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Copyright 2007 The Associated Press - Jun 8 08:59 PM US/Eastern

Gore: Repairs Near Done on 'Green' Home

By ERIK SCHELZIG - Associated Press Writer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Al Gore, the environmental activist stung by criticism over his house's energy efficiency, said Friday that renovations are nearly complete to make it a model "green" home.

http://breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PKVNC80&show_article=1&catnum=3

Published on Friday, June 8, 2007 by CommonDreams.org

The Gore Door

by David Michael Green

It’s fair to say that this is not the very worst of times in American history.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/08/1746/

Copyright AFP 2005 - Jun 6 09:03 AM US/Eastern

Al Gore wins wins Spain's Prince of Asturias award

Former US vice president Al Gore has won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias award for International Cooperation for his efforts to combat climate change, organizers said Wednesday.

In a statement, the Prince of Asturias prize organizers said Gore is "one of the most influential leaders in the world in the fight against climate change."

Los Angeles Times - June 5, 2007

U.S. short-changes climate monitoring, report says
Reducing the number of satellites places the global-warming program 'in serious jeopardy,' government scientists warn.

By John Johnson Jr., Times Staff Writer

America will lose much of its ability to monitor global warming from space unless the Bush administration reverses course and restores funding for the next generation of climate instruments, according to a confidential report prepared by government scientists.

http://breitbart.com/index.php?state=7|1|3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0

Copyright AFP 2005 - Jun 4 07:03 AM US/Eastern

Melting ice accelerates global warming: UN report

The melting of Earth's ice and snow is accelerating the effects of global warming and could trigger wider-ranging impacts on people, economies and wildlife, the UN warned in a report on Monday.

"Snow and ice reflect 70 to 80 percent of the sun's energy, whereas water absorbs it. If snow and ice continue to melt, this will amplify global warming," report author Paal Prestrud told a press conference in the Norwegian Arctic town of Tromsoe.

Copyright © 2007 Capitol Hill Blue - June 1, 2007 - 7:15am.

'I'm the President!' http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/2618
Bush's growing madness shocks even his friends

By DOUG THOMPSON

President George W. Bush' paranoid megalomania is so rampant that close friends and supporters worry about the man's sanity and fear he has lost his tenuous grip on reality.

....What these close friends see is a madman on the edge, a delusional paranoid whose brain is fried by too many years of hard drinking and probably too much cocaine up his nose.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press - May 30 06:38 PM US/Eastern
GOP Fear Fallout From New Ethics Probes
By CHARLES BABINGTON - Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A half dozen federal investigations into the activities of Republican lawmakers are raising new worries for GOP leaders who hope to regain the House majority they lost last fall.

http://breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PEVQ7G0&show_article=1&catnum=3

PR NEWSWIRE - SOURCE FEMA - May 31 02:00 AM US/Eastern
http://breitbart.com/article.phpid=prnw.20070531.DCTH011&show_article=1&...
Hurricane and Summer Rainy Season Begins; FEMA Strongly Urges Consumers to Protect Their Property With Flood Insurance

WASHINGTON, May 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- June 1 marks the official
arrival of the 2007 hurricane and summer rainy season and FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) strongly urges homeowners, business owners and renters to learn their flood risk and protect their property with flood insurance.

Copyright © 2007 The Nation

Who's Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush!
How touchy is the Bush administration about criticism?

Very touchy, indeed, especially if the source of that criticism is a certain former president.

When Jimmy Carter, whose approval ratings dwarf those of George Bush these days, gets to talking about what's wrong with the current president the White House spin machine goes into overdrive.

And Carter has been talking.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=197253

© Copyright 2007 Associated Press - May 19, 2007

Carter: Bush 'worst' in world relations

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. --Former President Carter says President Bush's administration is "the worst in history" in international relations, taking aim at the White House's policy of pre-emptive war and its Middle East diplomacy.

The criticism from Carter, which a biographer says is unprecedented for the 39th president, also took aim at Bush's environmental policies and the administration's "quite disturbing" faith-based initiative funding.