Georgia, though, could launch another legal attack. Federal land — not controlled by Tennessee — lies between Georgia and the river. The Tennessee Valley Authority, a federal agency that manages the river, owns the half-mile slice of largely untrammeled property separating Dade County, Ga., from the river.
TVA policy allows adjacent landowners to cross its property to reach the Tennessee River. Georgia, conceivably, could bypass a spat with the state by dealing directly with the federal government.
"We have a strong argument to the entire disputed area, but we have a stronger argument — the strongest — for the areas that are federal land," said Atlanta attorney Brad Carver, who has been advising Georgia legislators on possible legal tactics. "The state is going to have a lot of different strategies to look at."
State lines don't always match water drainage basins. Six percent of the Tennessee River's drainage basin above Nickajack Reservoir is in Georgia, draining mostly through three rivers. The river's flow at Nickajack is 24 billion gallons a day....
"It's not like we're trying to take something. We just want it back. And we don't even want half as much back as we put in."
—- Ben Brandon, CEO of Dade County in northeast Georgia
"The most pressing need is drinking water, as Basra residents depend on bottled mineral water because they do not drink tap water - first because of contamination and second because of its high salinity," al-Tamimi told IRIN.
"This is a catastrophe that could lead to a huge problem as we are entering summer and, of course, if it continues like this, it will lead to waterborne diseases including diarrhoea," he said.
Their drinking water comes straight from the lake and the fisherman describes their little precautionary ritual before they drink it. The family collects the water, they then let it settle and drink it.
This is the same water in which they freely defecate, the same water in which they wash and the same shrinking body of water upon which they depend for livelihood. The population pressure which he has helped to create -- with 11 family members -- is making the pollution problem worse and helping to drive down the fish stocks on which they all rely. The spectre of climate change is starting to make itself felt in the low water levels and the precariousness of life is starkly apparent -- even the houses' anchor lines are shaken as they get snagged in the propellers of passing boats.
At present, a race for the world's resources is underway that resembles the Great Game that was played in the decades leading up to the First World War. Now, as then, the most coveted prize is oil and the risk is that as the contest heats up it will not always be peaceful. But this is no simple rerun of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, there are powerful new players and it is not only oil that is at stake...
The struggle is no longer focused mainly on central Asian oil. It stretches from the Persian Gulf to Africa, Latin America, even the polar caps, and it is also a struggle for water and depleting supplies of vital minerals. Above all, global warming is increasing the scarcity of natural resources. The Great Game that is afoot today is more intractable and more dangerous than the last.
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Welcome back, Mala. The blog just went wild without you.
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Poor Raine!![]()
I do hope she no longer looks like McCain/Marlon Brando in the cheek area!
Good for her doing her civic duty. Jury duty is one of those tiresome chores, but very important!!
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Sorry for the delay in getting the blog up...
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Welcome back, Mala. The blog just went wild without you.
Dang figures I miss all the good stuff :shrug:
That's okay though wasn't really feeling too much pain in the last couple of days. I think my liver wants a divorce. :thud:
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Welcome back, Mala. The blog just went wild without you.
Dang figures I miss all the good stuff :shrug:
That's okay though wasn't really feeling too much pain in the last couple of days. I think my liver wants a divorce. :thud:
You better save that liver for the weekend we come to DC.![]()
Nearly two years after a Dallas Business Journal report sparked a federal investigation of U.S. Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson, the embattled administrator is expected to resign.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has scheduled a press conference for Monday morning, according to various reports.
Jackson, former president and CEO of the Dallas Housing Authority, has fought off charges of cronyism and the politicization of HUD's contracting processes for the last two years. The controversy was sparked by a report last May in the DBJ, which covered a speech Jackson gave in Dallas to a private group of minority real estate executives.
The secretary told the group he had canceled a contract after the contractor said he had a problem with President Bush: "Why should I reward someone who doesn't like the president, so they can use the funds to try to campaign against the president?" Jackson said. "Logic says they don't get the contract. That's the way I believe."
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Saying Obama is the first post-Boomer President is similar to saying Clinton was the first "Black" President, don't you think?
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Saying Obama is the first post-Boomer President is similar to saying Clinton was the first "Black" President, don't you think?
Good point! HA!
No matter how Steph takes it, I think when people call Obama the first post-Boomer President, they are referring to his voters, not the candidate's age...
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Who saw Keith's NBC show last night?
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BobR, is Raine stuck on jury duty the whole week or does she get out at some point if she's not picked for a jury.
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Saying Obama is the first post-Boomer President is similar to saying Clinton was the first "Black" President, don't you think?
Good point! HA!
No matter how Steph takes it, I think when people call Obama the first post-Boomer President, they are referring to his voters, not the candidate's age...
Ding ding ding!
Yeah while Obama comes off as younger then he is, he is at the tail end of the Boomer generation. But a rather sizeable portion of his voting base are young. That's a good thing I think.
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Saying Obama is the first post-Boomer President is similar to saying Clinton was the first "Black" President, don't you think?
Good point! HA!
No matter how Steph takes it, I think when people call Obama the first post-Boomer President, they are referring to his voters, not the candidate's age...
Ding ding ding!
Yeah while Obama comes off as younger then he is, he is at the tail end of the Boomer generation. But a rather sizeable portion of his voting base are young. That's a good thing I think.
And your "ding ding ding" - prompted a new audicon...
t/y Pam!
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sorry - I was busy with work and the flaven....
Lessee now:
- Livin': I nominate YOU to represent us at the SMS blog.... oh, too late?
- Pam: Raine had a saliva gland infection that made her jaw swell up so it looked like John McCain. Much better now.
- Livin': we saw Keith's show last night.
- Livin': no idea on whether the jury duty will last longer than today. I'll report back later.
(note: she just called and says "Hi" to the blog...)
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Did I chase everyone away?
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Go Braves!! WootWoot!!
And......... for my old team.......... Go Marlins. 1/2 Woot!!!
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One for Ms. Hadley:
Jacoby Ellsbury - First Navaho in MLB (Red Sox Nation)
For those of you following the saga over the past few months, Maine went Bust.
No, I don't want to talk about it.
:kickcan:
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:thud: that is a day I won't get back....
I was not the chosen one, and my civic duty as determined by law is over for this year.
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:thud: that is a day I won't get back....
I was not the chosen one, and my civic duty as determined by law is over for this year.
Yeah but you got that big time per diem for your troubles! :rofl:
Quote by Raine:Yup! and I am going to spend it ALL in one place!!! :rofl:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
:thud: that is a day I won't get back....
I was not the chosen one, and my civic duty as determined by law is over for this year.
Yeah but you got that big time per diem for your troubles! :rofl:
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:thud: that is a day I won't get back....
I was not the chosen one, and my civic duty as determined by law is over for this year.
Yeah but you got that big time per diem for your troubles! :rofl:
Like gas and parking... Gone!
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So now my Air America "flagship" station now only broadcasts Randi Rhodes and the first two hours of Rachel Maddow.
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So now my Air America "flagship" station now only broadcasts Randi Rhodes and the first two hours of Rachel Maddow.
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May I ask - did we ever track down the Maddow Trumpets?
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May I ask - did we ever track down the Maddow Trumpets?
ShelaghC has it. Didn't she send it to you?
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May I ask - did we ever track down the Maddow Trumpets?
ShelaghC has it. Didn't she send it to you?
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I'm just the resident audicon monkey... :)
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I'm just the resident audicon monkey... :)
(not just for your sounds...you are just a great person!!!)
--- it is 5 o'clock. After my John McCain tumour last week and jury duty today... I decided, I am having a raintini.
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And time for another journey to the salt mine.
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I'm just the resident audicon monkey... :)
(not just for your sounds...you are just a great person!!!)
--- it is 5 o'clock. After my John McCain tumour last week and jury duty today... I decided, I am having a raintini.
I was goofin' on that comment - and I sincerely hope that your swelling was not the McCain type (that actually is scary stuff).
May I ask what is in a "Raintini"? As a former bartender....
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80 Year old man arrested for anti war T-shirt.
Read this sh*t, They forced him in a wheelchiar to escort him out of a mall outside of the protest.
I know that mall... It's the Smithhaven mall.
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I did a video version of my SMS bit attempt of the day. If anyone wants to take a peek... thx
I'm just starting the "mash-up" video tries... so please be nice![]()
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80 Year old man arrested for anti war T-shirt.
Read this sh*t, They forced him in a wheelchiar to escort him out of a mall outside of the protest.
I know that mall... It's the Smithhaven mall.
Fucking fascist rent-a-cops. I won't go to that mall again.
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Shane.
clip it to there is no way senaotr clinton is going to win... she oughta just withdraw...
YES :::joe biden::: YES.it makesit FAR more controversial, but, it flows better, imo.
BUT, that is just me.
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"There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win" {clip}
And then "She ought to withdraw"
IMO, it just works better with the song,
Having said that, I must say that I am trying to balance the song with the lyrics. it you do not want to do anything, you should not. I back it ALL 100%
I still love it. I fully expect more mashups from you, and I will no longer open up my big fat german american mouth! :rofl:
I am a very tired woman... I think I am going to shweep soon.
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Did you have some good reading to get you through the day at jury duty?
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Did you have some good reading to get you through the day at jury duty?
I read about Frida Khalo's painings.
and her life.
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"There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win" {clip}
And then "She ought to withdraw"
IMO, it just works better with the song,
Having said that, I must say that I am trying to balance the song with the lyrics. it you do not want to do anything, you should not. I back it ALL 100%
I still love it. I fully expect more mashups from you, and I will no longer open up my big fat german american mouth! :rofl:
I am a very tired woman... I think I am going to shweep soon.
There are limits to what I can cut and mash -- takes a LOT of time, but I am uploading the version with your first suggestion now... will take about 5 mins.
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"There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win" {clip}
And then "She ought to withdraw"
IMO, it just works better with the song,
Having said that, I must say that I am trying to balance the song with the lyrics. it you do not want to do anything, you should not. I back it ALL 100%
I still love it. I fully expect more mashups from you, and I will no longer open up my big fat german american mouth! :rofl:
I am a very tired woman... I think I am going to shweep soon.
There are limits to what I can cut and mash -- takes a LOT of time, but I am uploading the version with your first suggestion now... will take about 5 mins.
I did not mean to take your time, my first suggestion was the same as teh second... I tried to clarify it --- I see it was badly done!!!![]()
Shane-O, you do what you do... forget me, what you do is great stuff!
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:clap: I love it!!!!!
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6 AM est IS way too early for me at this point of my life. I spent FAR FAR too many years getting up at 430 am to catch a 6 am train...![]()
I am so darn sleepy. I remember those good ol' days... I would sleep at one am and get up at 430... what the F happened to me??
It was only fricken Five years ago!!!!![]()
:yawn:
I blame it on Bush Fatigue.
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:kickcan:
Those that love us best know how to wound us most.
I state again for the record...Music and Aviation are two things that will never betray me.
I'm not bothering with olives or vermouth tonight, I've been drinking vodka shots for the past half hour.
I'll be in the back, watching some plane porn and feeling sorry for myself...
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:kickcan:
Those that love us best know how to wound us most.
I state again for the record...Music and Aviation are two things that will never betray me.
I'm not bothering with olives or vermouth tonight, I've been drinking vodka shots for the past half hour.
I'll be in the back, watching some plane porn and feeling sorry for myself...
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I might not be dying! I haven'ted in hours and I have strange craving for McDonald's "milk" shake.
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I mean realplayer.![]()
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OK, I am so serial... I am going to do a totally almost audicon blog post in the VERY near future.
Think mad libs... think sound. oh yeah... this is SO gonna happen.
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OK, I am so serial... I am going to do a totally almost audicon blog post in the VERY near future.
Think mad libs... think sound. oh yeah... this is SO gonna happen.
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OK, I am so serial... I am going to do a totally almost audicon blog post in the VERY near future.
Think mad libs... think sound. oh yeah... this is SO gonna happen.
<------ excitement
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Any gaps in your all audicon post - let me know... I might be able to help...
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Yay! The audiocons aren't in realtime anymore! They'd always bump me off the WWRL stream.
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