Thanks 1st of all for replying.
My background: I am US citizen and wife is conditional green card (going to apply I-571 before 2 years).
We want to bring her parents over from China to visit United States.
I read that I can apply B2 visa for them?
How long does it take, the whole process?
How much does it cost?
What do they need to do in China?
If you have experience this, your step by step procedures is greatly appreciated.
How to get vistor visa for in-laws?
You may not apply a B2 visa for your in-laws. They will have to apply for themselves in China. It takes 30 days for a visitor visa to be processed in China. They will have to prove that they will return after their visit and have to show adequate funds to go on the trip. Everything you need to know is on the link I have attached.**
Reply:You do not have to file for anything. The applicants (who want the visa) have to apply for B2 visa from China. The forms are on USCIS website and also the detailed procedure is on us consulate website for the site in china.
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Need help with something?
Need help finding direct numbers and/or e-addresses to get my green card from INS and the number to get my birth certificate from china. Respond only if you have useful info
Need help with something?
These are the only people that can help you.
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/
Reply:Toll Free 1 + 877.898.6937
local 713.874.1420
fax 713.874.1245
email info@texastower.net
This website out of Texas says they can obtain your birth certificate from China. Good luck.
Need help with something?
These are the only people that can help you.
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/
Reply:Toll Free 1 + 877.898.6937
local 713.874.1420
fax 713.874.1245
email info@texastower.net
This website out of Texas says they can obtain your birth certificate from China. Good luck.
Chinese student, Another cheap attempt to get americans tax money?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24176485/
The story was she was trying to console anti china and pro china crowds.
A chinese student name grace wang of duke university has a father who is a Communist Party member.
My question is :
Is this just another attempt to fool the government in giving her and her family green cards?
If her father works for the government how much money does he actually make in order to be able to send her daughter to study in Duke and live in USA
Also when the parents apartment was attack, they can just move? It takes lots of money to be able to do that.
Chinese student, Another cheap attempt to get americans tax money?
Well...I dont think so but even if it is I read it and it was hella confusing so I doubt the government cares.....theres been no active criticism lately of China....so ya know?
arenas
The story was she was trying to console anti china and pro china crowds.
A chinese student name grace wang of duke university has a father who is a Communist Party member.
My question is :
Is this just another attempt to fool the government in giving her and her family green cards?
If her father works for the government how much money does he actually make in order to be able to send her daughter to study in Duke and live in USA
Also when the parents apartment was attack, they can just move? It takes lots of money to be able to do that.
Chinese student, Another cheap attempt to get americans tax money?
Well...I dont think so but even if it is I read it and it was hella confusing so I doubt the government cares.....theres been no active criticism lately of China....so ya know?
arenas
Chinese student , grace wang, Another cheap attempt to get americans tax money?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24176485/
The story was she was trying to console anti china and pro china crowds.
A chinese student name grace wang of duke university has a father who is a Communist Party member.
My question is :
Is this just another attempt to fool the government in giving her and her family green cards?
If her father works for the government how much money does he actually make in order to be able to send her daughter to study in Duke and live in USA
Also when the parents apartment was attack, they can just move? It takes lots of money to be able to do that.
Chinese student , grace wang, Another cheap attempt to get americans tax money?
You're being completely ridiculous. She's a person with her own opinions on things, and if she doesn't agree with the overly nationalistic counter-protestors nor with the ill-informed pro-Tibet protestors, how does that give you the right to go around trashing her reputation? She's a college freshman, and it's disgusting how many idiots have decided to attack her and her family.
Why would she want green cards when her family is quite well off?!
And lots of government officials make a lot of money in China, just because you're a government official doesn't mean you're poor. No US Senators are anything even close to poor, most of them are multi-millionaires several times over, and it's no different when you're a high-ranking Communist Party official.
Seriously, get a reality check and stop dreaming up insane conspiracy theories. She's just a random college freshman behaving like an educated college student should.
Reply:well, I dont think she's after the greencard, but i REALLY believe she's after the fame.
I know people who lives in the same dorm with her, and apparently, she does not have a good reputation there within both the chinese and western circle. They say she lies all the time. Report It
Reply:I just think we need to stop giving so many green cards away ! Americans economy is currently in crises and many hard working americans who is working 2 jobs still can't keep ends meet. Report It
Reply:she just want a green card. and her family in china only have a average income so how can they support a daughter to study in US? i wander where the money come from?
did you know she also got a plastic surgery and changed her name become she come to US? Report It
Reply:wow, would you really believe a person in front of 2 mobs of people would be thinking about a greencard? Not everyone in the world is trying to abuse situations. I hope you can clarify your perspective on the world a bit as your post is so negative. I am amazed that you immediately question her families financial situation and even ability to escape harrassment. If someone attacked your families home, what would they do?
Reply:So, you read a story about persecution of Chinese protestors and the first thing you think is "I bet she's trying to cheat her way to my tax dollars"?
You're odd.
Get some perspective.
The story was she was trying to console anti china and pro china crowds.
A chinese student name grace wang of duke university has a father who is a Communist Party member.
My question is :
Is this just another attempt to fool the government in giving her and her family green cards?
If her father works for the government how much money does he actually make in order to be able to send her daughter to study in Duke and live in USA
Also when the parents apartment was attack, they can just move? It takes lots of money to be able to do that.
Chinese student , grace wang, Another cheap attempt to get americans tax money?
You're being completely ridiculous. She's a person with her own opinions on things, and if she doesn't agree with the overly nationalistic counter-protestors nor with the ill-informed pro-Tibet protestors, how does that give you the right to go around trashing her reputation? She's a college freshman, and it's disgusting how many idiots have decided to attack her and her family.
Why would she want green cards when her family is quite well off?!
And lots of government officials make a lot of money in China, just because you're a government official doesn't mean you're poor. No US Senators are anything even close to poor, most of them are multi-millionaires several times over, and it's no different when you're a high-ranking Communist Party official.
Seriously, get a reality check and stop dreaming up insane conspiracy theories. She's just a random college freshman behaving like an educated college student should.
Reply:well, I dont think she's after the greencard, but i REALLY believe she's after the fame.
I know people who lives in the same dorm with her, and apparently, she does not have a good reputation there within both the chinese and western circle. They say she lies all the time. Report It
Reply:I just think we need to stop giving so many green cards away ! Americans economy is currently in crises and many hard working americans who is working 2 jobs still can't keep ends meet. Report It
Reply:she just want a green card. and her family in china only have a average income so how can they support a daughter to study in US? i wander where the money come from?
did you know she also got a plastic surgery and changed her name become she come to US? Report It
Reply:wow, would you really believe a person in front of 2 mobs of people would be thinking about a greencard? Not everyone in the world is trying to abuse situations. I hope you can clarify your perspective on the world a bit as your post is so negative. I am amazed that you immediately question her families financial situation and even ability to escape harrassment. If someone attacked your families home, what would they do?
Reply:So, you read a story about persecution of Chinese protestors and the first thing you think is "I bet she's trying to cheat her way to my tax dollars"?
You're odd.
Get some perspective.
Some more "Useless Facts you Might Wanna Know" =D? #3?
The Los Angeles Rams were the first U.S. football team to introduce emblems on their helmets.
The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
Dart-boards are made out of horsehair.
Slinkys were invented by an airplane mechanic; he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use of one of the springs.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
Octopi have gardens.
"Ever think you're hearing something in a song, but they're really singing something else? The word for mis-heard lyrics is 'mondegreen,' and it comes from a folk song in the '50's. The singer was actually singing "They slew the Earl of Morray and laid him on the green," but this came off sounding like 'They slew the Earl of Morray and Lady Mondegreen.'"
Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel.
'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
One of the longest English words that can be typed using the top row of a typewriter (allowing multiple uses of letters) is 'typewriter.'
When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.
Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.
The pitches that Babe Ruth hit for his last-ever home run and that Joe DiMaggio hit for his first-ever home run where thrown by the same man.
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
During conscription for WWII, there were nine documented cases of men with three testicles.
Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.
Stalin was only five feet, four inches tall.
Stalin's left foot had webbed toes, and his left arm is noticeably shorter than his right.
Swans and Ducks are the only birds with penises.
in fact, the longest bird penis on record belongs to a duck
A whale's penis is called a dork.
Some carnivores, rodents, bats and insectivores have a penis bone, called a baculum.
A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to its size.
Tomb robbers believed that knocking Egyptian sarcophagi's noses off would and therefore forestall curses.
The allele for six fingers and toes is dominant in humans.
The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
Medieval knights put sharkskin on their sword handles to give them a more secure grip; they would dig the sharp scales into their palms.
Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
The only planet without a ring is earth.
Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks.
If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts dots.
Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink."
A group of frogs is called an army.
A group of rhinos is called a crash.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
A group of whales is called a pod.
A group of geese is called a gaggle.
A group of ravens is called a murder.
A group of officers is called a mess.
A group of larks is called an exaltation.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
The 80s song "Rosanna" from the Eighties was written about Rosanna Arquette, the actress.
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
Starfish don't have brains.
Shrimps' hearts are in their heads.
Did you know that the actor Jane Seymour's birth name is:
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg.
Roy Rogers name was Leonard Slye
Dale Evans was Frances Octavia Smith.
The derivation of the word trivia comes from the Latin "tri-" + "via", which means three streets. This is because in ancient times, at an intersection of three streets in Rome, they would have a type of kiosk where ancillary information was listed. You might be interested in it, you might not, hence they were bits of"trivia."
Henry VIII only had two of his wives executed;
Anne Boleyn (#2) and Catherine Howard (#5).
Catherine of Aragon (#1) died after he had divorced her,
Jane Seymour (#3) died after childbirth (of Edward),
Anne of Cleves (#4) died after he divorced her
Katherine Parr (#6) actually outlived Henry.
Jellyfish have no brains, yet they can tell light from dark, and sence movement.
The term 'flying on cloud 9' originates from military flights. Cloud types are classified as numbers... with 'cloud 9' being a very tall thunderstorm. Jets have to climb to an extremely high altitude in order to fly over 'cloud 9.
A dogs sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew. In fact, if you unfolded and laid out the delicate membranes from inside a dogs nose, the membranes would be larger than the dog itself.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. I keep my toothbrush in the living room now.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was twice as long.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first class.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
All U.S. presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like to be seen wearing them in public.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
Turtles can breathe through their butts
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a two-way mirror?? Just conduct this simple test: Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, for it is a two-way mirror
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska!
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter:o?=o?= Tom Sawyer.
Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
In Massachusetts - It is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Diamonds - Julius Caesar
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? A. Conception.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laserbprinters all have in common? A. All invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey
Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A.o?= He was allergic to carrots.
Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.o?= When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "Goodnight, sleep tight".
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink.o?= Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
Your fingernail has the same ingredients as fly poop
Some more "Useless Facts you Might Wanna Know" =D? #3?
Interstate 19 in Arizona is probably the only Interstate in the US with metric, not mileage, signs over its entire length.
Tex-Mex country star Freddie Fender's real name was Baldemar Huerta.
The University of Nevada was first located in Elko, NV.
Hoyle has actually only written the rules for three card games, even though he authors the book of rules. None of those three games include poker or bridge.
Charles Goodyear discovered "vulcanization", or dry heating of rubber, by accident in the family kitchen when he dropped a piece on the stove.
The first casino/hotel on the Las Vegas Strip was the El Rancho, built in 1941.
Engelbert Humperdinck was a stage name. Eddie Rabbitt's name was not.
Nevada's third state flag design, adopted in 1929, was a failure after adoption due to the error of not having the word "Nevada" on the flag. The current design is from 1915 (the second design).
Reply:Another doubtful fact. Did you study them or did you just copy and paste them? Can you give sources for all your "facts" other than another list of "facts"? Report It
Reply::)some lip sticks are made out of fish scales:P Report It
Reply:here's some other facts:
hair and fingernails grow faster in summer than winter
Americans spend 6 times more money on video games than school supplies
a bar-headed goose can fly as high as 30,000 feet
ur heart beats about 100,000 times per day
the word most written in the English language is 'the'
a million $1 bills weighs about 2,040 lbs.
there r more creatures in ur mouth than humans on Earth
Reply:The problem is that if you post erroneous information, people are going to doubt all your "facts".
There is no USGA or PGA regulation for the number of dimples on a golf ball.
"Go." is a sentence that is shorter than "I am."
Reply:Thanks its very helpful
Reply:whoa a lot more interesting than a book!! =)
Reply:you should leave a space after each fact so its clearer to read =)
The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
Dart-boards are made out of horsehair.
Slinkys were invented by an airplane mechanic; he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use of one of the springs.
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
Octopi have gardens.
"Ever think you're hearing something in a song, but they're really singing something else? The word for mis-heard lyrics is 'mondegreen,' and it comes from a folk song in the '50's. The singer was actually singing "They slew the Earl of Morray and laid him on the green," but this came off sounding like 'They slew the Earl of Morray and Lady Mondegreen.'"
Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.
'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel.
'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
One of the longest English words that can be typed using the top row of a typewriter (allowing multiple uses of letters) is 'typewriter.'
When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt.
Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.
The pitches that Babe Ruth hit for his last-ever home run and that Joe DiMaggio hit for his first-ever home run where thrown by the same man.
To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.
During conscription for WWII, there were nine documented cases of men with three testicles.
Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.
Stalin was only five feet, four inches tall.
Stalin's left foot had webbed toes, and his left arm is noticeably shorter than his right.
Swans and Ducks are the only birds with penises.
in fact, the longest bird penis on record belongs to a duck
A whale's penis is called a dork.
Some carnivores, rodents, bats and insectivores have a penis bone, called a baculum.
A barnacle has the largest penis of any other animal in the world in relation to its size.
Tomb robbers believed that knocking Egyptian sarcophagi's noses off would and therefore forestall curses.
The allele for six fingers and toes is dominant in humans.
The face of a penny can hold about thirty drops of water.
Medieval knights put sharkskin on their sword handles to give them a more secure grip; they would dig the sharp scales into their palms.
Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
The only planet without a ring is earth.
Wayne's World was filmed in two weeks.
If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.
The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts dots.
Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink."
A group of frogs is called an army.
A group of rhinos is called a crash.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
A group of whales is called a pod.
A group of geese is called a gaggle.
A group of ravens is called a murder.
A group of officers is called a mess.
A group of larks is called an exaltation.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
The 80s song "Rosanna" from the Eighties was written about Rosanna Arquette, the actress.
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
Starfish don't have brains.
Shrimps' hearts are in their heads.
Did you know that the actor Jane Seymour's birth name is:
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg.
Roy Rogers name was Leonard Slye
Dale Evans was Frances Octavia Smith.
The derivation of the word trivia comes from the Latin "tri-" + "via", which means three streets. This is because in ancient times, at an intersection of three streets in Rome, they would have a type of kiosk where ancillary information was listed. You might be interested in it, you might not, hence they were bits of"trivia."
Henry VIII only had two of his wives executed;
Anne Boleyn (#2) and Catherine Howard (#5).
Catherine of Aragon (#1) died after he had divorced her,
Jane Seymour (#3) died after childbirth (of Edward),
Anne of Cleves (#4) died after he divorced her
Katherine Parr (#6) actually outlived Henry.
Jellyfish have no brains, yet they can tell light from dark, and sence movement.
The term 'flying on cloud 9' originates from military flights. Cloud types are classified as numbers... with 'cloud 9' being a very tall thunderstorm. Jets have to climb to an extremely high altitude in order to fly over 'cloud 9.
A dogs sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew. In fact, if you unfolded and laid out the delicate membranes from inside a dogs nose, the membranes would be larger than the dog itself.
Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. I keep my toothbrush in the living room now.
The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
The wingspan of the B-36, a retired USAF bomber, was twice as long.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first class.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
All U.S. presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like to be seen wearing them in public.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
Turtles can breathe through their butts
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The Bible does not say there were three wise men; it only says there were three gifts.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a two-way mirror?? Just conduct this simple test: Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, for it is a two-way mirror
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska!
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter:o?=o?= Tom Sawyer.
Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
In Massachusetts - It is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Diamonds - Julius Caesar
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? A. Conception.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laserbprinters all have in common? A. All invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey
Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A.o?= He was allergic to carrots.
Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.o?= When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "Goodnight, sleep tight".
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink.o?= Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
Your fingernail has the same ingredients as fly poop
Some more "Useless Facts you Might Wanna Know" =D? #3?
Interstate 19 in Arizona is probably the only Interstate in the US with metric, not mileage, signs over its entire length.
Tex-Mex country star Freddie Fender's real name was Baldemar Huerta.
The University of Nevada was first located in Elko, NV.
Hoyle has actually only written the rules for three card games, even though he authors the book of rules. None of those three games include poker or bridge.
Charles Goodyear discovered "vulcanization", or dry heating of rubber, by accident in the family kitchen when he dropped a piece on the stove.
The first casino/hotel on the Las Vegas Strip was the El Rancho, built in 1941.
Engelbert Humperdinck was a stage name. Eddie Rabbitt's name was not.
Nevada's third state flag design, adopted in 1929, was a failure after adoption due to the error of not having the word "Nevada" on the flag. The current design is from 1915 (the second design).
Reply:Another doubtful fact. Did you study them or did you just copy and paste them? Can you give sources for all your "facts" other than another list of "facts"? Report It
Reply::)some lip sticks are made out of fish scales:P Report It
Reply:here's some other facts:
hair and fingernails grow faster in summer than winter
Americans spend 6 times more money on video games than school supplies
a bar-headed goose can fly as high as 30,000 feet
ur heart beats about 100,000 times per day
the word most written in the English language is 'the'
a million $1 bills weighs about 2,040 lbs.
there r more creatures in ur mouth than humans on Earth
Reply:The problem is that if you post erroneous information, people are going to doubt all your "facts".
There is no USGA or PGA regulation for the number of dimples on a golf ball.
"Go." is a sentence that is shorter than "I am."
Reply:Thanks its very helpful
Reply:whoa a lot more interesting than a book!! =)
Reply:you should leave a space after each fact so its clearer to read =)
U.S.A. Vs. Kyoto?
Why does America still refuse to ratify Kyoto?
As one of the richest nations in the world, I don't understand why they still refuse to fight climate change. Given that 137 countries have signed inclusive of India and China, the USA remains the only notable exception from the treaty.
America is a very rich nation and could quite easily afford to turn 'green'. Imagine the ramifications if America curbedtheir military spending and used that money to help turn America 'green'.
Only recently, Australia signed Kyoto, to my disappointment it hadnt happened any earlier. How do Americans feel about this?
Are you keen to turn 'green'?
U.S.A. Vs. Kyoto?
Global warming is happening. The debate on this, by any intelligent being, is over. There is still some debate over how much human activity has contributed to it and how much can we change what is happening.
I, for one, believe we should err on the side of caution and do all we need to do to try to lessen the adverse effects of global warming. Should it later be found that mankind did not contribute to global warming, then the financial costs associated with this will be far less than costs associated with the global warming being a disaster to mankind and we could have lessened its effects. I would rather be wrong and recoup the costs later than to be right and have no chance at recouping the cost at all.
Reply:USA does not believe Al Gore even when he already won an Oscar. Americans do not believe that global warming is caused by pollution.
Reply:Typical of the "green crowd" you have left of a good bit of information. 174 countries have ratified Kyoto. 137, including China (2nd largest emissions) and India (4th largest emissions) have to do nothing more than monitor and report their levels of emissions. All Kyoto does is create a worldwide market for carbon credits, hence Al Gore's involvement, and force developed economies to foot the bill for the so-called un-developed economies. I'm glad Bush is sticking to his guns on this one.
Reply:It isn't just a Bush thing. Even before he took office, Clinton did not submit the treaty for ratification because Senate Republicans made it clear that it would not happen. And it's not just a Republican thing. Democrats haven't demonstrated much initiative either; they haven't even made it that high a priority.
The two main reasons offered by pols are: (1) it isn't fair for the U.S. to have to cut emissions while India and China are exempted from the treaty and (2) it would "seriously harm" the economy.
Conflicting economic analyses show that the latter point is debateable; as for the first, even if India and China signed on, the U.S. probably still would not ratify. First, the nations likely to suffer the most detrimental effects from global warming would be low-laying island nations -- not the U.S. Second, greenhouse gases result in large part from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, et al.) -- and we already know about the power wielded by energy industry lobbyists. Third, some legislators claim that global warming is not occuring, or that human activities do not contribute significantly enough to the problem to mandate any action.
I have always been a strong proponent of 'green' policies. Maybe the U.S. would take an economic hit at first but I think over time, the benefits (in terms of pollution, energy costs, and maybe even national security) would outweigh the costs.
Reply:From the different analyses of the Kyoto agreement that I've read, it seems to be as dubious as some of the "free trade" agreements we've entered or considered. Just as with some of the bills that get considered in congress, the stated goal isn't necessarily best met by the actual contents. I think there are sufficient reasons to doubt the effectiveness and appropriateness of the Kyoto agreement. That doesn't mean I don't think there should be actions taken -- just that I'm not convinced Kyoto is the smart way to do that.
Reply:Welcome to the Bush years.
Reply:The reason the US hasn't ratified Kyoto yet is that we elected a Republican president who values the US economy more than the environment. This is especially true since the Bush family and their friends made their fortune in the oil industry.
I'm keen to turn green. I'd love to see our dependence on oil replaced with bio-fuels. The advantage is that the carbon that is burned in bio-fuels is pulled out of the atmosphere by plants, instead of being extracted from underground where it hasn't been part of the carbon cycle for millions of years.
Reply:Of course India and China signed it. They were largely exempted from it's provisions.
Now, look at the nations that did sign and ratify it; Denmark (currently 35% above its target), Austria (34% above), Spain (22% above), Finland (21% above) and Italy (19% above), Canada (32% above) New Zealand (22% above), Japan (20% above).
And then there's the craziness that no one has demonstrated that CO2 is actually a problem or that reducing it will have any significant effect. The most "powerful" (assuming the measures that have been accepted for this are even remtely reflective of reality) greehnouse gas is water vapor. No one's talking about reducing that.
As one of the richest nations in the world, I don't understand why they still refuse to fight climate change. Given that 137 countries have signed inclusive of India and China, the USA remains the only notable exception from the treaty.
America is a very rich nation and could quite easily afford to turn 'green'. Imagine the ramifications if America curbedtheir military spending and used that money to help turn America 'green'.
Only recently, Australia signed Kyoto, to my disappointment it hadnt happened any earlier. How do Americans feel about this?
Are you keen to turn 'green'?
U.S.A. Vs. Kyoto?
Global warming is happening. The debate on this, by any intelligent being, is over. There is still some debate over how much human activity has contributed to it and how much can we change what is happening.
I, for one, believe we should err on the side of caution and do all we need to do to try to lessen the adverse effects of global warming. Should it later be found that mankind did not contribute to global warming, then the financial costs associated with this will be far less than costs associated with the global warming being a disaster to mankind and we could have lessened its effects. I would rather be wrong and recoup the costs later than to be right and have no chance at recouping the cost at all.
Reply:USA does not believe Al Gore even when he already won an Oscar. Americans do not believe that global warming is caused by pollution.
Reply:Typical of the "green crowd" you have left of a good bit of information. 174 countries have ratified Kyoto. 137, including China (2nd largest emissions) and India (4th largest emissions) have to do nothing more than monitor and report their levels of emissions. All Kyoto does is create a worldwide market for carbon credits, hence Al Gore's involvement, and force developed economies to foot the bill for the so-called un-developed economies. I'm glad Bush is sticking to his guns on this one.
Reply:It isn't just a Bush thing. Even before he took office, Clinton did not submit the treaty for ratification because Senate Republicans made it clear that it would not happen. And it's not just a Republican thing. Democrats haven't demonstrated much initiative either; they haven't even made it that high a priority.
The two main reasons offered by pols are: (1) it isn't fair for the U.S. to have to cut emissions while India and China are exempted from the treaty and (2) it would "seriously harm" the economy.
Conflicting economic analyses show that the latter point is debateable; as for the first, even if India and China signed on, the U.S. probably still would not ratify. First, the nations likely to suffer the most detrimental effects from global warming would be low-laying island nations -- not the U.S. Second, greenhouse gases result in large part from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, et al.) -- and we already know about the power wielded by energy industry lobbyists. Third, some legislators claim that global warming is not occuring, or that human activities do not contribute significantly enough to the problem to mandate any action.
I have always been a strong proponent of 'green' policies. Maybe the U.S. would take an economic hit at first but I think over time, the benefits (in terms of pollution, energy costs, and maybe even national security) would outweigh the costs.
Reply:From the different analyses of the Kyoto agreement that I've read, it seems to be as dubious as some of the "free trade" agreements we've entered or considered. Just as with some of the bills that get considered in congress, the stated goal isn't necessarily best met by the actual contents. I think there are sufficient reasons to doubt the effectiveness and appropriateness of the Kyoto agreement. That doesn't mean I don't think there should be actions taken -- just that I'm not convinced Kyoto is the smart way to do that.
Reply:Welcome to the Bush years.
Reply:The reason the US hasn't ratified Kyoto yet is that we elected a Republican president who values the US economy more than the environment. This is especially true since the Bush family and their friends made their fortune in the oil industry.
I'm keen to turn green. I'd love to see our dependence on oil replaced with bio-fuels. The advantage is that the carbon that is burned in bio-fuels is pulled out of the atmosphere by plants, instead of being extracted from underground where it hasn't been part of the carbon cycle for millions of years.
Reply:Of course India and China signed it. They were largely exempted from it's provisions.
Now, look at the nations that did sign and ratify it; Denmark (currently 35% above its target), Austria (34% above), Spain (22% above), Finland (21% above) and Italy (19% above), Canada (32% above) New Zealand (22% above), Japan (20% above).
And then there's the craziness that no one has demonstrated that CO2 is actually a problem or that reducing it will have any significant effect. The most "powerful" (assuming the measures that have been accepted for this are even remtely reflective of reality) greehnouse gas is water vapor. No one's talking about reducing that.
Question for environmentalists?
This has been on my mind for some time now. China, India, North Korea, and all these other 3rd world countries in Africa and Asia are so filthy, so wasteful, and release SO MANY CARBOn emissions, but you never hear any environmentalists complain about them. Why not??
All you hear about is America. But the fact is, compared to most of the world, America is as pristine as a bar of soap compared to many of these places. We recycle, preserve many natural resources, consistently and constantly find ways to reduce energy spending, have innovations that are "green" or environment friendly, and we ourselves generally do our part to keep things nice.
Hell, China can't even make toys without loading volatile toxins in them. So where are your objections about the other countries that are so wasteful and immensly releasing about 50times the carbon emissions that we do????
Question for environmentalists?
You raise a worthwhile point.
Something you may not know is that the rules of the World Trade Organization treaty (which replaced the GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) don't allow countries to add restrictions or taxes on goods from other nations based on their environmental, labor or other practices. This makes a certain amount of sense (imagine trying to make even a cell phone to meet a patchwork of contradictory requirements!), but when China emits (by one estimate) 3.4 times as much carbon per unit of GDP than the US does, it's time to reconsider.
Reply:If you're talking greenhouse gas (specifically carbon) emissions, your facts are incorrect. China and the USA are essentially tied for the most total CO2 emissions. On a per capita basis, the US is by far the worst CO2 polluter of any major country. There are a few worse ones - mostly Middle East countries and US territories. These numbers are a bit old (2003), but give you a good idea what I'm talking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou...
If you want to talk about other types of pollution, then China is worse than the USA. However, other types of pollution can have large particulates which block sunlight and cause global dimming which offsets a little bit of global warming. Bad for health, but good for slowing climate change.
As for the USA being green due to our innovations, what about our cars? We drive a bunch of gas guzzling SUVs around, while in other countries they drive little tiny fuel efficient cars. Hybrids are great, but only 1% of new car sales in the US are hybrids.
Sorry, but your perceptions of the US and other countries are simply inaccurate.
Reply:Interesting, isn't it? Do you realize that the reason President Bush refused to sign the Kyoto Accord (to limit CO2 emissions) was because China was exempt from it?
Reply:You must also consider capability. We get the majority of our taxes in the U.S. from rich people, while many poor people pay no taxes. Its not treating them equally because the poor have no money. China and North Korea have trouble feeding their people, providing energy etc. Making them follow the same rules as the developed countries is impossible for them. So should we not fight global warming because they can't?
Reply:You know we are the only country that matters. :)
Why do tree-huggers like myself focus on our country? Because it all starts at home. We have the technological and monetary ability to make our air, water and soil cleaner and safer.
Reply:You make valid points here, but I can make my preferences felt here, in my own country, through how my dollars are spent, how I vote, how I recycle and so on.
How do you propose that we force these other countries to go green, when many of them cannot ensure their own people their basic rights?
Reply:A lot of Americans, especially those in Hollywood have told about wrongs committed against the environment in other countries. I think that individual Americans should focus on their own habits. About the toxic toys, Americans buy them, and that is wasteful, along with the junky toys in Kids Meals.
Reply:All you hear about is America because it's the only country that matters. All the people that talk about China are being censored. No one talks about India because they are too busy talking in outsourced call centers. Anyone that talks about North Korea are executed.
Reply:"However, other types of pollution can have large particulates which block sunlight and cause global dimming which offsets a little bit of global warming."
Does this guy really believe this crap...or does he just post this stuff to a rise out of people like me. I can't believe that anybody would post such nonsense and actually believe it.
Reply:Having spent a considerable time in very poor places like Indonesia where they do not have a rubbish collection recycling is done at a local level not out of concern for the planet but because rubbish has value.These are countries with no social support for the very poor. Plastics and other man made materials have replaced local bio degrable packaging materials such as banana leaves and plastic waste can be found all over or be seen being burnt. The majority of the people i met had little education and could not understand why it was bad to burn plastic. Plastics etc have risen in 3rd world countries as developed countries send products over as they are cheaper for us never mind the impact it has on the local population. 200 years ago in the UK in our industrial revolution the uk polluted rivers, exploited people and generally acted in many of the ways in which these developing countries act. When they argue that they are being pressuirzed into developing in a more sustainable way which is more costly i can see their point. Many of these " bad" countries arent worried about the environment only about feeding themselves and their families, environmental concern is a pergotive of only the rich!!
Reply:If we never hear about 3rd world polution, then how is it that you can quote it and everyone immediately believes you?
The reason is that 3rd world pollution is well documented, and of great concern to environmentalists.
Bush didn't sign the Kyoto agreement for good reason, but that reason wasn't China. The Kyoto agreement would put a heavier burden on the U.S. than other countries because we are the highest per capita.
Instead of rewarding improvement, the Kyoto agreement punished those of us that are advanced enough to drive cars and use air conditioning.
I'm for change, but not Kyoto, it was blatantly unfair the the U.S.
Gumps
All you hear about is America. But the fact is, compared to most of the world, America is as pristine as a bar of soap compared to many of these places. We recycle, preserve many natural resources, consistently and constantly find ways to reduce energy spending, have innovations that are "green" or environment friendly, and we ourselves generally do our part to keep things nice.
Hell, China can't even make toys without loading volatile toxins in them. So where are your objections about the other countries that are so wasteful and immensly releasing about 50times the carbon emissions that we do????
Question for environmentalists?
You raise a worthwhile point.
Something you may not know is that the rules of the World Trade Organization treaty (which replaced the GATT, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) don't allow countries to add restrictions or taxes on goods from other nations based on their environmental, labor or other practices. This makes a certain amount of sense (imagine trying to make even a cell phone to meet a patchwork of contradictory requirements!), but when China emits (by one estimate) 3.4 times as much carbon per unit of GDP than the US does, it's time to reconsider.
Reply:If you're talking greenhouse gas (specifically carbon) emissions, your facts are incorrect. China and the USA are essentially tied for the most total CO2 emissions. On a per capita basis, the US is by far the worst CO2 polluter of any major country. There are a few worse ones - mostly Middle East countries and US territories. These numbers are a bit old (2003), but give you a good idea what I'm talking about:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou...
If you want to talk about other types of pollution, then China is worse than the USA. However, other types of pollution can have large particulates which block sunlight and cause global dimming which offsets a little bit of global warming. Bad for health, but good for slowing climate change.
As for the USA being green due to our innovations, what about our cars? We drive a bunch of gas guzzling SUVs around, while in other countries they drive little tiny fuel efficient cars. Hybrids are great, but only 1% of new car sales in the US are hybrids.
Sorry, but your perceptions of the US and other countries are simply inaccurate.
Reply:Interesting, isn't it? Do you realize that the reason President Bush refused to sign the Kyoto Accord (to limit CO2 emissions) was because China was exempt from it?
Reply:You must also consider capability. We get the majority of our taxes in the U.S. from rich people, while many poor people pay no taxes. Its not treating them equally because the poor have no money. China and North Korea have trouble feeding their people, providing energy etc. Making them follow the same rules as the developed countries is impossible for them. So should we not fight global warming because they can't?
Reply:You know we are the only country that matters. :)
Why do tree-huggers like myself focus on our country? Because it all starts at home. We have the technological and monetary ability to make our air, water and soil cleaner and safer.
Reply:You make valid points here, but I can make my preferences felt here, in my own country, through how my dollars are spent, how I vote, how I recycle and so on.
How do you propose that we force these other countries to go green, when many of them cannot ensure their own people their basic rights?
Reply:A lot of Americans, especially those in Hollywood have told about wrongs committed against the environment in other countries. I think that individual Americans should focus on their own habits. About the toxic toys, Americans buy them, and that is wasteful, along with the junky toys in Kids Meals.
Reply:All you hear about is America because it's the only country that matters. All the people that talk about China are being censored. No one talks about India because they are too busy talking in outsourced call centers. Anyone that talks about North Korea are executed.
Reply:"However, other types of pollution can have large particulates which block sunlight and cause global dimming which offsets a little bit of global warming."
Does this guy really believe this crap...or does he just post this stuff to a rise out of people like me. I can't believe that anybody would post such nonsense and actually believe it.
Reply:Having spent a considerable time in very poor places like Indonesia where they do not have a rubbish collection recycling is done at a local level not out of concern for the planet but because rubbish has value.These are countries with no social support for the very poor. Plastics and other man made materials have replaced local bio degrable packaging materials such as banana leaves and plastic waste can be found all over or be seen being burnt. The majority of the people i met had little education and could not understand why it was bad to burn plastic. Plastics etc have risen in 3rd world countries as developed countries send products over as they are cheaper for us never mind the impact it has on the local population. 200 years ago in the UK in our industrial revolution the uk polluted rivers, exploited people and generally acted in many of the ways in which these developing countries act. When they argue that they are being pressuirzed into developing in a more sustainable way which is more costly i can see their point. Many of these " bad" countries arent worried about the environment only about feeding themselves and their families, environmental concern is a pergotive of only the rich!!
Reply:If we never hear about 3rd world polution, then how is it that you can quote it and everyone immediately believes you?
The reason is that 3rd world pollution is well documented, and of great concern to environmentalists.
Bush didn't sign the Kyoto agreement for good reason, but that reason wasn't China. The Kyoto agreement would put a heavier burden on the U.S. than other countries because we are the highest per capita.
Instead of rewarding improvement, the Kyoto agreement punished those of us that are advanced enough to drive cars and use air conditioning.
I'm for change, but not Kyoto, it was blatantly unfair the the U.S.
Gumps
Does oolong tea realy help you loose weight? If so where can I buy it in the UK?
Hi.
I have just been told that oolong tea is 250% more effective for loosing weight than green tea and nettle tea. I have been drinking nettle tea over 6 months now and have definately seen the benefits since I have lost half a stone without changing my diet or exercising more. If it's true that oolong tea is 250% more effective then I'd love to know where I can buy it from in the UK? I have read that if it comes from or has anything to do with China to stay well away as it could do you more harm than good due to the chemical filled soil that they grow it in over there.
Does anyone know where I can buy this tea not grown in China? If so can you buy it from any health food shops over the counter or do you have to get it online? I'd prefer it if I could buy it in a shop or supermarket then I know exactly what I'm getting, I'm a bit funny about buying things like this online.
Thanks to anyone who can help me with this xxx
Does oolong tea realy help you loose weight? If so where can I buy it in the UK?
i have bought it off ebay and omg i would never try it or advise anyone else to lets just say only reason you might lose some weight is for the fact that you cant get off the toilet ! i stopped using it but if you really want to try it then ebay sell it from the uk good luck if you decide to try it
I have just been told that oolong tea is 250% more effective for loosing weight than green tea and nettle tea. I have been drinking nettle tea over 6 months now and have definately seen the benefits since I have lost half a stone without changing my diet or exercising more. If it's true that oolong tea is 250% more effective then I'd love to know where I can buy it from in the UK? I have read that if it comes from or has anything to do with China to stay well away as it could do you more harm than good due to the chemical filled soil that they grow it in over there.
Does anyone know where I can buy this tea not grown in China? If so can you buy it from any health food shops over the counter or do you have to get it online? I'd prefer it if I could buy it in a shop or supermarket then I know exactly what I'm getting, I'm a bit funny about buying things like this online.
Thanks to anyone who can help me with this xxx
Does oolong tea realy help you loose weight? If so where can I buy it in the UK?
i have bought it off ebay and omg i would never try it or advise anyone else to lets just say only reason you might lose some weight is for the fact that you cant get off the toilet ! i stopped using it but if you really want to try it then ebay sell it from the uk good luck if you decide to try it
I need opinions on decorating my kitchen. What is the best color or metal for my cabinet hardware?
I have white cabinets and black counter tops. The floors are dark hardwood and the walls are painted a medium shade of sage green with white trim. All appliances are white so are my table and china hutch. What is the best color or metal for my cabinet hardware?
I need opinions on decorating my kitchen. What is the best color or metal for my cabinet hardware?
I would go with black iron hardware this is a nice way to tie your countertops in with the rest of the kitchen.
Reply:Pewter
Reply:Buffed Metal.
Or Stainless Steal (you cant go wrong with it)
Reply:I would get sage green or green glass or plastic knobs(that look like glass) or a silver shade of metal. No brass or gold tone.
**I also like sizzlin's answer.
Reply:If you can find the exact colour green on your walls, I would go with them. If not then how about black iron. If you really want to be creative get the black iron then add some green to them as an accent. You can se the same paint you did on the walls, with a small detail brush. When it dries use spray polyurethane over it to protect it. You would have a totally unique accent.
Reply:chrome silver thats what our kitchen is. Your kitchen sounds really nice ours is white cabinets and light beige counters the hardware is chrome silver and our kitchen is a yellowish color we are doing grapes and wines like an olive garden theme
Reply:Why don't you go with a dark red Burgundy color for the counter tops, maybe something granite ad then go with a nice lighter wood to bring out the earth tones for the cabinets? Keep the knobs white though.
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I need opinions on decorating my kitchen. What is the best color or metal for my cabinet hardware?
I would go with black iron hardware this is a nice way to tie your countertops in with the rest of the kitchen.
Reply:Pewter
Reply:Buffed Metal.
Or Stainless Steal (you cant go wrong with it)
Reply:I would get sage green or green glass or plastic knobs(that look like glass) or a silver shade of metal. No brass or gold tone.
**I also like sizzlin's answer.
Reply:If you can find the exact colour green on your walls, I would go with them. If not then how about black iron. If you really want to be creative get the black iron then add some green to them as an accent. You can se the same paint you did on the walls, with a small detail brush. When it dries use spray polyurethane over it to protect it. You would have a totally unique accent.
Reply:chrome silver thats what our kitchen is. Your kitchen sounds really nice ours is white cabinets and light beige counters the hardware is chrome silver and our kitchen is a yellowish color we are doing grapes and wines like an olive garden theme
Reply:Why don't you go with a dark red Burgundy color for the counter tops, maybe something granite ad then go with a nice lighter wood to bring out the earth tones for the cabinets? Keep the knobs white though.
kids clogs
What is this Super Nintendo called?
I had a Super Nintendo game while I was living in Germany as a child and I thought it was the greatest game that I've ever played. but I don't remember what it is called and nobody here in the US seems to know what I'm talking about. It was an PRG, kind of like Zelda, but it focused on action a lot. The hero had a green sword throughout the game. He went to mny different world regions like China and South america. in the beging when weciding where to go the map could be zoomed into closer (which I though was really great on the SNES). Before the beginning title came up, the whole planet was pictured and the word "TIME" apeared. There are not too more game specific details that I can say or remember. Whoever can provide me with more information will receive 2 Yahoo! Answers points. Huh? How about it? Thank you very much.
What is this Super Nintendo called?
You really got me on this! The only thing I can think of is Chrono Trigger, Mega Man X3 and Act Raiser. Perhaps after more pondering I can think of other games. Hope this helps!
Reply:I finally figured it out. It was Illusion of Gaia. Man am I psyched! I'm gonna download me a rom and just play it constatntly. But thanks for your help anyway. Report It
Reply:i think this is the game
it sounds similar and the inro you talked
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_of_M...
if not you might can sort throug this list of games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SNE...
Reply:It could be Xenosaga Episode 2 or Ys (perhaps Ark of Napishtim) too.
The hero in Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana does not have a green sword, but Zero (from Mega Man) definately did. While each of these games let you choose different continents to visit, none of them were named, or had the same name as they do in the real world (wasn't called "China").
That means that unless you remember those names being mentioned specifically, those aren't the correct games.
I'll be thinking about it.
What is this Super Nintendo called?
You really got me on this! The only thing I can think of is Chrono Trigger, Mega Man X3 and Act Raiser. Perhaps after more pondering I can think of other games. Hope this helps!
Reply:I finally figured it out. It was Illusion of Gaia. Man am I psyched! I'm gonna download me a rom and just play it constatntly. But thanks for your help anyway. Report It
Reply:i think this is the game
it sounds similar and the inro you talked
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_of_M...
if not you might can sort throug this list of games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SNE...
Reply:It could be Xenosaga Episode 2 or Ys (perhaps Ark of Napishtim) too.
The hero in Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana does not have a green sword, but Zero (from Mega Man) definately did. While each of these games let you choose different continents to visit, none of them were named, or had the same name as they do in the real world (wasn't called "China").
That means that unless you remember those names being mentioned specifically, those aren't the correct games.
I'll be thinking about it.
What will be USA reaction?
EU will reduce emissions of GHG 30% if other countries do as well, 20% if others dont
The president of the EU comission will meet US president next week, now, will USA join kyoto protocol and fullfil its target?
i dont critizice, it is just a question, i just want to know opinions.
but please, dont use that China and India dont reduce emissions, we all know that they cannt due to starvation and poverty, their target is green surface not GHG reduction.We all would like that USA would pollute "only" 9% (as China does) and not 25% as it does now, with 6 times more inhabitants.
What will be USA reaction?
I don't see this administration doing anything favorable about the environment. They're in denial.
Reply:Wait until 2009.
Reply:Ok. You are talking about a president that still cannot grasp the fact that after his party lost control of the legislature because of Americans wanting to get out of Iraq, that he goes and announces plans to increase troop levels over 20,000.
Do you think that he is going to see the light after scientists have proven that polar bears are threatened due to loss of habitat caused by global warming?
To answer your question.
NO!
Reply:GHG or globale warming is not a problem if we irrigate the world
http://www.dailymotion.com/jeandb/1
Reply:As long as you want to buy our goods,we'll prosper.When we prosper, we spend money.money is what causes polution
Reply:While I admire your dedication to what you obviously believe to be a worth while cause, I wonder if you have given the 'facts' any serious consideration?
I'm not American so your question wasn't really addressed to me, however my reply would be the same regardless of my nationality.
How many years has it been since the earths temperature has been monitored? a couple of hundred?
We do know that temperatures have been fluctuating for millions of years, long long before any 'ozone layer' was discovered, and as far as I know the Flintstones only had peddle power, and no aircraft (I've seen the movie)!
When the British govt' put extra taxes on our fuel to 'help out' with this drive to stop pollution , where does this cash all go?
If I need a car to get to work, should I give up work? If we all did that we would be joining India and China, I suppose we could replace the work lost by employing rickshaw drivers? That would serve a two fold purpose, cut down this 'ozone thingy' and keep people in work! Whats the rickshaw driers pay like? What would it cost from London to New York?
Sorry about this sad attempt to 'burst your bubble' but I really do not believe a word of this ozone thing, it's all a massive con, but there s money to be made out of it, I am willing to drastically change my viewpoint if the money is right!
Think about our great grand children's future etc etc.
Reply:USA will not ratify Kyoto.
And Europe will not succeed in reducing GHG by 20%. In fact I would be surprised if they even succeeded in preventing an increase.
Reply:Hello =)
At this time, with this President........
No, we will not join Kyoto......
I don't think that the Bush administration has put enough thought into the matter to even know if such a reduction is even feasible at this point in time, realistically.
The sad thing is, is that even Kyoto is not enough. Kyoto will get us there too slowly. We need a much more aggressive plan, but, as many have said, it's better than nothing. Unfortunately, what the US is doing is nothing. Our public opinion is starting to change, however, and Global Warming is now the #1 environmental concern of most Americans. This means that eventually, something will be done.
As Churchill once said:
America always does the right thing, after they have exhausted all other possible alternatives.
Namaste,
--Tom
The president of the EU comission will meet US president next week, now, will USA join kyoto protocol and fullfil its target?
i dont critizice, it is just a question, i just want to know opinions.
but please, dont use that China and India dont reduce emissions, we all know that they cannt due to starvation and poverty, their target is green surface not GHG reduction.We all would like that USA would pollute "only" 9% (as China does) and not 25% as it does now, with 6 times more inhabitants.
What will be USA reaction?
I don't see this administration doing anything favorable about the environment. They're in denial.
Reply:Wait until 2009.
Reply:Ok. You are talking about a president that still cannot grasp the fact that after his party lost control of the legislature because of Americans wanting to get out of Iraq, that he goes and announces plans to increase troop levels over 20,000.
Do you think that he is going to see the light after scientists have proven that polar bears are threatened due to loss of habitat caused by global warming?
To answer your question.
NO!
Reply:GHG or globale warming is not a problem if we irrigate the world
http://www.dailymotion.com/jeandb/1
Reply:As long as you want to buy our goods,we'll prosper.When we prosper, we spend money.money is what causes polution
Reply:While I admire your dedication to what you obviously believe to be a worth while cause, I wonder if you have given the 'facts' any serious consideration?
I'm not American so your question wasn't really addressed to me, however my reply would be the same regardless of my nationality.
How many years has it been since the earths temperature has been monitored? a couple of hundred?
We do know that temperatures have been fluctuating for millions of years, long long before any 'ozone layer' was discovered, and as far as I know the Flintstones only had peddle power, and no aircraft (I've seen the movie)!
When the British govt' put extra taxes on our fuel to 'help out' with this drive to stop pollution , where does this cash all go?
If I need a car to get to work, should I give up work? If we all did that we would be joining India and China, I suppose we could replace the work lost by employing rickshaw drivers? That would serve a two fold purpose, cut down this 'ozone thingy' and keep people in work! Whats the rickshaw driers pay like? What would it cost from London to New York?
Sorry about this sad attempt to 'burst your bubble' but I really do not believe a word of this ozone thing, it's all a massive con, but there s money to be made out of it, I am willing to drastically change my viewpoint if the money is right!
Think about our great grand children's future etc etc.
Reply:USA will not ratify Kyoto.
And Europe will not succeed in reducing GHG by 20%. In fact I would be surprised if they even succeeded in preventing an increase.
Reply:Hello =)
At this time, with this President........
No, we will not join Kyoto......
I don't think that the Bush administration has put enough thought into the matter to even know if such a reduction is even feasible at this point in time, realistically.
The sad thing is, is that even Kyoto is not enough. Kyoto will get us there too slowly. We need a much more aggressive plan, but, as many have said, it's better than nothing. Unfortunately, what the US is doing is nothing. Our public opinion is starting to change, however, and Global Warming is now the #1 environmental concern of most Americans. This means that eventually, something will be done.
As Churchill once said:
America always does the right thing, after they have exhausted all other possible alternatives.
Namaste,
--Tom
Any countries willing to give citizenship to people who were wronged by their own country?
I am very intelligent - 4 college degrees. However socially I am a misfit. :(
(Unbeknownst to me I married a criminal Mexican and found proof that she married me only for green card and to steal my money, I found the proof of this but American Law "Statute of Limitations" prevented me from using this evidence. I refused to give her everything when she divorced me and asked for more than half (and they agreed) so I left for China to live in a more FAIR country with my money. Now I somehow lost my passport. Now I am in big trouble. I am trying to become citizen of China).
Unfortunately I can't become a citizen of China without an American Passport. I can't go to Embassy to get another passport for fear of being arrested and sent to America. Are there countries (not Iraq, and other countries like that) that are sympathetic to people who are victimized by wrong laws in their country %26amp; give them citizenship? Unfortunately some laws in Usa make it easy for criminals and hurt us
Any countries willing to give citizenship to people who were wronged by their own country?
United Arab Emirates, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, Germany, U.K. (but through Scottland).
Reply:Try the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, if that fails you've always got Cuba :-)
By the way four degrees and a Mexican ***** outsmarts you, you should go and claim a refund from those colleges obviously you didn't benefit much did you ?
Reply:Why do I find your story a little hard to believe?
Reply:Argentina, is your safe haven, get there . Your story about the illegal mexican, I know it true. They use American citizens just like this daily. No telling how many times she has been married to more Americans, and never even got a divorce.
Good Luck
Reply:You have one BIG problem, with out a passport your not going anywhere unless you have your own boat.
Reply:Good luck. Sounds similar to here or anywhere. Not one country is that much different from the others on this.
(Unbeknownst to me I married a criminal Mexican and found proof that she married me only for green card and to steal my money, I found the proof of this but American Law "Statute of Limitations" prevented me from using this evidence. I refused to give her everything when she divorced me and asked for more than half (and they agreed) so I left for China to live in a more FAIR country with my money. Now I somehow lost my passport. Now I am in big trouble. I am trying to become citizen of China).
Unfortunately I can't become a citizen of China without an American Passport. I can't go to Embassy to get another passport for fear of being arrested and sent to America. Are there countries (not Iraq, and other countries like that) that are sympathetic to people who are victimized by wrong laws in their country %26amp; give them citizenship? Unfortunately some laws in Usa make it easy for criminals and hurt us
Any countries willing to give citizenship to people who were wronged by their own country?
United Arab Emirates, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Canada, Germany, U.K. (but through Scottland).
Reply:Try the Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, if that fails you've always got Cuba :-)
By the way four degrees and a Mexican ***** outsmarts you, you should go and claim a refund from those colleges obviously you didn't benefit much did you ?
Reply:Why do I find your story a little hard to believe?
Reply:Argentina, is your safe haven, get there . Your story about the illegal mexican, I know it true. They use American citizens just like this daily. No telling how many times she has been married to more Americans, and never even got a divorce.
Good Luck
Reply:You have one BIG problem, with out a passport your not going anywhere unless you have your own boat.
Reply:Good luck. Sounds similar to here or anywhere. Not one country is that much different from the others on this.
Not a fan!!!! but what does Leonardo DiCaprio think of these poem ?
INVITATION OF HOPE
The Angels of offspring
that brought warmth to my heart
outside the green circle,the circle of life
the inconvenient truth a tale to be told
the worriers of the green planet
who's watching endanger wow's
on these day unlock the door
from US to China a vision of hope
for india's Spiritual Soul and Japan
the dragon beholds Spain Carries the
Symbol of Canadas Pride and Respect
a Unity of foregin Countries endager species
is what we face
30 editions a tale of great minds
will triple the excistance of who ever
comes behind
23 world leaders building blocks of HOPE
the Green issue to remember
why we live close to kind souls
don't flush a good intention
and leave the past behind join the
proven inspiration (hybridlife.com)
an invitation to survival is written with love
so stamp your good intetntion and take a look
of what beholds of OUTSIDE edition the anniversary
untold .
Not a fan!!!! but what does Leonardo DiCaprio think of these poem ?
why dont u find and ask him yourself
Reply:Why don't you ask him? Only he would know.
Reply:poems should rhyme
such as
i like to fart
that is an art
this poem doesn't rhyme at all
Reply:He thinks that you shouldn't quit your day job.
sandals church
The Angels of offspring
that brought warmth to my heart
outside the green circle,the circle of life
the inconvenient truth a tale to be told
the worriers of the green planet
who's watching endanger wow's
on these day unlock the door
from US to China a vision of hope
for india's Spiritual Soul and Japan
the dragon beholds Spain Carries the
Symbol of Canadas Pride and Respect
a Unity of foregin Countries endager species
is what we face
30 editions a tale of great minds
will triple the excistance of who ever
comes behind
23 world leaders building blocks of HOPE
the Green issue to remember
why we live close to kind souls
don't flush a good intention
and leave the past behind join the
proven inspiration (hybridlife.com)
an invitation to survival is written with love
so stamp your good intetntion and take a look
of what beholds of OUTSIDE edition the anniversary
untold .
Not a fan!!!! but what does Leonardo DiCaprio think of these poem ?
why dont u find and ask him yourself
Reply:Why don't you ask him? Only he would know.
Reply:poems should rhyme
such as
i like to fart
that is an art
this poem doesn't rhyme at all
Reply:He thinks that you shouldn't quit your day job.
sandals church
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These are not jokes, but last time I posted, everyone seemed to like them so here are more........
1
Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
2
40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
3
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
4
On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
5
Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
6
Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
7
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
8
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
9
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
10
Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
11
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
12
The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!
13
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
14
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
15
Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
16
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
17
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
18
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
19
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
20
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
21
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
22
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
23
The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
24
The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
25
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
26
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
27
Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".
28
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29
In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
30
A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
31
We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
32
Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines.
33
Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.
34
Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.
35
Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.
36
When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka.
37
There are more chickens than people in the world.
38
The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
39
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
40
The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.
41
The average person presses the snooze button on their alarm clock three Times each morning.
42
The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the Combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
43
The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung cancer.
44
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
45
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
46
Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our noses and ears Never stop growing.
47
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
48
A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a Few weeks.
49
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
50
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
51
When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.
52
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf.
53
A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to a Carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his reactions. After Weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with an axe Leaving her mentally retarded
54
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
55
Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking Countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang Yourself."
56
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
57
"Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.
58
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed People do.
59
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every Letter in the English language.
60
If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line Would never end because of the rate of reproduction
61
China has more English speakers than the United States.
62
Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
63
Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.
64
An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
65
Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our Bodies.
66
Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average Man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his Lifetime.
67
According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
68
The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitana... - a New Zealand hill.
69
If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at Approximately 4:30pm the previous day.
70
Scientists in Australia's Parkes Observatory thought they had positive Proof of alien life, when they began picking up radio-waves from space. However, after investigation, the radio emissions were traced to a Microwave in the building.
71
Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
72
More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a French kiss.
73
Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better.
74
Coca-Cola was originally green.
75
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
76
The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
77
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
78
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
79
Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!
80
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
81
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
82
People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
83
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
84
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
85
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
86
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
87
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
88
If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
89
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
90
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
91
Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? Ans. - Honey
92
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
93
A snail can sleep for three years.
94
All polar bears are left handed.
95
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
96
Butterflies taste with their feet.
97
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
98
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
99
On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
100
Jake has a tremendous crush on a lady on here
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wow...those are interesting!!!! i like the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...thats cute, i'm going to tell my kids about it. ...who do you have a crush on?????? you have to tell if you add it as a fact!!!!!
Reply:HI good one but very long Jake.
Reply:I love it. But #75 is disturbing.
Reply:Interesting!
#99 is truest about me!
With all that fur on my man's body - and he is left handed - I should have known he was a polar bear in man's clothing!!
Reply:wow that took a very long time to read lol... very interesting facts jake... especially 100 lol :)
Reply:Very nice. I liked this one. Not all of the continents end in the same letter they start with though. North America.. South America.. duh lol #72 grosses me out just a little bit. i'll def. rethink that one lol
Reply:so long but i read it!!! finally. two things:one, did marylone munroe really have six toes on one foot ? and two, the part where u say people will die of lack of sleep within 10 days is wrong i've stayed up a month once or twice (no bullshit) of course with some help from a lil somethin somethin that i'm not gonna tell ya coz i'll probaly end up in the cop shop and go to jail!!
Reply:Better reading than most books, Thanks Jake. Look out the Lady connected with 100.
Reply:Thanks for the list of facts. good things to know, and just who do you have this crush on. I am nosy LOL.
Reply:Very interesting! Number 81 is false though. I can lick my elbow.
Reply:This is cool dude
Reply:Some of these were very surprising! Especially the baby one which is #4! Thanks!
Reply:Very nice, but you can sneeze with your eyes open.
It's said to be very hard, the guys on MythBusters did it though!
Reply:you are definitely my favorite!!!! i absolutely love all of your entries and really appreciate learning fun facts such as these!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
keep em coming!!!!!!!!
MICHELLE
Reply:Haha I ♥ it!!!!!!! Once on Valentines day my stupid dog ate a whole box of chocolates... he was fine though.. go figure, maybe it didn’t hurt him cuz he is a fatty!! =)
i love my dog!!! Thanks for all the wonderful readings everyday!! you know who I have a crush on?? Grant from Jurassic park!! ohh baby he is a hottie!!! ♥ no lie ever since i was little... =P
Reply:That's great! And I do fear spiders more than death! And about #100, She'd better watch it, I'm pretty sure she has a fair amount of compitetion!! LOL!!
-Mel
Reply:Good Information !!! . I think I knew about 3 of those. LOL.
Thanks my friend. xx Sugar bug
Reply:those are all very cool cept 76 isnt true and what does 100 have to do with anything??
but anyways those were pretty cool so STAR!!
Reply:I love reading these. my mum cracked her rib from sneezing.
Got any more of these to post? star.
Reply:I've seen a pig look up as well as a right handed polar bear.
1
Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
2
40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
3
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
4
On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
5
Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
6
Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
7
Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
8
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
9
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
10
Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
11
Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
12
The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"!
13
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
14
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
15
Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
16
The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
17
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than the entire Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
18
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
19
Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
20
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
21
To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
22
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
23
The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp.
24
The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
25
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
26
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
27
Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt".
28
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29
In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off".
30
A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.
31
We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.
32
Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines.
33
Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.
34
Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.
35
Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans.
36
When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka.
37
There are more chickens than people in the world.
38
The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.
39
There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
40
The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.
41
The average person presses the snooze button on their alarm clock three Times each morning.
42
The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the Combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
43
The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung cancer.
44
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
45
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
46
Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our noses and ears Never stop growing.
47
You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
48
A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a Few weeks.
49
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
50
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
51
When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.
52
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf.
53
A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to a Carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his reactions. After Weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with an axe Leaving her mentally retarded
54
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
55
Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking Countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang Yourself."
56
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
57
"Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.
58
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed People do.
59
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every Letter in the English language.
60
If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line Would never end because of the rate of reproduction
61
China has more English speakers than the United States.
62
Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
63
Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.
64
An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
65
Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our Bodies.
66
Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average Man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his Lifetime.
67
According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
68
The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturi- Pukakpikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitana... - a New Zealand hill.
69
If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at Approximately 4:30pm the previous day.
70
Scientists in Australia's Parkes Observatory thought they had positive Proof of alien life, when they began picking up radio-waves from space. However, after investigation, the radio emissions were traced to a Microwave in the building.
71
Wearing headphones for an hour increases the bacteria in your ear 700 times.
72
More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a French kiss.
73
Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better.
74
Coca-Cola was originally green.
75
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
76
The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
77
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
78
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
79
Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!
80
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
81
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
82
People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
83
It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
84
The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
85
If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
86
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
87
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
88
If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
89
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
90
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
91
Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? Ans. - Honey
92
A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
93
A snail can sleep for three years.
94
All polar bears are left handed.
95
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
96
Butterflies taste with their feet.
97
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
98
In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
99
On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
100
Jake has a tremendous crush on a lady on here
Would you like more?
wow...those are interesting!!!! i like the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...thats cute, i'm going to tell my kids about it. ...who do you have a crush on?????? you have to tell if you add it as a fact!!!!!
Reply:HI good one but very long Jake.
Reply:I love it. But #75 is disturbing.
Reply:Interesting!
#99 is truest about me!
With all that fur on my man's body - and he is left handed - I should have known he was a polar bear in man's clothing!!
Reply:wow that took a very long time to read lol... very interesting facts jake... especially 100 lol :)
Reply:Very nice. I liked this one. Not all of the continents end in the same letter they start with though. North America.. South America.. duh lol #72 grosses me out just a little bit. i'll def. rethink that one lol
Reply:so long but i read it!!! finally. two things:one, did marylone munroe really have six toes on one foot ? and two, the part where u say people will die of lack of sleep within 10 days is wrong i've stayed up a month once or twice (no bullshit) of course with some help from a lil somethin somethin that i'm not gonna tell ya coz i'll probaly end up in the cop shop and go to jail!!
Reply:Better reading than most books, Thanks Jake. Look out the Lady connected with 100.
Reply:Thanks for the list of facts. good things to know, and just who do you have this crush on. I am nosy LOL.
Reply:Very interesting! Number 81 is false though. I can lick my elbow.
Reply:This is cool dude
Reply:Some of these were very surprising! Especially the baby one which is #4! Thanks!
Reply:Very nice, but you can sneeze with your eyes open.
It's said to be very hard, the guys on MythBusters did it though!
Reply:you are definitely my favorite!!!! i absolutely love all of your entries and really appreciate learning fun facts such as these!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
keep em coming!!!!!!!!
MICHELLE
Reply:Haha I ♥ it!!!!!!! Once on Valentines day my stupid dog ate a whole box of chocolates... he was fine though.. go figure, maybe it didn’t hurt him cuz he is a fatty!! =)
i love my dog!!! Thanks for all the wonderful readings everyday!! you know who I have a crush on?? Grant from Jurassic park!! ohh baby he is a hottie!!! ♥ no lie ever since i was little... =P
Reply:That's great! And I do fear spiders more than death! And about #100, She'd better watch it, I'm pretty sure she has a fair amount of compitetion!! LOL!!
-Mel
Reply:Good Information !!! . I think I knew about 3 of those. LOL.
Thanks my friend. xx Sugar bug
Reply:those are all very cool cept 76 isnt true and what does 100 have to do with anything??
but anyways those were pretty cool so STAR!!
Reply:I love reading these. my mum cracked her rib from sneezing.
Got any more of these to post? star.
Reply:I've seen a pig look up as well as a right handed polar bear.
Is there an easy way out of the “OIL” mess we've gotten ourselves into?
Is there an easy way out of the “OIL” mess we've gotten ourselves into?
Oil is nearly $100 a barrel. Gas may soon reach $4 a gallon. And Americans are being bitten in almost every way imaginable by this insidious oil hydra.
Two billion people in China and India are now eager consumers. They want the cars, gadgets, and lifestyle that Westerners have claimed as a birthright for a half-century. Their growing energy appetites mean that the international petroleum market may remain tight, even if Americans — who use almost twice as much oil per day as China and India put together — cut back on imported energy.
The Middle East is raking in billions each week. At best, our so-called friends in cash-laden Saudi Arabia subsidize fundamentalist mosques and hate-filled madrassas worldwide. At worst, our enemies in petrol-rich Iran are after the bomb, send weapons into Iraq to kill Americans and fund Hezbollah jihadists.
War in Iraq, rumors of fighting in the near-future in Iran and tension on the West Bank only panic markets raise oil prices and further enrich our grinning enemies.
The nearly half-trillion dollars we will soon pay for imported oil does a lot more than prop up Russia's Vladimir Putin, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The petrodollar drain also contributes to our trade deficits, falling dollar and a general demoralization of the American people.
Our oil habit not only makes us dependent on some creepy suppliers, but we look like fools as we work nonstop to hand over our earnings to those who are rich by an accident of sitting atop oil someone else found and developed.
There is talk in this country of a gradual transition to alternative fuels, solar power, wind machines, plug-in electric cars, and nuclear power. Supposedly Americans will soon be less dependent on imported oil — while helping to slow global warming — as we are weaned off our fossil-fuel addiction.
But let's talk about the present: If oil continues to climb, ultimately, it will change our very way of life. Hard-pressed families will shell out thousands more a year in direct transportation and heating and cooling costs, and more still as consumer prices inflate.
It may have always been unwise for commuters to buy large SUVs and V8 super cab trucks. Now, though, we may reach the point where these pricey huge vehicles will sputter to a halt. Indebted Americans will still shell out monthly payments to pay off their parked dinosaurs, only to drive them for emergency or ceremonial occasions.
Also expect rising popular anger at an asleep-at-the-wheel government that for the last 20 years should have been doing a lot more to mandate conservation, subsidize alternate fuels, encourage nuclear power and open up oil fields offshore and in Alaska.
Instead, doctrinaire free-market purists and radical environmentalists, hand in glove, for years have thwarted both conservation and exploration.
True, in a perfect world, the market would teach Detroit not to build gas-hungry big cars. Yet in the here and now, we are needlessly burning scarce fuel as too many 7,000-pound mammoths deliver single 180-pound drivers to work — while the auto industry continues on its path to irrelevance.
Meanwhile, green politicians may not want messy oilrigs off their coasts, or tankers up north among the ice and polar bears. But so far very few of them have sworn off jet travel, nice cars or ample homes.
Oil companies claim that they are only passing along escalating costs from overseas suppliers over which they have no control. But around a third of our oil is pumped here at home.
Think about it: The cost to extract oil from existing older wells is relatively fixed. For much of the 1990s and early 2000s, oil prices had been steady at between $20 and $30 a barrel (when adjusted for inflation) — and domestic oil companies did quite well. So now at near $100 a barrel, these corporations are raking additional profits of over $60 a barrel — potentially a domestic windfall of hundreds of billions of dollars each year.
Is there an easy way out of the mess we've gotten ourselves into?
Maybe a Silicon Valley genius inventor or entrepreneur will step forward with a breakthrough new energy source.
Maybe our government will start a crash project on the scale of the Manhattan Project to conserve and produce more fuels.
Maybe China and India will consider radical conservation measures.
Maybe countries like Iraq, Libya, and Russia will start reinvesting in their oil infrastructures and double production.
Maybe the Middle East will finally settle down and soothe jittery oil speculators.
Those are too many maybes to wait for while our way of life hangs in the balance. It is past time to demand from our presidential candidates, as well as the current government, exactly when and how they plan to slay this many-headed oil monster.
Is there an easy way out of the “OIL” mess we've gotten ourselves into?
Yeah, I read the op ed by that Victor Davis Hansen guy in the SF chronicle this morning (on the train as I commuted to work b/c gas is so expensive these days).
My answer is: No, there is no easy way out. Unfortunately, our global,national and even local economies runs on oil. We need to find a way to change our current automobile fleet into one that runs on something we can produce here, be that bio fuel, hydrogen, etc. That is way easier said than done though. Most experts agree there is no magic bullet, that is, there will have to be a comprehensive set of fuels which replace oil. Developing an infrastructure which sustains that for the transition between oil to this new set of fuels will be very challenging.
To the guy that said bio diesel, that is part of the solution maybe, but to switch the entire automobile/trucking fleet to a bio diesel standard would require too much crop acreage unless the internal combustion engine were made more thermodynamically efficient or replaced with something new.
Reply:Yes, it's called oil rehab. Throw the country down, force it to come up with something and come out stronger than ever.
Sometimes you have to bottom out before something happens. That's how addictions are kicked.
Reply:nope, we're doomed
Reply:YES, PUT BUSH AND CHENEY IN AN IRAQI PRISON
Reply:No there is no fast and easy way out now. Ethanol might help but it will not replace gasoline, the same thing with hybrid cars they will help but there will always be a need for large vehicles and we could and should start drilling in the U.S.A. but even that will take time. What we should do is stop blaming the President for the problem and waiting for the next administration to fix the problem because that's a year away and I don't think any thing will change then. We need to come to-gather, decide what we want to do and put pressure on our government officials to make it happen.
Reply:There is no easy way sadly, the only thing that we can do is keep trying to fight our way out of the hole that we have dug ourselves into. First off we need to organize, get together with the people who really care about what’s going on today and don’t waste too much time on the people who don’t. The problem is that there are too many people trying to be heroes by taking on this oil crisis by themselves: Michael Moore, Al Gore for example. What’s the sense in making a documentary if the only thing that is done is that we sit back, watch it, say “That’s F-ed-up,” and still do nothing about it? It’s a fact of nature that there’s safety in numbers; the founding fathers of our country were a small group of men that had to struggle to and fight for what we have today, and they have made a great difference (Federalist Papers). Second we need to educate ourselves we’ll never be able to go anywhere if we don’t understand the situation and be able to argue intelligently. I now that there are allot of people out there who think that their “smart enough already” but if you carry this errant philosophy around to long you will never be able to truly understand the meaning of true intelligence.
We are on a path of self destruction right now and if we don’t do something fast there will be no future for us or our children. So I ask everyone who may care enough to read this to set aside their hubris and lackadaisical nature so that we may be able save or future, if not for yourself, then for our children.
Feel free to E-mail me, vg_champ@hotmail.com
Reply:Yes.
Very easy
http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/fuelf...
Reply:I'm not even going to read all of that. The government should've forced car companies to reach standards a long time ago. If benchmarks were set decades ago, every car would probably get 50-100 miles/gal. by now. The last thing I want to see is a person driving a Ford F-350 complaining about gas prices. If you can afford the gas, then it's okay; but don't whine when the fact that your truck only gets 10 miles/gal. and gas is above $3. Why would someone with an office job need a work truck? When the U.S. expanded west, efficient public transportation systems weren't built. Most roads don't even have bike paths. I'm not riding a scooter because I'm afraid of the bad drivers in San Antonio and their huge vehicles. We can't just keep on depending on finding new oil deposits, we will always suck them dry and be left looking for more.
Reply:Drill in the US....
Reply:The US should be committed to a new venture like the Marshall Plan. We should be building a new nuclear power plant every month, and none have been permitted since the three mile island problem. (I know I won't win any friends with that answer) We should be more involved in bio-fuels also.
Instead we try to figure out how we can solve the oil problem. It can't be solved. The world is passed peak oil.. The emerging countries of China and India require more gasoline every day.
We need to change and do it now.
ed: It would take three years to get ANWR oil on line.
Reply:Well we could begin tapping some of the huge oil deposits left untouched on US soil,due to idiotic and unrealistic rules. Like in ANWR,or offshore. That would be a start.
YTP
Reply:Unfortunately, our Government IS the problem.
Our Government not only has vehicles that run on water alone but they also purchased the rights for a carburetor that provides over 200 miles per gallon.
Since alternatives are available and have been available for well over 30 years, one wonders why these methods aren't currently available to it's citizens.
The answer is fairly easy to come up with when you consider that all of our Presidents have had links to the oil industry in one way or another. To share the technology for an automobile that runs on water or to allow the purchase of a carburetor that will provide 200 + miles per gallon of gas would impact their finances.
Who says the President is dumb? Republican or Democrat, it doesn't matter. Both will refuse to share their wealth with the American people.
Reply:The idea is to buy everyone elses oil until its gone, and then use all our oil last so no one else can have any.
Oil is nearly $100 a barrel. Gas may soon reach $4 a gallon. And Americans are being bitten in almost every way imaginable by this insidious oil hydra.
Two billion people in China and India are now eager consumers. They want the cars, gadgets, and lifestyle that Westerners have claimed as a birthright for a half-century. Their growing energy appetites mean that the international petroleum market may remain tight, even if Americans — who use almost twice as much oil per day as China and India put together — cut back on imported energy.
The Middle East is raking in billions each week. At best, our so-called friends in cash-laden Saudi Arabia subsidize fundamentalist mosques and hate-filled madrassas worldwide. At worst, our enemies in petrol-rich Iran are after the bomb, send weapons into Iraq to kill Americans and fund Hezbollah jihadists.
War in Iraq, rumors of fighting in the near-future in Iran and tension on the West Bank only panic markets raise oil prices and further enrich our grinning enemies.
The nearly half-trillion dollars we will soon pay for imported oil does a lot more than prop up Russia's Vladimir Putin, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The petrodollar drain also contributes to our trade deficits, falling dollar and a general demoralization of the American people.
Our oil habit not only makes us dependent on some creepy suppliers, but we look like fools as we work nonstop to hand over our earnings to those who are rich by an accident of sitting atop oil someone else found and developed.
There is talk in this country of a gradual transition to alternative fuels, solar power, wind machines, plug-in electric cars, and nuclear power. Supposedly Americans will soon be less dependent on imported oil — while helping to slow global warming — as we are weaned off our fossil-fuel addiction.
But let's talk about the present: If oil continues to climb, ultimately, it will change our very way of life. Hard-pressed families will shell out thousands more a year in direct transportation and heating and cooling costs, and more still as consumer prices inflate.
It may have always been unwise for commuters to buy large SUVs and V8 super cab trucks. Now, though, we may reach the point where these pricey huge vehicles will sputter to a halt. Indebted Americans will still shell out monthly payments to pay off their parked dinosaurs, only to drive them for emergency or ceremonial occasions.
Also expect rising popular anger at an asleep-at-the-wheel government that for the last 20 years should have been doing a lot more to mandate conservation, subsidize alternate fuels, encourage nuclear power and open up oil fields offshore and in Alaska.
Instead, doctrinaire free-market purists and radical environmentalists, hand in glove, for years have thwarted both conservation and exploration.
True, in a perfect world, the market would teach Detroit not to build gas-hungry big cars. Yet in the here and now, we are needlessly burning scarce fuel as too many 7,000-pound mammoths deliver single 180-pound drivers to work — while the auto industry continues on its path to irrelevance.
Meanwhile, green politicians may not want messy oilrigs off their coasts, or tankers up north among the ice and polar bears. But so far very few of them have sworn off jet travel, nice cars or ample homes.
Oil companies claim that they are only passing along escalating costs from overseas suppliers over which they have no control. But around a third of our oil is pumped here at home.
Think about it: The cost to extract oil from existing older wells is relatively fixed. For much of the 1990s and early 2000s, oil prices had been steady at between $20 and $30 a barrel (when adjusted for inflation) — and domestic oil companies did quite well. So now at near $100 a barrel, these corporations are raking additional profits of over $60 a barrel — potentially a domestic windfall of hundreds of billions of dollars each year.
Is there an easy way out of the mess we've gotten ourselves into?
Maybe a Silicon Valley genius inventor or entrepreneur will step forward with a breakthrough new energy source.
Maybe our government will start a crash project on the scale of the Manhattan Project to conserve and produce more fuels.
Maybe China and India will consider radical conservation measures.
Maybe countries like Iraq, Libya, and Russia will start reinvesting in their oil infrastructures and double production.
Maybe the Middle East will finally settle down and soothe jittery oil speculators.
Those are too many maybes to wait for while our way of life hangs in the balance. It is past time to demand from our presidential candidates, as well as the current government, exactly when and how they plan to slay this many-headed oil monster.
Is there an easy way out of the “OIL” mess we've gotten ourselves into?
Yeah, I read the op ed by that Victor Davis Hansen guy in the SF chronicle this morning (on the train as I commuted to work b/c gas is so expensive these days).
My answer is: No, there is no easy way out. Unfortunately, our global,national and even local economies runs on oil. We need to find a way to change our current automobile fleet into one that runs on something we can produce here, be that bio fuel, hydrogen, etc. That is way easier said than done though. Most experts agree there is no magic bullet, that is, there will have to be a comprehensive set of fuels which replace oil. Developing an infrastructure which sustains that for the transition between oil to this new set of fuels will be very challenging.
To the guy that said bio diesel, that is part of the solution maybe, but to switch the entire automobile/trucking fleet to a bio diesel standard would require too much crop acreage unless the internal combustion engine were made more thermodynamically efficient or replaced with something new.
Reply:Yes, it's called oil rehab. Throw the country down, force it to come up with something and come out stronger than ever.
Sometimes you have to bottom out before something happens. That's how addictions are kicked.
Reply:nope, we're doomed
Reply:YES, PUT BUSH AND CHENEY IN AN IRAQI PRISON
Reply:No there is no fast and easy way out now. Ethanol might help but it will not replace gasoline, the same thing with hybrid cars they will help but there will always be a need for large vehicles and we could and should start drilling in the U.S.A. but even that will take time. What we should do is stop blaming the President for the problem and waiting for the next administration to fix the problem because that's a year away and I don't think any thing will change then. We need to come to-gather, decide what we want to do and put pressure on our government officials to make it happen.
Reply:There is no easy way sadly, the only thing that we can do is keep trying to fight our way out of the hole that we have dug ourselves into. First off we need to organize, get together with the people who really care about what’s going on today and don’t waste too much time on the people who don’t. The problem is that there are too many people trying to be heroes by taking on this oil crisis by themselves: Michael Moore, Al Gore for example. What’s the sense in making a documentary if the only thing that is done is that we sit back, watch it, say “That’s F-ed-up,” and still do nothing about it? It’s a fact of nature that there’s safety in numbers; the founding fathers of our country were a small group of men that had to struggle to and fight for what we have today, and they have made a great difference (Federalist Papers). Second we need to educate ourselves we’ll never be able to go anywhere if we don’t understand the situation and be able to argue intelligently. I now that there are allot of people out there who think that their “smart enough already” but if you carry this errant philosophy around to long you will never be able to truly understand the meaning of true intelligence.
We are on a path of self destruction right now and if we don’t do something fast there will be no future for us or our children. So I ask everyone who may care enough to read this to set aside their hubris and lackadaisical nature so that we may be able save or future, if not for yourself, then for our children.
Feel free to E-mail me, vg_champ@hotmail.com
Reply:Yes.
Very easy
http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/fuelf...
Reply:I'm not even going to read all of that. The government should've forced car companies to reach standards a long time ago. If benchmarks were set decades ago, every car would probably get 50-100 miles/gal. by now. The last thing I want to see is a person driving a Ford F-350 complaining about gas prices. If you can afford the gas, then it's okay; but don't whine when the fact that your truck only gets 10 miles/gal. and gas is above $3. Why would someone with an office job need a work truck? When the U.S. expanded west, efficient public transportation systems weren't built. Most roads don't even have bike paths. I'm not riding a scooter because I'm afraid of the bad drivers in San Antonio and their huge vehicles. We can't just keep on depending on finding new oil deposits, we will always suck them dry and be left looking for more.
Reply:Drill in the US....
Reply:The US should be committed to a new venture like the Marshall Plan. We should be building a new nuclear power plant every month, and none have been permitted since the three mile island problem. (I know I won't win any friends with that answer) We should be more involved in bio-fuels also.
Instead we try to figure out how we can solve the oil problem. It can't be solved. The world is passed peak oil.. The emerging countries of China and India require more gasoline every day.
We need to change and do it now.
ed: It would take three years to get ANWR oil on line.
Reply:Well we could begin tapping some of the huge oil deposits left untouched on US soil,due to idiotic and unrealistic rules. Like in ANWR,or offshore. That would be a start.
YTP
Reply:Unfortunately, our Government IS the problem.
Our Government not only has vehicles that run on water alone but they also purchased the rights for a carburetor that provides over 200 miles per gallon.
Since alternatives are available and have been available for well over 30 years, one wonders why these methods aren't currently available to it's citizens.
The answer is fairly easy to come up with when you consider that all of our Presidents have had links to the oil industry in one way or another. To share the technology for an automobile that runs on water or to allow the purchase of a carburetor that will provide 200 + miles per gallon of gas would impact their finances.
Who says the President is dumb? Republican or Democrat, it doesn't matter. Both will refuse to share their wealth with the American people.
Reply:The idea is to buy everyone elses oil until its gone, and then use all our oil last so no one else can have any.
Thinking of going to the Olympics in Beijing?
Be very careful. I am in Shanghai at the moment and today I was hit by a car on a pedestrian crossing while I had the green light. Two guys jumped out of the car and assaulted me. The Police caught the guys and then said that I should be more careful crossing the road and let the guys go. If you think you have right of way on a crossing (even one with lights) in China: think again. China could be a beautiful place but they really don't give a toss about anyone! Watch what you eat as well. There is a restaurant near my hotel with an open door to the kitchen, any morning you can see the cooks sitting on the floor with the days meat (on the floor) cutting it up for the customers. Hygeine is not a word commonly used in China.
Thinking of going to the Olympics in Beijing?
YES I AGREE ! It's time the world learned about the reality of life here. Hope you are ok.
Isn't it strange that the Chinese posters here ( you can tell which ones they are by their poor use of English ) will not accept ANY form of criticism?
So I have a few questions for them;-
If China is such a great country why do 70% of Chinese students, who go abroad to study, NEVER RETURN ?
How many foriegn people emmigrate permanantly to China?
Reply:She says that to make you feel better! Report It
Reply:If you hate China so much then why are you still living here?
If didn't force you to stay in China. If you dislike us that much then get yourself an airplane ticket and get out! Report It
Reply:Gee, I wonder how 1.3 billion people survived. Darwin anyone?
Reply:You are absolutely right about China and it's "wonderful" laws!! I have a friend who just got back from a tour of Shanghai and he was flabbergasted. He complained about the air pollution, bad traffic jam, spits everywhere, dishonest sales persons who tried to cheat foreigners, smelly toilets and child beggars.
This is what the foreigners will get to experience when they are there for the Olympics next year. How are you going to stop the Chinese from spitting? Hang a plastic bag on their neck? LOL.
Reply:Wow... May I say that I'm glad that you are safe and it is good to see you haven't been hurt phyically.
I do not walk much on road in Beijing, Guangzhou or Shanghai, I seldom cross the road because the traffic signals are confusing, even if I had to do so, most of the time I rush across with the crowd or my friends / local co-workmates and the signal is either red or green but no one cares and the traffic stopped or they slow down, at least, they don't "hit %26amp; run".
I'm in Beijing at this moment, I do not feel the same as you do. Please do not label me as Chinese who has never been to anywhere, I have been to more than 25 countries and more than 100 cities around Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. There are expats like you who live in China but hate China, there are also some of them who like China and want to stay here for the rest of their lives. Different people choose different ways of living.
Would you consider to terminate your work contact and go back to Australia if you hate China that much. I hope you would not be stressed out by all these "little" things daily.
Take care.
Reply:Tips taken! Although I am not going to Beijing next year for the Olympics, I will be coming over in less than a month. I have heard a lot of things about China. I already know the positive that's why I'm going there so now I am taking in all the negative for my safety's sake. Thank you!
Reply:I am not looking forward to Beijing Olympics for only one reason - air pollution. [And not because of your incident which is an isolated one if true.] The air is bad even for the average person let alone sports men/women who will not find the air beneficial for strenous physical activity. The Australian
contingent will leave for Beijing one day before the Games kick off - that's how bad the situation is and will be.
China is a fascinating and beautiful country; it's a shame that economic might once again supercedes ecological right.
Reply:For those foreigners..welcome to china..but if you hate it or can't accept some of the cultural differences then leave..we don't want you here...and to that guy who replied first...yeah..chinese people are pretty crap when it comes to english but then..come to think of it..you probably suck at chinese..
no one begged you guys to stay in china...leave and never retuen since you are so much superior
don't need any advices from people like you...boycott the olympics? go ahead but you ain't stopping me
Reply:Like they say back in the States: Love IT OR Leave IT! I happen to love it here. There is more love here than anywhere that I have ever been. The foreigners that ***** and moan were doing the same thing back home. It is really embarrassing when foreigners whine and think that their laws and ideas should be praised and practiced by all. The United States government (FDA) allows a certain percentage of rodent hair and insect parts in all processed foods that are made in the USA. When the corn contains too many worms we get products like creamed corn. When there are too many flies in the dairy cream we get chocolate chip ice cream.
Thinking of going to the Olympics in Beijing?
YES I AGREE ! It's time the world learned about the reality of life here. Hope you are ok.
Isn't it strange that the Chinese posters here ( you can tell which ones they are by their poor use of English ) will not accept ANY form of criticism?
So I have a few questions for them;-
If China is such a great country why do 70% of Chinese students, who go abroad to study, NEVER RETURN ?
How many foriegn people emmigrate permanantly to China?
Reply:She says that to make you feel better! Report It
Reply:If you hate China so much then why are you still living here?
If didn't force you to stay in China. If you dislike us that much then get yourself an airplane ticket and get out! Report It
Reply:Gee, I wonder how 1.3 billion people survived. Darwin anyone?
Reply:You are absolutely right about China and it's "wonderful" laws!! I have a friend who just got back from a tour of Shanghai and he was flabbergasted. He complained about the air pollution, bad traffic jam, spits everywhere, dishonest sales persons who tried to cheat foreigners, smelly toilets and child beggars.
This is what the foreigners will get to experience when they are there for the Olympics next year. How are you going to stop the Chinese from spitting? Hang a plastic bag on their neck? LOL.
Reply:Wow... May I say that I'm glad that you are safe and it is good to see you haven't been hurt phyically.
I do not walk much on road in Beijing, Guangzhou or Shanghai, I seldom cross the road because the traffic signals are confusing, even if I had to do so, most of the time I rush across with the crowd or my friends / local co-workmates and the signal is either red or green but no one cares and the traffic stopped or they slow down, at least, they don't "hit %26amp; run".
I'm in Beijing at this moment, I do not feel the same as you do. Please do not label me as Chinese who has never been to anywhere, I have been to more than 25 countries and more than 100 cities around Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. There are expats like you who live in China but hate China, there are also some of them who like China and want to stay here for the rest of their lives. Different people choose different ways of living.
Would you consider to terminate your work contact and go back to Australia if you hate China that much. I hope you would not be stressed out by all these "little" things daily.
Take care.
Reply:Tips taken! Although I am not going to Beijing next year for the Olympics, I will be coming over in less than a month. I have heard a lot of things about China. I already know the positive that's why I'm going there so now I am taking in all the negative for my safety's sake. Thank you!
Reply:I am not looking forward to Beijing Olympics for only one reason - air pollution. [And not because of your incident which is an isolated one if true.] The air is bad even for the average person let alone sports men/women who will not find the air beneficial for strenous physical activity. The Australian
contingent will leave for Beijing one day before the Games kick off - that's how bad the situation is and will be.
China is a fascinating and beautiful country; it's a shame that economic might once again supercedes ecological right.
Reply:For those foreigners..welcome to china..but if you hate it or can't accept some of the cultural differences then leave..we don't want you here...and to that guy who replied first...yeah..chinese people are pretty crap when it comes to english but then..come to think of it..you probably suck at chinese..
no one begged you guys to stay in china...leave and never retuen since you are so much superior
don't need any advices from people like you...boycott the olympics? go ahead but you ain't stopping me
Reply:Like they say back in the States: Love IT OR Leave IT! I happen to love it here. There is more love here than anywhere that I have ever been. The foreigners that ***** and moan were doing the same thing back home. It is really embarrassing when foreigners whine and think that their laws and ideas should be praised and practiced by all. The United States government (FDA) allows a certain percentage of rodent hair and insect parts in all processed foods that are made in the USA. When the corn contains too many worms we get products like creamed corn. When there are too many flies in the dairy cream we get chocolate chip ice cream.
Why Is Hillary blaming the Magnequench FUBAR on Bush?
It was her husband that OK the sale of the highly sensitive missile application technology to the Chinese and now she has the nerve to blame the current president. She must have got her dates mixed up as to when the Chinese were given the green light to buy the defense contractor company and take it back to China.
Why Is Hillary blaming the Magnequench FUBAR on Bush?
for the same reason she:
claimed to be against NAFTA, but lobbied for it hard. Hillary tries to go with the flow in what she thinks people want to hear, and she thinks voters are too dumb to research and find the truth. She will say or do anything to win, to the point of having her supporters set up a press conference with Rev Wright. (the lady who set up the press conference with him for united press corp was a Hillary supporter, but she claimed it was unbiased)
I don't trust her brand of politics, sounds like the same crap that they all do in Washington, tell you whatever you want to hear so you will vote for them.
Reply:If you are a Liberal (as many of the YA people are) Bush is the enemy.He is the cause of global warming,NAFTA,job loses,foreclosure problems,stock market drop,gas prices,our colder winter,the cracks in the pavement in front of your house,Abraham Lincolns assassination and anything else bad that has happened in the last 150 years.Funny how the democratic Senate and House gets a pass for all of the crap going on.They have been in there since 2006,what have they done? Are the Liberals so stupid (I know the answer to this question) to think a president has that much power?Take a look at Pelosi etc..Besides point out all of the problems with the economy,what have they done to make it better? Oh yeah I forgot,now we have to buy Fluorescent lights,problem solved.
Reply:I know China 'acquired' the ability to (MIRV) place multiple
warheads able to hit different targets during Clinton 1.
Thanks Billary!
...CHG...
Reply:Because the Libs blame everything on Bush. If Krakatoa erupted again they would probably blame Bush for that too.
Reply:Bush has always been wrong in all he did, and Clinton at least ran the country well.
Big picture thinking, dude, big picture thinking...
Reply:Notice the pattern THEY WILL SAY ANYTHING.
Reply:Bush did this, right before he created Katrina
Reply:The rest of the world is, it's nothing new that Hillary is
gina
Why Is Hillary blaming the Magnequench FUBAR on Bush?
for the same reason she:
claimed to be against NAFTA, but lobbied for it hard. Hillary tries to go with the flow in what she thinks people want to hear, and she thinks voters are too dumb to research and find the truth. She will say or do anything to win, to the point of having her supporters set up a press conference with Rev Wright. (the lady who set up the press conference with him for united press corp was a Hillary supporter, but she claimed it was unbiased)
I don't trust her brand of politics, sounds like the same crap that they all do in Washington, tell you whatever you want to hear so you will vote for them.
Reply:If you are a Liberal (as many of the YA people are) Bush is the enemy.He is the cause of global warming,NAFTA,job loses,foreclosure problems,stock market drop,gas prices,our colder winter,the cracks in the pavement in front of your house,Abraham Lincolns assassination and anything else bad that has happened in the last 150 years.Funny how the democratic Senate and House gets a pass for all of the crap going on.They have been in there since 2006,what have they done? Are the Liberals so stupid (I know the answer to this question) to think a president has that much power?Take a look at Pelosi etc..Besides point out all of the problems with the economy,what have they done to make it better? Oh yeah I forgot,now we have to buy Fluorescent lights,problem solved.
Reply:I know China 'acquired' the ability to (MIRV) place multiple
warheads able to hit different targets during Clinton 1.
Thanks Billary!
...CHG...
Reply:Because the Libs blame everything on Bush. If Krakatoa erupted again they would probably blame Bush for that too.
Reply:Bush has always been wrong in all he did, and Clinton at least ran the country well.
Big picture thinking, dude, big picture thinking...
Reply:Notice the pattern THEY WILL SAY ANYTHING.
Reply:Bush did this, right before he created Katrina
Reply:The rest of the world is, it's nothing new that Hillary is
gina
ONLY in this question, I will annoy you.?
-Two plus four is 89.
-There are 7 inches in a foot.
-Abe Lincoln was once shot by Robert E. Lee.
-A square has 5 sides.
-Computer monitors do not cause gamma or beta radiation. They are, however known for alpha omega radiation when the moon is full.
-The capital of China is Tokyo.
-When you mix red and blue, you get the color green.
-George W. Bush was really born in Paris, Texas.
-SARS stands for SUVS Are Really Serviceable.
Now that you've read this, are you annoyed? And can you annoy me? (As long as it's harmless as a disclaimer)
ONLY in this question, I will annoy you.?
rain falls down when USA decided to water the rest of the planet.
Reply:well now i know you're so stupit
Reply:Not annoyed. What annoys me is when people expect me to know the names of all 30 states in the USA. grrrr....just cause I live here
Reply:Not at all.
Reply:Well i'm confused. That may turn into annoyance later on.
Reply:awwwww axi, you could never annoy me. the only thing i can think of that might be annoying to you, is to make that gawd awful chewbaca sound my son-in-law does when he wants to annoy me, and i don't know how to do it. maybe you can come over friday night and i'll have him do it for you okay.
Reply:hahha you make me laugh!
Reply:Nope, I'm not really annoyed. I thought some of it was kinda funny.
You want me to annoy you? Ummm....
*poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke*
... are you annoyed yet?
-There are 7 inches in a foot.
-Abe Lincoln was once shot by Robert E. Lee.
-A square has 5 sides.
-Computer monitors do not cause gamma or beta radiation. They are, however known for alpha omega radiation when the moon is full.
-The capital of China is Tokyo.
-When you mix red and blue, you get the color green.
-George W. Bush was really born in Paris, Texas.
-SARS stands for SUVS Are Really Serviceable.
Now that you've read this, are you annoyed? And can you annoy me? (As long as it's harmless as a disclaimer)
ONLY in this question, I will annoy you.?
rain falls down when USA decided to water the rest of the planet.
Reply:well now i know you're so stupit
Reply:Not annoyed. What annoys me is when people expect me to know the names of all 30 states in the USA. grrrr....just cause I live here
Reply:Not at all.
Reply:Well i'm confused. That may turn into annoyance later on.
Reply:awwwww axi, you could never annoy me. the only thing i can think of that might be annoying to you, is to make that gawd awful chewbaca sound my son-in-law does when he wants to annoy me, and i don't know how to do it. maybe you can come over friday night and i'll have him do it for you okay.
Reply:hahha you make me laugh!
Reply:Nope, I'm not really annoyed. I thought some of it was kinda funny.
You want me to annoy you? Ummm....
*poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke**poke* *poke* *poke*
... are you annoyed yet?
Is this your dear sweet union supporting Hillary?
In 1986, when Hillary was first lady of Arkansas, she was put on the board of Wal-Mart. Officials at the time said she wasn't filling a vacancy. In May 1992, as Hubby's presidential campaign heated up, she resigned from the board of Wal-Mart. Company officials said at the time that they weren't going to fill her vacancy.
So what the hell was she doing on the Wal-Mart board? According to press accounts at the time, she was a show horse at the company's annual meetings when founder Sam Walton bused in cheering throngs to celebrate his non-union empire, which is headquartered in Arkansas, one of the country's poorest states. According to published reports, she was placed in charge of the company's "green" program to protect the environment.
But nobody got greener than Sam Walton and his family. For several years in the '80s, he was judged the richest man in America by Forbes magazine; his fortune zoomed into the billions until he split it up among relatives. It's no surprise that Hillary is a strong supporter of free trade with China. Wal-Mart, despite its "Buy American" advertising campaign, is the single largest U.S. importer, and half of its imports come from China.
Was Hillary the voice of conscience on the board for American and foreign workers? Contemporary accounts make no mention of that. They do describe her as a "corporate litigator" in those days, and they mention, speaking of environmental matters, that she also served on the board of Lafarge, a company that, according to a press account, once burned hazardous fuels to run its cement plants.
Wal-Mart, though, was the crown jewel of Arkansas, the state's First Company fit for a first lady. During her tenure on the board, she presumably helped preside over the most remarkable growth of any company until Bill Gates came along. The number of Wal-Mart employees grew during the '80s from 21,600 to 279,000, while sales soared from $1.2 billion to $25.8 billion.
And the Clintons depended on Wal-Mart's largesse not only for Hillary's regular payments as a board member but for travel expenses on Wal-Mart planes and for heavy campaign contributions to Bill's campaigns there and nationally. According to reports in the early '90s, before Bill and Hillary moved to D.C., neither was raking in the big bucks, but prominent in their income were her holdings of between $50,000 and $100,000 worth of Wal-Mart stock.
A press report on the Clintons' finances during the early stages of Bill's 1992 run for the presidency showed that most of their income came from her $109,719 annual salary from the Rose Law Firm and tens of thousands of dollars in fees she received from serving on corporate boards. (She was on two others besides Wal-Mart's.) Her honoraria and director fees grew almost as fast as Wal-Mart's profits during the '80s—rising from $111 in 1980 to $6500 in 1986 to $64,700 in 1991, according to the same source.
During the same period, small towns all over America began complaining that Wal-Mart was squeezing out ma-and-pa stores and leaving little burgs throughout the Midwest and South with downtowns that featured little more than empty storefronts.
But selected small companies were doing quite well, thanks to the Clintons' friendship with Wal-Mart. The Boston Globe reported in January 1992 that Bill Clinton had introduced a brush company's executives to Wal-Mart executives, hoping that the two could do bidness. Executives of the brush company had been rebuffed in previous attempts to sell their products to Wal-Mart. Lucky for the company, it happened to be located in New Hampshire, where Clinton was trying to win a presidential primary. At the time, Hillary Clinton was still on Wal-Mart's board, and the retail giant was still resisting the unionization of any of its workers.
Last week, Hillary was wearing a different hat. She stood in solidarity with the elderly Teamsters as Local 237 president Carl Haynes greeted her warmly, endorsed her, and then left early on what other union officials described as "AFL-CIO business."
But the AFL-CIO was thinking of other business only a few months earlier when the union's leaders, including its chief, John Sweeney, marched specifically against Wal-Mart's oppression of its meat-market workers. According to a Web site run by activists at the AFL-CIO affiliate United Food and Commercial Workers, Wal-Mart "has profited by pushing its workers to the bottom of the wage scale." The union points out that hourly wages "average $2 to $3 per hour less than at unionized supermarkets." More grave for workers everywhere in the United States are these figures spouted by union activists: Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the country, "yet fewer than 40 percent of its workers are covered by the company's health plan."
The union notes that Wal-Mart's "hometown" judge in Arkansas issued a nationwide temporary restraining order against the UFCW, barring anyone associated with the union from entering Wal-Mart facilities to educate workers about their legal rights in the workplace. The union, however, successfully appealed the order—noting that the judge holds more than $500,000 in Wal-Mart stock. The case remains in litigation.
Meanwhile, Wal-Mart's first lady, who also benefited from Wal-Mart stock, solicits support from union workers.
Which makes her words to the elderly Teamsters last week especially poignant: "You can count on me to stand up for the right to collectively bargain!"
Right on, sister!
Is this your dear sweet union supporting Hillary?
I'm certainly no fan of Organized Labor, but if I were them I would have to ask why in the Heck they are so slavishly supportive of the Democrat Party. It hasn't represented the "working man" for many long decades
Reply:I can't vote for a Wall-Mart Hoe, no wounder she never left Bill, That makes her a Nazi thanks for reminding me. There will be no universal health care with her in office. She is blowing smoke to keep wall-mart from paying a descent wage, I'll vote republican before I vote for that piece of spam, no wounder Bill was hoeing around
Reply:Wow! you really like to write boy!
Reply:Great post.
Reply:I think im the first answerer cos every1 else thinks this is too long - or they just don't care or both
Sorry but i dont know what you're on about
If you want an answer Its a conpiracy
So what the hell was she doing on the Wal-Mart board? According to press accounts at the time, she was a show horse at the company's annual meetings when founder Sam Walton bused in cheering throngs to celebrate his non-union empire, which is headquartered in Arkansas, one of the country's poorest states. According to published reports, she was placed in charge of the company's "green" program to protect the environment.
But nobody got greener than Sam Walton and his family. For several years in the '80s, he was judged the richest man in America by Forbes magazine; his fortune zoomed into the billions until he split it up among relatives. It's no surprise that Hillary is a strong supporter of free trade with China. Wal-Mart, despite its "Buy American" advertising campaign, is the single largest U.S. importer, and half of its imports come from China.
Was Hillary the voice of conscience on the board for American and foreign workers? Contemporary accounts make no mention of that. They do describe her as a "corporate litigator" in those days, and they mention, speaking of environmental matters, that she also served on the board of Lafarge, a company that, according to a press account, once burned hazardous fuels to run its cement plants.
Wal-Mart, though, was the crown jewel of Arkansas, the state's First Company fit for a first lady. During her tenure on the board, she presumably helped preside over the most remarkable growth of any company until Bill Gates came along. The number of Wal-Mart employees grew during the '80s from 21,600 to 279,000, while sales soared from $1.2 billion to $25.8 billion.
And the Clintons depended on Wal-Mart's largesse not only for Hillary's regular payments as a board member but for travel expenses on Wal-Mart planes and for heavy campaign contributions to Bill's campaigns there and nationally. According to reports in the early '90s, before Bill and Hillary moved to D.C., neither was raking in the big bucks, but prominent in their income were her holdings of between $50,000 and $100,000 worth of Wal-Mart stock.
A press report on the Clintons' finances during the early stages of Bill's 1992 run for the presidency showed that most of their income came from her $109,719 annual salary from the Rose Law Firm and tens of thousands of dollars in fees she received from serving on corporate boards. (She was on two others besides Wal-Mart's.) Her honoraria and director fees grew almost as fast as Wal-Mart's profits during the '80s—rising from $111 in 1980 to $6500 in 1986 to $64,700 in 1991, according to the same source.
During the same period, small towns all over America began complaining that Wal-Mart was squeezing out ma-and-pa stores and leaving little burgs throughout the Midwest and South with downtowns that featured little more than empty storefronts.
But selected small companies were doing quite well, thanks to the Clintons' friendship with Wal-Mart. The Boston Globe reported in January 1992 that Bill Clinton had introduced a brush company's executives to Wal-Mart executives, hoping that the two could do bidness. Executives of the brush company had been rebuffed in previous attempts to sell their products to Wal-Mart. Lucky for the company, it happened to be located in New Hampshire, where Clinton was trying to win a presidential primary. At the time, Hillary Clinton was still on Wal-Mart's board, and the retail giant was still resisting the unionization of any of its workers.
Last week, Hillary was wearing a different hat. She stood in solidarity with the elderly Teamsters as Local 237 president Carl Haynes greeted her warmly, endorsed her, and then left early on what other union officials described as "AFL-CIO business."
But the AFL-CIO was thinking of other business only a few months earlier when the union's leaders, including its chief, John Sweeney, marched specifically against Wal-Mart's oppression of its meat-market workers. According to a Web site run by activists at the AFL-CIO affiliate United Food and Commercial Workers, Wal-Mart "has profited by pushing its workers to the bottom of the wage scale." The union points out that hourly wages "average $2 to $3 per hour less than at unionized supermarkets." More grave for workers everywhere in the United States are these figures spouted by union activists: Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the country, "yet fewer than 40 percent of its workers are covered by the company's health plan."
The union notes that Wal-Mart's "hometown" judge in Arkansas issued a nationwide temporary restraining order against the UFCW, barring anyone associated with the union from entering Wal-Mart facilities to educate workers about their legal rights in the workplace. The union, however, successfully appealed the order—noting that the judge holds more than $500,000 in Wal-Mart stock. The case remains in litigation.
Meanwhile, Wal-Mart's first lady, who also benefited from Wal-Mart stock, solicits support from union workers.
Which makes her words to the elderly Teamsters last week especially poignant: "You can count on me to stand up for the right to collectively bargain!"
Right on, sister!
Is this your dear sweet union supporting Hillary?
I'm certainly no fan of Organized Labor, but if I were them I would have to ask why in the Heck they are so slavishly supportive of the Democrat Party. It hasn't represented the "working man" for many long decades
Reply:I can't vote for a Wall-Mart Hoe, no wounder she never left Bill, That makes her a Nazi thanks for reminding me. There will be no universal health care with her in office. She is blowing smoke to keep wall-mart from paying a descent wage, I'll vote republican before I vote for that piece of spam, no wounder Bill was hoeing around
Reply:Wow! you really like to write boy!
Reply:Great post.
Reply:I think im the first answerer cos every1 else thinks this is too long - or they just don't care or both
Sorry but i dont know what you're on about
If you want an answer Its a conpiracy
What does the earth tells as?
THE EARTH TELL BIG COUNTRY AND SMALL COUNTRY
THE ALL THE COUNTRY ARE VERY NICE EARTH LOOKS
LIKE MOTHER THERE ARE SO MUCH COUNTRY NAME OF COUNTRY CANADA,IRAN,IRAQ,NEPAL,INDIA,GREEN LAND,SUDAN,UNITED KINDOM,UNITED STATES,AUSTRALIA,JAPAN,RUSSIA,QATAR,JORD... AND BRAZIL
What does the earth tells as?
Earth is known as Mother Earth . The reason is we are hers :-)
Reply:"This is our Home'
Reply:Patience, Tolerance! Mother Earth! (I really like the idea you have expressed: I do understand, and appreciate! You are a worthy son of the Earth!)
Reply:abbey mohammed , are u also 1 of your many matric fail bhais??
Reply:love mother earth...dont ignore her...save her from pollution...global warming...global hatred ...
Reply:It is a very tidious task listing all the countries of the world and chances are, you will surely miss a handful countries in the process. The best way to describe what the Earth tells us is: it is our HOME.
Reply:Earth tells us "stop polluting me"
Reply:The different names for some pieces of land on earth, is artificial and man made. We are all the progenies of mother Earth.
Reply:HUH...WHY ARE YOU YELLING!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:yes india too friend and earth is mother of all
Reply:That was pretty crazy.
Reply:MOTHER
In India we call our country as BHARATH MATHA(MOTHER)
THE ALL THE COUNTRY ARE VERY NICE EARTH LOOKS
LIKE MOTHER THERE ARE SO MUCH COUNTRY NAME OF COUNTRY CANADA,IRAN,IRAQ,NEPAL,INDIA,GREEN LAND,SUDAN,UNITED KINDOM,UNITED STATES,AUSTRALIA,JAPAN,RUSSIA,QATAR,JORD... AND BRAZIL
What does the earth tells as?
Earth is known as Mother Earth . The reason is we are hers :-)
Reply:"This is our Home'
Reply:Patience, Tolerance! Mother Earth! (I really like the idea you have expressed: I do understand, and appreciate! You are a worthy son of the Earth!)
Reply:abbey mohammed , are u also 1 of your many matric fail bhais??
Reply:love mother earth...dont ignore her...save her from pollution...global warming...global hatred ...
Reply:It is a very tidious task listing all the countries of the world and chances are, you will surely miss a handful countries in the process. The best way to describe what the Earth tells us is: it is our HOME.
Reply:Earth tells us "stop polluting me"
Reply:The different names for some pieces of land on earth, is artificial and man made. We are all the progenies of mother Earth.
Reply:HUH...WHY ARE YOU YELLING!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:yes india too friend and earth is mother of all
Reply:That was pretty crazy.
Reply:MOTHER
In India we call our country as BHARATH MATHA(MOTHER)
Are lesbians human?
okay ummm it is prophecizizied that satan okay umm would create a race on earth to try to destroy the human race. This has been happening since ancient egypt. we have seen egypt, iran, sudan, ethiopia, roman empire, canada, russia, soviet union, cuba, china, Veitnam, etc... all linked to lesbians
WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW??
~ Timmy Green, prophet and messenger of God.
Are lesbians human?
2 points, thanks c*nt
Reply:of course lesbians are human!!
Reply:Timmy Green.
"Are lesbians human?"
The ones I've known were more or less human.
"okay ummm it is prophecizizied that satan okay umm would create a race on earth to try to destroy the human race. "
What's your source?
"This has been happening since ancient egypt. we have seen egypt, iran, sudan, ethiopia, roman empire, canada, russia, soviet union, cuba, china, Veitnam, etc... all linked to lesbians
WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW??"
If you watch the History Channel, they have linked every fukking thing to Hitler. So they have you beat.
Reply:what a crap logic! you are rather stupid arent you?
Reply:What a stupid question. Yes I'm human and you wish you were a messenger of God. It's more like you are the messenger of idiots.
Reply:REPENT CHRISTIAN -- you follow not the words of your God and Savior. You are intolerant and judgemental. You profane His name. God is coming to judge you as you have judged others.
Reply:Um, everyone keeps saying that all this stuff is linked to lesbians .. i don't see how that works... plus i LOVE my darling lesbo friends, so leave them alone!!! Oh, and yes they're human. just like you and me ... okay well ... yeah.
~!*Jorge`*!~
Reply:i think they r human ... are you?
Reply:How in the hell is it related to lesbians? Most war is a result of religion, land, money, or to much testosterone!
Reply:Have you started on the Lithium yet? I don't think the Prozac is working...
Reply:You are only 11 yrs old? Shouldn't you be out side playing?Better yet, where are your parents while you are on here asking these outrageous questions?
Reply:No, we're SUPER-HEROINES!!! WORSHIP US!!
Reply:can I have some of the drugs that you're on??
Reply:Yes.
Reply:you are nuts and reported again.
Reply:No we're evil robots sent from space to kill and maim ignorant freaks like you. Please tell me your kidding.
Reply:exterminate exterminate exterminate exterminate exterminate exterminate. oh sorry you said my name??
Reply:Are you human?
Reply:what do you have against lesbians? most guys like lesbians, which only makes me think that you are using religon to cover up your own blatent homosexuality. do us all a favour and come out of the closet already.
wesley
WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW??
~ Timmy Green, prophet and messenger of God.
Are lesbians human?
2 points, thanks c*nt
Reply:of course lesbians are human!!
Reply:Timmy Green.
"Are lesbians human?"
The ones I've known were more or less human.
"okay ummm it is prophecizizied that satan okay umm would create a race on earth to try to destroy the human race. "
What's your source?
"This has been happening since ancient egypt. we have seen egypt, iran, sudan, ethiopia, roman empire, canada, russia, soviet union, cuba, china, Veitnam, etc... all linked to lesbians
WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW??"
If you watch the History Channel, they have linked every fukking thing to Hitler. So they have you beat.
Reply:what a crap logic! you are rather stupid arent you?
Reply:What a stupid question. Yes I'm human and you wish you were a messenger of God. It's more like you are the messenger of idiots.
Reply:REPENT CHRISTIAN -- you follow not the words of your God and Savior. You are intolerant and judgemental. You profane His name. God is coming to judge you as you have judged others.
Reply:Um, everyone keeps saying that all this stuff is linked to lesbians .. i don't see how that works... plus i LOVE my darling lesbo friends, so leave them alone!!! Oh, and yes they're human. just like you and me ... okay well ... yeah.
~!*Jorge`*!~
Reply:i think they r human ... are you?
Reply:How in the hell is it related to lesbians? Most war is a result of religion, land, money, or to much testosterone!
Reply:Have you started on the Lithium yet? I don't think the Prozac is working...
Reply:You are only 11 yrs old? Shouldn't you be out side playing?Better yet, where are your parents while you are on here asking these outrageous questions?
Reply:No, we're SUPER-HEROINES!!! WORSHIP US!!
Reply:can I have some of the drugs that you're on??
Reply:Yes.
Reply:you are nuts and reported again.
Reply:No we're evil robots sent from space to kill and maim ignorant freaks like you. Please tell me your kidding.
Reply:exterminate exterminate exterminate exterminate exterminate exterminate. oh sorry you said my name??
Reply:Are you human?
Reply:what do you have against lesbians? most guys like lesbians, which only makes me think that you are using religon to cover up your own blatent homosexuality. do us all a favour and come out of the closet already.
wesley
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