Friday, July 08, 2005

Hemp 4 Fuel.com - Clean Energy Solutions

1991- why didn't people just listen to Hugh Downs back then?

Hemp 4 Fuel.com - Clean Energy Solutions: "If hemp could supply the energy needs of the United States, its value would be inestimable. Now that the Drug Tzar is in final retreat, America has an opportunity to once and for all say farewell to the Exxon Valdez, Saddam Hussain and a prohibitively expensive 'brinkmanship' in the desert sands of Saudi Arabia."

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Save the First Amendment--from Karl Rove

Interesting....

Save the First Amendment--from Karl Rove: "Karl Rove is in my experience with him the brightest and most affable of companions; perhaps I have been coopted, for I genuinely treasure his friendship. But neither charm nor political power should be permitted to subvert the First Amendment, which is intended to insure that reporters and citizens burrow fully and publicly into government, not insulate its players from felony, or reality.

Reporters with a gut fear of breaching confidential sources must fight like tigers to protect them. But neither reporters Cooper nor Miller, nor their publications, nor anyone in journalism should protect the behavior of Rove (or anyone else) through an undiscerning, blanket use of the First Amendment that weakens its protections by its gross misuse. "