic leaders to back off.

Shouldn't that make you more critical of current US policies in Iraq and the middle east in general, given that they are creating a fresh generation of terrorists hellbent on attacking america?

Why? Just because the Liberal Left hates Bush with a passion doesn't mean that they are CORRECT. Actually, I find their bias completely laughable. The end result of their ranting gives us such things as an animatedAl Gore, a group of folk that take movies at face value (let's check our laws of Physics at the door, shall we?), and a religious fervor against war that hasn't been seen since the Viet Nam era. Here's a shock for you: I'm an IT Geek, and I actually support our purpose for being in Iraq! <gasp!>

So, no, before Gulf War II there was no credible indication of cooperation between Saddam and Bin Laden. If there was, they would have found it already.

Well, if Russia is to be believed....

I blame the bush administration for lack of planning and lack of insight into Iraq. They screwed it up, they should pay the price, not the people on the ground giving their lives trying to help people.

Hm. So Bush and Company didn't take into consideration that a loon like Saddam would have his army melt into the general population and resort to guerilla warfare and terrorism, and you want to blame him? Please.

Like the way Bush uses God to excuse his policies is an insult to christians the world over?

No, like the Democrats claiming that they are looking out for the Little Guy, when they are making a complete ass of them. (look how things are happening in Boston, with respect to the Democratic National Convention. That's one complete fuck-up if i ever saw one. It's already $10M over budget. They can't get their heads out of their ass for a peaceful conference like this, and they want us to believe that they can run a war?!? Whoever writes their game plan should get into comedy. they'd make a killing.

By dehumanizing al qaeda you make it ok to treat whoever you believe to be a part of it as non-human or sub-human. We've seen the pictures of what that kind of attitude leads to. If you want the moral high ground, you've got to stick to the facts, and not let your emotions and hate get in the way.

That is exactly why I do not advocate a blanket "shoot 'em all and let God sort 'em out" attitude. The majority of the local people there aren't looking for trouble; they are just living day-to-day. The general population should not be punished for the extreme actions of a (relative) few.

!!!Osama Bin Laden Had Nothing To Do With Iraq!!!!

Even if you ignore the 1998 State Department Indictment charging an Iraq/Al Qaeda relationship, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who formed the Al Qaeda terrorist group Anasr al-Islam within Iraq, and Abu Wa'el, who is a known Al Qaeda terrorist who was on the Baghdad payroll, and the fact that Mohammed Atta was trained by Abu Nidal in Baghdad. Even if you ignore all of these facts, military action in Iraq was still justified, and very necessary.

We declared war on terrorism. Iraq has been on the State Department list of States Sponsoring Terrorism for over 20 years. Saddam supported the following terrorist organizations: Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Abu Nidal, Lebanese Hizballah, HAMAS, and the Palestine Islamic Jihad. Russia is now telling us that Iraq was planning an attack against the US. I don't how it could be any more clear. We are fighting against terrorism and terrorist threats against us, not just Osama Bin Laden. Iraq clearly displayed a support for terrorism over the past two decades. If we did not eliminate this threat, we would be missing a crucial element in the war on terrorism. I'm glad that the leader of this country can see the threat, and has the balls to act on it without fear of political recourse.

God bless his stainless soul.

He had the courage to face communism and speak of it bluntly with its right name: communism was the evil empire.

It was fundamentally his actions that brought communism down and that is what the world should remember this great man for.

If I ever read one more "all your base are belong to us" joke on /. I'll go on a bulldozer rampage!

Pirates are really hurting the box office income

Please...

But Iraq didn't have WMDs!

As a tax-payer who helps to pay the salaries of the judges who now violate God's own law by pronouncing freaks and sinners married I am appalled.

this really has to stop. 2,454 lawsuits, none go through, but it still, it means that the courts have to process not just the initial suits, but also the settlements. That takes time away from more deserving cases including tyco, enron, worldcom, reliant/dynergy (in california), etc. (the civil suits that is). It's a waste of taxpayers money to do this. And using public resources to further one's bottomline is suppose to be a no-no. Of course the old argument that this is a form of extortion; the fact that the whole and sole intent of filing the lawsuit is to intimidate and force those who don't have an army of lawyers at their disposal nor the law-savy to know that they have rights, pretty much get defrauded.

And another, just because they settle the civil suit doesn't mean smooth sailing from that point on. There's still the risk of a criminal suit if an "anonymous informant" gives the feds the info, in which case, the Recording Industry Ass. of America can and might get some more money. Double jeopardy in their favor (or lack there of).

In essence, you can actually categorize the Recording Industry Ass. of America as a terrorist organization. Webster's dictionary defines terrorism as "the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion." Using a threat of legal action against defenseless, unexpecting individuals with an army of lawyers definitely qualifies as inducing terror as a means to coerce or to extort. Hell, I prefer the mob over the Recording Industry Ass. of America. At least they don't target 12yr-old girls. That's low; lower than Hamas in some ways. (I won't use Michael Jackson to compare and contrast....as the saying goes "innocent until proven guilty* *-Unless you don't have millions for an army of lawyers") To target kids with lawsuits, the old addage, "taking candy from a baby" comes to mind and it's not right.

At least the RIAA has finally shown its true colors. Wait until they sue someone who died while serving their country (or a person in a coma); there will be hell to pay then. I hope that the politicians (especially those facing re-election) finally set up to the plate and condemn them and start passing more strict (or start enforcing existing) laws that prohibit using lawsuits or the threat of such with the sole intent to settle, which amount to a form of extortion.

Is 30 million years a big enough number for you?

Maybe a more acceptable statement would be CO2 is at record levels

Half a million years is enough for scientists to conclude that CO2 concentrations are at abnormal levels, both by the quantity and rate of increase.

It's true. When the earth was cooling and there was nothing but volcanoes everywhere 5 billion years ago, there could have been more CO2. And when there was an "extinction event" the concentrations could have been higher. But the fact remains, we are in uncharted territory when it comes to CO2 levels.

Saying that I was inaccurate is myopic in the extreme.

I can't listen to it on portable MP3 players other than iPod.

Why do they keep using the "homeland" meme? What kind of a man/woman gets all misty eyed and patriotic when the word "homeland" is used? To me it sounds vaguely fascist; something a military junta or a dictator would use.