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Americans have become soft and impractical. Americans are consumer robots that are mesmerized by ‘image over substance’. That is exactly where America’s marketing geniuses have brought us. Some Americans are waking up to a world known by their grand parents and great grand parents. Frugal is no longer a ‘quaint concept’. Gas prices and their effect on food and necessities is the slap in the face we need to come out of the hypnosis we have been enjoying.

Posted by bosskitty May 25th, 2008 | Tags: big rigs, fuel crisis, Oil, transportation, trucking industry, trucks | Category: Accountability, Corporate corruption, Global Economy, Health, Mismanagement, Oil, Politics, Sino-Russian, Waste, changing planet, commercialism, consequences, consumerism, contradictions, denial, disinformation, economics, economy, fiscal responsibility, food, fuel crisis, fuel-efficiency, gas, marketing, profiteers, renewable energy, scams, trucking industry | Comments (2)

Iran moving into the big league
Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s three-nation tour of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India and the welter of agreements and understandings reached between Tehran and these governments serve notice beyond the mere issue of energy security and Iran’s expanding role in the sub-continent’s energy market; rather, these [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 4th, 2008 | Tags: Ahmadinejad, consequences, economics, global community, global economy | Tagged: Economic Cooperation Organizat, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), IAEA, India, Iran, Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline (IPI), Pakistan, Politics, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road, Third World, World Economy, WTO | Category: Ahmadinejad, American Voters, Arab Nations, China, Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), Euro-Asia Continent, Foreign Policy, Global Economy, Global Power, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Human Rights, IAEA, IPI Pipeline, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, Oil, Pakistan, Politics, Povery, Power Shift, Putin, Russia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sino-Russian, South East Asia, Trade policy, United Arab Emirates, War Cost, World Order, alliance, changing planet, critical resources, diplomacy, economics, markets, threat | Leave a comment

LONDON (Reuters) - China has dealt a blow to Western efforts to increase diplomatic pressure on Iran over its nuclear program by dropping out of a meeting to discuss tougher sanctions against Tehran.
Russia, which like China opposes further U.N. sanctions against Iran, added fuel to the fire by announcing on Friday that the U.N. nuclear [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 17th, 2007 | Category: Ahmadinejad, China, Cold War, Iran, Nuclear, Oil, Putin, Russia, Sino-Russian, Tehran, alliance, consequences, escalation | Comments (1)

Russia: Arctic Bomber Exercises
Twelve Russian strategic bombers are taking part in military exercises above the Arctic involving the launching of tactical cruise missiles.

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The Russian air force spokesman did not specify the exact location of the exercises but confirmed that the TU-95MC [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 3rd, 2007 | Category: Arctic, Bush, Canada, Cold War, Cowboys and Indians, Homeland Security, Kremlin, Missile, Politics, Putin, RAF, Russian, Sergei Ivanov, Sino-Russian, Time Bomb, War Games, cruise missiles, escalation, military, strategic bombers, surveillance | Comments (3)