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2011? Did We Say 2011? Administration Officials Backpedal on Afghan Withdrawal
Posted by Staff, Think Progress on December 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM.

As administration officials touted the President’s new Afghanistan strategy on the Sunday political talk shows, they underscored that the U.S. troops may not be coming home in 2011:

Gen. David Petraeus: "There's no timeline, no ramp, nothing like that." [Fox News Sunday]

National Security Adviser James Jones: "It is not a cliff. It is a glide slope. And so certainly, the President has also said we are not leaving Afghanistan." [CNN State of the Union]

Defense Secretary Robert Gates: "Well, first of all, I don’t consider this an exit strategy. And I try to avoid using that term. I think this is a transition." [ABC This Week]

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This Week in Right-Wing Media Crazy
Posted by Staff, Media Matters for America on December 4, 2009 at 12:58 PM.

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The Story of Cap and Trade: More Scam Than Solution
Posted by Tara Lohan, AlterNet on December 3, 2009 at 3:44 PM.

If you've heard anything about how we're going to solve our climate crisis then cap and trade is likely familiar to you. But if you don't know exactly what it is, then this new video from Annie Leonard (who also did "The Story of Stuff") is definitely in order. You can also check out a contrarian perspective from David Roberts at Grist.

Here's the description of Leonard's "Story of Cap and Trade."

The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the "devils in the details" in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what's really required to tackle the climate crisis. If youve heard about Cap & Trade, but aren't sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you.

President Obama's Escalations in Afghanistan Far Exceed Troop Increases Discussed in Campaign
Posted by ZP Heller on December 2, 2009 at 7:00 PM.

And that's just his latest escalation.

During the campaign, he said he'd send around 12,000 troops. So far, he's sent 50,000. Each of these troops will cost taxpayers in the U.S. $1 million per year.

Learn more at http://rethinkafghanistan.com.

The Tar Sands Suck
Posted by Staff, Agit-Pop on December 2, 2009 at 11:38 AM.

The Canadian Tar Sands is the world's largest, and dirtiest, energy project. Dirty oil sands crude generates as much as five times greenhouse gas as conventional oil. Yet, unless steps are taken by the U.S. and Canada, both countries will become irrevocably addicted to the dirtiest oil on earth. Totally lame.

Activists Strip Down to Their Birthday Suits to Protest Fur
Posted by Staff, AlterNet on December 1, 2009 at 12:48 PM.