tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post487683279895112650..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: The Poppy Palaces of AfghanistanDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52518212484075315862011-01-11T14:24:05.318-05:002011-01-11T14:24:05.318-05:00The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass ...The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our way of life, the clearer we should see through it. <br />http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?action=profile;u=142449Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13480575039542619122010-06-05T19:03:42.541-04:002010-06-05T19:03:42.541-04:00Red Said 1000. Red is correct.Red Said 1000. Red is correct.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88954586609987495242010-06-05T18:38:55.452-04:002010-06-05T18:38:55.452-04:00If I ever went back Spain and France, I'd go d...If I ever went back Spain and France, I'd go directly to those paleolithic caves, with the old wall painting, 30,000 years or more, abandoned when men, or maybe it was the women, found agriculture, around 11,000 years ago, and abandoned abruptly; and not waste my time in museums and cathedrals. Biggest mistake of my traveling life. I recommend that over Pamplona, Quirk. Never been to either, though.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76846164143670751652010-06-05T17:50:03.794-04:002010-06-05T17:50:03.794-04:00We can say, "Sayonara" to the Middle Eas...We can say, "Sayonara" to the Middle East, Forever.<br /><br />We can collect the "taxes," locally.<br /><br />Did I mention Exxon paid NO U.S. Income Taxes last year? Out of a Profit of $36 Billion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41751788752618742982010-06-05T17:48:07.471-04:002010-06-05T17:48:07.471-04:00We have 15 Billion Gallons/Yr of Ethanol from Corn...We have 15 Billion Gallons/Yr of Ethanol from Corn. You want another 60 Billion Gallons/Yr from Cellulosic (switchgrass, corn cobs, waste paper, etc?)<br /><br />The Price Tag is approx. $180 Billion for the biorefineries.<br /><br />Less than we paid to bail out AIG.<br /><br />1.2% of GDP - for One year.<br /><br />We save approx <b>$360 Billion</b> in Oil Imports the "First" year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48987080069699829862010-06-05T17:40:20.907-04:002010-06-05T17:40:20.907-04:00With U.S. Aid, Warlord Builds an Afghan Empire
TI...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/world/asia/06warlords.html?ref=global-home" rel="nofollow">With U.S. Aid, Warlord Builds an Afghan Empire</a><br /><br />TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan — The most powerful man in Oruzgan Province is not the governor or the police chief but the head of a private army that guards NATO convoys and fights Taliban insurgents alongside American Special Forces.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4291620029055529552010-06-05T17:39:20.419-04:002010-06-05T17:39:20.419-04:00The Indy 500 is going to 2.4 L engines next year. ...The Indy 500 is going to 2.4 L engines next year. They can do that because they're using 100% Ethanol. (they can get, at least, 30% more Horsepower out of a gallon of ethanol than they can out of a gallon of gasoline.)<br /><br />The Buick Regal coming out in the fall will have a 2.0 L option which will get good power, and, virtually, the same mileage as gasoline, on E85. <br /><br />For the cost of ONE YEAR in Iraq, and Afghanistan, we could be free from "imported" oil, FOREVER. <br /><br /><b>One Year</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7398594240138433332010-06-05T17:28:49.934-04:002010-06-05T17:28:49.934-04:00No way Obumble is going into 2012 (HIS election ye...No way Obumble is going into 2012 (HIS election year) with troops in Afghanistan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83117237471030822132010-06-05T17:27:45.521-04:002010-06-05T17:27:45.521-04:00Trish's CIA guys did it right the first couple...Trish's CIA guys did it right the first couple of months. As soon as Tommy Frank's Army boys moved in, and screwed the pooch at Tora Bora, it all went downhill.<br /><br />We'll be gone by Dec 31, 2011.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51925102478421485992010-06-05T17:23:29.047-04:002010-06-05T17:23:29.047-04:00In fact, there's no real reason to turn it int...In fact, there's no real reason to turn it into "biodiesel." It would work just fine if we poured the poppyseed oil directly into the fuel tanks of those vehicles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56596448566535678912010-06-05T17:20:38.415-04:002010-06-05T17:20:38.415-04:00We're paying $400.00/gal for diesel over there...We're paying $400.00/gal for diesel over there. That's right $Four Hundred. <br /><br />We can get 100 gallons of biodiesel from an acre of poppies. Capital costs are nil.<br /><br />100 X $400.00 = $40,000.00Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78216509061555177122010-06-05T17:16:07.489-04:002010-06-05T17:16:07.489-04:00Put
this up as a thread...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-huzTje3bM&feature=player_embedded#%21" rel="nofollow">Put<br />this up as a thread...</a>What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9036356001318311172010-06-05T17:08:58.377-04:002010-06-05T17:08:58.377-04:00"It is a tragedy, though, that Quirk wasn'...<i>"It is a tragedy, though, that Quirk wasn't soaking in the tub, when he plugged that appliance in. :)"</i><br /><br />Cute Bobber.<br /><br />Real funny. As were the other comments about Spain and bulls and me.<br /><br />We'll see just how funny when the plan is fully implemented. You can take some comfort in knowing that Idaho is far down on our list. However, rest assured we will get to it eventually.<br /><br /><br />(Just got back to the suite, badly sunburned. Need a nap. Tell Rufus and Whit I will check on the status of the plane when I get up.)<br /><br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28272191217220619272010-06-05T17:05:24.917-04:002010-06-05T17:05:24.917-04:00Navy boards 'Rachel Corrie' off Gaza
By JP...Navy boards 'Rachel Corrie' off Gaza<br />By JPOST.COM STAFF<br />06/05/2010 15:32<br /><br />IDF forces dock ship in Ashdod, none harmed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These activists were not quite as active as the last activists. The model of good activist behavior.<br /><br />Meanwhile, thousands gathered in Tel Aviv to protest the Gaza blockade. The JPost identifies them as "leftists." We just call them Ha'aretz readers.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31380975141735637812010-06-05T16:50:45.878-04:002010-06-05T16:50:45.878-04:00Talking about ag products, the oil spill may be go...Talking about ag products, the oil spill may be good for us alfalfa farmers, as alfalfa can be used to soak up oil. Wish it hadn't happened though.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15206284501643657772010-06-05T16:35:00.419-04:002010-06-05T16:35:00.419-04:00Minor correction, however: At the end of May, 1,00...Minor correction, however: At the end of May, 1,000 US service members had been killed in Afghanistan. Not 4300.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15410371916070834742010-06-05T16:32:25.637-04:002010-06-05T16:32:25.637-04:00For as long as those pledges of foreign aid contin...For as long as those pledges of foreign aid continue to be honored.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68563172303033085382010-06-05T16:29:52.703-04:002010-06-05T16:29:52.703-04:00The poppy harvest in Helmand and Kandahar should b...The poppy harvest in Helmand and Kandahar should be significantly diminished this year.<br /><br />Bad for the farmers. Good for the drug lords, who comprise a healthy chunk of the Good Guys.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Little known statistic: Afghanistan had the world's fastest growing economy last year, at 11 and something-odd percent. That was the licit part of it.<br /><br />They're on a roll.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-66185533298182153522010-06-05T16:07:28.113-04:002010-06-05T16:07:28.113-04:00That is one million US addicts.That is one million US addicts.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71122391999510715942010-06-05T16:04:13.260-04:002010-06-05T16:04:13.260-04:00In Colombia we refer to them as narco mansions.In Colombia we refer to them as narco mansions.trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139410627244875589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7971592116212374002010-06-05T15:58:56.295-04:002010-06-05T15:58:56.295-04:00It costs us one million dollars a year to keep one...It costs us one million dollars a year to keep one US soldier in Afghanistan. <br /><br />Afghanistan accounts for production of 87 percent of the world's heroin. <br /><br />Afghanistan cultivates 225,000 acres (350 square miles) of poppies.<br /><br />It is estimated that there are one million hardcore heroin addicts. 34% get their heroin from Afghan sources.<br /><br />4300 US servicemen have died in Afghanistan.<br /><br />The Taliban get from 40-60% of their income from heroin.<br /><br />Drugs and bribes are the two largest income-generators in Afghanistan. The country's opium trade last year was worth an estimated $2.8 billion.<br /><br />For the annual cost of 2800 US soldiers, a small brigade, the US could pay off the entire food chain of the heroin drug trade in Afghanistan.<br /><br />That is the costs of three days of US oil imports.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com