Pauline's Happenings

I got a little more work done today, not too much more but some.  My desk area doesn’t look as messy anyway……grin

House hunting is sucking, but we may have a few more leads.  We have to give our answer to our present landload by the 1st.  We are wondering if we can go month-to-month, for 1 month and then if we don’t find anything, do the year lease.  The problem with the month-to-month is that the rent jumps way more then it is worth.  I expect a small jump, but not more then it is worth.

And on top of that we have now have a last minute trip, right when we are suppose to be moving….icks.  But this is one trip we could not turn down, it is a business trip but it promises to be a blast.  We are going to be meeting some friends in Curacao (the company I work for is paying for it, there was no way we could turn it down), an island just north of South America.  We will finally be able to use our passports, heck I’ve been using mine in the airports for domestic travel  just to use it since we paid for the damn thing and jumped through all the hoops……I know I’m goofy…….lol

Gore Pushes for Sweeping Changes to Energy Policy

“I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean, carbon-free sources within 10 years,” Gore said, speaking from Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., where he called for a full switch to solar, wind and other renewable energy sources. 

**You know we could do it, if our leaders got some balls.  What I would love is for the government or a philantist (sp) to just put solar panels on all the housing, starting with the poor and the working class because they are the hardest hit.  Once you take care of them and get them adding energy into powergrid it will help to lower energy prices and then the price of getting the solar panels would start to go down. And at the same time we would be investing into other technologies.

Texas gives green light to lots more wind power

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas officials gave the go-ahead Thursday to the nation’s largest wind-power project, a plan to build billions of dollars worth of new transmission lines to bring pollution-free energy from gusty West Texas to urban areas.

**More on the green front.  Our national government has been sucking on taking the lead, but it is great to see states take the lead, such as Texas and California has the guts to do.
Bush Proposal to Change Abortion Definition

“One of the most troubling aspects of the proposed rules is the overly-broad definition of ‘abortion,'” write Clinton and Murray. “This definition would allow health-care corporations or individuals to classify many common forms of contraception — including the birth control pill, emergency contraception and IUDs — ‘abortions’ and therefore to refuse to provide contraception to women who need it.

“As a consequence, these draft regulations could disrupt state laws securing women’s access to birth control. They could jeopardize federal programs like Medicaid and Title X that provide family-planning services to millions of women. They could even undermine state laws that ensure survivors of sexual assault and rape receive emergency contraception in hospital emergency rooms,” they write.

**You have no idea how pissed off I am about this.  I did get an email petition and signed it, then forwarded it on to my family.  Then I sent some money to NARAL.

New Yorkers try to swallow calorie sticker shock

Nora Cara was flabbergasted.

She was about to order her usual morning coffee and muffin at Dunkin’ Donuts when she saw the new calorie labels. The chocolate chip muffin she had her eye on was 630 calories.

“I was blown away,” said Cara, a 27-year-old homemaker from Forest Hills in New York City. “I’m not a no-carb type of person, and I usually don’t even think about it. But you pick up a little muffin with your coffee, and it has 630 calories in it? That’s a bit extreme!”

**I would love this to be nation wide.  Just think of the effect that this education would do to people’s eating habits?  Maybe it would help this nation and it obesity and it would sure help me when we are out to eat.

Voters to decide on naming sewage plant for Bush

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush’s years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot.

The measure certified Thursday would rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

Supporters say the idea is to commemorate the mess they claim Bush has left behind by actions such as the war in Iraq.

Local Republicans say the plan stinks and they will oppose it.

**I love this!!!  This is classic…….lol  Talk about the karma coming back on Bush……….grin