BELUGA WHALES NEED YOUR HELP !

.. ..The Georgia Aquarium has applied for a permit to import 18 wild-caught beluga whales from Russia as part of an initiative to breed them for exhibition at aquariums and marine parks across the country. Beluga whales are sensitive marine mammals with complex physical and psychological needs. Shipping them like cargo across the world only to confine them to an aquarium for the rest of their lives is cruel and unjustifiable. Because importing these animals is such a controversial move, there is a public comment period for the next 60 days, and we need your voice to make sure that the whales stay put!

People are captivated by beluga whales, but when confined to aquariums, these fascinating marine mammals continue to live in misery long after visitors return home with their pictures and memories. Most captive whales die prematurely and live to only half the age of their wild brothers and sisters. In the wild, whales swim together with their families for miles a day. They navigate by bouncing sonar waves off objects to determine location and distance. In captivity, their ocean worlds are reduced to claustrophobic swimming pools, and they suffer in frustration as they are forced to swim in endless circles, their natural instincts thwarted by the small tanks.

Breeding programs for beluga whales have been unsuccessful despite more than 50 years of trying. We need to stop this, not subject more animals to lives of misery in captivity and a premature death. Transporting 18 wild-caught beluga whales from Russia to the United States would be a painful and noisy experience for the animals, and it would put their health and well-being at risk.

Please contact the National Marine Fisheries Service here and let officials know why they should deny the Georgia Aquarium a permit to import more than a dozen beluga whales. Suggested text is below. These intelligent animals deserve more than to be torn away from their home and families and treated as moneymaking breeding machines.

Suggested subject line: Please Do Not Approve Georgia Aquarium's Permit

Suggested e-mail text: I am writing to ask that you deny the Georgia Aquarium a permit to import 18 wild-caught beluga whales from Russia for captive breeding and exhibition at marine parks and aquariums. Beluga breeding programs in the United States have been largely unsuccessful, and there is no compelling evidence that these programs create interest in, educate visitors on, or change people's attitudes about conservation. Beluga whales have distinct personalities and form strong familial bonds, and when confined to aquarium tanks, their natural instincts are thwarted. Instead of swimming for miles a day with their families, these complex and intelligent animals are reduced to swimming in endless circles in barren tanks and often performing silly stunts for marine park patrons.

Aquariums are a stifling environment for beluga whales compared to the vast open ocean. Captive whales live half as long as their counterparts in the wild. Please give these animals a chance at a normal, fulfilling life by refusing to allow the Georgia Aquarium to import them for breeding purposes—which have proved to be unsuccessful in a stressful captive atmosphere. These unique animals deserve much more than to be treated as moneymaking commodities.

Thank you for your consideration

sacred land !

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — It's advertised as a one-of-a-kind deal: Nearly 2,000 acres of prime real estate nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota for sale to the highest bidder.

But the offer to sell the land near Mount Rushmore and historic Deadwood has distressed Native American tribes who consider it a sacred site. Although the land has been privately owned, members of the Great Sioux Nation — known as Lakota, Dakota and Nakota — have been allowed to gather there each year to perform ceremonial rituals they believe are necessary for harmony, health and well-being.

Members now fear that if the property they call Pe' Sla is sold, it will be developed and they will lose access. The South Dakota Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration are studying the possibility of paving one of the main roads that divides the land, a fact mentioned in the advertisement touting its development potential.

The tribes have banded together to try to raise money to buy back as much of the land as they can. But with a week to go until the Aug. 25 auction, they have only about $110,000 committed for property they believe will sell for $6 million to $10 million.

"A lot of our people who practice our way of life go there to pray and there are a lot of us that go up there," said Rodney Bordeaux, president of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, which is leading the effort. "Basically, it's an opportunity for the tribes to become involved and save Pe' Sla from development, commercial development, up there and try to save it and keep it in its current state, so people can always go up there to pray."



there has been enough taking nof american indian land and sacred sights isn't it time we gave back ....this is disgusting ! just sayin

FAMILY RESEARCH

YOUR FAMILY IS YOUR FAMILY UNTIL THEY'RE DEAD ! THEN THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS,NO MORE SORRYS, NO MORE NOTHING BUT A GRAVE, TRY GETTING A RESPONSE OUT OF THAT ! JUST SAYIN'

BIRTHDAY WISH !

I WISH EVERYONE I KNOW WOULD SEND $20 TO 6 GEORGE ST. APT. 2 BELLOWS FALLS, VT. 05101 BECAUSE LORI'S GOT TO PAY FOR HER NEW SET OF TEETH !

THIS CHINESE GIRL BEATS A MAN'S TIME AND AUTOMATICALLY SHE CHEATED ...HOW STUPID, MAYBE SHE WAS BETTER TRAINED ! JUST SAYIN' !

mitt romney

i wonder if romney will put foot in mouth here ! HE SEEMS TO BE TALKING WITHOUT THINKING AND THEN TRYING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE....ONCE SOMETHING HAS BEEN SAID AND HEARD ,,,DAMAGE DONE ! JUST SAYIN !

WASHINGTON — In the first tally of its kind, a federal investigative agency has calculated that at least 719 people, nearly half of them Americans, were killed working on projects to rebuild Iraq following the U.S. invasion in 2003.

The toll represents an aspect of the Iraq war that is rarely brought to public attention, overshadowed by the much higher number killed in combat as well as the billions of taxpayer dollars squandered on reconstruction.

There is no confirmed total number of Iraq war deaths. The U.S. military lost 4,488 in Iraq, and its allies a little over 300. The number of Iraq deaths has not been established but is thought to exceed 100,000


I THINK ALL AMERICANS SHOULD LEAVE IRAQ, OBVIOUSLY THEY DO NOT WANT OUR HELP AND SINCE THEY WASTED THE MONEY , WE SHOULD PULL BACK ANY FUNDS PROMISED !

The Dark Knight Rises director, Christopher Nolan, is offering condolences to the victims and their families following the deadly theater rampage early Friday morning in a surburban Denver mall.

"I would like to express our profound sorrow at the senseless tragedy that has befallen the entire Aurora community," the British filmmaker said in a statement obtained by E! News.

Dark Knight Rises Tragedy: Can Violent Entertainment Be Blamed?

"I would not presume to know anything about the victims of the shooting but that they were there last night to watch a movie. I believe movies are one of the great American art forms and the shared experience of watching a story unfold on screen is an important and joyful pastime. The movie theatre is my home, and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me."

Nolan concluded: "Nothing any of us can say could ever adequately express our feelings for the innocent victims of this appalling crime, but our thoughts are with them and their families."

Dark Knight Rises Faces Cloudy Future in Wake of Shooting

"My prayers and deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families of this horrific act," added star Gary Oldman, Gotham police officer turned commissioner James Gordon in all three of Nolan's Batman films.

While screenings of The Dark Knight Rises are currently proceeding as scheduled around the country, the National Association of Theaters said earlier today it was working with the Department of Homeland Security to better ensure a safe moviegoing experience for all theatergoers. The AMC chain of theaters has also banned people from coming in costume to watch the film.

Who Is Shooting Suspect James Holmes?

Warner Bros., which described itself as "deeply saddened," has canceled what was to have been the film's star-studded red carpet premiere in Paris and upcoming promotional appearances by the cast have been canceled.

The studio also pulled the violent trailer for the shoot-'em-up period film Gangster Squad from all future Dark Knight Rises screenings.

Networks including NBC, CBS and ESPN have stopped airing commercials for the film—a move that Warner Bros. says it "fully supports."

PHOTOS: Movies With PR Nightmares

THEY ALWAYS BLAME SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE SICK PERSON THAT DID THE VIOLENCE , HE IS TO BLAME , NOT THE COMMERCIALS,PREMIERES ETC..

THE US. BUDGET !

Top-Earning Presidential Candidates
After a president leaves office, it’s his chance to leave the relatively low-paying world of public service and start bringing in some serious coin, whether through book royalties, business ventures, or speaking fees (Bill Clinton made more than $13 million talking last year alone).

But what about the candidates vying for the most important job in America—how do they, and specifically their earnings, compare to the average American? To find out how candidates’ earnings matched up to Main Street’s, The Daily Beast started by examining adjusted gross income—including capital gains—from the tax returns of each of the two major-party candidates (so no Ross Perot) the year before each election. For the 2008 election, for example, The Daily Beast looked at Barack Obama’s return for 2007. For John McCain and John Kerry, who both married heiresses, The Daily Beast also took into account spousal earnings.


IF A EX-PRESIDENT MAKES MONEY ON BOOKS, ETC. HE SHOULD GIVE 1/3 TO THE BUDGET IF HE IS USING THE PRESIDENTIAL TITLE ! I CAN'T AFFORD MY TEETH, WHY ASK ME FOR HELP!



MY SOLUTION TO THE US. BUDGET....EVERY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE THAT MAKES OVER $100,00 PER YEAR TAKES A 2% PAY CUT AND THAT MONEY GETS PUT RIGHT INTO THE BUDGET ! WHEN THE TOP TIER OF THE GOVERNMENT IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE , THEY CAN GET ANOTHER JOB LIKE THE REST OF AMERICA ,AND NOT BE PAID FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES ! JUST SAYIN'

SAVING AMERICA'S MUSTANGS

Saving America's Mustangs
New friends, old friends, please share this video! Let it circulate all over Facebook and Twitter. We can prevent this. I know our SAM Army will prevail! Have a great weekend!

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HIGGS BOSON PARTICLE

http://www.scientificamerican.com/video.cfm?id=instant-egghead-what-is-2012-06-29
this explains what the higgs boson particle is that thee scientists are so excited about !

PROOF OF GOD PARTICLE FOUND ?

By JOHN HEILPRIN and SETH BORENSTEIN, AP
49 minutes ago

FILE - In this May 20, 2011 file photo, a physicist explains the ATLAS exper...

GENEVA — Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher plan to announce Wednesday that they have gathered enough evidence to show that the long-sought "God particle" answering fundamental questions about the universe almost certainly does exist.

But after decades of work and billions of dollars spent, researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, aren't quite ready to say they've "discovered" the particle.
Instead, experts familiar with the research at CERN's vast complex on the Swiss-French border say that the massive data they have obtained will essentially show the footprint of the key particle known as the Higgs boson — all but proving it exists — but doesn't allow them to say it has actually been glimpsed.
It appears to be a fine distinction.
Senior CERN scientists say that the two independent teams of physicists who plan to present their work at CERN's vast complex on the Swiss-French border on July 4 are about as close as you can get to a discovery without actually calling it one.

I WONDER DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SCIENTISTS FOUND THE ATOM !? I FEEL THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS BETTER LEFT ALONE !

DRILLING FOR GAS IN CEMETERIES !

By JULIE CARR SMYTH, AP
6 hours ago

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Loved ones aren't the only thing buried in the 122-year-old Lowellville Cemetery in eastern Ohio. Deep underground, locked in ancient shale formations, are lucrative quantities of natural gas.

Whether to drill for that gas is causing soul-searching as cemeteries — including veterans' final resting places in Colorado and Mississippi — join parks, playgrounds, churches and residential backyards among the ranks of places targeted in the nation's shale drilling boom.

THIS IS JUST PLAIN WRONG, PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW IMMORAL THE WORLD HAS BECOME AND HOW MORAL IS THIS!
JUST SAYIN'

RAW SLUGS

http://news.discovery.com/human/raw-slugs-dont-eat-them.html
ewww ! and did I say ewww!  JUST IN CASE ANYONE THINKS OF DOING THIS ,HERE'S SOME INFO !

http://xfinity.comcast.net/video/boston-crowd-boos-obama-for-youkilis-quip/2250366224

DISRESPECT,
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS, OR EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM , YOU DO NOT BOO THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE IS SPEAKING ! THIS IS PART OF AMERICAN PRIDE AND RESPECT FOR OUR GOVERNMENT ! IN THE PAST YOU WOULDN'T FIND COLLEGE STUDENTS DOING SUCH A DISRESPECTFUL THING, THEY SEEMED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE MATURITY AND INTELLIGENCE.

ANN CURRY

http://xfinity.comcast.net/video/ann-curry-out-as-cohost-of-nbcs-today-show/2251138295
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE, BUT I LIKED ANN ON THE TODAY SHOW! SHE WAS REAL, DOWN TO EARTH AND DID AND SAID WHAT THE REGULAR JOES ON THE STREET WANTED TO DO AND SAY ! I THINK SHE JUST RUBBED MATT LAUERS EGO THE WRONG WAY !
JUST SAYIN'

MOROCCAN WEAVERS

http://xfinity.comcast.net/video/moroccan-weavers-show-off-skills-in-new-orleans/2250835402
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT IDEA ! AMERICAN SCHOOLS SHOULD BRING IN EVERYDAY ARTISANS TO TO CRAFTS, IDEAS ON CREATING SOMETHING USEFUL OUT OF NOTHING, OUR COUNTRY HAS GONE SO HIGH TECH , THAT MANY OLD SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN LOST !BRING IN NOT ONLY PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES , BUT PEOPLE FROM RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S. ! SOCIETY EXPECTS TO ALWAYS GET THINGS FROM STORES AND FACTORIES, AND SHOULD SOCIETY EVER COLAPSE, HOW MANY WOULD SURVIVE ? IN THE DAYS OF COVERED WAGONS, WE BUILT HOUSES,CARVED FURNITURE,MADE RUGS,ETC. WITH OUR OWN HANDS, I HONESTLY DON'T THINK MANY COULD DO THE SAME TODAY !
JUST SAYIN'

MYSTIC AQUARIUM

LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PLACE FOR KIDS !

SANDUSKY

I UNDERSTAND SANDUSKY HAS NEW FRIENDS TO PLAY WITH ! THEY EVEN SING HIM A LULLABY AFTER LIGHTS OUT, YOU KNOW THAT OLD SONG "HEY MISTER, LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE " I HOPE HE ENJOYS THIS NEW "TRAINING CAMP!" I HEAR THEY HAVE NICE SHOWERS THERE TOO , SINCE THAT IS HIS PREFERENCE
JUST SAYIN'

http://xfinity.comcast.net/video/prairie-dog-conundrum/2250449711
YOU GO PRARIE DOGS....PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THE SHOE IS ON THE OTHER FOOT ! INSTEAD OF THEM TAKING PRARIE DOG ENVIRONMENT...THE PRARIE DOGS ARE TAKING OVER THE PEOPLE'S INVIRONMENT !...HEH...HEH !

i just love this speech charlie chaplin gives ,you must overlook the costume he's wearing and listen to the words...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIH42iGZ438&feature=colike

JUST A LITTLE NOTE
TO GET ME STARTED  HOW ARE YOU DOING ? I'M STANDING UPRIGHT, WHICH I GUESS IS A GOOD THING AS OPPOSED TO HORIZONTAL, HEH...HEH ! I'VE BEEN RUNNING RAGGED TRYING TO GET THIS BLOG UP AND KEEP UP WITH MY OTHER PAGES TOO, ALL WITHOUT A DARN BIT OF COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE ! I HOPE EVERYONE LIKES MY BLOG, I AM A BIT ECCENTRIC AND HAVE SOME UNUSUAL POINTS OF VIEWS.  I THINK THAT LEADS TO SOME FINE ENTERTAINMENT !