Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JE28Ak01.html

Sense in the senate
Details provided by the administration raised alarm bells on Capitol Hill, the source said. After receiving secret briefings on the planned air strike, Senator Diane Feinstein, Democrat of California, and Senator Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, said they would write a New York Times op-ed piece “within days”, the source said last week, to express their opposition. Feinstein is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Lugar is the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee.

Senate offices were closed for the US Memorial Day holiday, so Feinstein and Lugar were not available for comment.

Given their obligations to uphold the secrecy of classified information, it is unlikely the senators would reveal the Bush administration’s plan or their knowledge of it. However, going public on the issue, even without specifics, would likely create a public groundswell of criticism that could induce the Bush administration reconsider its plan.

The proposed air strike on Iran would have huge implications for geopolitics and for the ongoing US presidential campaign. The biggest question, of course, is how would Iran respond?

Oh, word. I’m not short, but when I sit in a car, the seat belt is chafing my neck. I worry that in case of an accident it will be across my neck… I can actually adjust it, but not enough.

Transport: Going by train is a similar problem: It might be more sustainable, but it’s more expensive than driving. (More than a rental car, sometimes.) So instead I try to get ride-sharers for longer distances. With four people in the car, gas is paid for.

Heating: As long as it’s not freezing badly outside, I heat only one room in the flat, and only in the hours when I’m at home and awake.

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…many Western communities are working to push local food production into the mainstream. A handful of public school districts on Colorado’s Front Range, for example, are switching to locally grown beef and vegetables, despite the increased cost, and a meat plant near Colorado Springs has seen a 30 percent jump in local beef sales over the past year alone.

Dan baby

You got ANYTHING besides namecalling.

Weak weak weak.

Really? All you got out of my post was that I called you a mean name? You can’t possibly be that cluelessly self-obsessed, can you?

You know, I realize that you’re ideologically required to feel persecuted and put-upon by everyone and everything who isn’t doing exactly what you want them to do, but I was at least willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on general reading comprehension skills and intellectual honesty. I mean, I’m glad that you didn’t try to argue my point, but I’d be pretty disappointed in you if it was because you didn’t actually understand what you were reading rather than because you’re too craven and self-serving to admit that you can’t.

I drive a ‘95 Subaru Legacy wagon (automatic), and it gets about 25 mpg. For me its pretty much the same city/highway, cause I drive it gently and with an eye on the rpm meter. Also, it tends not to break in expensive ways, and it’s really easy to do work on it, so I do basic stuff myself. Can’t speak for newer ones, though.

Did Chicago ever get it’s transit pass act together and get the commuter trains hooked into the bus and El passes? No. But the governor managed to shoehorn-in free rides for seniors in the latest financing fiasco. (Seriously, the CTA was going to shut down and went through 3 ‘doomsday’ scenario deadlines before the gov’t finally decided to pay up. Now, how is Chicago getting the Olympics again?)

My dad doesn’t understand why they don’t want his money anymore–wasn’t like he was trying to get a free ride–but he takes it.

You got ANYTHING besides namecalling.

Weak weak weak.