The US has been restricting emissions since then, while China has been building TWO COAL POWER PLANTS PER WEEK since then.
We "snubbed Kyoto" because we knew it wouldn't do any good if countries like China got a complete pass and Russia was baselined at its ultra-polluting communist era. All Kyoto was designed to do was siphon money from the US and EU to other countries.
There was exactly ZERO evidence that they intended to bug a telephone. You'd think the arresting officers would have at least found bugging equipment on them. They did not.
He was charged with the one crime he committed: Entering a federal building under false pretenses. And for that crime, which actually harmed nobody, he got three years probation and 100 hours of community service -- and his part in it was organizing and videotaping. That's pretty severe.
BTW, the police erased the video he took before giving him his phone back. Hmmm...
Note he only got a misdemeanor, a slap on the wrist, for the actual computer fraud.
The government does not take obstruction of justice lightly and tends to give stiff sentences for it.
Aside from that, yes, an attack on an account for political gain to influence an election would reasonably bring a more severe punishment than simply doing it to see if you can. This wasn't just some kid. His dad is a powerful Democratic state legislator and was then a member of Obama's Tennessee campaign. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't doing dad's bidding, and is taking the fall to avoid ruining dad's career. Expect to see the payoff after this clears up, likely a well-paid position in a Democratic campaign in 2012.
Personally, I think he deserves extra time just for being stupid by using a single proxy that had a policy of turning over evidence of any illegal activity to the police.:)
It's not like he came in in 81 and wanted the solar gone. The White House was undergoing roof repairs in 86 and the solar panels had to be removed to do it. They were just never put back up, citing cost reasons.
Guns are supported by many on the left in American politics. We even have the Pink Pistols, a gay pro-gun group ("Armed gays don't get bashed"), and the NRA has endorsed many Democratic candidates based on their pro-gun stance.
32 C.F.R. PART 154--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM REGULATION...
154.3 Definitions.... (p) Need-to-know. A determination made by a possessor of classified information that a prospective recipient, in the interest of national security, has a requirement for access to, knowledge, or possession of the classified information in order to perform tasks or services essential to the fulfillment of an official U.S. Government program. Knowledge, possession of, or access to, classified information shall not be afforded to any individual solely by virtue of the individual's office, position, or security clearance.
You are supposed to have two things to get any classified (SECRET, TOP SECRET) information: The appropriate security clearance, and the need to know.
TS/SCI enforces a strict documented need-to-know, but that doesn't negate that SECRET material is also supposed to be given on a need-to-know basis.
Which most military do, you agree to abide by the rules of material classification including clearance level and need to know.
This means that even if you have a Top Secret clearance, you are not allowed to view Secret-classified material to which you do not have an official "need to know."
Anybody with a clearance who does not have a need to know what is in the Wikileaks documents, yet obtains and reads those documents, is committing a security violation.
Why not go with solar? Environmentalists are just starting to try to understand the impact of blocking the sun from all those square kilometers of land.
I do have one question. For what length of time is this solar price quoted? The plant must be rebuilt every 25 years or so as the cells degrade.
If BP is completely innocent why are they being so accommodating now?
Because regardless of any malfeasance, a thugocratic administration looking to score political points can basically end their operations in this country if they don't do everything they're told, costing them far more than the shakedown.
It's funny how people railed against Bush's abuses of power, but the current administration gets a pass.
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And your quoted source with any credibility contradicts you.
I'll stick with your first source that gave lie to your claim.
You can't just throw false claims around.
You WILL be caught on it.
Percent of global emissions:
China: 17%
US 16%
You are wrong.
The US has been restricting emissions since then, while China has been building TWO COAL POWER PLANTS PER WEEK since then.
We "snubbed Kyoto" because we knew it wouldn't do any good if countries like China got a complete pass and Russia was baselined at its ultra-polluting communist era. All Kyoto was designed to do was siphon money from the US and EU to other countries.
They got a pass on pollution as a "developing nation" so of course they signed Kyoto. There was no down side for China.
Note the article says GHG emissions in China have been increasing 10% per year since 1990.
China has been building two new coal power plants per week for years.
I guess they consider those traffic signs.
You don't even see the gas prices of the Autobahn gas stations until you exit the Autobahn because advertising is strictly prohibited.
When the first person trapped in a car dies because his cell phone wouldn't work and he couldn't call for help?
Both sides play dirty tricks, I wouldn't have been surprised if he had been a Republican party operative's son going after Obama.
There was exactly ZERO evidence that they intended to bug a telephone. You'd think the arresting officers would have at least found bugging equipment on them. They did not.
He was charged with the one crime he committed: Entering a federal building under false pretenses. And for that crime, which actually harmed nobody, he got three years probation and 100 hours of community service -- and his part in it was organizing and videotaping. That's pretty severe.
BTW, the police erased the video he took before giving him his phone back. Hmmm...
Note he only got a misdemeanor, a slap on the wrist, for the actual computer fraud.
The government does not take obstruction of justice lightly and tends to give stiff sentences for it.
Aside from that, yes, an attack on an account for political gain to influence an election would reasonably bring a more severe punishment than simply doing it to see if you can. This wasn't just some kid. His dad is a powerful Democratic state legislator and was then a member of Obama's Tennessee campaign. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't doing dad's bidding, and is taking the fall to avoid ruining dad's career. Expect to see the payoff after this clears up, likely a well-paid position in a Democratic campaign in 2012.
Personally, I think he deserves extra time just for being stupid by using a single proxy that had a policy of turning over evidence of any illegal activity to the police. :)
It's not like he came in in 81 and wanted the solar gone. The White House was undergoing roof repairs in 86 and the solar panels had to be removed to do it. They were just never put back up, citing cost reasons.
It's a palindrome. Fold it in half, hinging on the middle number, XORing every number that ends up on top of another, and you're left with 1.
Guns are supported by many on the left in American politics. We even have the Pink Pistols, a gay pro-gun group ("Armed gays don't get bashed"), and the NRA has endorsed many Democratic candidates based on their pro-gun stance.
The race profiteer Al Sharpton led a small group to protest the "hijacking" of MLK's memory.
Movies never make a profit due to the famous Hollywood accounting.
That's only getting one corrupt politician out of Chicago. That doesn't do much to rescue Chicago. Need to get the rest.
But then you saddle the rest of the country with corrupt Chicago politicians by bringing them to Washington. Not very nice.
That Chicago politicians are usually corrupt, how the hell did we elect a Chicago politician as president?
Just because you can access it over the network doesn't mean you should.
32 C.F.R. PART 154--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM REGULATION ... ...
154.3 Definitions.
(p) Need-to-know. A determination made by a possessor of classified information that a prospective recipient, in the interest of national security, has a requirement for access to, knowledge, or possession of the classified information in order to perform tasks or services essential to the fulfillment of an official U.S. Government program. Knowledge, possession of, or access to, classified information shall not be afforded to any individual solely by virtue of the individual's office, position, or security clearance.
You are supposed to have two things to get any classified (SECRET, TOP SECRET) information: The appropriate security clearance, and the need to know.
TS/SCI enforces a strict documented need-to-know, but that doesn't negate that SECRET material is also supposed to be given on a need-to-know basis.
Which most military do, you agree to abide by the rules of material classification including clearance level and need to know.
This means that even if you have a Top Secret clearance, you are not allowed to view Secret-classified material to which you do not have an official "need to know."
Anybody with a clearance who does not have a need to know what is in the Wikileaks documents, yet obtains and reads those documents, is committing a security violation.
Very logical. Very simple.
Why not go with solar? Environmentalists are just starting to try to understand the impact of blocking the sun from all those square kilometers of land.
I do have one question. For what length of time is this solar price quoted? The plant must be rebuilt every 25 years or so as the cells degrade.
Suicide does rely on a lot of factors, as you mention for example culture, which I believe is a dominant factor.
But I have never seen anything that points to guns being a factor.
Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, but almost no guns. The US has less than half their suicide rate, with guns freely available.
People who want to commit suicide will use whatever means handy. The availability of one method, guns, has no impact on that.
If BP is completely innocent why are they being so accommodating now?
Because regardless of any malfeasance, a thugocratic administration looking to score political points can basically end their operations in this country if they don't do everything they're told, costing them far more than the shakedown.
It's funny how people railed against Bush's abuses of power, but the current administration gets a pass.