As noted on the page in SourceWatch talk page link above, DuPont have confirmed that their Teflon leather protector - which states that it "works on the nano scale" - is not a nanotech product. Accordingly, I have deleted from the original post those sentences that referred to it as a nanotech product. I have also corrected the article page in SourceWatch.
The concern for the nanotechnology hazards of Teflon is
misplaced, in my view. It's an old chemical. There is much more
detail on this at the wiki discussion page:
[[https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Talk:DuPont_and_Nanotechnology]]
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BBC also has [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4655196.stm a report on the Information Operations Roadmap], looking in particular at Pentagon plans for psyops on the internet:
The operations described in the document include a surprising range of military activities: public affairs officers who brief journalists, psychological operations troops who try to manipulate the thoughts and beliefs of an enemy, computer network attack specialists who seek to destroy enemy networks. ...
Perhaps the most startling aspect of the roadmap is its acknowledgement that information put out as part of the military's psychological operations, or Psyops, is finding its way onto the computer and television screens of ordinary Americans.
"Information intended for foreign audiences, including public diplomacy and Psyops, is increasingly consumed by our domestic audience," it reads. ...
When it describes plans for electronic warfare, or EW, the document takes on an extraordinary tone.
It seems to see the internet as being equivalent to an enemy weapons system.
"Strategy should be based on the premise that the Department [of Defense] will 'fight the net' as it would an enemy weapons system," it reads.
The slogan "fight the net" appears several times throughout the roadmap. ...
And, in a grand finale, the document recommends that the United States should seek the ability to "provide maximum control of the entire electromagnetic spectrum".
Iraq war will cost between 1 to 2 Trillion Dollars.
We could have gone to mars, inspired and challenged the world and reaped a century of technological benefits.
We could have fed all the starving people of the world.
We could have defeated AIDs removing immense suffering from the human race.
We could have given the best educations and maybe even a college education to all of our children.
Instead we will have another legacy of violence and probably defeat, with mistrust among our allies and hatred from our enemies.
Another generation of our brave young men (and now women) returning to try and live a "normal" life with the scars of war
lingering in their souls - with little real help or honor provided to them from the politicians that sent them into that hell.
Is going to war the answer to this worlds problems? Examine the real costs versus the real benefits .
Could we have done better than this? Are we playing right into the game plan of the terrorists?
Compare real life to sports. Who wins the ball game?
Isn't it the team that doesn't get "shook up" and distracted but goes in and plays "their game - their way" and wins?
What do we do best in America?
What are our real assets in the war on terrorism?
Is it our brute military and CIA force or our Christian Heritage, our freedoms and our economic and technological resources?
Here is just one example of thinking out of the "war box". Convert all our gas powered devices over to alternative fuels and resources within 5 years or less. Help our allies and all others interested to do the same. We gain vast new revenues, job opportunitys and investment capital while ultimately reducing the middle east conflicts and leftist oil rich countrys agendas into becoming "irrelevant to us" - possibly forcing them to deal with their own cultural inequities, lack of industrialization and education, their political and religious extremism, and ultimately to begin to act like real citizen nations of the world - if they don't have the oil money they dont have the means to fund and promote their radical agendas.
Just an idea . . .
Think about it.
Got any better ideas?
We need a "great" vision for the 21st Century. Something to really inspire us, our children and our future grandchildren.
The Birmingham Times [http://www.al.com/search/index.ssf?/base/business/1137752724193590.xml?birminghamnews?bnews&coll=2&thispage=1 has more information], including contradictory claims about Rev. Henderson's role:
Henderson says Scrushy preached at Believers Temple on March 20 and gave the church a $5,000 donation. Afterwards, at Scrushy's urging, Henderson began contacting other churches about allowing Scrushy to speak, he said. ...
In July, Scrushy taped conversations with Henderson.
"I had no contract with you, written, verbal or e-mail," Scrushy can be heard telling Henderson on a tape made July 14. Scrushy said he made the tape, and one the next day, because Henderson's demands for money were becoming more frequent and strident.
Henderson can be heard objecting to Scrushy's contention of no agreement between the men. He retracted that objection in a tape-recorded conversation the next day, apologizing for asking for money and not disputing Scrushy's repeated contention that Henderson hadn't been hired to do anything.
BBC also has [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4655196.stm a report on the Information Operations Roadmap], looking in particular at Pentagon plans for psyops on the internet:
Iraq war will cost between 1 to 2 Trillion Dollars.
We could have gone to mars, inspired and challenged the world and reaped a century of technological benefits.
We could have fed all the starving people of the world.
We could have defeated AIDs removing immense suffering from the human race.
We could have given the best educations and maybe even a college education to all of our children.
Instead we will have another legacy of violence and probably defeat, with mistrust among our allies and hatred from our enemies.
Another generation of our brave young men (and now women) returning to try and live a "normal" life with the scars of war
lingering in their souls - with little real help or honor provided to them from the politicians that sent them into that hell.
Is going to war the answer to this worlds problems? Examine the real costs versus the real benefits .
Could we have done better than this? Are we playing right into the game plan of the terrorists?
Compare real life to sports. Who wins the ball game?
Isn't it the team that doesn't get "shook up" and distracted but goes in and plays "their game - their way" and wins?
What do we do best in America?
What are our real assets in the war on terrorism?
Is it our brute military and CIA force or our Christian Heritage, our freedoms and our economic and technological resources?
Here is just one example of thinking out of the "war box". Convert all our gas powered devices over to alternative fuels and resources within 5 years or less. Help our allies and all others interested to do the same. We gain vast new revenues, job opportunitys and investment capital while ultimately reducing the middle east conflicts and leftist oil rich countrys agendas into becoming "irrelevant to us" - possibly forcing them to deal with their own cultural inequities, lack of industrialization and education, their political and religious extremism, and ultimately to begin to act like real citizen nations of the world - if they don't have the oil money they dont have the means to fund and promote their radical agendas.
Just an idea . . .
Think about it.
Got any better ideas?
We need a "great" vision for the 21st Century. Something to really inspire us, our children and our future grandchildren.
The Birmingham Times [http://www.al.com/search/index.ssf?/base/business/1137752724193590.xml?birminghamnews?bnews&coll=2&thispage=1 has more information], including contradictory claims about Rev. Henderson's role:
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