What President Obama is really saying is that he knows he is full of crap because his enternal polling and cabinet tell him so.  But Obama’s internal polling has also told him what the media won’t tell Americans;  The real concern among Americans is not health care,   IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID!

Remember that headline?   When George Bush 41 was president,  this was all we heard from the Clintonistas and the media.   Well now the economy has ccompletely collapsed,  and what is the media telling us?    That health care is the primary concern of the average American.   The reality is that there will be no health care if there are no Americans working.    JD

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday tempered excitement about a growing economy with a sober outlook that more people will lose their jobs. He called that a heartbreaking reality and cautioned that even a burst of upbeat news “does not mean there won’t be difficult days ahead.”

Obama’s straddle served to set expectations for a nation emerging from recession but anxious for an economic security that has not nearly returned.

The good news of the week: The economy is on the rise for the first time in more than a year. Fro m July through September the economy grew by 3.5 percent, the strongest uptick in two years. Obama called the development no cause for celebration, but a welcome sign after so many months of distressing news.

“While we have a long way to go before we return to prosperity, and there will undoubtedly be ups and downs along the road, it’s also true that we’ve come a long way,” Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. “It is easy to forget that it was only several months ago that the economy was shrinking rapidly and many economists feared another Great Depression.”

Yet the economic indicator that matters most to the majority of families — stable, solid employment — is still lagging.

Unemployment hit a 26-year high of 9.8 percent in September, and the October report due in the coming week could show it topping 10 percent.

“Economic growth is no substitute for job growth,” Obama said. “And we will likely see further job losses in the coming days, a fact that is both troubling for our economy and heartbreaking for the men and women who suddenly find themselves out of work. But we will not create the jobs we need unless the economy is growing.”

He added, “Positive news today does not mean there won’t be difficult days ahead.”

Obama’s assessment came a day after the White House said the economic stimulus plan it championed has so far saved or created 1 million jobs.

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said the administration’s claim of success was “bewildering” given that many more people have lost their jobs since the $787 billion stimulus package was put in place. He said the will of the people would keep driving an economic rebound as long as Washington “doesn’t shackle our growth with more taxes, more spending and more debt.”

The White House’s figures are pegged to an independent federal board’s report that nearly 650,000 direct jobs have been saved or created because of stimulus program money provided to businesses, contractors, state and local governments, nonprofit groups and universities. The 1 million jobs cited by Obama also includes those from direct economic assistance, plus those linked to the boost from $288 billion in tax cuts under the stimulus program, the White House says.

Obama took the time to underscore, as he often does, that the investment of tax money is paying off. He said his administration has taken steps to help get credit to people and businesses of all sizes, stem home foreclosures, cut taxes, create jobs and help people who need it, such as seniors and the unemployed.

“These investments aren’t just helping us recover in the short term,” Obama said. “They’re helping to lay a new foundation for lasting prosperity in the long term and they’re giving hardworking, middle-class Americans the chance to succeed and raise a family. Because of the investments we’ve made and the steps we’ve taken, it’s easier for middle-class families to send their kids to college and get the training and skills they need to compete in a global economy.”

Many analysts caution that it will be hard to sustain the growth at the pace seen in the third quarter.

Government stimulus programs including the popular Cash for Clunkers auto rebates and tax credits for first-time home buyers bolstered the economy. Once the government’s stimulus measures run their course, the economy could run afoul of lingering problems such as high unemployment and weak consumer spending.

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Update 2:   Sounds like Cleveland cops stumbled onto a live one here.   Perhaps Mr Sowell was just trying to put together the ultimate haunted house with real cadavers.   It will be interesting to watch this whole mess unfold.   If Mr. Sowell is still alive and has not killed himself,   I would bet money that people are looking hard for him.

After all,  Cleveland city officials have offered a $12,000.00 reward for information leading to his capture.    Twelve grand?   Is Cleveland the poorest city in America?     I guess they spent the millions in Obama stimulus money to hire all one new cops to investigate the Sowell case and there was no money left for rewards.    JD

Authorities in Ohio were digging for more bodies Saturday at the home of a convicted sex offender after the possible remains of six people were found inside and outside his house.

Cleveland police went to check on Anthony Sowell Thursday after they received reports of a rape. During their search of the premises, they found two badly decomposed bodies on the third floor.

A third body was discovered Friday afternoon in a shallow grave in the basement of the house. The possible remains of three more people were found in Sowell’s house and backyard, according to WJW-TV in Cleveland.

“[Sowell] is the most wanted man in Cleveland right now,” police Lt. Thomas Stacho told The Plain Dealer.

Autopsies were done Friday, but because of the level of decomposition it will take time to determine the age, gender, race and identity of the victims and how they died.

Sowell is wanted on felony rape and assault charges. Police say he had spent 15 years in prison for a 1989 rape.

The Cleveland Police Department is offering a $12,000 reward for Sowell’s capture.

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Hatch Point Road in San Juan County is in the midst of a makeover, courtesy of the federal economic stimulus program.

A crew from Henderson Builders is about a week away from finishing the $850,000 resurfacing project, which the Moab company reported has saved or created 25 jobs.

But the actual count is fewer than eight.

A number of Utah companies and local governments misstated the number of jobs owed to Recovery Act money, according to a Salt Lake Tribune review of federal reports that were made available Friday. The result is a significantly inflated picture of the program’s employment impact.

The White House on Friday claimed that nationwide, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created or saved more than a million jobs, more than 640,000 of those directly reported by recipients of the stimulus funds.

In Utah, the administration said 6,598 jobs had been retained or added because of the extraordinary federal help. But discrepancies were easy to find.

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It’s all in the math » Some entities seemed to create their own criteria, while others double counted employees over multiple contracts. The most common error appeared to be counting temporary or part-time work as a full-time job. Under federal guidelines, one job must be the equivalent of full-time work for the entire reporting period, which in this case is three months.
That’s the error that Henderson Builders made. They do have 25 people working on Hatch Point Road, but only for one month. Under federal guidelines, they saved 7.7 jobs.

A regular Hill Air Force Base contractor, MIC/CCS received three separate contracts under the Recovery Act to install a heating system in one building, demolish a ceiling and floor in another and completely revamp a third.

In all, the company reported that the $1 million in federal money on those projects saved 33 jobs.

But even the company’s vice president, Jerry Mudd, says that those numbers are probably too high. All of the jobs saved came from his subcontractors and he’s sure they double or even triple counted the same workers over the three government grants.

“We are pretty certain they misunderstood the regulation,” he said.

Mudd gave the Recovery Act forms to each subcontractor, but said he didn’t have time to verify the information and still make Friday’s deadline.

“This is all new this year,” he said.

Errors bound to happen » The White House noted that discrepancies were bound to happen with such a vast number of entities reporting job counts for the first time.

“We know this is not 100 percent accurate. This has never been attempted before and further updates and corrections are going to be needed,” Vice President Joe Biden, the administration’s point person on the recovery funds, said Friday. “We are pleased to make this information available publicly and so promptly as part of the unprecedented commitment the president made to accountability and transparency.”

This is the first quarterly report, and Biden said he expects the filings to get more accurate in the months to come. But he also said the underlying job-creation goals of the administration are the same today as they were when President Barack Obama signed the bill.

“My message today is, ‘We are on track,’ ” Biden said. “We believe by the end of next year the Recovery Act will have created or saved 3.5 million jobs nationwide.”

The state of Utah noted earlier this month in a federal report that stimulus money had saved about 4,164 jobs, most of them in education. Friday’s data release indicates that stimulus contracts netted 541 jobs, grants gave another 6,047 and loans added 10 jobs.

Numbers game » Plenty of companies appeared to follow the federal job creation guidelines closely. Wilber Smith Associates provided some technical advice to the Federal Highway Administration office in Utah, creating 0.74 jobs. And Redd Roofing has a $5 million contract at Hill Air Force Base that employs an additional 15 people for at least a year.

But The Tribune review found several instances of inflated job numbers:

» Consolidated Paving and Concrete received $40,000 to make 14 sidewalk ramps more accessible to the disabled. The company reported the project saved five jobs, but it also said the job took only two weeks.

» The Clearfield Community Council plans to use $62,000 in Recovery Act money to help pay for resurfacing a road. The report released Friday says, “At this time a contract has not been awarded, therefore, no jobs have been created/retained.” It then goes on to claim 10 jobs were created or saved.

» Wasatch County accepted more than $3 million in Recovery Act funds to resurface more than 40 miles of Forest Service roads.

All told, the county reported 76 jobs were saved. But, once again, the job only took a few months and the county didn’t average the hours over the course of a full quarter.

Some county and contractor workers may have been facing a layoff without the stimulus money, but not all of them.

“This project saved their jobs through the summer,” said Valorie Cummings, who works for Wasatch County. “It was a good temporary thing. I don’t know if it helps anybody long-term.”

» Cache County also performed road work for the U.S. Forest Service, reporting 33 jobs created. It came up with that number by dividing the total federal grant by $90,000 per job, a method never mentioned in federal regulations.

» West Valley City plans to construct new sidewalks on Lester Street with $250,000 in stimulus cash. The city says this will create or save 21 jobs, an unusually high number for such a small dollar amount. This project is also listed twice on the administration’s Recovery.gov.

» The Emery Water Conservancy District reportedly got $1.5 million and said it created or saved six jobs, but the creation of sediment basins to improve the quality of water has yet to begin.

Jay Humphrey, the district manager, said the contract is out for bid right now but the only work done so far on the contract is engineering by a local firm.

“There aren’t any other jobs right now” as a result of the funds, Humphrey said.

» AMT Construction got $90,251 in stimulus money to paint eight dormitories at Hill Air Force Base. The company reported 10 jobs, though co-owner Ronnell Patene says the jobs lasted only two months.

She says the company, which has 10 employees, including herself and her husband, would have had to lay off workers if not for the stimulus.

Still, the more accurate number to report would have been six jobs saved, according to federal guidelines.

Rep. Rob Bishop, a Utah Republican who voted against the stimulus act and has been a staunch critic since, says he was skeptical at the start of how the money would be spent and jobs counted.

“Even if the report is accurate, we’ve still lost almost 3 million jobs since this bill was announced,” Bishop said, referring to national unemployment numbers.

And he charges that it’s nearly impossible to figure out how to count these so-called jobs.

“Even if everything was actually added properly, I don’t know how one determines how a job is saved,” Bishop says. “I’m drinking my Dr. Pepper here. I think I saved 42 jobs down in Dublin, Texas,” where the soda was first bottled.

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I don’t know how long this video will stay up on Youtube,  because its rather graphic.   Its a mafia hit that went down in Naples,  Italy.     JD

Even by the mafia’s brutal standards, the killing of a man smoking a cigarette outside a central Naples bar in broad daylight was shocking in its ruthlessness.

But perhaps more disturbing is the reaction of witnesses, who can be seen in a video that has been released by Naples prosecutors in an unprecedented step to try and to find the killer. As the Camorra hitman dispatches his victim with clinical efficiency, a bystander casually checks her lottery scratch card and walks away. Others peer at the body and continue about their business as if the shooting was a normal part of daily life.

The CCTV footage – and the aftermath of the crime – give a troubling insight into the extent of the Naples mafia’s control of their territory. Although the hit took place on 11 May this year, and the face of the killer is clearly visible on the recording, with witnesses present, investigators have so far met with silence.

Journalist Roberto Saviano, who has a permanent armed escort since exposing the activities of the Naples mafia in his best selling book Gomorrah, called the killing a “classic Camorra hit, very well planned and executed without fanfare”. He added that the video “shows what little value these people have for human life,” in a recorded commentary posted on la Repubblica’s website. “The thing that strikes you,” he said, “is the absolute serenity of the killer.”

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Halloween in Cleveland is a whole lot scarier with a serial killer on the loose. Cleveland police are now on the hunt for 50-year-old Anthony Sowell after the remains of as many as six people were found at the registered sex offenders home.

He is wanted in connection for an alleged attack on a woman in his home in September. When police arrived at the home on Thursday with a search warrant, they found two bodies on the third floor. Because the bodies were in advanced stages of decomposition, the bodies have not yet been identified and their genders not yet determined.

Friday afternoon a third body was uncovered Friday afternoon in a shallow grave in the basement of the home. Cadaver dogs uncovered additional shallow graves in the home’s backyard. Investigators say they plan to continue searching the home for more evidence.

Sowell remains at large and on the run. He is considered to be extremely dangerous. He is 6 feet tall and 155 pounds. He wears eyeglasses and frequently sports a mustache. He does not drive a car, and is known to collect and cash in scrap metal. He spent 15 years in prison for a rape dating back to 1989.

Anyone with information on Sowell’s whereabouts is asked to contact US Marshals Service Fugitive hotline at 1-866-4-WANTED.

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Its as if no one can say anything negative about the Obama administration without being attacked by Obama and his cronies in the liberal media.   Edmonds is one of the most respected organizations in the automobile industry.   Who has more credibility here,  Obama or Edmonds?    JD

The Obama administration and the CEO of the nation’s largest car dealership chain are taking aim at Edmunds.com’s finding that the true cost of the “Cash for Clunkers” program involved a $24,000-per-vehicle subsidy by taxpayers. Edmunds is firing back.

The White House called the analysis “faulty” on the blog on its web site, saying it looks like Edmunds examined car sales on Mars and not on Earth.

“This analysis ignores not only the price impacts that a program like Cash for Clunkers has on the rest of the vehicle market, but the reports from across the country that people were drawn into dealerships by the Cash for Clunkers program and ended up buying cars even though their old car was not eligible for the program,” the blog says.

It goes on to say that Edmunds is at odds with other independent assessments of the program, which gave up to $4,500 in incentives to buyers of gas-thrifty new cars when they traded in their gas-guzzling clunker. As Drive On reported yesterday, Edmunds’ contends that most of the sales went to people who were going to buy new cars over the summer anyway. So the analysis looked at how the $3-billion cost of the program was spread over just those buyers that were lured out simply because of the program.

The Obama administration wasn’t alone in taking aim:

Mike Jackson, CEO of AutoNation, the country’s largest new-car dealer chain, called Edmunds’ study “uncharacteristically shoddy.”

Added Jackson: “Simply put, they’ve misrepresented the facts, and the White House is completely justified in calling them out on it. It would appear  Edmunds  political views have tainted their usual rigorous approach to research.   I know from our sales at AutoNation just how significant the impact of the Cash for Clunkers promotion was in our dealerships, and our own internal figures indicate that the rate of increase was consistent with what other retailers, manufacturers and governmental agencies have been estimating.”

Edmunds is firing back. “Apparently, the $24,000 figure caught many by surprise. It shouldn’t have. The truth is that consumer incentive programs are always hugely expensive when calculated by incremental sales – always in the tens of thousands of dollars. Cash for Clunkers was no exception” the car research web site said in a statement.

it also disputed the sales spillover effect of the promotion, saying there is little evidence to support the claim. “It does, after all, seem a bit odd that masses of consumers would elect to buy a vehicle because of a program for which they don’t qualify,” Edmunds wrote.

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Actor Kal Penn (whose real name is Kalpen S. Modi), who now works in the Obama White House outreach office, participated in the conspiracy aimed at encouraging artists to produce art to serve as pro-Obama propaganda.

So suggest documents obtained by Judicial Watch as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request.

Penn portrayed ‘Kumar,’ a pot-obsessed would-be medical student, in Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle and a sequel.

The plot to use government funds to generate art promoting the Obama administration’s agenda was revealed in a teleconference call run by the White House and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The Coast Guard and state authorities are responding this morning to an oil spill that has left a mile-and-a-half long sheen south of the Bay Bridge.

The spill was reported at 6:48 a.m. at a spot about 2.5 miles south of the bridge near Anchorage Nine, the Coast Guard said.

The vessel involved is the Panamanian-based Dubai Star, which was transferring fuel with a barge when an “unknown amount” of fuel oil spilled into the water.

The Coast Guard has dispatched a boat and helicopter from its San Francisco station to survey the spill, and the agency’s pollution investigators have been sent to examine the scene and help recover the spilled oil.

A 100-yard security zone has been established around the

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Dubai Star and spill site.

What caused the spill remains under investigation. The Coast Guard is being assisted by the California Office of Spill Prevention and Response.

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House Democrats blocked the public from attending the unveiling ceremony of their health-care bill Thursday morning, allowing only pre-approved visitors whose names appeared on lists to enter the event at the West side of the Capitol.

The audience at the crowded press conference included Hill staffers, union workers, health care providers and students, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who thanked them for attending.

Mrs. Pelosi and other Democratic leaders announced the chamber’s long-awaited version of a health care overhaul, which would expand insurance coverage to 36 million uninsured Americans, costing less than $900 billion over 10 years.

The West side of the Capitol – the area where President Barack Obama was inaugurated – is traditionally open to the public. But the entrances were blocked off Thursday morning by metal fences, with Capitol police officers standing next to staff members holding clipboards with lists of approved attendees.

Reporters with press badges were able to get in.

Democrats repeatedly touted the openness of the development of their health care bill, which House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer called “the most deliberative, transparent and open process” he had seen in his career on Capitol Hill.

A video posted on YouTube by Minority Whip Eric Cantor’s office depicted a Republican staffer attempting to attend the press conference and being turned away by a police officer.

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Welcome to Your Future

Gee . .. Ya think? I don’t know how many Americans know this, but as California goes, so goes America. Here in the socialist mecca of California, which Nancy Pelosi and Henry Waxman helped to ruin before they focused their sights on America, everything is unionized.

Therein lies the dilemma. So, to make it clear to America, if you don’t speak Spanish, you don’t work in a craft or as a laborer for California. Here is the first problem, the reason being that if you have a degree, YOU FUCKING SPEAK ENGLISH! Then you go out in the field where almost ALL of the people that actually do the work either understand but refuse to speak English, or they are running fake social security numbers and fucking some poor American that has no idea that he is making 85 grand a year building bridges and crying all the way to the poor house because of the fraudulent credit cards and bank accounts that are in his name.

This shit goes on all day here in California. In Los Angeles, we are so screwed that they may as well call L.A. Upper Tiauana. Its embarrassing. There is nothing in California that is not a scam to bilk the taxpayer out of more money to support illegal aliens. We are doomed. Good luck America, because California is your future. JD

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So this is what it all comes down to. The time to show the world what we Americans are made of. Yet our blithering idiot of a president doesn’t seem to know what to do . . . except to blame FoxNews for all of his problems . . . while the rest of the American media seems to ignore the fact the President Obama doesn’t know shit from Crisco when it come to not only running a country, but foreign policy.

The whole Afghanistan issue stands only to demonstrate the selfishness of Obama and the American media, sans FoxNews, in trying to push Obama’s socialist agenda on America. Its as if President Obama believes that, if he closes his eyes tight enough and pretends as if nothing else exists in the world, he will get his screwed up takeover of the medical industry in America passed.

Yet daily, as Obama golfs with women, as he jets to Copenhagen to reassure himself and his ego that he is still a rock star, As Obama takes Air Force One and his wife on dates in Paris, people, Americans and others are dying as a direct result of his inaction in Afghanistan.

All the while, as the American media seems to ignore the Obama foibles, Ignores the fact that Obama is such an egomaniac that he is willing to sacrifice Americans to push his incredibly intrusive and costly health care on America, and his constant gaffs and incredibly stupid comments, and the FACT that he is a stammering idiot, Americans are dying because of his inability to manage a war ten thousand miles away.

It should be pointed out that the national media, as well as the White House, are seemingly completely oblivious to Obama and his inaction in Afghanistan. But we should attack FoxNews for pointing this out. After all, if it weren’t for FoxNews, Obama would be king. JD

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Sounds crazy, but how much longer until we read this headline? She doesn’t have time for her dogs? She doesn’t have time for her children! She is never home! For the duration of their marriage, Kate was busy jetting around the country, doing speaking engagements and promoting her dopey books.

As if Kate Gosselin knows something we don’t know. She should write a book titled “How to Manufacture Children for Profit.” Thats all she really knows. Her kids were nothing more than a “Balloon man” attempt at stardom. Its amazing now to look back on the Gosselin army and think that they were created to make their mother rich and famous. JD

On TLC’s You Ask, Kate Answers special Monday, tabloid queen Kate Gosselin says of the family’s two German Shepherds that she “never intended to give them back” to the breeder.

They were returned in September amid the fallout of her divorce with Jon Gosselin. Kate said at the time “they’ll come back, but for now I needed a break.” But now, though she didn’t rule out bringing the dogs back, it sounded unlikely, The (Allentown, Pa.) Morning Call reports.

“I had to choose between the dogs and the kids and the kids come first,” said the Jon & Kate Plus 8 turned Kate Plus Eight star.

Even before they returned the dogs, Jon Gosselin released a statement to the Humane Society of Berks County, saying “Shoka and Nala are loyal companions who we consider members of our family. We would never do anything to hurt them.”

And in the video of them getting the dogs, Kate says “I could go my whole life without having a dog.”

One of the kids says “I want a puppy or a turtle.”

Maybe they should’ve gone with the turtle.

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So where are all the news reports of the anti war protesters screaming in front of the white house? For that matter, where are all of the anti war protesters? Is it just me or has the media changed its coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Wars that were once portrayed as “the crazed actions of President Bush to avenge his father” are now portrayed as “noble causes” that are being run by Nobel peace prize winner President Barack Obama. More than 300 American troops have died since Obama took office. JD

KABUL – Eight American troops were killed in two separate insurgent attacks Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban.

In one of the insurgent assaults, seven Americans were killed while patrolling in armored vehicles, U.S. forces spokesman Lt. Col. Todd Vician said. He said an Afghan civilian died in the same attack. The eighth American was killed in a separate attack elsewhere in the south, also while patrolling in a military vehicle, he said.

The military issued a statement saying the deaths occurred during “multiple, complex” bomb strikes. It said several troops were wounded and evacuated to a nearby medical facility, but gave no other details.

Capt. Adam Weece, a spokesman for American forces in the south, said both attacks occurred in Kandahar province. In Washington, a U.S. defense official said at least one was followed by an intense firefight with insurgents who attacked after an initial bomb went off. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release the information.

The deaths bring to 55 the total number of American troops killed in October in Afghanistan. The previous high occurred in August, when 51 U.S. soldiers died and the troubled nation held the first round of its presidential elections amid a wave of Taliban insurgent attacks.

The deadliest month of the Iraq conflict for U.S. forces was November 2004, when 137 Americans were killed during the assault to clear insurgents from the city of Fallujah.

“A loss like this is extremely difficult for the families as well as for those who served alongside these brave service members,” said Navy Capt. Jane Campbell, a military spokeswoman. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends who mourn their loss.”

The loss of life followed one of the worst days of the war for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since they launched air strikes in 2001 to oust the Taliban from power.

On Monday, a U.S. military helicopter crashed returning from the scene of a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers in western Afghanistan, killing 10 Americans including three DEA agents. In a separate crash the same day, four more U.S. troops were killed when two helicopters collided over southern Afghanistan.

U.S. military officials insisted neither crash was the result of hostile fire, although the Taliban claimed they shot down a U.S. helicopter in the western province of Badghis. The U.S. did not say where in western Afghanistan its helicopter went down, and no other aircraft were reported missing.

Those casualties marked the Drug Enforcement Administration’s first deaths since it began operations here in 2005. Afghanistan is the world’s largest producer of opium — the raw ingredient in heroin — and the illicit drug trade is a major source of funding for insurgent groups.

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Has Kate Gosselin lost her mind? How can she possibly be thinking that she would have any type of Hollywood career? Because she had her own reality TV show? Is this an admission by Gosselin that the show “Jon and Kate Plus 8″ was nothing more than Kate Gosselin acting? I thought it was a reality show.

Based on the episodes of the the show that I saw, that was not acting. Kate Gosselin is a bitch and treated her husband like dirt. With that being said, I have a few roles to suggest to Hollywood that would be perfect for Kate Gosselin.

1. In a remake of “The wizard of Oz” Kate could play the wicked witch of the north.

2. With Kate’s stylish hair, she could play Henry Hill in a remake of “Goodfelllas.”

3. Kate Gosselin would be perfect for the role of the ogre “Shrek” in a new version of the movie where Shrek goes crazy and kills Donkey.

4. Kate Gosselin could play the role of Joan Crawford in a remake of the movie “Mommy Dearest.”

5. Kate could play the role of David Letterman on “The David Letterman show.”

6. Kate would be perfect for the role played by Sharon Stone in a remake of “Fatal Attraction.” Jon Gosselin could play the Michael Douglas role.

7. Kate Gosselin would work well for the role of Annie Wilkes in the movie “Misery” only the movie could be changed so that instead of the victim being a writer, it could be Jon Gosselin.

8. Kate Might be perfect for the role played by Sally Fields in the movie “Cybil” the story about a woman with multiple personality disorder.

9. Maybe Hollywood can offer her the role that Hillary Swank played in the movie “Million Dollar Baby” but instead of fighting other woman, she could beat up Jon Gosselin. It would be sort of like their marriage . . .

10. Kate could simply play herself in a biopic about her life focusing on her formative years, so Americans can understand exactly what it was that made her such a bitch.

Any ideas? I would appreciate the comments . . . .

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Lord Stern as pictured at a recent press conference.

Is Lord Stern trying to earn Brokencountry.com’s douchebag of the week award? I think so. Can you imagine making such an insane statement and having any credibility when it comes to global warming? Geez, what a douchebag.

People will need to consider turning vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change, according to a leading authority on global warming.

In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world’s resources. A vegetarian diet is better.”

Direct emissions of methane from cows and pigs is a significant source of greenhouse gases. Methane is 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a global warming gas.

Lord Stern, the author of the influential 2006 Stern Review on the cost of tackling global warming, said that a successful deal at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December would lead to soaring costs for meat and other foods that generate large quantities of greenhouse gases.
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He predicted that people’s attitudes would evolve until meat eating became unacceptable. “I think it’s important that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they are eating,” he said. “I am 61 now and attitudes towards drinking and driving have changed radically since I was a student. People change their notion of what is responsible. They will increasingly ask about the carbon content of their food.”

Lord Stern, a former chief economist of the World Bank and now I. G. Patel Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, warned that British taxpayers would need to contribute about £3 billion a year by 2015 to help poor countries to cope with the inevitable impact of climate change.

He also issued a clear message to President Obama that he must attend the meeting in Copenhagen in person in order for an effective deal to be reached. US leadership, he said, was “desperately needed” to secure a deal.

He said that he was deeply concerned that popular opinion had so far failed to grasp the scale of the changes needed to address climate change, or of the importance of the UN meeting in Copenhagen from December 7 to December 18. “I am not sure that people fully understand what we are talking about or the kind of changes that will be necessary,” he added.

Up to 20,000 delegates from 192 countries are due to attend the UN conference in the Danish capital. Its aim is to forge a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently to prevent an increase in global temperatures of more than 2 degrees centigrade. Any increase above this level is expected to trigger runaway climate change, threatening the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

Lord Stern said that Copenhagen presented a unique opportunity for the world to break free from its catastrophic current trajectory. He said that the world needed to agree to halve global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to 25 gigatonnes a year from the current level of 50 gigatonnes.

UN figures suggest that meat production is responsible for about 18 per cent of global carbon emissions, including the destruction of forest land for cattle ranching and the production of animal feeds such as soy.

Lord Stern, who said that he was not a strict vegetarian himself, was speaking on the eve of an all-parliamentary debate on climate change. His remarks provoked anger from the meat industry.

Jonathan Scurlock, of the National Farmers Union, said: “Going vegetarian is not a worldwide solution. It’s not a view shared by the NFU. Farmers in this country are interested in evidence-based policymaking. We don’t have a methane-free cow or pig available to us.”

On average, a British person eats 50g of protein derived from meat each day — the equivalent of a chicken breast or a lamb chop. This is a relatively low level for a wealthy country but between 25 per cent and 50 per cent higher than the amount recommended by the World Health Organisation.

Su Taylor, a spokeswoman for the Vegetarian Society, welcomed Lord Stern’s remarks. “What we choose to eat is one of the biggest factors in our personal impact on the environment,” she said. “Meat uses up a lot of resources and a vegetarian diet consumes a lot less land and water. One of the best things you can do about climate change is reduce the amount of meat in your diet.”

The UN has warned that meat consumption is on course to double by the middle of the century.

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