Socialism at Work: 3 Minute Showers.

Chavez urges 3-minute showers to conserve water

"Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity. "

"He called on ministries and state-run companies to cut energy consumption by 20 percent immediately. "

Frontline: "The Warning"

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Could the financial crisis been avoided by taking action during the Clinton administration?

Taking Lessons from Hugo Chavez

It appears the Obama administration has taken a page out of Chavez's playbook by demonizing Fox News and Chamber of Commerce.

Windmills

I like windmills, but there are many problems with them. They kill birds. The most efficient production area are far from consumption areas. Alternative energy plants (nuclear, coal or gas) have to be built to supply the equivalent energy when the wind isn't blowing, etc.

But I wonder what would be the impact of large scale farms. I haven't been able to find out any research so this is just speculation.

The windmill converts the energy in the wind into electricity. But doing this reduces the amount of energy is the remaining wind. How many windmills can be built before it impacts the environment? Will it effect where the rain falls? Can it turn a area to a dessert or cause droughts? Or cause floods as rain falls in more concentrated area? Will it effect the migration of birds?

A TRUE IRISH GHOST STORY

This happened a while ago in Dublin . And even though it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock story, it's true.

John Bradford, a Dublin University student, was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a storm. No cars were traveling that night.

The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly, he saw a car slowly coming towards him and stop. John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got into the car and closed the door.... only to realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't on!!

The car started moving slowly. John looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life.

Then, just before the car hit the curve, a hand appeared through the window and turned the wheel. John, paralyzed with terror, watched as the hand repeatedly came through the window, but never touched or harmed him.

Shortly thereafter John saw the lights of a pub appear down the road. So, gathering strength, he jumped out of the car and ran to the pub. Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and started telling everybody about the frightening experience he had just had.

A silence enveloped the pub when everybody realized he was crying and.... wasn't drunk.

Suddenly the door opened and two other people walked in from the stormy night. They, like John, were also soaked and out of breath. Looking around, and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one of the fellows said to the other,
'Look Paddy...There's that freakin' idiot that got in the car while we were pushin' it!'

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SNL Obama Do Nothing Skit 10 3 09

The Joke on the Nobel Peace Prize

Nominated with just 2 weeks of his Presidency, the Nobel Peace Prize confirmed the Joke it is with the Selection of Obama. He joins others that show just the aspiration of the committee, like Al Gore, International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, and Yassar Arafat. What was one considered a meaningful prize is now just a farce.