Green Options » Condoleezza Rice http://greenoptions.com/tag/condoleezza-rice Posts tagged 'Condoleezza Rice' Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en US Dept of Energy and Brazil to Commercialize Biofuels http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/21/us-dept-of-energy-and-brazil-to-commercialize-biofuels/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/21/us-dept-of-energy-and-brazil-to-commercialize-biofuels/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:54:15 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/21/us-dept-of-energy-and-brazil-to-commercialize-biofuels/ The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) are shacking up in hopes to better develop and commercialize biofuels.

The partnership between NREL and Petrobras helps solidify an agreement made between the United States and Brazil on March 9, 2007; it was signed by the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brazil Foreign Minister Celso Amorim.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/21/us-dept-of-energy-and-brazil-to-commercialize-biofuels/feed/ The Sarah Palin Chronicles: From A to Z http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/27/the-sarah-palin-chronicles-from-a-to-z/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/27/the-sarah-palin-chronicles-from-a-to-z/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:43:44 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/27/the-sarah-palin-chronicles-from-a-to-z/ Sarah Palin quotes from across the spectrum: from man not causing global warming, to the war in Iraq being a task from God, and how offshore drilling will save us - she says it all.

1. Introduction
It’s obvious why Sarah Palin got the VP nod. And Saturday Night Live makes this point most brilliantly: Hillary Clinton.

2. Sarah Palin On The Environment
Just one day before being picked as the GOP vice president, she wrote a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urging him to shoot down policy aimed at pollution.

3. Sarah Palin On Ethics
Palin’s record is already dirty enough to warrant a trip to the free clinic, and that’s just as Governor! What is she capable of if elected as VP?

4. Sarah Palin On Energy and Big Oil
Sarah Palin dismisses alternative energy in favor of a pipeline built by God.

5. Sarah Palin On Foreign Policy
Colin Powell is jumping party lines because of Palin - can we afford her on the job training?

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/27/the-sarah-palin-chronicles-from-a-to-z/feed/ The Sarah Palin Chronicles: Foreign Policy, Part Five http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/19/the-sarah-palin-chronicles-foreign-policy-part-five/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/19/the-sarah-palin-chronicles-foreign-policy-part-five/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:55:22 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/19/the-sarah-palin-chronicles-foreign-policy-part-five/ Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama today, listing McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as one of the reasons why. Shocking!

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Is it gross - sure. Yet the picture sums up the last eight years of foreign policy quite nicely, don’t ya think? We’ve suffered through too much of this cowboy politics crap (pun intended) to allow it to happen again.

But that’s exactly what we’re getting with Palin - more crap! Hell, even Colin Powell is jumping party lines because of this lady. It’s the same political myopia as George W. but with a nicer rack. For example, how could any politician admit to not focusing on the war in Iraq…much? What has she been doing since 2003? And can we afford another administration who thinks God speaks to them? Seriously, that kinda thing never really works out for the best.

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From Think Progress

Palin Hasn’t Given The War In Iraq Much Thought. Palin told the Alaska Business Monthly, “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place.” [Alaska Business Monthly, 3/1/07]

Palin Has Never Been To Iraq. In her only trip overseas, Palin visited Alaska National Guard troops stationed in Kuwait and Germany in July 2007. [AP, 7/25/07]

Palin Believes That The Iraq War Is A Task ‘From God.’ Speaking at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in June, Palin said that “our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God.” [Huffington Post, 9/2/08]

Palin Believes The Iraq War Was Fought Over Oil. “We are a nation at war and in many [ways] the reasons for war are fights over energy sources,” Palin told BusinessWeek in an interview. [BusinessWeek, 8/29/08]

Palin Didn’t Have A Passport Until 2007. Palin first obtained a passport in July 2007 for her trip to Kuwait and Germany to visit Alaska National Guard troops. Her only other trips outside of the United States have been to Canada and Mexico. A Palin spokeswoman had previously said that Palin had also been to Ireland, although it was actually just a “refueling stop” on her Germany/Kuwait trip. [New York Times, 8/29/08; Politico, 9/2/08; ABC News, 9/12/08]

Palin Has Never Issued An Order To The Alaska National Guard. Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, the service commander of the Alaska National Guard, has stated that Palin has never personally ordered the National Guard to do anything. [McClatchy, 9/4/08]

Palin Is Unaware Of The Bush Doctrine. During an interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson, Palin was stumped about the Bush Doctrine, thinking it was the President’s “worldview.” [ABC News, 9/11/08]

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Amy Poehler does the ‘Sarah Palin Rap’ on SNL [w/ video]
Palin Protests Federal Listing of Beluga Whales as Endangered
Setting the Record Straight: Sarah Palin and the Bridge to Nowhere

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/19/the-sarah-palin-chronicles-foreign-policy-part-five/feed/ Why Drill, Baby, Drill Will Never be an Energy Solution and is NOT an Energy Policy http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/15/why-drill-baby-drill-will-never-be-an-energy-solution-and-is-not-an-energy-policy/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/15/why-drill-baby-drill-will-never-be-an-energy-solution-and-is-not-an-energy-policy/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:37:02 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/15/why-drill-baby-drill-will-never-be-an-energy-solution-and-is-not-an-energy-policy/ Texas oil rigI’m sure at tonight’s presidential debate, we will hear more of John McCain’s energy policy.  I’ve recently read some enlightening information in The Bush League of Nations: The Coalition of the Unwilling, the Bullied, and the Bribed by James A. Swanson that proves “Drill, baby, drill” is not an energy policy, and it will never make us energy independent. US oil production peaked in 1970 at more than 11 million barrels a day, ironically just three years before the oil crisis.  Consider these statistics from Swanson’s book:

  • By the end of 2005, US crude oil production had dropped to 4.86 million barrels per day, which is less than 45% of America’s peak production in 1970.
  • By 2005, America was producing less oil than it did in 1950.
  • The 1970 record oil production represented more than 40% of total world production, but it was still not enough to meet America’s appetite for oil-almost 15 million barrels per day in 1970.
  • By the end of 2005, U.S. oil consumption had increased to about 21 million barrels per day, while U.S. production, as noted above, had dropped to 5 million barrels.  American now has to import more than 75% of the oil it consumes.
  • By way of comparison, at the time of the 1973 oil crisis, during which Americans endured closed gas stations and gas lines blocks long, the United States imported less than one-third of its oil.

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