WorldNetDaily: Bush economist doubts 9-11 story

WorldNetDaily: Bush economist doubts 9-11 story: "Morgan Reynolds, former chief economist for the Department of Labor during President George W. Bush's first term, says the official story about the collapse of the Twin Towers is 'bogus' and that it is more likely that a controlled demolition destroyed them and adjacent Building No. 7. "

Share International on the Reappearence of Maitreya the World Teacher

Share International on the Reappearence of Maitreya the World Teacher: "Many now expect the return of their awaited Teacher, whether they call him the Christ, Messiah, the fifth Buddha, Krishna, or the Imam Mahdi. Millions now know that the Teacher who fulfills all these expectations is already living among us.

Maitreya, the World Teacher, has not come alone, but with a group of wise Teachers who have long guided humanity from behind the scenes.

They are returning to the everyday world to help us solve our most critical global problems. Maitreya is not a religious leader, but an educator in the broadest sense.

He is here to inspire us to create a new era based on sharing and justice, so that all may have the basic necessities of life: food, shelter, health care, and education.

His open mission in the world is about to begin. As Maitreya himself has said: 'Soon, now very soon, you will see my face and hear my words.'"

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Largest Earthquakes in the World

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Largest Earthquakes in the World since 1900:

Interesting timeline, especially that 2 of the top 12 in the last 105 year occurred in the last 6 months.

Breakdown by decade:

1900-09 (1; '06)
1910-19 (0)
1920-29 (1; '22)
1930-39 (1; '38)
1940-49 (0)
1950-59 (3; '50, '52, '57)
1960-69 (4; '60, '63, '64, '65)
1970-79 (0)
1980-89 (0)
1990-99 (0)
2000-05 (2; '04, '05)

Also from the USGS, historical earthquakes causing more than 50,000 deaths by century (total of 22 in last 12 centuries):

2000's (1)
1900's (10)
1800's (0)
1700's (3)
1600's (2)
1500's (1)
1200's (2)
1100's (1)
800's (2)

USATODAY.com - Schwarzenegger won't shy from confrontation

USATODAY.com - Schwarzenegger won't shy from confrontation:

"Schwarzenegger raised nearly $30 million last year from an array of corporate contributors, some of whom are giving in $250,000 increments to help promote his ballot initiatives. Asked whether they are special interests, he replied, 'As soon as a group of people is between the public and the politicians, it becomes a special interest. Now that can mean the drug companies, that can mean the auto dealers. Anyone that is fighting for their (own) interests. It doesn't mean they're bad.'

J.J. Jelincic, president of the California State Employees Association, has his own definition: 'For Arnold Schwarzenegger, a special interest is anyone who has not written him a $100,000 check.'

Bob Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles, says Schwarzenegger's conference calls with donors highlight a paradox: 'He came in saying that he was against the special interests and he's become Mr. Special Interest. You give a certain amount of cash, and you get special access to a special phone number to give your input.'"

...Republicans, a minority here, find Schwarzenegger's aggressiveness bracing. "Because he's new, because he's bigger than life in every respect, he's willing to take on what's untouchable," says state finance director Tom Campbell, a former member of Congress.

State Senate Republican leader Kevin McCarthy gives another reason for the Austrian-born Schwarzenegger's fearlessness: He's not angling for higher office, because only native-born Americans can occupy the White House. "This governor can't be president," he says. "He knows it; we all know it."

Mark DiCamillo, director of the statewide, non-partisan Field Poll, says the slim leads Schwarzenegger's proposals enjoy will be hard to sustain in the endgame ad barrage. But then again, "he's a man who likes to overcome obstacles."

Schwarzenegger says all people need is information, and he'll make sure they get it: "I'm an expert at that, to go out there and to market and to promote things."

He demonstrated his style in defense of his budget initiative, which Nunez and others say would give him more power than any governor in the country and make him virtually king of California.

"Would you rather give the budget to the legislators that have run down this state and created a budget deficit of $22 billion, or would you rather give it to me? Somebody who has hundreds of millions of dollars and has (made) the best investments of anyone in Hollywood?" Schwarzenegger asked. "Just do a little soul-searching right now and ask yourself: Do you want to give your checkbook to those guys or give it to me? Because I can guarantee you I can turn $1 into $2."

USATODAY.com - Schwarzenegger timeline

USATODAY.com - Schwarzenegger timeline A look at the job approval rating of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger since his election in Oct. 2003.

USATODAY.com - Schwarzenegger timeline

USATODAY.com - Schwarzenegger timeline A look at the job approval rating of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger since his election in Oct. 2003.

Move over Rambo, you're cramping new man's style - Yahoo! News

Move over Rambo, you're cramping new man's style - Yahoo! News: "'The masculine ideal is being completely modified. All the traditional male values of authority, infallibility, virility and strength are being completely overturned,' said Pierre Francois Le Louet, the agency's managing director.

Instead today's males are turning more towards 'creativity, sensitivity and multiplicity,' as seen already in recent seasons on the catwalks of Paris and Milan.
Arnold Schwarznegger and Sylvester Stallone are being replaced by the 21st-century man who 'no longer wants to be the family super-hero', but instead has the guts to be himself, to test his own limits."