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snopes.com: Cash for Clunkers

snopes.com: Cash for Clunkers Posted using ShareThis People love sending the sensational Glenn Beck video around and I have already received it twice. That guy is such a drama queen and it behooves me why anyone would listen to anything that twit says. As the Snopes site says (click link above), Glenn, of course, made people think the gov't was going to take over their computers and then their lives if they went to the "cash for clunkers" website. His story was a total crock, just like he is everyday of his life. Get a life! Don't watch Glenn Beck. Go for a walk or run or bike ride. Read a book. Do a Sudoku. Pull weeds in your garden. Be constructive. Don't waste your time on stupid TV shows!

Is the Afghanistan War all about The Drug Trade?

Is the war in Afghanistan all about who controls the drug trade? Recent news portrays a war on drugs that is one-sided to say the least. It is not too hard to see a portrait of the entire war as one to help out the war lords who fought the Soviets. Those same war lords then fell on hard times during the Talibans rule when the drug trade in Afghanistan was almost eliminated and was certainly by any measure the lowest in recent history. See World Bank report for statistics.... http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/0,,contentMDK:21133060~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:223547,00.html Now the US military is targeting only Taliban drug trade. Why not target all drug trade? The couple recent articles in the NY Times underscores a policy by the US government that seems to support the view that the US is involved in promoting the drug trade. What do you think? August 10, 2009 U.S. to Hunt Down Afghan Drug Lords Tied to Taliban By JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON — Fi