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Why has NASA still not handed over the Freedom of Information climate data requested years ago?

Question by Richie: Why has NASA still not handed over the Freedom of Information climate data requested years ago?
The fight over global warming science is about to cross the Atlantic with a U.S. researcher poised to sue NASA, demanding release of the same kind of climate data that has landed a leading British center in hot water over charges it skewed its data.

Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said NASA has refused for two years to provide information under the Freedom of Information Act that would show how the agency has shaped its climate data and would explain why the agency has repeatedly had to correct its data going as far back as the 1930s.

“I assume that what is there is highly damaging,” Mr. Horner said. “These guys are quite clearly bound and determined not to reveal their internal discussions about this.”

The numbers matter. Under pressure in 2007, NASA recalculated its data and found that 1934, not 1998, was the hottest year in its records for the contiguous 48 states. NASA later changed that data again, and now 1998 and 2006 are tied for first, with 1934 slightly cooler.

The data has still not been handed over, what has NASA got to hide?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/03/researcher-says-nasa-hiding-climate-data/

Best answer:

Answer by mintie_boy
Having worked for a State Government in Western Australia I can tell you that FOI requests took about 6 months to even be looked at.

That is in a state with a little over 2 million people. NASA services a population of over 250 million people. How many FOI’s do you think they receive everyday? (My tiny state agency received in excess of 2 a day … now imagine servicing 125 times the population). So are they hiding or is it just due process, and this requester is not at the top of the list (sour grapes)?

Also data has to be recalculated because the standards applied in the past wouldn’t necessary meet standards now required. This is done for many “old” measurements, not just temperature. The Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) has had to do a similar process.

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Nice Income Tax Vs Freedom photos

A few nice Income Tax vs Freedom images I found:

Christine O’Donnell on the Constitution (go to 7:03, 2:37, 3:35) fameappeal.com

Christine O’Donnell and the bill of rights, Via: www.fameappeal.com Go to 2:37, 7:03, 3:35 For Fame Appeal Articlebit.ly clip was taken october 18 2010, in my law school’s court room. To the left is Democrat Chris Coons, to the right is Tea Party candidate Christine O’donnell -topics; first amendment, church v. state

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Book on Pro-Nazi US Elite Censored; Indie Publishers Blast Bush, Throw Party at Book Expo America, May 19

Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 19, 2006

Glen Yeadon is a scientist with an unusual hobby. For going on ten years he has collected data on one of America’s darkest taboos — the elite’s enduring support for fascism — and posted it bit by appalling bit on the Web as an online book, “The Nazi Hydra in America.”

Yeadon’s findings overturn the cherished tableau of America, the champion of democracy, defending the globe from totalitarian hordes. In relentless detail, he traces the intimate involvement of US financiers with world fascism from the 1920s to the present — how they created Hitler and his war machine, attempted a putsch against FDR, and recouped Nazi assets to lay the foundation of today’s NSA and CIA. His conclusion: the Nazis won the war — they were on both sides!

The Bush dynasty has played a key role in the Amerinazi scheme for at least three generations, Yeadon says. Most notorious was our appointed president’s grandfather Prescott Bush, AKA “Hitler’s banker,” as first revealed by Webster Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin in their “Unauthorized Biography” of George Bush Sr.

Yeadon says his web traffic to his online “Nazi Hydra in America” was chopped by 75%. He attributes the drop to the Bush regime’s response to this unwelcome attention and the subsequent blocking by the leading search engines. On April 7th, Yeadon noticed traffic to his website suddenly fell sharply by 75% — and remained there. It was four weeks before he realized the cause: excluded from search results on Google, AOL and Netscape.

Not even typing in the name of his book, “Nazi Hydra,” with his domain name, spiritone, would bring up his site. See http://www.waronfreedom.org/press/GlenVsGugl.html.

Yeadon responded with a broadside against Google on indymedia — which the Google bot faithfully indexed as a search result, e.g. http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/1727591.php. His publisher then scheduled him to appear on the Alex Jones’ infowars talk show, but soon his website was Google-accessible again. He will be on www.infowars.com Wed., May 24 at 1 p.m. CDT and on Utah talk show KTTK on Thursday May 25th from 7:00 – 8:30 MST, www.k-talk.com.

Yeadon’s publisher Progressive Press has struggled for a year now with the distribution of its hottest and most provocative title. “9/11 Synthetic Terror” usually ranks on Amazon in the top 80 political books, and the top 1,800 of all books in print, yet book chains Barnes & Noble and Borders will not carry it.

The incidents prompted publisher John Leonard to write:

“As more of us become economically dependent on web traffic, it becomes clear that we need a Bill of Rights for freedom of access on the Web. Corporations can’t create monopolies and then say, ‘We are private persons and we have the right to deny service to whom we like, with the party politics we like.’

“The same applies to monopolistic book chains. The 14th amendment needs to be extended,” Leonard continued. “It prohibits discrimination on racial or religious grounds, but doesn’t protect political dissent. There is a body of law prohibiting discrimination in employment, but no protection for self-employed people like authors and entrepreneurs. I tried searching for such ‘fair-chance’ laws on the web. All I found was that the constitutions of African nations often prohibit discrimination on grounds of political beliefs. It’s time for us to try and catch up with Africa.”

Currently, the book trade takes pride in being a bastion of First Amendment rights. While that seems to be true relative to the miasma of TV and newsprint, Leonard says, he believes he can come up with statistical proof of political bias in corporate book purchasing. He also wants to further develop the ideas of expanded individual vs. corporate rights to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and equal opportunity, in a statement at www.waronfreedom.org/press/freedom.html.

*** Beltway Book Bop: Independent Publishers Speak Out Against Bush ***

“Join us, for a hopping party and speak-out, with great authors, 14 microbrews on tap, and a fun live band, all on opening night of Book Expo America, in Washington, D.C.,” says Sander Hicks, maverick publisher, author, 9/11 investigator, Brooklyn coffee house restaurateur and Green Party candidate for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat.

The live band at the Grog & Tankard, a legacy music club and trendy watering hole in chic Georgetown, will be Baltimore indie rockers The Up Set, a delightful mix of lo-fi piano, banjo and rock and roll.

The energy-charged program from 7 to 9 pm will have four speakers of Truth to Power: Sander Hicks; Webster Tarpley, author of 9/11 Synthetic Terror and host of World Crisis Radio; Jim Walsh, author of Liberty in Troubled Times; and Rebel Bookseller author Andy Laties.

See www.waronfreedom.org/press/indiepubpr.html for more details.

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Is the new Republican issue going to be getting rid of freedom of religion?

Question by Diane B: Is the new Republican issue going to be getting rid of freedom of religion?
After listening to Colin Powell, I’m realizing just how damaging the rhetoric on the right is when it comes to religious freedom. Palin’s rallies, in particular, are very much against freedom of religion. Are the Republicans planning to outlaw freedom of religion and force all Americans to become Christians?

Best answer:

Answer by BoRemmington . American !
Your Ignorance Amazes Me !

Your Parents and School System has Failed You …….

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Security National Financial Corporation Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2010

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National Security Council Amendment Bill sails through House of Assembly
THE Zimbabwe National Security Council Amendment Bill that seeks to address concerns raised by political parties last week sailed through the House of Assembly.
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the constitution?

Question by stick_dude21: the constitution?
I need an accrostic for constitution, like this:

Created by the u.s.a
Originated in 1978
Needs to be approved by 3/4th the states
S
T
i
T
u
T
I
O
N

Best answer:

Answer by Sam L
Well, an S could be…separation of powers
T… twenty seven amendments
I… in order to form a more perfect Union
T…Three branches of government
U…united as one??
T…(so many Ts)… To escape taxation without representation
I …influenced by the Magna Carta and John Locke
Only and supreme law of the land
N…necessary and proper clause

yea…sort of cheesy and not very good…but ok

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LifeWay’s Reconsider Explores the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Confronting the Black Church




Nashville, Tenn. (Vocus) March 20, 2010

The Black Church has traditionally been a loud voice for social change, though research conducted by LifeWay’s Marketing Research and reported in the current issue of Reconsider, a publication for leaders in today’s black churches, found that those churches have been curiously silent on the crisis of AIDS in the African-American community. Black church members say they need their churches to help stem the growing tide of new HIV and AIDS cases within the black community.

In this recent study to understand the needs of the Black Church, LifeWay found that 92 percent of black church members surveyed said they wanted their church to provide support to people dealing with socially stigmatized issues (i.e. HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, etc.) with a maximum amount of services (e.g. counseling, clinics, classes, etc.).

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the HIV/AIDS epidemic in African-American communities is a public health crisis in the United States. At the end of 2006, there were an estimated 1.1 million people living with HIV, of which almost half (46%) were African-American.

And while blacks represent approximately 12 percent of the U.S. population, they continue to account for a higher proportion of cases at all stages of HIV/AIDS—from infection with HIV to death with AIDS—compared with members of other races and ethnicities.

“In sharing these findings, we at LifeWay admit that we don’t have all the answers, but we share in the churches’ burden to react to the realities we see and to consider and determine tangible ways to respond,” said Elgia Wells, who directs LifeWay’s focus on the Black Church and serves as the pastor of a black church near Nashville, Tenn. “We hope these statistics cause pastors and leaders in black churches to work to determine specific ways to address these and other similar issues.”

LifeWay’s findings about the issue of HIV/AIDS in the Black Church are part of a broader set of findings from a larger survey among black churches across the United States. Study findings are the result of more than 60 qualitative interviews with church leaders, church members and unaffiliated persons and a quantitative survey with responses from approximately 780 individuals (196 church leaders, 315 church members and 272 unaffiliated persons) from across the U.S.

“Our research findings, which we are releasing through our new publication, Reconsider, give us a tool and a challenge to help churches evaluate the way they minister to different people and different situations in our communities,” said Wells.

About LifeWay’s Reconsider Campaign

Reconsider is a quarterly publication designed to help black churches evaluate the way they minister to different people and situations in today’s communities. To find more information on LifeWay’s Black Church research, or to learn about resources available to help churches address theses issues, visit www.lifeway.com/blackchurchlife.

About LifeWay Christian Resources

LifeWay Christian Resources, established in 1891 in Nashville, Tenn., is one of the world’s largest providers of Christian products and services, including Bibles, church literature, books, music, audio and video recordings, church supplies, and Internet services through LifeWay.com. The company owns and operates 154 LifeWay Christian Stores across the nation, as well as two of the largest Christian conference centers in the country. The company is a nonprofit organization that reinvests income above operating expenses in mission work and other ministries around the world. For additional information, visit www.lifeway.com.

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bandsforfreedom.com Donates 5,000 “FREEDOM” Wristbands to Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concert

OREM, UT (PRWEB) July 18, 2006

Bandsforfreedom.com (www.bandsforfreedom.com) and the Bands For Freedom Foundation donated 5,000 of their popular “FREEDOM” wristbands to Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concert in support of the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund. The “sold out” event takes place Friday July 21, 2006 at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey, and will feature country music stars Sara Evans, Hank Williams Jr., and Lee Greenwood; and will be hosted by tv and radio personality Sean Hannity and Col. Oliver North (the founder of the Freedom Alliance.

“We are honored to be involved in an undertaking of this magnitude, and it is our wish that just like the event the “FREEDOM” bands will sell out. All of the proceeds from the sale of the bands will go to the Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund,” said Andy Chudd, Executive Director of the Bands For Freedom Foundation.

About BandsForFreedom.com and the Bands For Freedom Foundation, Inc.

Formed in December 2004, BandsForFreedom.com and the Bands For Freedom Foundation, Inc. were created to educate the public as to the needs of our military personnel and their families, and to raise money to meet those needs. Through the sale of their patriotic silicone wristbands and IPOD® covers marked with the word “FREEDOM,” BandsForFreedom.com and the Bands for Freedom Foundation, Inc., allow Americans to make a respectful and unified statement honoring the men and women of the Armed Forces. All after-cost revenues from the sale of the wristbands and IPOD® covers are donated to charities that help soldiers and their families. Bands for Freedom Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization. For more information, please visit: www.bandsforfreedom.com

About Freedom Alliance

Freedom Alliance, a 501(c)3 educational and charitable foundation, was founded in 1990 by LtCol Oliver L. North, who now serves as the organization’s honorary chairman. We will work to “keep America strong, keep America prosperous, and keep America free,” said North, upon the founding of Freedom Alliance. And so we have.

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