Killer Kites, Conspicuous Consumption
- At least 11 people died and more than 100 people were injured at an annual Basant festival in eastern Pakistan.
- A middle school teacher trying to buy pot was arrested after she sent text messages to state trooper instead of her dealer.
- What is your real tax burden? In a study for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston University economists Laurence J. Kotlikoff and David Rapson calculated just that by including the overlooked and the confusing to present a more accurate accounting.
- Speculation about Al Gore’s committment to reducing greenhouse gases has been running rather high since the high profile Oscar win for the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” which Vice President Gore narrates.
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Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”Gore’s home uses more than 20 times the national average. (Tennessee Center For Policy Research.)
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Meanwhile George Bush gets no respect for the eco-friendly modifications to the Crawford Ranch residence of the President.
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Supreme Court Strips Al Gore of Oscar; Declares George W. Bush Winner.
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Huffington Post has this screed defending Gore.
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Calculate your own Carbon Footprint.
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Have you heard of the initiative the United States announced in Vientiane, Laos, last week that it was joining five other nations - China, India, Japan, South Korea and Australia — in a new pact that offers a refreshing and effective alternative route to tackling the problem of climate change? The national media was pretty busy with the Anna Nicole story, so we should give them a pass on this one.
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Why did Al Gore set conditions for an interview in Denmark which were accepted by the interviewer but then rejected by him one hour before the scheduled discussion?
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A woman who has covered her roof and property with painted slogans she calls messages from God has been ordered to remove them or face possible fines or jail time.
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