New Archaeological Find In The Amazon

Part of the group of 127 granite monoliths up to three-meters-high discovered 12 May, 2006 in the middle of the Amazonian florest, in the state of Amapa, northern Brazil. According to the archaeologists of the Scientific and Technological Research Institute of the state of Amapa (IEPA) this could possibly be the oldest astronomical observatory in Brazil.
(AFP/SECOM/Gilam Nascimiento)

Just when you think our human experience has nothing new to find or offer ... after all, we have Google Earth, we have landed on the Moon, and we don't even need to have a bank account to have and use an ATM card.

This from AFP via Yahoo! News -

'Amazon Stonehenge' found in Brazil
Sat May 13, 6:12 PM ET

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Archaeologists discovered a pre-colonial astrological observatory possibly 2,000 years old in the Amazon basin near French Guiana, said a report.

"Only a society with a complex culture could have built such a monument," archaeologist Mariana Petry Cabral, of the Amapa Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (IEPA), told O Globo newspaper.

The observatory was built of 127 blocks of granite each three meters (10 feet) high and regularly placed in circles in an open field, she said.

Cabral said the site resembles a temple which could have been used as an observatory, because the blocks are positioned to mark the winter solstice. In December, the path of the sun allows rays to pass through a hole in one of the blocks, possibly to calculate agricultural activity and religious rituals.

Its exact age has been difficult to determine, but based on ceramic fragments found nearby, archaeologists estimate it between 500 and 2,000 years old.

The discovery is in Calcoene, 390 kilometers (240 miles) from Macapa, the capital of Amapa state, near Brazil's border with French Guyana.

Archaeologists said the find holds mysteries similar to Stonehenge, in Salisbury, England, another monument of huge stones, whose purpose is also unclear.
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Illegal Immigration Hurts All Citizens

Here is a point of view as to how race is not the issue from voices of American citizens who would know better.

The left in this country, the "Open Borders" proponents, are really trying to use the issue of race to tear apart the last thread of fabric in our American culture that holds us together.

Our non-response on illegal immigration is resulting into more than what our liberal political leaders, Hispanic leadership and clergy want us to think it is --- It is not just race as a wedge issue ... it is evolving into a race against race as a wedge issue.

American sovereignity is the real issue and our government needs to step up and be counted as protecting the interests of ALL American citizens over the "so called" rights (claimed) of illegal immigrants.

Excerpts from The Washington Insider -

Blacks see threat from Hispanic illegal aliens
By Keyonna Summers - THE WASHINGTON TIMES - May 15, 2006

Blacks in the region are joining Minuteman militia groups opposed to illegal Hispanic aliens working in the United States, saying they take jobs from blacks and piggyback off the strides made during the civil rights movement.

Several blacks Friday attended a Minuteman rally in the District. And yesterday, Ted Hayes, a black Los Angeles-based homeless activist and founder of the Crispus Attucks Brigade, held a rally in Upper Senate Park denouncing attempts by immigrant rights groups to link their movement to that of black civil rights.

"Illegal immigration is the greatest threat to black people since slavery," Mr. Hayes said. "The civil rights movement was made by black citizens of this country, but [illegal aliens] are claiming civil rights as a key to cross the American border illegally."

He and several area blacks at the rallies said losing jobs is their biggest concern.

Mr. Hayes said illegal aliens are accepting "slave wages" after decades of blacks' not allowing employers to pay them less than minimum wage.
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"If I'm going to be held to abiding by the law, they should be, too," she said. "I don't like my tax money going to people who are living here illegally."

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that about 80 percent of blacks have a favorable view of Hispanic immigrants' work ethic and family values. The survey also shows that 33 percent of blacks are less likely to suggest deportation of illegals aliens, compared with 59 percent of whites.

However, the survey indicates that about half of blacks in the region see immigrants as a burden because they take jobs and housing. More than 50 percent of blacks in the region and more than 75 percent nationwide say increased immigration has led to difficulties in finding a job, compared with 50 percent of whites nationwide and 20 percent in the region who say the same.

The survey stated 22 percent of blacks and 14 percent of whites said they or a relative had lost a job to an immigrant.
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Brigade members have also branded supporters of the immigrant movement such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and black leaders the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton as "sellouts" who are "leading blacks in a circle."

Mr. Hayes predicted their imminent overthrow.

"They do not own civil rights," he said. "They don't speak for us. They haven't talked to us, the black people, about their civil rights. These are not our leaders. We've had 40 years of Jesse Jackson, and enough is enough. This will be his undoing."
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Again, this tension really isn't about race, it is about citizenship.

Let me know when we all are going to wake up and protect ourselves from the gross degradation of our basic American rights, the rights that come with citizenship.

MAXINE, On Mother's Day

Maxine, with brood (JET) at "HollyLoa", 1953. Photo Credit: WCJ (dad)

"To share often and much … To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded."—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Mother's Day, Mom (1917-1989).

Grinding Meathead - Government Worker Unions Threaten Consumer Boycotts

Capitol and Grounds from the Capitol Mall, California State Capitol in Sacramento, California taken March, 2001. Photo Credit: Les Partridge

In a move that could only be seen as bizzarre, unions that represent the interests of federal, state and county government workers ... issue a threat to organize a boycott.

This consumer boycott would be directed at some niche market clothing retailers because the unions wanted to show their displeasure over these companies support of the defeat of the actor, director, and now shamed liberal political operative, Rob Reiner's preschool initiative, Proposition 82.

These tax payer-paid ingrates want to raise taxes, again, on successful wage earners (those who are classified as upper-income) so that the state would provide universal pre-school to all 4 year olds.

Excerpts from the Sacramento Bee -

Prop. 82: Initiative backers threaten Gap boycott
By Laura Mecoy -- Bee Los Angeles Bureau - Published 2:15 am PDT Friday, May 12, 2006 - Story appeared on Page A1 of The Bee

LOS ANGELES - Employing a new political tactic, two large labor unions are using the threat of a consumer boycott to try to curb corporate contributions to groups opposing the universal preschool initiative on the June ballot.

The Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees sent a letter last week threatening a national boycott of all of the Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic stores.

They said they would launch the boycott if the Gap, its affiliates or any members of the family that founded the Gap donated to groups opposing actor and director Rob Reiner's preschool initiative, Proposition 82.

"It is our hope that you come to the conclusion that opposing preschool for every child in California is bad for kids and bad for California," said the letter, signed by SEIU's and AFSCME's presidents and SEIU's secretary treasurer. The two unions, AFSCME and SEIU, represent more than 2.7 million members nationwide. They are likely to gain more members if Proposition 82 is approved because it would allow collective bargaining among those working in the preschools the initiative would fund.
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Proposition 82 would raise upper-income Californians' taxes to pay for a free half-day of voluntary preschool for all the state's 4-year-olds by 2010.

The California Business Roundtable, the California Chamber of Commerce and several other business groups have said they oppose the measure because it is "badly flawed" and could ultimately hurt K-12 education funding.

Opponents started their campaign against the initiative long after the proponents and have fallen behind in fundraising.
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Kathy Fairbanks, "No on 82" campaign spokeswoman, also called the boycott threat and the union's statements "unfortunate," saying the opposition is widespread.

Nathan James, "Yes on 82" campaign spokesman, applauded the boycott threat and said the Fisher family patriarch, Don Fisher, has been soliciting donations for opponents.
"He's not been outspoken publicly," James said. "But in donor circles ... he's committed to fighting it by raising money against it."

Proposition 82's backers have been trying to make an issue of the Fisher family donations for months by distributing leaflets at Gap stores around the state.

John Jackson, founder of the Say Yes to Children Network, said he organized those demonstrations in hopes of discouraging other corporate donors.

He said John Fisher was the first big corporate contributor against Proposition 82, and he hoped others would be discouraged to give if they believed their companies could be picketed.
"The strategy for us was ... that perhaps it would slow down the money," he said.
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Bob Stern, Center on Governmental Studies president, said he'd never heard of a group seeking to halt campaign contributions by threatening a boycott.

He said he had mixed feelings about the threat: He was pleased to see publicity about large campaign contributions but troubled by attacks on a company that was staying out of the election.

Bob Witeck, a Washington, D.C.-based public relations executive who has worked with several large corporations facing boycotts, called the union's boycott threat "novel."
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[Witeck continues] "The notion of getting into a boycott as a political tactic is very interesting," he said. "But I think it's going to be hard to convince and educate enough people to boycott the stores. ... It's harder than people think."
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Just think, if Rob Reiner was still able to control the government-collected, cigarette tax monies he once had control over ... the "Meathead Money" would be all over the support of this initiative.

Of course, this is why "Sausage" (Rob Reiner) was removed and replaced with "Chorizo" (Hector Ramirez).

Proposition 82 is goin' down.

Iraq - Takes A Step To Secure Governmental Future

Iraqi members of Parliament raise their hands as they vote on a resolution.
Image Credit: AFP/Getty Images

The photo above illustrates clearly why our troops are in Iraq. From "purple fingers" to parliament votes, our effort in this part of the world is producing dividends dispite what one may hear from the naysayers.

Excerpts from The Washington Times -

Iraq leader seeks 'interim' control
By Sharon Behn - THE WASHINGTON TIMES - May 12, 2006

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister-designate has proposed to take over temporarily the powerful ministries of interior and defense in order to end a crippling political stalemate and move ahead with the formation of a new government.

Nouri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite, would command the two ministries for an "interim" period of as little as one week while the political parties continue negotiations on who will serve as permanent ministers, officials close to the talks said yesterday.

"This is temporary until they reach a solution and find the right people," said former government member Mahmoud Othman.
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Mr. Othman said the political parties have already agreed that the interior ministry -- which controls the police and certain other security forces -- will go to a Shi'ite, while the defense ministry will go to a Sunni. But infighting continues over which parties and individuals will get the posts, with Sunnis pressing for a more secular Shi'ite at the interior ministry.

"I think [Mr. al-Maliki's move] helps get the rest of the process moving," said another official close to the government talks, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "You can't get bogged down because of two ministries. This is not a grab for power, it is to keep the process moving."
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"The violence is tragic," said Hanna Edwar, a women's rights activist who has been fighting for more women in government. "On every corner of the street, there is a body full of blood."

Mrs. Edwar, the secretary of the Iraqi Al-Amal Association, which works to foster nonviolence and respect for human rights, was not confident that Mr. al-Maliki's move would end the daily torture and killings, large movements of displaced people and the constant car bombs.

The politicians, she said, appeared to be more interested in serving their own parties' interests than the good of Iraq. "They don't want to see people with real qualifications, they are looking from inside their circles," she said.
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At MAXINE, we believe these are the stories from Iraq that carry the most weight.

An Iraq with an elected, and negotiated government is the goal, the ideal, and the vision.

This is the type of success the MSM and the Democrat Party leadership are not as pleased to hear about than those of us who know that we are actually ... AT WAR ... and why.

On-Line Retailing's Shortcomings Highlighted

Image Credit: U.S. Free Ads

A Forrester survey conducted for a recent report titled, “How to Master Online Merchandising,” found that the penetration of tools and technologies that improve online merchandising still has far to go among retailers.

The most commonly used online functionality falling under Forrester’s definition of online merchandising tools was site search. With 54% of retailers surveyed saying they use site search --- that means more than a third of the retailers still don’t have a site search function.

More excerpts from Internet Retailer newsletter -

Online retail merchandising ripe for improvement, Forrester report finds
Internet Retailer – May 11, 2006

Internet retailers generally have nailed the basics of e-commerce, opening the way for them to start investing in improving their online merchandising with more innovative tools and technologies. And online merchandising is an area in need of retailers’ attention, notes Forrester Research, with conversion rates averaging only about 2.6% and some retail verticals averaging even lower.
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Among other online merchandising tools now in use among surveyed retailers, 55% said they had implemented technology to bring richer imagery to their sites, 47% use zoom, and 42% use swatching technology.

A total of 41% use buying guides on their site, while 33% use A/B design testing.

Customer ratings and reviews were cited by 26%, live chat by 26%, streaming video by 22% and personalized recommendations were used by 16% of the retailers.

Gift registries and wish lists were cited by only 15% of retailers surveyed; 9% use 3-D rotation technology, and only 6% used virtual model technology.

“Even though online retail sites have evolved and matured, most consumers who come to those sites just don’t purchase,” says Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru. “By engaging in efforts that place products more effectively throughout a web site and present features in a more engaging way, retailers can drive the incremental conversion improvements that dramatically affect overall sales.”
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We know retailing online will never replace the tactile nature of a "brick & mortar" experience ... but with the way "Gaming" technology (E3 tradeshow in LA this week) has evolved recently, one thinks that these effects could be applied to bring forth a more satisfying experience that results in increased sales.

No "Thanks" In The Golden State - Top Rank = #58

#1 Albuquerque, NM – Image Credit: © Lonely Planet

Forbes Magazine ranked the best Metro places for businesses and carrers and the Golden State did not do so well.

Of the 25 most expensive places to locate a business in the U.S., 20 are in California, thanks to high taxes and worker's compensation costs. (No one in the Golden State is getting a break on labor or office space costs either.)

The highest-ranking metro in the Golden State is the Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine area. This Orange County area placed 58th thanks to low crime and a very educated labor force.

More excerpts from Forbes via Yahoo! Finance -

The Top Ten Metros
By Kurt Badenhausen - Forbes.com

"In a progressive country," Benjamin Disraeli once said, "change is constant."

And how.

In this year's ranking of the best places for business and careers, perennial top-ten metros like Atlanta, Austin and Northern Virginia-Washington, D.C., fell from the highest perch, hurt by slowing income growth.

Newcomers that cracked the top tier include Houston, riding high on oil profits, and Phoenix, lifted by a housing and population boom. Overall, half of the top ten places are new this year.

We expanded this year's list to include the 200 largest metro areas, up from 150, thanks to Uncle Sam's reconfiguration of metropolitan statistical areas--which split regions like Raleigh-Durham into two.
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A tip of the hat to West Chester, Pa., research firm Moody's Economy.com, which provided data for the rankings. Its business cost index weighs labor, energy, tax and office space costs.

Our top-ranked metro, Albuquerque, N.M., has the lowest business costs in the country, 24% below the national average. Albuquerque also benefited from an educated population and rising household incomes.

To calculate living expenses, Economy.com considered housing, transportation, food and other household expenses. In the rankings, we also examined job and income growth, as well as migration trends over the last five years.

Bertrand Sperling, a consultant in Portland, Ore., analyzed crime data for us and developed an arts and leisure index that tracks things like museums, theaters, golf courses and sports teams. He also gauged the education of the workforce and assessed the presence of top colleges in the area.
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A New "CAFE" To Visit

Not this type of cafe, but this is an interesting photo. Image Credit : Urban 75

A former Senate majority leader and a founder of Sun Microsystems urge creation of new CAFE standard: Carbon Alternative Fuel Equivalent.

In a move that would massage the governments response to being addicted to oil imports, Tom Daschle, the former Democratic Senate majority leader, and Vinod Khosla, a founder of Sun Microsystems, put forth an opinion in the New York Times that calls for a fundamental change in the way the government measures the "petroleum mileage" of a vehicle so that ethanol mix would become a positive factor in the automobile's mileage assessment.

Excerpts from the New York Times -

Op-Ed Contributor
Miles Per Cob
By TOM DASCHLE and VINOD KHOSLA - Published: May 8, 2006 - Washington

ON Wednesday, the White House proposed to overhaul fuel economy standards for automobiles by making them "size based," with differing requirements for big and small cars. Automakers worry that any revisions will hurt their business; environmentalists oppose the administration's plan, and its earlier proposal for revising mileage standards for light trucks, as not going far enough. But a debate on Corporate Average Fuel Economy, known as CAFE, misses the point; if we are serious about reducing our dependence on imported oil, we need to shift our focus.
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We need to upgrade to a new CAFE: Carbon Alternative Fuel Equivalent. This new CAFE will measure "petroleum mileage" and give automakers incentives and credits for increasing ethanol consumption as a percentage of fuel use of their vehicles, not least by promoting flex-fuel vehicles, which can run on either gasoline or E85 fuel, a blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. This approach promises several significant benefits.

First, it could set America free from its dependence on foreign oil. As Brazil's "energy independence miracle" proves, an aggressive strategy of investing in petroleum substitutes like ethanol can end dependence on imported oil.

Second, switching from gasoline to ethanol produced from perennial energy crops like switch grass can slash our carbon dioxide emissions.

Third, it could build on a comparative advantage of American automakers. American auto manufacturers are churning out hundreds of thousands of flex-fuel vehicles. Their foreign competitors make far fewer. Promoting these vehicles will help our automakers build on their already strong market share.

And fourth, by encouraging the production of ethanol and new renewable fuel technologies, this new CAFE standard could invigorate rural communities in America's heartland and innovation and research centers along its coasts.
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So instead of squabbling over a mile a gallon here and a mile a gallon there, let's move to a new CAFE standard that offers Americans a fresh chance to work together to meet some of this country's most pressing challenges.
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This is a start at the Federal level. Now, if only we can get California more than four E85 stations, three of which are dedicated to fueling government vehicles.

Congress Discusses Lowering Tariffs On Ethanol

Question: Does it make sense to swap one energy resource supply dependency to another potential resource supply dependency?

These excerpts from the National Association of Convenience Stores -

Members of Congress Fuel Talks on Ethanol Tariff
News & Media Center - May 10, 2006

WASHINGTON -- U.S. House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said on May 9 that a temporary reduction of the U.S. tariff on ethanol imports would help ease prices at the pump, reports Reuters.

"We don't have enough ethanol in production today. It's coming on board, but if we were to temporarily reduce the tariff on ethanol coming into our country, I think that would ease the pressure that's out there, resulting in lower gasoline prices," Rep. Boehner told reporters.

Last week, President Bush called on Congress to lift the current tariffs on ethanol imports. When asked if the House and Senate had enough votes to lift the tariffs, Boehner told reporters, "I think it's possible."
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"Lifting the tariff would be a victory for the oil companies, a kick in the face to rural America where the ethanol comes from, and leave consumers with the same high gas prices we have today," said Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which is the committee that would review tariff legislation.

Rep. Boehner commented to Reuters that not all ethanol industry representatives are opposed to the idea of easing U.S. ethanol import tariffs.
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"Our two countries need to accelerate their cooperation … Brazil and the United States should combine their strengths to contribute to the region's economic, social and political development," notes the op-ed. "We both face challenges to our energy security from the sharply rising worldwide demand for energy … But amid this new energy threat, we also have an opportunity to fashion a win-win response that could benefit both our countries."
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In all truthfulness, we need to have the issue of ethanol supply, as we do for petrol fuel supply, be our own. Open up ANWAR for more oil, create more refineries, and internally expand the distilling of ethanol through tax incentives.

Michael Yon - A Three-fer Tucked Into A Two-fer

Not a rose by any name. From “Why We Write”. Photo Credit: Michael Yon

Two dispatches from Michael Yon show the contrasts of fighting a war to win (Iraq) and fighting a war to show a momentary (Afghanistan) effect.

The first highlights how Iraqi security forces are responding to the training and conviction our military forces are imparting to their efforts. Stories from Baquba with link and full credit going to the Washington Times and their correspondent Maya Alleruzzo.

Excerpts from Michael Yon: Online Magazine –

One More Reason For Hope

An Iraqi Warrior is fighting for new life in America after an assassination ambush by insurgents riddled his body with a dozen bullets but failed to extinguish this soldier’s force of life. I’ve been paying close attention to this story for months, having heard many of the “behind the scenes” events that eventually led Iraqi Captain Furat to American soil. The following series of photographs was shot by Washington Times correspondent Maya Alleruzzo as the platoon of Iraqi soldiers with whom she was traveling was ambushed by insurgents in Baquba.
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I was told that a battalion of our own soldiers at Fort Benning recently gave Captain Furat a standing ovation for his courage and sacrifice in the war to rid Iraq of terrorists.

Please read this story, and know that if it were not for the Washington Times and their correspondent Maya Alleruzzo, along with those quiet Americans, this Iraqi hero would be dead.

But today he lives. In Georgia.
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The second dispatch deals with the developments in Afghanistan and the reasons why some reporters write.

Excerpts from Michael Yon: Online Magazine –

Why We Write

Soldiers on the ground hold our helicopter pilots in extreme regard. I’ve never heard a real combat soldier calling pilots “fly boys” or anything disrespectful. If I were willing to share my closest combat helicopter photos from Iraq, folks would understand just why the infantry loves our helicopter pilots.
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I’ll be thinking about our troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa and so many other places while I go into seclusion to write. I’ve written pointedly about Afghanistan recently, and will post a couple more dispatches about the place before getting settled. My remarks about Afghanistan have angered many readers and I understand that. I appreciate that many folks have strong political aspects; certainly, they have been blunt sharing their viewpoints, so I knew many would be angry before posting those words, but I was speaking important truths. I care about our soldiers and our people and will not go silent when a man should speak.
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Many people in my generation and younger — keep asking me about this “Joe Galloway” who I keep saying people should listen to. Joe Galloway is one of the finest war correspondents our country ever produced. Joe ranks with Ernie Pyle, but Joe is a lot meaner than Ernie. Plus, Ernie had the “advantage” of dying in combat with our Marines. Joe has somehow survived all his extreme bouts with combat. Joe lived with the soldiers and told their stories, eventually writing an incredible book called, We were Soldiers Once… And Young. My copy is here on the desk beside me. So when Joe talks, old sergeant majors and old generals — and most of current top military leadership — listen. And when these old veterans talk, we should all listen. They know war. We should listen more to our veterans than to politicians. We are more likely to get straight answers about war from warriors than we are from politicians and most of the media.
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Like Ernie Pyle once noted, nobody is more plainspoken than combat soldiers. The ones I met in Afghanistan call that the “forgotten war” but unless things change dramatically, 2007 will be a year everyone remembers in Afghanistan.

I figure my part is telling what I saw when I was there.
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The Two Faces Of Radical Activism

Image Credit: Garold W. Sneegas - nativefish.org

A win for PETA as it works within the system. No animal costumes, no blood on fur, no sign carrying whiners. Just stock holders wanting to talk with management.

This from the PETA Media Center –

PETA WITHDRAWS 3M SHAREHOLDER RESOLUTION AFTER COMPANY IMPLEMENTS ANIMAL WELFARE PROPOSAL
May 8, 2006 - Contact: Holly Mattern 757-622-7382

Norfolk, Va. — Following negotiations with 3M, PETA has agreed to withdraw a shareholder resolution that the group planned to present at 3M’s annual meeting in St. Paul tomorrow, May 9. PETA’s resolution called on the company to formally adopt an animal welfare policy that would extend to its outside contract testing laboratories and include social and behavioral enrichment measures for the physical and psychological well-being of the animals used in the company’s experiments.

3M has now posted its existing animal welfare policy on its Web site that includes these measures. The company has also agreed to publicly issue an annual report regarding compliance with the animal welfare policy and continue discussions with PETA on animal testing issues.

“We are delighted with 3M’s response to our proposal,” says PETA’s director of regulatory testing, Jessica Sandler. “We look forward to working with 3M to ensure that the company uses as few animals as possible and leads the way in improving conditions for those animals who are still used.”

Copies of the resolution are available upon request. For more information, please visit PETA.org.
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And this the very next day -

PETA Tells Middle-School Students To Not Eat Fish
KFMB News 8, San Diego - Last Updated: 05-09-06 at 1:19PM

Say no to fish. That was the message People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were telling students at a protest outside an Ocean Beach middle school.

Monday's event at Correia Middle School encouraged students to stop eating fish. PETA members said fish feel pain, just like any other animal.

They also said eating fish is not the healthy alternative it is made out to be.

"Many people don't know that fish isn't a health food," said Chris Link of PETA. "It's full of lead, mercury and other heavy metals, as well as PCBs, which can accumulate in your body and cause cancer."

PETA members also handed out trading cards to students.

In fairness, many studies have shown that some fish contain healthy Omega-3 fatty acids.
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Just when you get to thinking that PETA is adopting a mainstreaming strategy, they go and do this. Let's be honest, the agenda is to have all humans eat only vegetables – somebody tell ‘em We’re Omnivores.

I’ll tell you what PETA, you teach all fish to live out of water … and then we humans, all of us, will eat only vegetables.

W e' r e W a i t i n g .........................!