Random thought

Is it a coincidence that women and wine begin with the same letter?
The American Dream. What is it?
On the second anniversary of the Iraq war with 1500 coalition deaths and unknown Iraqi deaths, the major news is about a marine charged with the murder of two Iraqis?
Will drilling for oil in Alaska's formally protected wilderness lower the price of gasoline?

And importantly. What would it take to join politics and intelligence?

No News

Congraulate me. I haven't paid any attension to news from Iraq for a week
I feel a lot calmer and less stressed, and I have the media to thank. They haven't been paying much attension to Iraq either. Is it strange. Lots of other news. Iran says they don't want weapons. Israel is pulling out. Syria will let Lebanon alone. Happy happy happy.
I'm not buying it.
Adaven

Random

Israel is backing off, that's good.
Iran wants in to world trade.
Iraq is a continuing disaster.
That about does it for the "I's"

Global warming

India is emergining as a gobal power power, nucular that is. they have the most argressive atomic power program in the world. Plans are underway for a fast breeder system that will create more fule than it uses. India is under sanctions that keeps it from buying tech from other countries so it has developed it's own. There is uranium in India but not a lot, so they have a plan to use it frugel. They plan to build a system of reactors that will strech there resources for a long time. They have light water. Next is fast breeder. Then high capacity light water using the fule from the breeders, and even a different kind of reactor using U233. They are thinking it out. A system that creates less waste material. I hope they have factored in how to deal with what waste is left.
Adaven

SOS

I am heartened to read that there is little support ( so far) for the changes Bush wants to make in the social security system. Not that it doesn't need reform, but GWB's plan is garbage.
Maybe it would be a good idea to have a real social security trust fund. I mean really banking the money instead of spending it and writing IOU's.
We might be better off investing in India, the fastest growing economy in the world.
Adaven