Sunday, April 18, 2004

WOODWARD OF WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN FAME HAS WRITTEN A NEW BOOK PRESENTING THE BACKGROUND LEADING UP TO THE INVASION OF IRAQ.  WOODWARD INTERVIEWED BUSH.  APPARENTLY BUSH TOLD WOODWARD THAT GOD TOLD HIM TO INVADE IRAQ-- CLINTON WAS IMPEACHED FOR GETTING A HUMMER IN THE OVAL OFFICE...WHAT BUSH HAS DONE AND WHY HE DID IT MAKE HIM ELIGIBLE FOR CHARGES OF HIGH TREASON AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. 8:02:53 PM    comment []

Harrat Al Birk, Saudi Arabia Click here to view full image (3432 kb) Dark-colored volcanic cones sprout from an ancient lava field known as Harrat Al Birk along Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastline. Many such lava fields dot the Arabian Peninsula and range in age from 2 million to 30 million years old. This image was acquired by Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) sensor. Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch as part of the Earth as Art II image series 7:47:37 PM    comment []

WHERE THE JOBS ARE: Another study, this one by the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, finds that nearly a quarter of jobs created in the county in between 1999 and 2002 were in restaurants, with an average salary of $18,000 a year. The chamber of commerce recently reported that a family of four would need to earn at least $50,000 a year in order to afford such basic necessities such as food, rent, clothing and child care. 7:37:48 PM    comment []

A GOOD QUOTE FROM FAST COMPANY: "IRONICALLY, THE GOOD LOGIC OF TRANSFERRING JOBS OFFSHORE DEPENDS ON IT NOT BECOMING WIDESPREAD.  OTHERWISE, THOSE COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKERS WILL FIND THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE UNEMPLOYED." 7:23:50 PM    comment []