COLD WAR  BACK? OTHER ESSAYS

THE WEEK (2006) 12/8

4/ _______

The cold war may be coming back. Putin is acting like a dictator and his intentions are not known. On the other hand, if Russia continues its route toward fascism, the USA has much to lose in terms of trade. Putin may become a full dictator, but he is our dictator and
Russia has tons of oil as well as military might to counterbalance radical Islam.

4/_______

A trans gendered deer was discovered in North Dakota. The deer was shot by a hunter. The male looking animal had large antlers and a male appearance, but also had breasts and a vagina.

8/_______

O,J.'s book is now being sold on e-bay for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

President Bush's daughters are the partying type, but are also a security risk so they are now

staying in another country.

12/ __________

Guns appear to reduce crime or not increase it.

The victory for Dems was based on turn out of Independents. The GOP base appears to have

been solid. However, they were outdistanced by the moderates without party affiliation.

The new congress will probably adopt an abstinence plus program which includes abstinence programs, as well as birth control.

14/ __________

Canada is now officially making Quebec a separate nation in a united Canada. The new country

will remain in Canada, but may have to deal with its own currency, troops, and related.

16/___________

155,000 women served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

50,000 people died from something they ate last year..

China is now the largest emitter of carbon dioxide. There is a new coal plant starting every

10 days.

The Pentagon no longer defines homosexuality as a mental disorder, but a defect.

17/_______

E-voting should be reviewed. There are still voting districts without the possibility of a recount..

In one Florida district, 18,000 votes were lost. In another, an Independent did not get ANY

votes even though both he and his wife voted for him.

20________

Male chimps prefer older females. They have a proven productive capacity and they teach young males about sex.

Whales talk to each other with a special vocabulary.

Selfishness is enhanced with the talk and activity dealing with money. It also encourages

isolation.

Cotton seeds with a new hybrid can be mixed with other foods to feed the masses. Seeds now

contain a poison that can be bred out.

If your mom was under 25, you double your chances of surviving to 100.

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT (2006) 12/4

28/Sullivan

Gen Y is voting Democrat. If they vote in 3 straight elections for a party, they are likely to

remain with that party for life.They went Democratic in 04' and 06'. 2008 will be the test.

29/ Schulte

Texas will be building 16 new coal fired plants. Although there appears to be considerable resistance, they will probably be built.

48/ Roane

There is a new direction in American Capitalism. The trend is to go private and remove a corporation from the publically held stock market called Wall Street. Private equity firms

are quietly buying out corporations and those corporations are inviting the private equity firms to

conduct such actions. Why? There is less transparency and less regulations. Many stockholders

are mad and overseas markets are seething.