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WASHINGTON -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL) joined forces today to enhance public safety through quality testing of much of the equipment and materials workers use every day.
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Danger Mouse Dies – British animator and Danger Mouse co-creator Mark Hall has died of cancer. He was 75.
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Wuthering Bitesby Sarah Gray
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What if the enigmatic hero of one of our most timeless love stories was part vampire? The answer lies in this haunting retelling of the classic tale of Catherine and Heathcliff, kindred spirits bound by a turbulentand now forbiddenpassion...
When a young orphan named Heathcliff is brought to Wuthering Heights by the manor's owner, Mr. Earnshaw, rumors
What if the enigmatic hero of one of our most timeless love stories was part vampire? The answer lies in this haunting retelling of the classic tale of Catherine and Heathcliff, kindred spirits bound by a turbulentand now forbiddenpassion...
When a young orphan named Heathcliff is brought to Wuthering Heights by the manor's owner, Mr. Earnshaw, rumors abound. Yet the truth is more complicated than anyone could guess. Heathcliff's mother was a member of a gypsy band that roamed the English countryside, slaying vampires to keep citizens safe. But his father was a vampire. Now, even as Heathcliff gallantly fights the monsters who roam the moors in order to protect beautiful, spirited Catherine Earnshaw, he is torn by compassion for his victimsand by his own dark thirst.
Though Catherine loves Heathcliff, she fears the vampire in him, and is tempted by the privileged lifestyle their neighbors, the Lintons, enjoy. Forced to choose between wealthy, refined Edgar Linton and the brooding, increasingly dangerous Heathcliff, she makes a fateful decision. And soon Heathcliff, too, must choosebetween his hunger, and the woman he will love for all eternity...
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Another literary classic is hijacked by toothy interlopers, this time courtesy of Gray, aka romance novelist Colleen Faulkner.
The formula is simple: Take a classic in the public domain and appropriate most of the author's prose, sprinkling in references throughout to the ghouldu jour. While Jane Austen's ironic worldview lends itself to horror spoofing (think books like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, 2009), Wuthering Heights is "dead" serious. Gray reiterates, more or less verbatim, large chunks of Emily Brontë's prose, interspersing various references to vampires, a plague of which has apparently been running rampant on the same Yorkshire moors trod by Heathcliff and his eternal love, Catherine Earnshaw. The structure and major plot elements of the original are kept intact. Nelly, a housekeeper who served both the Earnshaws and the Lintons, Brontë's fatefully linked fictional families, relates the history of Heathcliff, Catherine and their descendants and siblings to a tenant who has come to occupy Catherine's former marital home, the Grange. Heathcliff, a gypsy orphan brought home by Mr. Earnshaw, patriarch of Wuthering Heights manor, grows up with the Earnshaw siblings, Hindley and Catherine. Although Catherine and Heathcliff are childhood playmates and soul mates, she capriciously decides to marry their closest neighbor's son, milquetoast Edgar Linton of the Grange. Her defection launches Heathcliff on a path of revenge—he marries Edgar's sister Isabella out of spite—that will end only with tragic early deaths, and the virtual enslavement by Heathcliff of Hindley's son Hareton, his own son Linton and Catherine's daughter Cathy. Heathcliff's depravity makes him a difficult character to elicit sympathy for, but somehow Brontë manages this. Not so Gray in this mashup, where the main focus of suspense is whether Heathcliff, a known vampire slayer, is himself among the undead. Will Cathy, secretly training to be the first female vampire slayer, be his nemesis? Anecdotes describing mayhem perpetrated by the bloodsuckers lend a disconcerting layer of gallows humor to the proceedings.
Heathcliff without fangs is scary enough.
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Chapter One1801
I've just returned from a visit with my landlord-the solitary neighbor, rumor has it, is a vampire. It is truly a pity, really, this infestation of unholy bloodsuckers, because this is certainly a beautiful country, the moors of England. I do not think I could have picked a place more solitary or removed from the stir of society. It is a perfect misanthrope's heaven ... at least it will be so long as I do not have the misfortune of being bitten by said neighbor-or any of the other unnatural beasties that roam the countryside.
I think Mr. Heathcliff and I are a suitable pair to share this desolation. A capital fellow! I do not think he realized how my heart warmed to him when I beheld his suspicious black eyes as I rode up. Who knows? Maybe we are both the subject of unfounded rumor and he has been warned that I am vampire!
As he stared at me, I asked, "Mr. Heathcliff?"
He nodded.
"Mr. Lockwood, your tenant, sir." And most unquestionably not a vampire, I thought, but did not say. "I do myself the honor of calling as soon as possible after my arrival. I hope I did not inconvenience you when I persevered to solicit occupation of Thrushcross Grange. I-"
"I do not allow anyone to inconvenience me if I can prevent it," he interrupted. "Walk in!"
His last words seemed expressed with the sentiment May your flesh be sucked dry and the hair rose on the back of my neck. But despite the inkling of fear for wonder if the rumors about him could possibly be true, I was curious enough of his reserved nature to follow his bidding.
"Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood's horse," he ordered as we entered the court.
Joseph was an old man, though hale and sinewy. His skin was paler than the palest moon and his eyes red, rimmed in dark shadows. Around his neck, he wore a long scarf that he tied high beneath his ear, a peculiar accessory, indeed, for a manservant.
"The Lord help us!" he whined, taking my horse. Why we needed the Lord's help I was unsure, but I dared not speculate.
Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling, though I have heard that all in the countryside refer to it as Wuthering Bites. A poor, unimaginative jest, I know. "Wuthering" is an adjective referring to the atmospheric tumult to which the house is exposed in stormy weather. By the look of the excessive slant of a few stunted firs and tangled briars at the end of the house, I can only guess at the power of the north wind that must blow over the edge. Happily, the architect had the foresight to build the structure strong; the narrow windows are set deep in the wall and the corner is defended by large, jutting stones.
Before I passed the threshold into the house, I paused to admire the grotesque carving lavished over the front of the principal door. Among crumbling griffins and what appeared to be cloaked figures, their faces obscured, I detected the date "1500" and the name "Hareton Earnshaw." Curiosity tempted me to ask about the history of the place from my surly, pale-skinned, black-haired owner, but his curt attitude at the door suggested he wished a speedy entrance or complete departure, so I hurried after him.
Without a lobby or passage, one step took us into the family sitting room. They called it "the house." It included the parlor and the kitchen in the back, from where I could distinguish a chatter of tongues and a clatter of culinary utensils. At one end of the parlor stood the massive fireplace, flanked by ranks of pewter dishes that reflected both light and heat, interspersed with jugs and tankards. On a vast oak dresser was a frame of wood laden with oat cakes and clusters of legs of beef, mutton, and ham.
They say vampires take no nourishment but blood, so the sight of the feast encouraged me. Surely the sign of abundant foodstuffs was proof enough that the master was no such creature! ... Unless the spread was meant to disarm and persuade me that all here was as it should be in a decent household.
Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, a couple of horse pistols, and three gaudily painted canisters on the ledge. The floor was smooth, white stone unsoiled, I noted, by bloodstains; the chairs, high-back, primitive structures painted green. In the arch under the dresser was a huge liver-colored bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies, and more dogs haunted other recesses.
The parlor and furniture would have been nothing extraordinary for a simple northern farmer among these hills and moors, but Mr. Heathcliff formed a contrast to his abode. Despite his dark-haired, dark-eyed gypsy looks, in dress and manners he seems a gentleman country squire. By his appearance, some might suspect a degree of underbred pride; gypsies are known for such arrogance, and I wonder if he could be one of them. Since the infestation of the vampires, the gypsy vampire slayers have become bold in their haughtiness. With some right, as it is their skill and courage that keep the beasties from devouring all of us and taking over our fair country. But I am running too fast, bestowing attributes on Mr. Heathcliff that might be unfounded.
I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite my landlord and filled up the interval of silence by attempting to caress the pointer bitch that had left her pups and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs.
My caress provoked a long, guttural snarl. At closer glance, I saw that this creature was half again as large as one of her kind, with great ivory fangs and a fierce eye. Her throat, I noted, was protected by a thick leather collar studded with spikes, no doubt to keep her from being drained of blood by a vampire.
"You better let the dog alone," growled Mr. Heathcliff, punctuating his words with a punch of his foot. "She's not a pet!"
He strode to a side door and shouted again. "Joseph!"
The old man mumbled indistinctly from the depths of the cellar but gave no suggestion of ascending, so his master went down, leaving me with the monstrous bitch and a pair of sheepdogs.
Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs-or anyone's, for that matter-I sat still. Unfortunately, I indulged myself by making a face at the dog, and she broke into a fury and leapt for my throat. I hastened to put the dining table between us, this action rousing the whole pack. Half a dozen four-footed fiends of various sizes and ages issued from their hidden dens and I felt my heels and coat-laps subjects of assault. I parried off the larger dogs as effectually as I could with a fireplace poker, but was forced to call for assistance from the household when a yipping terrier slipped beneath my guard and latched onto my knee. He was hedgehog small but keen of tooth, and I felt each tiny dagger dig into my flesh until warm drops of blood ran down my boot.
Mr. Heathcliff and his henchman climbed the steps, slow as molasses running off a block of ice. Fortunately, an inhabitant of the kitchen came running; a lusty dame with tucked-up gown, bare arms, and flushed cheeks rushed into the midst of us, flourishing a frying pan, and used the weapon to such purpose that the storm magically subsided, leaving her heaving like a sea after a high wind when her master entered the scene.
"What the devil is the matter?" he asked, eyeing me in a manner I could barely endure after such inhospitable treatment.
"What the devil, indeed," I muttered, collapsing into a chair, trying to pry the still-clinging terrier from my wounded knee. "A herd of possessed swine has better manners than those animals of yours, sir. You might as well leave a stranger in a hive of vampires!"
He put a bottle of spirits down in front of me. "The hounds do right to be vigilant. We all do, considering what roams the moors. A glass of wine?"
"No, thank you." The terrier released my knee long enough to bite my thumb and went back to the knee with undisguised glee.
"Not bitten, are you?"
"By the son of Lucifer!" I replied, trying to shake the little dog off. "If blood loss be any measure-"
"Vampire bitten," Heathcliff corrected.
I could not suppress a shudder, as I knew the meaning of the phrase was far broader these days than it had once been. "If I had been, I would have set my silver dagger on the biter," I responded, laying my hand on its sheath at my waist, my meaning equally broader than it might once have been.
In these times of roaming vampires, both gentlemen and gentlewomen had taken to carrying weapons to fend the beasties off. Pure silver made up for the small size of the dagger and my lack of vampire fighting skills, I was assured by the salesman when I made the purchase in London. Well worth the extraordinary cost, I was promised.
The vicious terrier continued to rend my poor knee until the kitchen wench with her flushed cheeks and noble frying pan put her fingers to her lips and emitted a sharp whistle. The canine fury's pointed ears perked up and his gaze fixed on the skinned rabbit the dame dangled from one hand. With one final nip, the dog unclenched its jaw and dove for the rabbit. She sliced off the head and tossed it, bringing all the hounds to full cry and chase. The small devil that had so harried me reached the meat a paw's length ahead of the pointer bitch and carried his prize to the top of a sideboard and hence to a lofty shelf to devour the bunny head, to the sorrow of those companions left supperless.
Heathcliff's countenance relaxed into a grin, surprising me. "A noble beast. A first-rate terrier. I've lost count of his bloodsucker kills. Of course, his mother was a badger, his father a noble hunter of vermin. Still, I doubt you've seen the like in your travels."
"No, I can't say I have." I unwound my second-best stock from my neck and used it to stanch the worst of the bleeding.
"Come, come, you are flurried, Mr. Lockwood. You look pale."
The massive pointer bitch had crept closer to lap up the droplets on the floor around my boots. "I have lost blood," I pointed out.
"Naught but a spoon or two. Nothing to grouse about. Take a little wine. Welcome guests are so rare in this house that I and my dogs hardly know how to receive them. To your health, sir!"
I bowed, beginning to realize it would be foolish to sit and sulk over the misbehavior of a few curs and unwilling to yield my host further amusement at my expense.
He-probably persuaded by the realization he should not offend a good tenant-relaxed a little and introduced a subject of interest to me, my present state of retirement. I found him very intelligent, and before I went home, I volunteered another visit tomorrow. He evidently, however, wished no further intrusion and expressed such.
It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared to him.
Chapter TwoThe next afternoon set in so misty and cold that I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire instead of wading through mud, risking my life in tempting the demons that course the moors-to Wuthering Heights.
Walking down the hall with this lazy intention, I spotted a serving girl on her knees and stepped into the room thinking I might greet her. Settled in front of the fireplace, she was surrounded by brushes and coal scuttles and raising an infernal dust as she extinguished flames with heaps of cinders. When she looked up, startled by my intrusion on her work, I noticed two distinguishing puncture marks on her pale neck. The spectacle drove me back through the doorway, and she watched with the oddest little smile on her face.
I resolved to place a chair in front of my bedchamber door at night and keep a vigilant eye on this saucy jade. It was well-known that maidens of the lower sort often traded virtue for the thrill of sexual congress with the fanged ones. Male vampires were said to possess extraordinary physical attributes such as to render foolish females incapable of moral judgment. Who knew if she was an innocent seized on her way home from church or a lusty wench who sought her own downfall among the beasts? In any case, she would bear watching, and if I sensed anything amiss, she would find herself dismissed without a letter of recommendation. She might be happier dancing half naked and exposing her slender throat in some vampire-friendly tavern than emptying chamber pots in an honest man's house.
Without lingering, I took my hat and made the four-mile walk to Wuthering Heights. Fortunately, on my journey, I encountered no sign of cloaked and bloodthirsty predators. In fact, I had not seen one since my arrival. Just as I made my way to the garden gate, however, I thought I spied what seemed to be shadows of the enemy through the first feathery flakes of a snow-shower.
On that bleak hill-top, the earth was hard with black frost and the air made me shiver through every limb as I blinked, unsure if the shadows were real or mirage. Vampire or swaying grass? Unwilling to wait out the answer, I ran up the causeway and knocked for admittance, keeping a look over my shoulder.
When there came no immediate answer from within save for the howl of dogs, I grasped the latch and shook it vehemently. Vinegar-faced Joseph projected his head from a round window of the barn.
"What ye want?" he shouted, adjusting the scarf around his neck. "Go round if ye want the master."
"Is there no one to open the door?" I responded, looking again over my shoulder. Yes, something was definitely there ... and there! I recalled the poor maid's wound and went on faster. "Open to me, Joseph, for pity's sake! 'Tis not safe for man untrained in vampire repelling to stand out in this weather."
"There's nobody but the missus, and she'll not open the door. Not for King Georgie himself."
"Why?" I peered up at him, shivering inside my coat. "Can't you tell her who I am?"
The head vanished and I was left in the snow, which had begun to drive thickly. I had the sense that I was being watched, a feeling so strong that I feared to turn and look over my shoulder. I had just seized the door handle to give another try when a young man shouldering a pitchfork appeared in the yard behind. He hailed me to follow him, and I, glad for flesh and bone of any human kind, trailed after him through a washhouse and a paved area containing a coal shed, pump, and pigeon cote. I gave a sigh of relief as we arrived in the warm, cheery apartment and I was formally received.
The room glowed delightfully with the radiance of an immense fire built from coal, peat, and wood. Near the table, laid for a plentiful meal, I was pleased to observe the "missus," whose existence I had not previously suspected.
I bowed and waited for her to offer me a seat, quite relieved to have arrived unscathed. Leaned back in her chair, she looked at me, remaining motionless and mute.
"Rough weather and beasties lurking!" I remarked. "I'm afraid, Mrs. Heathcliff, I had to work hard to make myself heard at the door. It was a near thing."
She never opened her mouth and I glanced at her neck, wondering if, like the maid at Thrushcross, she had fallen victim to one of the vampires I thought I had seen in the snowing mist. She kept her eyes on me in a cool, regardless manner. I saw no bite marks, but that was no guarantee; women in particular were good at hiding them when they wished to.
"Sit down," said the young man gruffly. "He'll be in soon."
I obeyed, keeping one eye on Mrs. Heathcliff while calling the villain canine, Juno, the pointer bitch, who moved the extreme tip of her tail in token of owning my acquaintance. To my relief, the tiny terror was nowhere in sight.
"A beautiful animal," I commenced. "Do you intend parting with the pups, madam?"
"They are not mine," said the hostess, more unkindly than Heathcliff himself could have replied. "You should not have come. It is not safe." She rose, reaching for the mantel for two of the painted canisters. "Vampires are thick on these moors on such sunless days."
As if one needed reminding....
Her position before was sheltered from the light; now, I had a distinct view of her figure and countenance. She was slender and barely past girlhood, an admirable form and the most exquisite little face I have ever had the pleasure of beholding. With flaxen ringlets hanging loose on her delicate neck, she had small features that, had they been in agreeable expression, would have been irresistible. Fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evoked hovered somewhere between scorn and a kind of desperation.
The canisters were almost out of reach, and I made a motion to aid her.
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I first read the original Wuthering Heights in Middle School, I continued to revisit the novel throughout high school, college, and now well into my adulthood I find it is a wonderful read. This novel is a great play on the original Bronte work. I found it an easy read (which is great for the young reader) but detailed enough that it kept the interest of an adult. It is fun, creative and worth checking out! If you loved the original Bronte work then you should read Sarah Gray's version. It is always fun to revisit old character in a new way! This book does just that!
Mr. Earnshaw finds the Gypsy orphan Heathcliff and brings him home. His daughter Catherine has mixed emotions over the newcomer in the household. On the one hand she is fascinated with Heathcliff and glad her father is so kind; but on the other hand she is shallow and upset with her father for losing her present when he stopped to talk with the lad. Catherine and Heathcliff grow up together as close friends. However, Catherine knows their relationship must end as they are unrelated and she behaves with the prim and proper deportment expected of an unmarried young woman at the turn of the century. Heathcliff is also pulling away as he begins to understand his split warring desires as a half-breed paternal vampire and maternal vampire slayer. She turns to proper affluent Edgar Linton as more appropriate for her then her childhood friend. This is an entertaining retelling of the Bronte classic turning the cause of the mental torment of Heathcliff into a schizoid paranormal tendency as his heritage is at war inside his head. Converting Heathcliff into a half vampire and half slayer comes across as plausible while Catherine remains true to the original. However, the story line lacks the amusing biting irony that these parodies need to avoid the question why not just read the original; although Wuthering Bites is a fine reenactment. Harriet Klausner
SPIRITRANE: Let me start off by saying how much I love Bronte's orginal story, Heathcliff (as mean and hateful as he had become) is one of my great literary loves. With that said I really did like this book, you can not really take it all too seriously because it is a paroty of the original. It is a fun book to curl up with on a cold snowy day or a cloudy rainy one. Do not take it too seriously it is not the greatest of literary pieces, and it is about Vampires you know. lol Sit back and have a bit of reading fun just this once....ENJOY! But dont get me wrong Heathcliff is still a mean sot in this just now he has fangs. Blessed Be.
The original was 10 times better. The added or changed parts of this book didn't flow smoothly and detracted from the message of the novel. This book doesn't even have the decency to give credit to the original author, Emily Bronte, even though many parts of the book are word for word.
just uhh well, im sorry I can't even put into words how horrid this book is. Geez and the writing skill? yea no
The author seems to tire of a thesaurus halfway through, and the term "blood sucker" begins to be used on nearly every page. The love between Cathy & Heathcliff is poorly undermined, and other unimportant relationships are exaggerated. I'm no author, but my feeling after reading Wuthering Bites is more along the lines of "Why not let Cathy live on as a vampire until Heathcliff's death?" THAT would've been an interesting twist. It just felt like the author was satisfied to simply interject a vampire (aka "blood sucker") here and there, rather than brainstorm a plot twist or two. I'll stick to my beloved original Wuthering Heights from here on out.
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Skip to comments.America Needs a Stable, Diverse and Affordable Energy Supply(Sen. James Inhofe)
Posted on 01/26/2007 6:30:16 AM PST by kellynla
The President is correct -- the U.S. is too dependent on foreign sources of energy, a necessary and vital component to national security. Government policies should do more to promote domestic energy production in all its forms, including but not exclusively related to motor fuels.
The fact of the matter is that the country is over 70% self-sufficient when we consider total energy (coal, nuclear, hydro, renewables, gas, etc). Although much of that dependence relates to oil, the U.S. does not import nearly as much from the Middle East as some suggest. As energy expert Daniel Yergin recently pointed out in the Wall Street Journal, [s]ome 81% of oil imports do not come from that region. Thus, only 19% of imports -- and 12% of total petroleum consumption -- originates in the Middle East. It may surprise many readers that the U.S. imports most of its oil not from Arab Sheiks but from our friends in Canada.
Yet, even though North America is blessed with abundant energy resources, small businesses, manufacturers, and families across the country have experienced high and volatile energy prices. The reason: our energy and environmental policies are conflicted. Even former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan noted, [w]e have been struggling to reach an agreeable tradeoff between environmental and energy concerns for decades. I do not doubt we will continue to fine-tune our areas of consensus. But it is essential that our policies be consistent.
In my leadership position, I have worked to make our policies more consistent, but the challenges are formidable. Although many Democrats say that they are concerned with high energy prices they consistently vote against reasonable policies that would lower them, and in fact pursue policies that increase them. For example, Democrats have repeatedly voted against proposals to increase oil and gas production (remember ANWR?). Further, members of the Massachusetts delegation snuck a provision into the transportation bill that effectively blocked construction of an already certified Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal in Falls River. What is particularly galling about this example is not that they blocked a project that would reduce gas prices in the region by 20 percent, but that they expect the rest of us to pay for it. After they blocked the project they sought to increase funding (aka, your money) for the Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program -- one that largely benefits the cold Northeast.
In an effort to reduce motor fuel prices, I tried to move the Gas PRICE Act (S. 1772) -- a bill that would improve the permitting process for the construction of new and expansion of existing petroleum, renewable fuel, and coal-to-liquids facilities. Although both Democrat Presidential front-runners, Senators Clinton and Obama claim to support biofuels and coal-to-liquids, they both voted against my bill. Instead, they voted in favor of a Democrat alternative that would socialize refining capacity by placing the Environmental Protection Agency in charge of designing and operating these facilities. Thankfully, their proposal was defeated along party lines last Congress. I remain concerned about what they may try now that they are in the majority.
The Democrats response to the State of the Union was exceptional in its lack of information. Sen. Webb pointed out that our manufacturing base is hurting, yet he failed to mention that his party could have eased that pain years ago if they only joined Republicans to address the natural gas crisis. Instead, their party has pursued the not-in-my-backyard policies similar to their Massachusetts colleagues.
I have mixed feelings over the Presidents proposal. I applaud his focus on increasing domestic energy production, and look forward to learning the details of the plan, where I expect to find quite a number of devils. As the past chairman of the Committee with jurisdiction over motor fuels, I held several hearings on ethanol. The Presidents proposal raises many important questions that must carefully be weighed before proceeding. The nations fuels and distribution system is complex and we must consider the unintended consequences to the related industries, but most importantly to motorists and families across the country.
Secure energy supply must be grounded in three key principles -- stable, diverse, and affordable. I hope that the President will convince me that his proposal meets that test. In the meantime, I encourage him to broaden the proposal to include all forms of domestic energy production including oil, gas, nuclear, coal, as well as renewable forms. I also encourage my Democratic colleagues to move beyond their rhetoric and embrace the energy that has made this country great -- unfortunately, I am not too optimistic that will happen, as long as the anti-growth forces hold such sway in the Democrat Party.
And, when Mrs. Clinton returns to office what exactly will change, in your opinion, other than socialist control over free enterprise then?
That's because they have no spine.
Since it's Friday and you're new around here;
I will be nice. LOL
You're assuming Clinton is the next POTUS.
There are alternatives.
Like the GOP getting a spine & testicle implant.
Then convincing Dick Cheney that for the good of the party and the good of the country;
he has to run for POTUS.
And my suggestion would be Michael Steele as his running mate.
Gotta go.
Have a good one, newbie.
Sure they have, and many individual stated have also. Problem is that the vast majority is pumped into special R&D programs and tax breaks who are actively installing energy conservation measures. You may not see it because you are not involved with the many DOE, etc. programs. You must also balance this with those who don't like seeing tax dollars going into these programs.
If you can't offer any documentation in rebuttal then do us all a favor and give us an advance warning when you are going to "break wind." LMAO
"Always Whining Caucus?"
In the mean time, post this on your nose
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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Congress could & should have pushed forward legislation that would have allowed drilling in ANWR and the Gulf
That oil isn't going anywhere so it's just a part of out reserves. The real mission is to become independent thru conservation and alternative technologies.
I'd love to see Senator Inhofe throw his hat in the ring for '08.
You still haven't provided any documentation/links of what exactly the DOE, GOP or any other lettered organization has done to make this country more energy independent since the GOP gained the majority in Congress 12 years ago?
I still believe Cheney is the best qualified for the job and the only one who can beat Clinton in '08!
It doesn't matter how much we import from the Middle East because oil is a fungible commodity bought and sold on a global market at a global price. So long as the Middle East continues to have a large market share in the world oil market, events there will continue to be a source of oil price volatility regardless of how little or how much we actually import from there.
Wow, what a genius. /sarcasm off
The Re-bumble-cans led by a president that wanted a "new tone" in Washington had the opportunity to fix the big problems but in the end they all just blew money on garbage like giving billions to Africa for "aids", etc.
The president's "new tone" involved turning the other cheek to the Democrats. The Republicnas in Congress generally followed the presidents ill-advised "new tone" and because of this they lost the respect of their base and they lost their power. The Democrats on the other hand kept smashing the Republicans "up side" the head and worked in unison.
The Democrats were easy to counter. All it took was one or two of their idiot issues to hammer back on and if the Republicans did this in unision they would not be where they are today. Human nature is such that people don;t follow the weak and the president and the Republicans looked weak so they were weak.
Frankly, I'm sick of everyone in washington.
"the president and the Republicans looked weak so they were weak."
Exactly! And that's why the GOP finds itself in the minority after only 12 years and unless someone like Cheney who I prefer comes forward to run against Clinton in '08 then the 'Rats will hold the WH too!
"I'm sick of everyone in washington."
I couldn't agree with you more.
But we needn't throw the proverbial baby out with the bath water;
we just need a majority of TRUE BLUE CONSERVATIVES in office.
Also, I don't think Clinton is as tough as you do.
Cheney's is in better health than FDR & JFK!
And before anyone starts talking about his age;
Cheney would be younger than Reagan when he was elected POTUS.
"he can't win?"
The only way "he can't win" is if he doesn't run!
I learned a long time ago,
the last four letters of American are "I Can!"
In fiscal year 2004 alone, EERE awarded approximately $506 million in financial assistance.
DOE announced on January 23rd that it will issue $17 million in solicitations to support technologies to improve vehicle efficiency and use of E85 fuel.Congress and the President Encourage Agencies to Use ESPCs.
Congress and the President encourage agencies to use ESPCs to finance and implement efficiency improvements and meet their energy goals. Legislation authorizing ESPCs was enacted in 1992, and DOE promulgated regulations for their use in 1995. Super ESPCs were placed to streamline the process in 1998, and ESPCs were reauthorized through 2016 by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
More than 400 ESPC projects have been awarded by 19 different federal agencies in 46 states. $1.9 billion has been invested in U.S. federal facilities through ESPCs, saving 16 trillion Btu annually, equivalent to the energy used by a city of about 450,000.
The State Energy Program (SEP) provides grants to states and directs funding to state energy offices from technology programs in DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. States use grants to address their energy priorities and program funding to adopt emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Promoting America's energy security through reliable, clean, and affordable energy
Keeping America economically strong requires reliable, clean, and affordable energy, and the best way to achieve this is through competitive energy markets, science-driven technology, and supportive government policies.
Technological advances enable Americans to use new energy sources that did not exist 50, 100, or even 200 years ago. Well-functioning energy markets, supplemented by effective government collaboration, incentives, and regulation, stimulate the private investment and competition necessary to spur the adoption of new technologies. New technological advances in energy supply, distribution, and utilization will help ensure we meet the energy challenges of the 21st Century.
The Departments principal tool for advancing technology is investing in high-risk, high-payoff energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) that the private sector would not or could not develop alone in our market-based economy. Since 2001, the Department has invested nearly $10 billion developing and promoting the use of cleaner, more affordable, and more reliable alternative energy sources and DOE is on the threshold of incredible scientific and technological advances that will change how we power our homes, businesses, and automobiles. In January 2006, the President announced the Advanced Energy Initiative to dramatically accelerate research on domestically available fuels that will diversify the Nations use of energy sources and help reduce Americas dependence on foreign resources.
thanks, now that's some documentation.
do you have any links for the stats you quote?
See Post #9
Do you think you might be a little more specific. LOL
Sure, but I'd have to charge you at my usual hourly rate.
money talks and BS walks...
if you're gonna throw stats around,
ya have to be prepared to post the links to the sources
and I don't mean just the link to the Department of Energy website. LMAO
Well..... I didn't save the links so your just going to have to take my word for it. (snicker)
"fiscal year 2004 alone, EERE awarded approximately $506 million in financial assistance.
DOE announced on January 23rd that it will issue $17 million in solicitations to support technologies to improve vehicle efficiency and use of E85 fuel.Congress and the President Encourage Agencies to Use ESPCs.
Congress and the President encourage agencies to use ESPCs to finance and implement efficiency improvements and meet their energy goals. Legislation authorizing ESPCs was enacted in 1992, and DOE promulgated regulations for their use in 1995. Super ESPCs were placed to streamline the process in 1998, and ESPCs were reauthorized through 2016 by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
More than 400 ESPC projects have been awarded by 19 different federal agencies in 46 states. $1.9 billion has been invested in U.S. federal facilities through ESPCs, saving 16 trillion Btu annually, equivalent to the energy used by a city of about 450,000.
The State Energy Program (SEP) provides grants to states and directs funding to state energy offices from technology programs in DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. States use grants to address their energy priorities and program funding to adopt emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency."
you don't reeeeeely expect me to believe that all of this just rolled right off your
"memory" now do yaaaaaaa...
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I come from the Ronald Reagan school..."trust but verify."
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Pithy excerpts
"This is nonsense. As my colleague Robert J. Samuelson demonstrated this week, biofuels will barely keep up with the increase in gasoline demand over time. They are a huge government bet with goals and mandates and subsidies that will not cure our oil dependence or even make a significant dent in it."
[and I like biofuels!]
more: "There are three serious things we can do now: Tax gas. Drill in the Arctic. Go nuclear."
[I don't agree. Modest conservation measures could save a lot more oil than Arctic drilling would provide, and make a difference a lot quicker. And Samuelson advocated CAFE standards, not a gas tax. A high gas tax would mess up the economy.]
But: "He did bring up, to enthusiastic congressional applause, global warming. No one has a remotely good idea about how to make any difference in global warming without enlisting China and India, and without destroying the carbon-based Western economy. The obvious first step, however, is an extremely powerful source of energy that produces not an ounce of carbon dioxide: nuclear."
That I agree with.
The Democrats tax, subsidize, socialize, and regulate. It's in their genes.
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I am an informed, non-vaxing parent of 3 children. I have a dear friend who vaxes her children and recently is having trouble with her 17 mo. old who has been having chronic ear infections for months and got tubes put in a couple weeks ago. He is sick again already. She is at her wits end. I can't help be think about when he got his 12 mo. shots and ended up being sick with some "unknown" virus for 2 weeks afterwards. It seems to me that he's been sick ever since then. Does anyone have any exprience, info, or resources on this subject you could point me to. That would be great. I'd like to have some good information to give my friend when I bring this up to her. Thanks.
Vaccines and ear infections?
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Googled and most were talking about developing an ear infection vaccine and that they are recommending children that get ear infections need to be sure and get flu shots. Another confused chicken or the egg. The number of children with ear infections has gotten so high, but instead of looking at why the kids are getting more (probably from the vaccines), they are developing yet ANOTHER vaccine to "protect" children from ear infections. *Sigh, yet again
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All 3 of my kids have tubes, only my oldest has had any vaxes, he had his 2 mos set. The last 2 had tubes at 7 mos b/c it was so bad. It's part genetic (I still get EIs!) and part b/c of their reflux and allergies. If he didn't get them starting till about 12 mos, I'd guess it's related to a milk intolerance. I'd have her remove as much dairy as possible from his diet, definitely no milk or icecream (use soy or rice products) and see what happens. A lot of kids w/ mild milk issues aren't noticed till they start whole milk at 12 mos, that's how AJ was and he ended up dairy and soy free till 2.5yo b/c of intolerances. He had egg issues for a while as well, he's been the easiest of the 3 w/ allergies.
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two fo my younger sister got frequent ear infections until my mom stopped vaxing them. this was about 15 years ago. i personally don't have any experience with EI other than that, however, i have an autoimmune disease so i've been doing a lot of research on alternative medicine for myself and my kids. my homeopathic doctor recommends adding vit c powder to my kids drinks and giving them the herb astragalus daily. both are very helpful in strengthening the immune system. maybe something like that would help with ear infections?
In 1984, I got my first ear infection at the age of 1 year old. I did not have more than one week of my life ear-infection free for the next 6 years. My first ear infection happened three days following my DPT vaccine. My mother kept a log. For 6 years, I was given oral suspension amoxicillin. My teeth became stained and brittle (I, to date, get cavities like no one's business!). I am completely immune to all "cillin" antibiotics. My immune system hardly works at all. I am 25 years old, and I catch every illness that passes me by. I had Shingles when I was 24. I had my first experience with Mononucleosis at 18 years old. I have colon polyps, which cause bloody diarrhea on a regular basis, for the last 7 years now. My lymphocyte levels are on par with someone suffering from Lymphoma. It has been a disaster trying to sort out the health problems that begun the day of that DPT vaccine.
Sorry about that rant. Lol. Yes, vaccines and ear infections are connected! Unless we're talking about Prevnar, which is supposed to reduce the chance of contracting an ear infection by 5-10%. Here's a story on Prevnar from 2007 that you might find interesting. Keep in mind that this is supposed to be an ear-infection reducing vaccine.
Shot may be inadvertently boosting superbugs
Strains tied to kids' ear infections flourish as vaccine fights common germs
CHICAGO - A vaccine that has dramatically curbed pneumonia and other serious illnesses in children is having an unfortunate effect: promoting new superbugs that cause ear infections.
On Monday, doctors reported discovering the first such germ that is resistant to all drugs approved to treat childhood ear infections. Nine toddlers in Rochester, N.Y., have had the germ and researchers say it may be turning up elsewhere, too.
It is a strain of strep bacteria not included in pneumococcal vaccine, Wyeth's Prevnar, which came on the market in 2000. It is recommended for children under age 2.
There's the link to the rest of it.
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