Monday, May 5, 2008
Spin Bitches and Media Whores (TM) and the Moguls they work for
CNN has boosted its White House presence with the addition of Tony Snow and Fran Townsend as commentators.
NO TROOP WITHDRAWAL - CLINTON
February 23, 2005 in a conversation on Meet The Press See the full transcript
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7003226/
MR. RUSSERT: Then you would disagree with any call for immediate withdrawal of some troops or a specific timetable?
SEN. CLINTON: Well, Tim, I understand the feelings behind that call. I mean, there is a lot of reason when we're back at home to argue about this policy. But at this point in time, I think that would be a mistake. I don't believe we should tie our hands or the hands of the new Iraqi government. Now obviously, as this government has stood up and takes responsibility, there may come a time when it decides for its own internal reasons that we should set such a deadline and withdrawal agenda. But right now I think it would be a mistake.
We don't want to send a signal to the insurgents, to the terrorists that we are going to be out of here at some, you know, date certain. I think that would be like a green light to go ahead and just bide your time. We want to send a message of solidarity. And in addition, I would hope that at this point now, we could get more international support. It is not in anyone's interests, not, you know, the people in this region, in Europe or elsewhere around the world, for the Iraqi government to be brought down before it even can get itself together by violent insurgents. So it's not only U.S. commitment, I think and hope that there should be commitment from others as well.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7003226/
MR. RUSSERT: Then you would disagree with any call for immediate withdrawal of some troops or a specific timetable?
SEN. CLINTON: Well, Tim, I understand the feelings behind that call. I mean, there is a lot of reason when we're back at home to argue about this policy. But at this point in time, I think that would be a mistake. I don't believe we should tie our hands or the hands of the new Iraqi government. Now obviously, as this government has stood up and takes responsibility, there may come a time when it decides for its own internal reasons that we should set such a deadline and withdrawal agenda. But right now I think it would be a mistake.
We don't want to send a signal to the insurgents, to the terrorists that we are going to be out of here at some, you know, date certain. I think that would be like a green light to go ahead and just bide your time. We want to send a message of solidarity. And in addition, I would hope that at this point now, we could get more international support. It is not in anyone's interests, not, you know, the people in this region, in Europe or elsewhere around the world, for the Iraqi government to be brought down before it even can get itself together by violent insurgents. So it's not only U.S. commitment, I think and hope that there should be commitment from others as well.
ETHANOL - Can USDA policy change the metric
Science Daily published the results of a five year switchgrass-ethanol program that demonstrated net energy gains of 540 percent. (Science Daily, Jan 14,2008)
The study stretched across three states measuring the net energy output, greenhouse gas emissions and biomass yields of farmed switchgrass crops. Net energy gains of switchgrass outperform corn-ethanol production. Switchgrass-ethanol greenhouse gas emissions is 94 percent lower than gasoline emissions. Finally the study demonstrated per acre yields of switchgrass-ethanol production is significantly higher than corn-ethanol production meaning less land requirements to produce energy. As a side note switchgrass is much more adaptable to marginal land planting, and in fact is an effective erosion management crop for stressed or marginal land.
The USDA will payout well over a billion dollars to keep about 35 million acres of land in a state of reserve this year. A question for our legislature, does it make sense to modify the program to encourage planting marginal CRP land with cellulose based energy crops like switchgrasses?
The study stretched across three states measuring the net energy output, greenhouse gas emissions and biomass yields of farmed switchgrass crops. Net energy gains of switchgrass outperform corn-ethanol production. Switchgrass-ethanol greenhouse gas emissions is 94 percent lower than gasoline emissions. Finally the study demonstrated per acre yields of switchgrass-ethanol production is significantly higher than corn-ethanol production meaning less land requirements to produce energy. As a side note switchgrass is much more adaptable to marginal land planting, and in fact is an effective erosion management crop for stressed or marginal land.
The USDA will payout well over a billion dollars to keep about 35 million acres of land in a state of reserve this year. A question for our legislature, does it make sense to modify the program to encourage planting marginal CRP land with cellulose based energy crops like switchgrasses?
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