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7 Series - E65 / E66 (2002 - 2008)
Discussion of BMW's 4th generation E65/E66 7 Series flagship. The E65 generated much controversy, due to its radical styling and iDrive user difficulties. Nonetheless, the E65 broke records to become the best-selling 7-series iteration ever, especially after its 2005 facelift.
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Range Rover has a 5 times the problmes of the e65/66...
but you dont see me going on their board and telling them how much repairs one will need...
'08 BMW 535i - Sport - Sport Trans - JB4 - Catless DPs - Intake - E85 -
'07 SUZUKI GSXR-750 - Gray/Black - Akrapovic Titanium Exhaust -
'03 BMW 525i - Sport -
'98 Ford Expedition - 5.4L - 4WD - Eddie Bauer - 8 seater -
'03 BMW 745i - GONE -
Another cold day to work on my car. I can only put in an hour or two at the most because it's just too cold. It's hard to disconnect the plastic plugs because it's even more brittle when it's cold. I feel the hardest thing about working on this weep hole issue is disconnecting the wire plugs. Other than that, I don't think it's that bad. I'll order the AGA kit next week. So far, I removed the new water pump that I installed a few days ago and removed the wire harness on top of the injectors. Tomorrow I'll work on removing the injectors and intake manifold. I'll let everyone know how everything went once I tackle the intake manifold.
The reality is every car has problems regardless of the make and model ... As for the young hoodlum statement you can not control what car a person buys. Am I suppose to dump my 750 because a person pulls up next to me in the same car that I have and he "looks like a hoodlum?" ... Hoodlums and young folk drive all types of cars so it is not just the BMW 745 ... Therefore, there are just some things in this world (i.e. the type of car a person buys) that you can not control and that is one you can not control ...
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Good luck with that I am sure you will get it done ...
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Hi csmeance
I like your response, the other 2 characters seem to be so obsessed with their 745 until they can't stand criticism of it. But for the very reasons you've mention detered me from buying one of these. BMW only made 3 years worth of these cars and they were some of the worst made. Heck when Time magazine has it as one of the 50 worst cars of all time, that is telling. What shocks me is that the 745 originally was very expensive but is now down to around 10K mostly and it's only been 5-6 years since they came out. To depreciate that much is a telling story, especially when i see E39s and other older models still can sell for around 10k depending on the models.
Personally I think the older 740s James Bond cars and the 750s and I believe you have a 760 are much better cars. Though any car is bound to have problems these babies are much higher quality. To me the 745 seems like a transition vehicle in which BMW was trying to figure out how to get stuff right.
People get these cars for a bargin but may wind up paying more in repairs than the original price of the vehicle. BMWs are the ultimate driving machines, the E39s epitomize this, the other 7series eptiomezes this many of the 3 series do the same. The 745 doesnt'.
This guy says it perfect:
Nah the interior on the E65 is weird. Looks like stacks. They tried to hard to go after the S-Class. Specially the seat switch, dumb thinking. Other than that the 750s look awesome! Anyways the 745i isn't worth it. Specially with that known coolant leak that costs 6K-9K from dealer to fix and HELL for a DIYer. I'd pass. It doesn't handle like a E38, doesn't look as good as a E38, and isn't nearly half as reliable. My mechanic said he loves people who has the 745s cause they never leave his shop without spending at least $ 1k. Its over-priced with those miles http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1561255I couldn't have said it any better. People who buy these 745s are buying it for the looks thinking its a good car at a bargin but you get what you pay for and sometimes you pay more for getting it with high miles and cheap trying to get a bargin.
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hey dont get me wrong.. if i was buying a car right now it would not be a 745i because its old and no warranty... and if i was to buy a 7 series, i would be lookign at a 750i only because of the warranty and its newer.
and QMAX, they started making them in 2001, so the car has been out already for 10 years... not 5 or 6 years, like you said.
and problems with a 745i for ten grand... why is this surprising?!?! you get what you pay for. i am sure you can find a clean 745 that will run without any major problems, but not for $10K!
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'07 SUZUKI GSXR-750 - Gray/Black - Akrapovic Titanium Exhaust -
'03 BMW 525i - Sport -
'98 Ford Expedition - 5.4L - 4WD - Eddie Bauer - 8 seater -
'03 BMW 745i - GONE -
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7 Year cycle
Original model out for 4 years with minor updates scattered such as MP3 Text, etc.
Then the car is refreshed inside and out with a slight facelift and sold for another 3 years.
5 Year Cycle:
Orignal model is out for 3 years with minor updates scattered.
Then the car is refreshed inside and out with a slight facelift and sold for another 2 years.
I'm sorry, but if you are quoting a magazine like time as a reference, it doesn't count. I doubt time magazine has full time automotive technicians that have dealt with almost every single car. If anything they get their info from personal surveys, surveys in which people over exaggerate issues. For example someone has a blowout on a 7 series that they paid 100K for. They would say I could have been killed and so on. What they fail to realize is that it's like any other car that needs to be checked regularly.
As far as the deprecation is concerned, you have to remember that they are negative rate exponential curves and not linear curves. As well, numerous factors are included in determining the value of these cars. The reason why an E65/66 745 sells for 10K while an E39 sells for 10K are quite vast.
For example just a few with a quick search:
1. E39 has 120K while E65/66 has 180K miles
2. E39 is in better condition (interior and exterior) than the E65/66 which has been neglected.
3. E39 has had it's coolant problems fixed while the E65/66 is on it's last limb
As well, you have to remember that the difference between years on the E39 is significantly small compared to the E65/66. The amount of technological changes from year to year including programming changed significantly to the point where some model year parts for electronics are NOT interchangeable even with programming. This in turn causes people to spring for newer models thus reducing the resale value of older models. People will want a fully loaded 2006 model over a 2003 because of the updates and because the electronics are newer.
I do agree with you that the old 7 is like a James bond car, and the E65/66 can be considered the same. Both have the same qualities that make it the "James Bond" car. As I have said before, the 7 is a perfect blend of formality with excitement. The car can whisk away VIP's in a very professional manner and look elegant, but at the same time you can have fun with it, even on a track day if you have to.
As far as the 760's quality goes, most of the parts are the same however if I remember correctly, it was said that the 760 are hand crafted and built with much better tolerances than it's V8 brethren, and as well that extra steps were taken to ensure that they would suit their customers much better. How so I can't remember but I remember reading this and being told his on separate occasions.
As far as transition vehicles go, I do have to agree somewhat but only because the first model year or two of ANY car model are "experimental" to an extent. During the course of the first few model years, any common issues are fixed by updating the parts. Furthermore and complaints are fixed to make the car sell better and sales not falter with an aging model. Every single car company does this in this day and age, and sadly I miss the older days where models were truly tested before they were let out into the market.
A buddy of mine has a Acura Legend that is close to 20 years old with more than 300K miles. The car runs like the day it came from the showroom and has had only regular maintenance, the power windows, radio, etc all still run perfectly. Maybe this is why the E39 is slightly better, because back in the 90's some companies and workers still had pride in what they made.
The 745 not being the ultimate driving machine is a joke, a comparable S-Class or A8 would suffer at the hands of a 7 in drive-ability and comfort. Driving the 7, I can tell you from personal experience that I feel confident taking a curve at 110 that's rated for 55, in an S class I can tell you that I feel confidence only till about 90. Do you know why this is? The S drives like a boat and the 7 drives like a car of it's caliber should. I recommend you take a 745Li for a spirited drive and see how it handles. I'll tell you this, BMW did a superb job making a car that's 17+ feet long feel as agile as it is.
Whomever you quoted does have some valid arguments, but there are many valid rebuttals to it!
1.The interior on the E65/66 is laid out very well! Placement of everything makes sense (for the most part) and as well it is elegant and welcoming. It's not like the current S class which has a cheesy looking dash, esp the buttons to the right of the gauge cluster. Those stacks are drawers and come in quite handy during long trips, esp when wearing formal attire! Great place to throw your watch, wallet, phone, pens, etc.
2. Seat switch? That's probably some of the best seat placement that could be made! With the controls at arms reach, you don't mess up setting the seat by stretching to adjust the seat. As well, it allows the seat to be slightly over and the center console larger so there is no gap to stick you hands on the side of the seat like with regular seat controls.
As far as the interior goes, the one complaint I have for the early 2002-2005 Models is the knobs! Who thought at BMW to use plastic knobs like on a honda? It would have made so much more sense to use something that didn't look so cheap!
3. Coolant leak -> This is an engineering flaw on BMW's part just like the cooling engineering that BMW has had problems with before. At least this is just one flaw versus numerous ones that can be difficult to track down. Granted it costs 6K to fix, it isn't as bad as it seems. The AGA kit makes it MUCH cheaper and owners can use the opportunity to have their 7 running in tip-top shape!
Your last statement I do agree with, many folks are trying to be "baller" on a budget with the 745 and realize that it's quite difficult. They see a 100K car for the price of a new honda and take the 100K car for bragging rights. What they don't realize is with a 100K pricetag comes expensive parts that are intricate! That's why people should be smart and check out a car fully beyond a PPI and do some research themselves.
very well said csmeance!
a long read but a very good one
That was refreshing to read. You've quantified my entire point in this post. You said it perfectly here when you mentioned:
Your last statement I do agree with, many folks are trying to be "baller" on a budget with the 745 and realize that it's quite difficult. They see a 100K car for the price of a new honda and take the 100K car for bragging rights. What they don't realize is with a 100K pricetag comes expensive parts that are intricate! That's why people should be smart and check out a car fully beyond a PPI and do some research themselves.I'm glad I did my research and didn't fall into the 745 trap which my mechanic's cousin did. I also agree with you that many of BMW's cars have these coolant leaks, just had mine fixed though it was the first time in the life of the car it started after nearly 14 years. (Previous owner kept up the car very well, I'm nearly as cynical with it also, I just don't have a heated garage). So I think you'll like this entry here:
It has a 2008 750IL offered for 29,495 which seems to be very inexpensive though the miles seem a little high at 54K in only 2 years.
That 2008 750 looks good ... The miles are somewhat high for 2 years, that person must have done some pretty good driving! Have you seen the autocheck and carfax for the car? It does look really good though ... Are you looking at purchasing that one? You may be able to find a better deal with less mileage ... With 54K miles already you are probably loooking at inspection II at 60k miles ...
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Cars have become increasingly more complicated since...errr, they were invented. So comparing simpler cars from simple era isn't quite a fair comparison. I am sure a 2002 is a lot easier/cheaper to fix than the current 3 but is it really better? A recent C&D magazine compared every gerneratons of M3s against each other and it seems that the fact is....lots of memory are tinted/biased. It's a great comparison article and read it if you got few minutes. I like to keep things simple myself but people can be easily "marketed" as more is better.... I am sure I have read from somewhere that E65/66 was the best selling 7 series. Most today's luxury are still copying or using the technology/styling started in E65/66.
Also remember, you mechanic's cousin's 7 might be a bad purchase. but how do you know the alternative, a S class or A8 from the same vintage would be better? From what I heard, neither of the other two are more reliable or cheaper to fix. But have you tried to see which one drives the best? I have. I have even driven the current S550 and personally, I still prefer the 7 when it's time to write the check and that's what I did.
Hello again everyone! Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Haven't had a chance to work on my car the past few days because of the freezing cold temperature and snow all weekend long. Seems like we have some 745 haterz on this post. Well, I've owned my car since February 2003 and everytime I get in to drive this car, I love it and still do! But everyone has their own preferences and opinions. Warranty was over February 2009 and I was supposed to trade my car in for the 2010 750Li but I got scared of the payments for another five years. I'm enjoying this no car payment with this economy.
But anyways, I spent about a half an hour today and quit because it's just too cold to work outside. I'm from Southern California and not used to the cold out here in the East Coast. So far, I took ignition coils off in order to remove the intake manifold. I also removed the fuel injectors which I wished I didn't because the fuel injector rails could be used as handles to pull the intake manifold up and out. The damn thing is too heavy I have no leverage to get the intake manifold up and out of the car because there's nothing to hold on at the back of the intake manifold. While I was trying to get the intake manifold off, I broke what I believe is the breather hose. It's so brittle that it just snapped right off. That's when I called it quits and will get a helping hand to take the intake manifold off tomorrow so I don't break anything else. Attached are some pictures of the breather hose that broke. I called the dealer and they told me the new hose is now a two piece hose instead of one piece. Each hose is $67!! That's some expensive pieces of plastic! But oh well, gotta deal with it when you drive a car like this. So far, this project isn't bad at all though. If I had a garage and a helping hand, I think this job could be done in one full day or two at the most.
BMW Part # on the old hose is: 1161-7505545-02
BMW Part # for the new hose is: 1161-7547185 and 1161-7547186
Good deal keep us up to speed with it ... I am sure you will get it done
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I'm glad you did remove the fuel rails. that's an interesting idea but I think you would risk bending and damaging your fuel rail by lifting it like that.
i am able to pull the manifold by myself by lifting the back out first and setting it at an angle. Then lifting the front and wiggling it out. Make sure all your connections like the disa in the rear have been unplugged. I can pull it myself but 2 people would be nice. I always get a sore back.
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My DIY's - New alternator, battery, CCVs, idler/tensioner pulleys belts, NGK Iridium spark plugs, , sway bar bushings, Front rear brakes, Valve Block, Head Gasket, Exhaust Gasket, Upper and lower Timing Gaskets, Valve Covers, exhaust valves, Timing Chain slide rails, Fuel Injector o-rings, pulled radiator, Intake Manifold Gaskets, water pump, Coolant Pipe/weep hole, oil pan gasket, vacuum pump, fan shroud, Vanos solenoid o-rings, and timed it with a timing kit.
Ok, I finally got the intake manifold off and having an extra helping hand was definitely needed for me. I also took the cover underneath the intake manifold off and saw the coolant pipe. I still haven't ordered the AGA kit yet. Been lagging on that. Will order tomorrow. Wilson, I used your DIY post and it definitely helped me tackle this project. Thanks, without your post, I'd send it to a shop and end up spending more money. Now, the only thing I didn't do is drain the coolant from the block. The orange coolant you see is Prestone when I thought it was low on coolant. I'll definitely change it with BMW coolant. Does anyone know where the coolant drain plug is on this engine? I also attached some pictures showing the pipe exposed. Next, I'm gonna cut and remove it to get it ready for the AGA kit. The kit comes with all types of seals that I don't know where it goes though. Should I buy the complete kit or just the pipe and change the seals I know I need?
I think the seals they offer are at cost so its probly better to get the whole kit. It consists of the valley pan and seals I believe.
Make sure to order a set of intake manifold gaskets. That may come with it too. Can't remember.
You don't need to drain the engine block of fluid antifreeze for this. If you did there is a bolt on the passenger side near the starter that will do it. But I don't think you can get to it without lifting the engine or dropping the under carriage.
Otherwise your limited to the radiator
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My DIY's - New alternator, battery, CCVs, idler/tensioner pulleys belts, NGK Iridium spark plugs, , sway bar bushings, Front rear brakes, Valve Block, Head Gasket, Exhaust Gasket, Upper and lower Timing Gaskets, Valve Covers, exhaust valves, Timing Chain slide rails, Fuel Injector o-rings, pulled radiator, Intake Manifold Gaskets, water pump, Coolant Pipe/weep hole, oil pan gasket, vacuum pump, fan shroud, Vanos solenoid o-rings, and timed it with a timing kit.
i got an idea for a fix so that you wont even need to remove the whole top of your engine but i am looking for someone who can develop it. if anyone here has the know how let me know
Ok, I finally had the time to cut and remove the coolant pipe. I had to drill a hole and pry out the front side of the pipe with a 2x4 and screwdriver. The rear came out with a little wiggle. I've attached some pictures and one of them has a hole circled in red. I'm not sure what that hole does, but after cleaning all the coolant out, more coolant seems to be leaking in from that little hole. I just hope that's normal. But anyways, I'm just waiting on the parts to come in so I can put this thing back together. I'll keep everyone posted on how it goes.
Good deal John your making some major progress
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Alright guys, I just completed this AGA coolant pipe and got the engine back together. Was so excited to start my car and when I did, I almost had a heart attack. The car idled very rough and all kinds of check engine light came on. I ran to the auto repair shop down the street and borrowed a scan tool to see what the codes might be. I had misfire codes on all 8 cylinders. Do any of you know what this means? P0363, P1343, P1351, P1353, PP1347, P1355, P1345, P1357, P1349 and P1062 were the codes. I saw some gears for the ignition coil under the valve cover and when I tried to put the coil back in, I think I turned those gears. Otherwise, the coil won't go on. Not sure if that's the problem though. Thanks again for everyone's help.
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Just think did you put the ground wires connected to the valve cover.
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The failure to reach agreement on the future of Kosovo is expected to lead to a declaration of independence by Kosovo Albanian leaders.
The timing of that declaration is not clear but the Kosovo Albanians are under pressure from their international supporters to delay it until early next year.
A report from a troika of negotiators - from the US, the EU and Russia - has been sent to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to meet a deadline of 10 December.
"This is a document summarising the negotiating process and making clear that no agreement has been reached," said a British official. "The failure is not due to a lack of effort or energy. It is because there is no common ground."
Senior international diplomats say that Serbia has given assurances to the troika that it will not use force.
Support for Kosovo
The independence of Kosovo, albeit with limitations, will be supported by the United States and by most of the European Union member states, but not by Serbia and Russia, nor by the Serbian minority in Kosovo.
The US and EU have been urging the Kosovo Albanian leadership to co-ordinate their declaration with their international supporters. This is supposed to minimise the risk of destabilisation of the kind precipitated by the sudden recognition of Croatia by some EU states in 1991.
A short period is therefore expected while this co-ordination takes place. The EU summit in Brussels on 14 December could send a signal of support to Kosovo from a majority of EU states, though Greece and maybe one or two others are opposed to the idea of Kosovo's independence.
The EU is in any event likely to agree to send a police team to Kosovo in an extension of its moves into peacekeeping.
Security Council consultations will follow on 19 December, but these will probably confirm Russia's opposition.
End of story?
Those supporting an independent Kosovo hope it will bring an end to the story of the break-up of Yugoslavia. The US, the EU and Nato are determined to suppress potential violence in a way they did not or could not in the 1990s. Whether it closes that book or simply opens another chapter of tension is the critical question.
Certainly it will complicate the already difficult relations between Russia and the West even further. Russia argues that the Security Council, in resolution 1244, simply authorised Kosovo's self-government under the UN within Yugoslavia after the war of 1999, not its independence.
Russia might argue that Kosovo is a precedent for enclaves sympathetic to Russia in other states, especially Georgia. The EU and US counter that Kosovo, the subject of oppression, a war and a UN resolution is unique.
However the troika process has shown that Serbia's offer of autonomy to Kosovo is not acceptable to the Kosovo Albanians and that the Kosovo Albanians' demand for independence is not acceptable to Serbia.
The Ahtisaari plan
Therefore, the supporters of independence argue, the plan drawn up for the UN by the former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari should now be implemented, with or without a new Security Council resolution. Russia blocked a resolution in the summer and is likely to do so again.
The plan calls for "supervised independence" for Kosovo. Kosovo would not be allowed to join any other state (i.e. Albania) and there are protections for the Serb minority and heritage. Nato's 16,000 troops will remain and the new EU police force will take over from UN personnel.
The plan has been accepted by Kosovo's Albanian leadership.
The European and American hope is that, despite the tensions and arguments and with some problems on the ground along the way, the process will in due course play out.
The carrot for the Serbs is that one day they will join the European Union and for this to happen, there will have to be peace.
But the loss of Kosovo, scene of a heroic Serb defeat against the Ottomans in 1389 that has become a symbol of its nationhood, will be a bitter pill for Serbia to swallow.
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Lebanese PM Accuses Arab, Foreign States of Blocking Aid
Prime Minister Salim Hoss accused Arab and foreign states Wednesday of blocking aid to help Lebanon overcome its economic crisis and rebuild the south, which was freed in May from 22 years of Israeli occupation.
"Our patriotic and national policy did not please many of the decision-making states, both Arab and foreign, so they blocked the aid that we needed to salvage the situation in the south ... and end the economic crisis," he said in a press conference.
Hoss, who did not wish to identify the countries, was apparently referring to his government's policies backing Lebanese guerrillas fighting the Israeli occupation.
The government headed by Hoss has to stand down as soon as the new parliament convenes October 17.
Hoss was defeated during parliamentary elections early this month by his predecessor, billionaire Rafiq Hariri and has since called for Hariri to head the next government.
The next prime minister must be chosen by President Emile Lahoud following parliamentary consultations, whose results are binding.
Hariri was prime minister for six years, but he refused to continue after Lahoud was elected in 1998.
Lahoud and Hoss have repeatedly blamed the Hariri government for Lebanon's economic crisis, saying it squandered money and fostered corruption. The government of Hariri, a construction tycoon, launched a multi-billion-dollar program to rebuild the country from the destruction of the 1975-90 civil war.
The Hoss government was not able to rein in the fast burgeoning public debt, which is forecast, reach 25 billion dollars by the end of the year – BEIRUT (AFP)
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THE University College of the North community will hear presentations Monday from the two finalists for the vacant president's job.
The two candidates are current interim president Konrad Jonasson and Helen Allen, whom UCN officials confirmed is a former vice-president of education and student services from 2009-11 at Vancouver Community College.
Allen's Linked-In website profile says she was formerly a dean at Sheridan College in the Toronto area from 2006 to 2009, and before that was a dean for four years at Thompson River University in B.C. She has a master of social work from McGill University.
She left Vancouver Community College last year after two years on the job, VCC officials said, and she is now involved in the homebuilding industry. She could not be reached. UCN officials wouldn't release her resumé and couldn't say whether she's aboriginal -- a key question for a northern school serving a largely aboriginal population.
A member of Cross Lake First Nation, Jonasson has served as UCN vice-president of community-based services since 2002. Jonasson has been with the institution since 1989, when it was Keewatin Community College. He is originally from Wabowden and is based at the Thompson campus.
UCN has seen more than its share of turmoil. Its first president, Denise Henning, a native academic from Oklahoma, was let go early in 2011 after clashing with elders, some faculty members and the school's governing bodies over policies and direction.
UCN is struggling to find aboriginal faculty who understand the north and are committed to staying.
The first presidential search to succeed Henning chose a candidate who subsequently declined the offer.
Academic sources recently claimed there is internal turmoil and tension driving both non-aboriginals and non-northern aboriginal staff out of the fledgling institution based in The Pas and Thompson and a dozen scattered remote communities.
But UCN officials say the school will only succeed and serve the community if it develops teaching staff who come from the north and want to build their lives in the north.
"We've had (outside) individuals who, for whatever reason, couldn't align themselves with the mission and the mandate," Jonasson said in a recent interview. He acknowledged professors and senior administrators from other areas have left.
Allen will speak to the UCN community by teleconference from B.C. at 1:30 p.m. Monday, and Jonasson will speak at 3 p.m. from either the Thompson or The Pas campus. The process allows students, faculty and others to hear from them before the governing council selects the successful candidate.
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Alabama Fan Charged With Murder of Fellow Alabama Fan
An Alabama fan once poisoned historic trees on the campus of Auburn University. That's what happened the last time Auburn beat Alabama. Now, it appears an Alabama fan has taken the crazy up a notch.
A 28-year-old woman from Birmingham, Alabama named Adrian Laroze Briskey has been charged in the shooting death of 36-year-old Michelle Shephard.
Briskey and Shephard were both attending a party and got into an argument after Auburn defeated Alabama. Police tell AL.com that the women did not know each other and will not confirm what started the fight.
But, Neketa Shephard, Michelle's sister, was there and has a different story. She tells AL.com:
"I was saying I wasn't even mad (about the loss). Like when The Heat lost in game four, I was sick to my stomach. She started cursing. Her friends said she always did that when she got drunk and they took her outside...She was saying she was going to beat us up. Somebody was saying, 'they don't care about Alabama.'"
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Set to work hand in hand, French actress Catherine Deneuve and "The Skeleton Key" star Gena Rowlands have both agreed to lend their voices in the English-language version of the French animated film feature "Persepolis."
Taking the same duty as she did in the original version, Deneuve is billed to voice the lead character's mother while Rowlands will voice her grandmother. Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi have been in charge to both write and direct with Xavier Rigault and Marc-Antoine Rob producing.
Adapted from Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novels "Persepolis" and "Persepolis 2", the picture follows a precocious girl as she grows up in Iran during the Islamic revolution. Slated for completion in April, it will come up in North America under Sony Pictures Classics.


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With jobs representing a major economic and political issue, a new survey found that Los Angeles-area companies that plan to hire next quarter outnumber those that expect to cut their staffs.
Seventeen percent of employers in and around Los Angeles say they plan to increase staff from October to December, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey to be released Tuesday.
That compares with 13 percent of employers that say they will reduce their workforce.
That is a 4 percent net employment outlook for the fourth quarter.
The remaining 70 percent say they plan to maintain staff levels.
The latest survey results are an improvement over the same time a year ago, when the net employment outlook was only 2 percent. However, the third quarter this year saw a more robust net employment outlook of 12 percent.
"Overall, there's that cautious optimism as we look at companies continuing to hire," said Frank Armendariz, regional vice president for ManpowerGroup, the Chicago-based employment services firm behind the quarterly survey.
"An important indicator is to look at employers that are stating that they will maintain their staff, which is 70 percent. There's still that stability that they will continue their business with their head count."
The Los Angeles area's hiring plans for next quarter lag those of California, which has an 8 percent net employment outlook.
Locally, job prospects appear best for nondurable goods manufacturing, transportation and utilities, information, financial activities, professional and business services as well as leisure and hospitality.
Staffing level will be reduced in construction, government and a sector known as "other services."
Armendariz noted that the construction and government sectors have been fluctuating up and down over past quarters.
Ace Clearwater Enterprises, the Torrance-area maker of aircraft parts that employs 92 people locally, is among the companies that plan to maintain their current workforce, Vice President Gary Johnson said.
The company had expected to be up 5 to 6 percent in sales by now, but they are about even compared with last year, Johnson said.
"We're basically exactly where we were at this time last year," Johnson said. "We've made some pretty good capital improvement investments and we're running lean right now."
Because of gridlock in Washington, D.C. - including potentially devastating automatic cuts to defense and other sectors if a budget deal is not reached - the aerospace industry is hesitant, Johnson said.
He hopes that gridlock will clear up after the election.
"We're just waiting for the election," he said.
Manpower's Armendariz noted that many companies are turning to temporary workers to fill positions rather than make a commitment on permanent employees.
Amy Zimmerman, who runs a Torrance temp agency, said she can't fill positions fast enough.
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That aggressive pricing could help Intel. At a 2013 Consumer Electronics Show press event, an Intel executive told us that his company is finding itself in a foreign position in which it has faster hardware, but is being rejected by some OEMs because of (alleged) backdoor dealings with ARM.
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- #4674 - Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - Editor: Jerry KatzThe Nonduality Highlights - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NDhighlights/Beginning
Hi... This blog is an idea I've had for awhile, and for whatever reason, today is the day I'm watching myself start at the 'Beginning'. I'm not sure what will transpire here, however the intention is simply to share my journey of awakening (if I can be so bold to presume I'm waking up!) with honesty and clarity, and perhaps you might like to share a little of yours in response.
a little about me:I live in Byron Bay, Australia where I reside in a little cabin at the back of 170 acres, with great landlords (just over the hill) and some 40 head of cattle for company. It's a very quiet existence and I spend a lot of time at home. Why? I have no idea. I don't remember planning my life like this, and yet I have always yearned for space, quiet and lots of free time. I've worked in the corporate world and had my own small businesses; travelled around the world, been married for a nano second, and am still out to lunch on the relationship status. I suppose my primary relationship is with moir. Parenthood didn't occur, so it seems I've been given a lifetime of 'time' to ponder, wonder, inquire, create and explore myself through religion, new ageism, cults, spirituality, creativity, and in more recent years, non-dualism and awareness teachings. I live an ordinary life, with its normal ups and downs, and yet I have to acknowledge it is incredibly blessed. I have good health, good friends, a roof over my head, organic food on the table, clothes on my back, a reliable car, and am debt free. I've discovered I need very little in life to be comfortable and happy, and yet again and again I feel the pull to know... 'Who am I, without the 'I'?'. My name is Melinda. I look forward to sharing the journey. M x
Awakening Clarity has published a long wisdom poem by Rupert Spira, which has never before seen print. This is an excerpt. The full poem can be reached here:
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I amI have no words to express Myself but all words express only MeI have no meaning but impart meaning to all that is perceivedI am without beginning and end but all things begin and end in MeI have no name but am called by all namesI have no form but all form indicates MeI have no origin but am the origin of all thingsI am without division but all divisions exist in MeI exist by Myself
I am the longing in sadness and the longed for in all longingI am the expecting and the expected in all expectationI am the restlessness of the restlessI am the peace of the peacefulI am happiness
I cannot be contemplated but am the object of all contemplationI am imperceivable yet you perceive only MeI am full but have nothingI am empty but contain allI give away everything but am never diminishedI receive all but never expandI am everyones loverI shineI speak but am silentI move but am motionlessI see but cannot be seenI hear but cannot be heardI taste but cannot be tastedI smell but cannot be smeltI touch but cannot be touchedI smile
Whatever appears appears in Me but I never appearI am the silence in music and the music in silenceI am concealed in the world but reveal the worldI am the womb and the tomb of all that existsI offer and contain in one gesture like an open bowlI give Myself unconditionally to all thingsI receive all things without choiceI am empty
I am the knowing in all that is knownI am the experiencing in all that is experiencedI am the allowing of all seeming thingsI am pure sensitivity, openess and availabilityI am the sun in the moonI am the friendship of friendsI am knowing and unknowingI am dark in the day and bright at nightI am luminousread the rest here:
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Regular field scouting and weather monitoring are key to achieving the production goals of conserving soil and water, reducing pesticide use, and being good, responsible employers. In this short video, you will learn some basic orchard scouting principles for a common disease – apple scab – and also mite pests and beneficials.
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Regular weather monitoring and field scouting are important components of integrated management of orchard diseases.
Information to assist growers in selecting chemical controls and timings for tree fruit diseases.
Plum pox virus (PPV) was discovered for the first time in North America in 1999 in a peach orchard in Adams County, Pennsylvania.
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Wednesday, 6 March, 2002, 13:31 GMT
India counts economic cost of riots
Hindu-Muslim violence in India's Gujarat state earlier this month has taken a heavy toll on the economy of one of the country's most prosperous and industrialised regions.
All major sectors - petrochemicals, textiles, auto industry and real estates - were badly affected.
"Gujarat's economy is suffering a daily loss of about 3bn rupees (�45m; $64m)," said RP Gupta, former chief of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
"After the drought and the earthquake, the economy was showing signs of recovery but they have been extinguished by the riots. It was a deathly blow."
Industrial standstill
The state's top sectors - petrochemicals and textiles - suffered as most national highways were closed by curfews.
"There is a short supply of fuel and most industries are closed," said Vipin Patel, chief of Vatwa Industries Association.
"Textile firms have defaulted on overseas commitments and are losing business by the day.
"If one takes into account the overall loss for textiles by the end of the month then it would top 30bn rupees," Mr Patel added, predicting that the local economy would take at least two months to recover.
Production cutback
Production at a local General Motors plant has been cut by about 20% after it was the focus of some of the riots.
A company official said it was an "uncompetitive situation" and that no cars had been despatched in the past five days.
"We will not be able to produce the targeted 1,300 cars this month," Rajiv Chabba, a GM marketing official told the Economic Times newspaper.
Investment in Gujarat's real estate market, which is still recovering from the earthquake, has dropped-off after the looting and burning of business premises.
Insurance companies have so far received claims totalling around 460m rupees, but that figure expected to rise significantly.
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Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, I thank the previous gentleman here. His comments were very compelling to me.
Mr. Speaker, before I begin my comments tonight, let me just sincerely say that I hold in my heart this privilege of being a Member of the American family and this United States Congress to be a priceless gift of God. And I would ask that my comments tonight would be heard in that context, and I would even dare to hope, Mr. Speaker, that you and the Members of this body might grant me a modicum of understanding befitting the conviction and the gravity that give impulse to the statements that I make tonight.
Mr. Speaker, the very first responsibility of human government is to protect its people. Many times during the nearly 4 years of the Obama administration, I have stood on this floor and have called upon this administration to address the grave threat posed by Iran's nuclear program.
When I first began calling for Iran to be referred to the Security Council, they possessed only 157 centrifuges, Mr. Speaker. But tonight, Iran possesses more than 9,000. And tonight I stand here with such a sense of urgency that I find it difficult to articulate, Mr. Speaker. I believe we may be facing the very last window this world will ever have before it becomes too late to prevent jihad from becoming armed with nuclear weapons and shattering the peace and security of human freedom as we have known it.
Because this administration has delayed and sent ambiguous messages to Iran and the world, as of approximately 3 months ago, Iran reached the point where it now possesses all the components necessary to become a nuclear-armed nation.
Mr. Speaker, Iran has the knowledge, the technical expertise, the equipment, everything necessary to build a nuclear warhead. They need no new technology, no new personnel, no new parts or resources of any kind from anyone. All they need now is time and lack of intervention.
Mr. Speaker, if Iran is allowed to gain nuclear weapons, it will unequivocally transform the landscape of human freedom as we have known it throughout the world. The world's primary financier of terrorism will be armed with nuclear warheads. A desperate arms race will rage across the entire Middle East. Israel will be in range of nuclear missiles in the hands of a jihadist enemy who despises them, is dedicated to their complete annihilation and capable of obliterating their entire nation in 15 minutes.
America and our allies will then face an enemy with the ultimate asymmetric capability of a nuclear-generated high-altitude electromagnetic pulse potentially capable of devastating our electric grid and the civilizational architecture it sustains.
Jihadists the world over will have access to nuclear weapons, and the world's children, Mr. Speaker, will have forever etched in their memory that moment in history when this government allowed the hellish shadow of nuclear jihad to fall across their future.
For almost 4 years, Mr. Speaker, we have witnessed the same weakness, naivete, vacillation, ambiguity, and delusional policy toward radical jihadists in Iran that once allowed them to hold 56 American hostages for 444 days during the Carter administration. That failed approach, that failed understanding now saturates nearly every policy corner of the Obama administration as Iran seeks to gain a nuclear grip on America's throat.
As always, any credible threat should be evaluated by whether an enemy possesses both the intention and the capacity to inflict harm. The despotic regime now governing Iran has been explicitly clear in its intention toward the United States. Official military parades in Iran have, for years, routinely featured a litany of slogans calling for death to Israel, death to America.
President Ahmadinejad was speaking to the whole world when he said:
And you, for your part, if you would like to have good relations with the Iranian nation in the future, recognize the Iranian nation's greatness and bow down before the greatness of the Iranian nation and surrender. If you don't accept to do this, the Iranian nation will later force you to surrender and bow down.
Does that sound like someone who thinks he knows something that we don't?
Ahmadinejad also said:
Israel is about to die and will soon be erased from the geographical season.
Then he added:
The time for the fall of the satanic power of the United States has come, and the countdown to the annihilation of the emperor of power and wealth has started.
Iranian Basij Commander Naqdi said:
As long as America exists, we will not rest. We must create the environment for the destruction of America.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has consistently denied the existence of the Holocaust, Mr. Speaker, calling it a myth or a fabrication. And in the same breath, he threatens to make it happen again by repeatedly calling for the destruction of the Jewish State, for Israel to be ``wiped off the map.'' He has said, point blank:
The wave of the Islamist revolution will soon reach the entire world. Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury.
And just today, Mr. Speaker, just today, Ahmadinejad called for the annihilation of Israel again.
Mr. Speaker, the Pentagon estimates that hundreds of U.S. soldiers have died, as many as three and four of our casualties, as a result of Iran supplying terrorists in Iraq with weapons such as highly sophisticated explosive form penetrators designed to destroy American armor and vehicles. What possesses us to believe that they would not do the same with nuclear weapons?
Former Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen said:
My worst nightmare is terrorists with nuclear weapons. Not only do I know that they are trying to get them, but I know they will use them.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Iran:
the major terrorist-sponsoring state of our time. Tehran could give those nuclear weapons to terrorists, or give them a nuclear umbrella that would bring terrorism beyond our wildest dreams.
Mr. Speaker, can we allow a man like Ahmadinejad, leading the world's most dangerous regime, to be able to disseminate nuclear weapons to terrorists and to have his finger on the button that could launch nuclear missiles targeting our families and our children?
And how do we negotiate with a nuclear Iran, as Senator Obama suggested, when their jihadist ideology considers Armageddon a good thing?
Mr. Speaker, even without nuclear weapons, the Iranian regime has remained relentless and undeterred in its efforts to harm America, Israel, and Western interests. In October of last year, our intelligence interdicted an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian Ambassador and to detonate bombs at both the Saudi Arabian and the Israeli Embassies right here in Washington, D.C. Tapes in American possession show that the Iranians were unconcerned with ``collateral damage.'' Now, Mr. Speaker, translated, that means dead Americans. It also means that Iran has no fear whatsoever of the
Obama administration.
And now, in recent days, we have learned that Iran was behind another barbaric attack, a terrorist attack on innocent civilians, when its terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, bombed a Bulgarian bus, killing five innocent Israeli citizens and killing a pregnant woman and including dozens more. Imagine how emboldened Iran will become if they are allowed to come into possession of nuclear weapons.
Specifically, Mr. Speaker, imagine for a moment the scenario of Hezbollah, one of Iran's terrorist proxies, gaining possession of just two nuclear warheads and bringing them across the border into the United States concealed, say, in bales of marijuana--this shows you that they can get them in--when transporting them into the heart of two different crowded unnamed cities and then calling and telling the White House exactly when and where the first one will be detonated, and then following through 60 seconds later.
Then imagine them, Mr. Speaker, calling the White House back and making demands, which, if they're not met, would mean that the second warhead would also be detonated in a different unnamed American city. The entire United States would be held hostage by terrorist monsters, Mr. Speaker.
Or imagine if those same terrorists acquired two small cargo ships carrying mobile launchers with SCUD missiles from Iran's existing arsenal and used them to launch those two warheads in a coordinated and devastating high-altitude electromagnetic pulse attack over the homeland of the United States.
Well, the fact is, Mr. Speaker, that Iran is pursuing the means whereby they could assist groups like Hezbollah to do exactly these kinds of horrifying things. The only components they lack to proceed are the nuclear warheads.
Mr. Speaker, there is no longer a single rational defense for the argument that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons capability.
So let me say this, and pray that the Members of this body and pray that the President and this Nation understand. If Iran gains nuclear weapons, they will give them to terrorists the world over. And still, as the centrifuges in Iran are spinning, the Obama administration is fiddling, and many of the Members of this body stand by and contemplate.
Have we lost our minds?
Mr. Speaker, President Obama has allowed Iran to rope-a-dope this administration in so-called peace talks that have burned the clock for nearly 4 years of his Presidency. The President has made stern warnings and then backed down every time. We've endured five rounds of peace talks, five different proposals, six different United Nations resolutions, and more than a dozen sets of economic sanctions.
The House just voted yesterday on another Iran sanctions bill that was so weakened and watered down by Mr. Obama and his supporters in the Senate that it is now barely worth the paper it's written upon. The administration's focus has been on sanctions, and weak sanctions at that, Mr. Speaker. And even then, Mr. Obama has granted waivers to further weaken the sanctions already in place.
Now, I wonder if this administration has considered the fact that we have had economic sanctions against North Korea for over 60 years, and in recent decades we have sanctioned them nearly into starvation. And yet during that time, they have tested nuclear warheads twice. And it's a genie that we cannot put back in the bottle, Mr. Speaker.
President Ahmadinejad has said of economic sanctions:
If they want to continue with that path of sanctions, we will not be harmed. They can issue resolutions for 100 years.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran's nuclear policies would not change, no matter the pressure. He said:
With God's help, and without paying attention to propaganda, Iran's nuclear course should continually remain firmly and seriously. Pressures, sanctions, and assassinations will bear no fruit. No obstacles can stop Iran's nuclear work.
Mr. Obama's own Director of National Intelligence was asked by the Senate Intelligence Committee whether sanctions had any effect on the course of Iran's nuclear program. The answer was simple, Mr. Speaker, ``No, none whatsoever.''
I've said many times, starting long ago, that we should have pursued truly effective sanctions, dissident support, regime change, and political pressures to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear-armed state. But without the conviction in the minds of the Iranian leadership that military intervention will occur if they continue to develop nuclear weapons, none of these other approaches will change their minds. Our greatest hope to prevent military action against Iran was to make sure their leaders understood that the free world would respond militarily before we allowed them to threaten it with nuclear weapons.
Unfortunately, Iran's radical leaders concluded that Barack Obama simply lacked the understanding or the resolve to use military action to prevent their nuclear weapons development. And why would they conclude anything else, Mr. Speaker? Even now, the stated goal of the Obama sanctions policy is simply to get Iran back to the negotiating table where they can waste even more time and gain even more valuable advances. And if we do get them back to the negotiating table, Mr. Speaker, what compromise can we seek--maybe that Iran keeps only a small number of nuclear weapons? No, Mr. Speaker. If Iran is hell-bent on getting nuclear weapons, there is no diplomatic solution.
In the popular revolt in Iran in 2009, the President could have assisted the dissidents and the peace-loving, decent people of Iran, of which there are so many, to overthrow their oppressors in the Iranian regime--or at least he could have spoken up on their behalf when they were out dying in the streets to try to bring about regime change, which, if they had been successful, could have changed all of this equation. But the President left them twisting in the wind.
To call Mr. Obama a bystander in all of this is to be charitable. The truth is, Mr. Speaker, he has been nowhere to be found. Many congressional Republicans have written and pleaded with this President numerous times on this vital issue to absolutely no avail.
The truth is that this President has waited too long. He has waited so long that the equation now before us has no good answer. His policies have only helped Iran accelerate their nuclear program. Iran is now tripling its uranium output, moving enrichment facilities deep under a mountain near Qom and restraining the IAEA from even inspecting weaponization facilities.
Maybe now it is becoming clear why Israel is so very concerned, because for them, a nuclear Iran is not just an academic question--it calls into question their very survival--and the Obama administration has now placed Israel into an almost impossible circumstance. Israel has watched this President resist an Israeli strike on nuclear facilities in Iran more than he has resisted a nuclear Iran. Israel has listened to Mr. Obama openly criticize Israel more for building homes in their capital city than he has openly criticized Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for building nuclear weapons with which to threaten the entire free world. In fact, they have watched this administration systematically scrub references that Jerusalem is even the capital of Israel.
Consequently, I believe Israel has known for some time that they can no longer trust the Obama administration to act in their best interest.
They know that Mr. Obama has waited so long that if Israel acts now to defend their own nation--and all of us incidentally--that they will suffer a far more damaging response from the radical regimes that surround them than they otherwise would have. Israel knows that, if they wait much longer to attack, the Iranian nuclear facilities may well be beyond their conventional military capability. Israel desperately needs America and her greater ability to attack heavily fortified targets. They need us, Mr. Speaker, but they will act without us if they must.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said simply and clearly, ``One thing I'll never compromise on, and that is Israel's security ..... When it comes to Israel's survival, we must always remain the masters of our fate.''
So what is this administration's present strategy? ``We're trying to make the decision to attack as hard as possible for Israel.'' The most disgraceful part of it is President Obama's threat to withhold resupply from Israel to pressure them into his brand of inaction.
So let me just see if I have this straight, Mr. Speaker. The President says, according to his own State Department, that the world's greatest supporter of terrorism, a self-avowed enemy of America, with an advancing nuclear weapons program, has committed to destroy us and Israel and that the President's goal is to prevent Israel--our best and most committed friend and national ally on this Earth--from defending themselves. Did I get that right?
Mr. Speaker, that's why Israel will never trust this President with their national survival.
You see, Israel knows the very inconvenient truth that, when it comes to a nuclear Iran, if we are to prevent, we must preempt. They know that the choice with Iran is no longer a choice between the way the world is now and the way the world might be after a military strike to prevent them from gaining nuclear weapons. Rather, the choice now is between what the world will be like after a preventative military strike on Iran or what the world will be like after Iran gains nuclear weapons.
So, Mr. Speaker, we should not deceive ourselves. When the head of Israeli intelligence tells the prime minister that Iran is entering into that ``zone of immunity'' where Israel will no longer have the conventional capacity to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, Israel will act.
They will act knowing that many in the world will condemn them. They will act knowing that they will be blamed for any radiation releases from Iran's nuclear facilities that might result. They will act knowing that thousands of Iranian, Hamas, and Hezbollah rockets and missiles will fall upon the cities of their tiny nation in retaliation. They will act knowing that it is now extremely difficult for them to succeed.
But, Mr. Speaker, Israel will act because they are students of history, and they will not be made to walk silently into the gas chambers again.
They will act because they know that whatever the consequences for their actions will be that they will pale in significance compared to what the consequences would be for them and for the whole world if the jihadist Government of Iran were to gain nuclear weapons.
And, if and when they do act, the Obama administration will owe an apology to the whole world for ignoring this grave reality for so long, but Israel will especially deserve an apology--an apology from this administration for leaving them with no choice but to act on behalf of all of us.
Mr. Speaker, now, with all of the things I've said tonight, there seems to be a profound new irony upon us. This administration finally seems to recognize that they have, indeed, waited too long. This administration is finally realizing that Israel can no longer stand around and wait. It is also beginning to understand if Israel is forced to strike Iran's nuclear facilities alone or if Iran tests a nuclear weapon before the November 6 election, that the American people and the world will damn the Obama administration for their breathtaking vacillation. Under such scenarios, the administration very likely sees the chances for Mr. Obama to be reelected as virtually zero.
So it has occurred to me, Mr. Speaker, that the Obama administration may have at last found sufficient rationale to move decisively against Iran's nuclear weapons program. The President knows that, in times of military action, the American people often rally around their President. Consequently, in spite of the fact that it has blatantly ignored the national security implications of Iran's nuclear program, it will now not surprise me at all if this administration launches an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities before the November elections to protect itself politically, even if it is done in concert with Israel to make it appear less politically motivated.
While I believe the American people will see such an action for what it is, if a Presidential campaign will finally motivate this administration to get serious about our national security and Iran's nuclear program, then so be it, Mr. Speaker. It would still be far better for the administration to do that than to stand idly by and force the tiny state of Israel, our closest friend and ally on this Earth, to undertake such a monumental task alone, with all the odds against them and facing such crushing consequences whether they succeed or fail.
But it didn't have to be this way. There was a time when Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions could have been arrested with far less cost.
The President has waited too long.
Mr. Speaker, President Ronald Reagan gave an address in 1983 when the world faced a similar threat in the growing strength and nuclear ambition of the Soviet Union. Mr. Reagan said:
I urge you to beware the temptation to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire, to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong, good and evil.
Mr. Speaker, there were those in 1938 who deemed the ambitions of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich a giant misunderstanding. The free nations of the world once had opportunity to address the insidious rise of the Nazi ideology in its formative years when it could have been dispatched without great cost, but they delayed, and the result was atomic bombs falling on cities, 50 million people dead worldwide, and the swastika shadow nearly plunging the planet into Cimmerian night.
Mr. Speaker, let the world's free people resolve once and for all, for the sake of our children and for future generations, that we of this generation will not stand by and watch a similar dark chapter of history be repeated on our watch.
God help this administration to wake up, and God help us all as Americans to be awake in this destiny year for our beloved country.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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