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	<title>Comments on: Statements on NAFTA-Gate (Updated)</title>
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		<title>By: Cee</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-151015</link>
		<dc:creator>Cee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Teak,

Anyone who has a different opinion is debris now?

I think you&#039;ve been in the echo chamber too long.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Teak,</p>
<p>Anyone who has a different opinion is debris now?</p>
<p>I think you&#8217;ve been in the echo chamber too long.</p>
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		<title>By: Steve Judd</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-151009</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve Judd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If I had to play a hunch here I&#039;d guess that U Chicago economics hotshot Professor Goolsbee has no small regard for himself and decided to strut a little insider/West Wing stuff for a pal at the Canadian consulate in Chicago, held forth about President Obama&#039;s economic priorities and then offerred his take on &lt;em&gt;candidate&lt;/em&gt; Obama&#039;s debate pronouncements on NAFTA. Being utterly clueless on the way the world works (he is, after all an academic and a U of C one to boot), it never occurred to him that consulate boy would take careful notes, write it up and send it upstream. I mean, that&#039;s his job and besides, he wants to show &lt;em&gt;his&lt;/em&gt; bosses that he&#039;s got the inside scoop on the incoming Obama administration. D.C. embassy  here I come!

Boom! Word leaks of the conversation with the &quot;senior Obama campaign economic advisor&quot; (or something lik that) as it invariably does, and Team Obama goes full crisis because---gasp---his credibility has been challenged! About NAFTA, no less! With Ohio five days away! Oy.

And here&#039;s where they make the rookie mistake that seems typical of this campaign. Rather than react carefully while they run down the ground balls and figure out what the hell happened (as the seasoned Clinton team did with the Obama Somalia photo), they issue an immediate flat denial because---gasp---Obama&#039;s credibility has been challenged! 

And then they have to retract, backtrack, obfuscate and explain away, all while looking either completely inept or deliberately misleading. 

In my view neither of these conclusions (which are the only ones available) recommend the candidate for, oh, the presidency of the United States of America. Couldn&#039;t happen to a bigger bunch of arrogant....well, choose your own noun to finish the sentence. 

So good luck, Senator Clinton. And here&#039;s my chant for the crowds tomorrow night: Keep Fighting!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I had to play a hunch here I&#8217;d guess that U Chicago economics hotshot Professor Goolsbee has no small regard for himself and decided to strut a little insider/West Wing stuff for a pal at the Canadian consulate in Chicago, held forth about President Obama&#8217;s economic priorities and then offerred his take on <em>candidate</em> Obama&#8217;s debate pronouncements on NAFTA. Being utterly clueless on the way the world works (he is, after all an academic and a U of C one to boot), it never occurred to him that consulate boy would take careful notes, write it up and send it upstream. I mean, that&#8217;s his job and besides, he wants to show <em>his</em> bosses that he&#8217;s got the inside scoop on the incoming Obama administration. D.C. embassy  here I come!</p>
<p>Boom! Word leaks of the conversation with the &#8220;senior Obama campaign economic advisor&#8221; (or something lik that) as it invariably does, and Team Obama goes full crisis because&#8212;gasp&#8212;his credibility has been challenged! About NAFTA, no less! With Ohio five days away! Oy.</p>
<p>And here&#8217;s where they make the rookie mistake that seems typical of this campaign. Rather than react carefully while they run down the ground balls and figure out what the hell happened (as the seasoned Clinton team did with the Obama Somalia photo), they issue an immediate flat denial because&#8212;gasp&#8212;Obama&#8217;s credibility has been challenged! </p>
<p>And then they have to retract, backtrack, obfuscate and explain away, all while looking either completely inept or deliberately misleading. </p>
<p>In my view neither of these conclusions (which are the only ones available) recommend the candidate for, oh, the presidency of the United States of America. Couldn&#8217;t happen to a bigger bunch of arrogant&#8230;.well, choose your own noun to finish the sentence. </p>
<p>So good luck, Senator Clinton. And here&#8217;s my chant for the crowds tomorrow night: Keep Fighting!</p>
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		<title>By: TeakWoodKite</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150957</link>
		<dc:creator>TeakWoodKite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Street Phophets and muddy feet.

&lt;blockquote&gt;But the thing is that Obama has never said that he would scrap NAFTA altogether&lt;/blockquote&gt; 
I guess I was whistling past the grave yard when Sen. Obama said he would do so at the most recent debate...

Come on Cee...Who you jivin&#039; with that Kosmic Debris?
That link all about a CYA from Obama Koolaid manufacturers. Canada afraid of Obama? because of Rush? Canada is Canada and will always be Canada.
Oh well, at least it was funny.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Street Phophets and muddy feet.</p>
<blockquote><p>But the thing is that Obama has never said that he would scrap NAFTA altogether</p></blockquote>
<p>I guess I was whistling past the grave yard when Sen. Obama said he would do so at the most recent debate&#8230;</p>
<p>Come on Cee&#8230;Who you jivin&#8217; with that Kosmic Debris?<br />
That link all about a CYA from Obama Koolaid manufacturers. Canada afraid of Obama? because of Rush? Canada is Canada and will always be Canada.<br />
Oh well, at least it was funny.</em></p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150918</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pamela; maybe you should read the article before you rage about ..(what are you raging about? read it twice but can&#039;t figure it out)
Paul Krugman is one of the *very few* smart people that write in todays&#039;s MSM including the 
discredited NYT....

We are trying to understand and discuss ideas here; not &quot;ideology&quot;. 

As for Obama as President: ? Well.... let me just say that a bad law/bill is worse than none at all.

And I know that you are not saying this but 
I am tired of the Obama supporters threats that unless everyone votes  for Obama we will be responsible for the next Supreme Justice appointee and Roe vs Wade being overturn.

But the truth of the matter is that *it is Congress&#039;s responsibility* to vet and approve or disaprove whoever the Pres. nominates. 

And since it is likely that Clinton supporters wil vote Dems. for Congress  and that Dems. will have a majority then it will be on Congress&#039; shoulders.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pamela; maybe you should read the article before you rage about ..(what are you raging about? read it twice but can&#8217;t figure it out)<br />
Paul Krugman is one of the *very few* smart people that write in todays&#8217;s MSM including the<br />
discredited NYT&#8230;.</p>
<p>We are trying to understand and discuss ideas here; not &#8220;ideology&#8221;. </p>
<p>As for Obama as President: ? Well&#8230;. let me just say that a bad law/bill is worse than none at all.</p>
<p>And I know that you are not saying this but<br />
I am tired of the Obama supporters threats that unless everyone votes  for Obama we will be responsible for the next Supreme Justice appointee and Roe vs Wade being overturn.</p>
<p>But the truth of the matter is that *it is Congress&#8217;s responsibility* to vet and approve or disaprove whoever the Pres. nominates. </p>
<p>And since it is likely that Clinton supporters wil vote Dems. for Congress  and that Dems. will have a majority then it will be on Congress&#8217; shoulders.</p>
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		<title>By: SusanUnPC</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150907</link>
		<dc:creator>SusanUnPC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Peddle it elsewhere.  You are on moderation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peddle it elsewhere.  You are on moderation.</p>
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		<title>By: Nellie</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150832</link>
		<dc:creator>Nellie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry Pamela - There are many here and elsewhere who WILL NOT vote for Obama - Period.

I have cancelled my Democracy bonds, written Howard Dean, and refuse to give a penny to the current insanity. I do not do bullying, particulary by very childish cult members who feel they are &quot;entitled&quot; to rule the roost.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry Pamela &#8211; There are many here and elsewhere who WILL NOT vote for Obama &#8211; Period.</p>
<p>I have cancelled my Democracy bonds, written Howard Dean, and refuse to give a penny to the current insanity. I do not do bullying, particulary by very childish cult members who feel they are &#8220;entitled&#8221; to rule the roost.</p>
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		<title>By: AF</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150819</link>
		<dc:creator>AF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was covered on the Newshour too (listening on NPR,) with a clip of Obama issuing some kind of denial or correction (he goes on for so long it&#039;s hard to discern what he was saying) but he sounded pretty confident.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was covered on the Newshour too (listening on NPR,) with a clip of Obama issuing some kind of denial or correction (he goes on for so long it&#8217;s hard to discern what he was saying) but he sounded pretty confident.</p>
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		<title>By: Cee</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150808</link>
		<dc:creator>Cee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr. Murder,

They can also get rid of the useless eaters faster. 

Now back the neocon engineered NAFTA bullshit:

&lt;blockquote&gt;That Canada&#039;s neocon government is on the same page as Rush Limbaugh, both pushing for a Clinton win in this contest, should give one pause. It&#039;s the &quot;Movement&quot;, stupid!&lt;/blockquote&gt;

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/3/164641/2321/755/468076</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Murder,</p>
<p>They can also get rid of the useless eaters faster. </p>
<p>Now back the neocon engineered NAFTA bullshit:</p>
<blockquote><p>That Canada&#8217;s neocon government is on the same page as Rush Limbaugh, both pushing for a Clinton win in this contest, should give one pause. It&#8217;s the &#8220;Movement&#8221;, stupid!</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/3/164641/2321/755/468076" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/3/164641/2321/755/468076</a></p>
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		<title>By: ChrisXP</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150773</link>
		<dc:creator>ChrisXP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Lost it’s soul? What on Earth does a Republican know about having a soul?
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You tell me, as I&#039;m not a Republican. :)

&lt;em&gt;I just love partisans who think they can sideswipe, but slip on their own petard!&lt;/em&gt;

Pssst...I&#039;m a moderate Traditional conservative. Been independent since day one. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
Lost it’s soul? What on Earth does a Republican know about having a soul?<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>You tell me, as I&#8217;m not a Republican. <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><em>I just love partisans who think they can sideswipe, but slip on their own petard!</em></p>
<p>Pssst&#8230;I&#8217;m a moderate Traditional conservative. Been independent since day one. <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Mr.Murder</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150764</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr.Murder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Environmentalists aren&#039;t the ones wanting biofuels. 

Industrialists are.

Biofuels use disproportionate amounts of water, take more energy to make than they provide, and are inefficient compared to fuel cell technology.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Environmentalists aren&#8217;t the ones wanting biofuels. </p>
<p>Industrialists are.</p>
<p>Biofuels use disproportionate amounts of water, take more energy to make than they provide, and are inefficient compared to fuel cell technology.</p>
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		<title>By: ChrisXP</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150762</link>
		<dc:creator>ChrisXP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ethanol produces less energy per calorie, which means more has to be produced to get EQUAL energy output to equal amounts of gasoline. &lt;strong&gt;That doesn&#039;t even include the energy necessary to just produce it!&lt;/strong&gt;

That&#039;s just the energy output problem, there&#039;s many other issues involved that make bio-fuels a waste of energy to even produce it.

SCAM 101.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ethanol produces less energy per calorie, which means more has to be produced to get EQUAL energy output to equal amounts of gasoline. <strong>That doesn&#8217;t even include the energy necessary to just produce it!</strong></p>
<p>That&#8217;s just the energy output problem, there&#8217;s many other issues involved that make bio-fuels a waste of energy to even produce it.</p>
<p>SCAM 101.</p>
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		<title>By: jimbo</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150760</link>
		<dc:creator>jimbo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you aren&#039;t aware of strides being made in ethanol from non human foodstocks I suggest you find out before you start complaining about use of foodstocks to produce ethanol.  With the right support from government and citizens ethanol from celluosic feedstocks can take the pressure off oil and bring the price down.  Of course it&#039;s the last thing the oil companies want, don&#039;t want to lose their $40 billion profits, you know.  You aren&#039;t a troll from Exxon, are you?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you aren&#8217;t aware of strides being made in ethanol from non human foodstocks I suggest you find out before you start complaining about use of foodstocks to produce ethanol.  With the right support from government and citizens ethanol from celluosic feedstocks can take the pressure off oil and bring the price down.  Of course it&#8217;s the last thing the oil companies want, don&#8217;t want to lose their $40 billion profits, you know.  You aren&#8217;t a troll from Exxon, are you?</p>
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		<title>By: grlpatriot</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150746</link>
		<dc:creator>grlpatriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CNN has reported on this story every hour since 8 AM EST this morning until 2:30 PM EST. I have not heard the report again yet. We&#039;ll have to see how the MSM reports on it this evening. 

Under Latest News, two links now on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CNN homepage&lt;/a&gt; going to NAFTA-gate.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/03/democrats.primaries/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Clinton hammers Obama on NAFTA&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/03/obama-camp-downplays-conversation-with-canada/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Obama camp downplays conversation with Canada&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CNN has reported on this story every hour since 8 AM EST this morning until 2:30 PM EST. I have not heard the report again yet. We&#8217;ll have to see how the MSM reports on it this evening. </p>
<p>Under Latest News, two links now on <a href="http://www.cnn.com/" rel="nofollow">CNN homepage</a> going to NAFTA-gate.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/03/democrats.primaries/index.html" rel="nofollow">Clinton hammers Obama on NAFTA</a></p>
<p><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/03/obama-camp-downplays-conversation-with-canada/" rel="nofollow">Obama camp downplays conversation with Canada</a></p>
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		<title>By: ChrisXP</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/03/statements-on-nafta-gate/#comment-150745</link>
		<dc:creator>ChrisXP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oops, it wasn&#039;t Kyoto (Kyoto was for another issue I&#039;ve been reading), but the &lt;strong&gt;Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007&lt;/strong&gt;.

http://www.junkscience.com/ByTheJunkman/20080228.html

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The Financial Times article reported on how &lt;strong&gt;section 526 of the energy bill prohibits the federal government from buying oil that was produced from Canadian tar sands&lt;/strong&gt; -- a reserve that holds about two-thirds the amount of recoverable oil as compared to reserves in Saudi Arabia.

&lt;strong&gt;Because it takes greenhouse gas-producing energy to extract oil from the tar sands, the article focused on the fact that the law could affect billions of dollars of trade in oil&lt;/strong&gt;, particularly since the U.S. Department of Defense is the world’s largest single buyer of light refined petroleum.
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But my views about energy independence aren&#039;t even regarding this, as nations can use whatever current energy source they want -- but to get to the next technological age we need 10x amount to do so (and we better hurry, since if China gets it before we do, say good-bye to our superpower status). Currently alternative energy resources can&#039;t produce 10x our current level (we only have 2x of what we need -- why we have the black and brown outs), and it&#039;ll take a radical idea like a Dyson sphere to achieve it.

We don&#039;t need a Mars colony, we need that Dyson sphere and high capacity fuel cells that can store all the energy it can produce.

Then with the technological advancement, say goodbye to currency (like the greenback and gold) as you know it -- as that energy will be the new monetical unit (think of it as credit card sized battery, that has an actual money value to it).

Ack, too much to say. :x</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oops, it wasn&#8217;t Kyoto (Kyoto was for another issue I&#8217;ve been reading), but the <strong>Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.junkscience.com/ByTheJunkman/20080228.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.junkscience.com/ByTheJunkman/20080228.html</a></p>
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The Financial Times article reported on how <strong>section 526 of the energy bill prohibits the federal government from buying oil that was produced from Canadian tar sands</strong> &#8212; a reserve that holds about two-thirds the amount of recoverable oil as compared to reserves in Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p><strong>Because it takes greenhouse gas-producing energy to extract oil from the tar sands, the article focused on the fact that the law could affect billions of dollars of trade in oil</strong>, particularly since the U.S. Department of Defense is the world’s largest single buyer of light refined petroleum.<br />
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<p>But my views about energy independence aren&#8217;t even regarding this, as nations can use whatever current energy source they want &#8212; but to get to the next technological age we need 10x amount to do so (and we better hurry, since if China gets it before we do, say good-bye to our superpower status). Currently alternative energy resources can&#8217;t produce 10x our current level (we only have 2x of what we need &#8212; why we have the black and brown outs), and it&#8217;ll take a radical idea like a Dyson sphere to achieve it.</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t need a Mars colony, we need that Dyson sphere and high capacity fuel cells that can store all the energy it can produce.</p>
<p>Then with the technological advancement, say goodbye to currency (like the greenback and gold) as you know it &#8212; as that energy will be the new monetical unit (think of it as credit card sized battery, that has an actual money value to it).</p>
<p>Ack, too much to say. <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_mad.gif' alt=':x' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: AF</title>
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		<dc:creator>AF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Polls &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/3/12612/71882&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;moving back in Hillary&#039;s direction today&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Polls <a href="http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/3/12612/71882" rel="nofollow">moving back in Hillary&#8217;s direction today</a>.</p>
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