Daily Archives: Nov. 5, 2007

With friends like Musharraf . . .

Nov. 5, 20071:01 p.m.

MusharrafbushPakistani President Pervez Musharraf isn’t even pretending anymore to be anything but a dictator. After declaring emergency rule, he launched a countrywide crackdown on political opposition, the media and the courts, the Washington Post reported. And instead of spending our $7 billion in military aid to pursue al-Qaida militants, Musharraf has used most of it on heavy arms and aircraft that are more likely to be used against India, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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By Phillip Brownlee | Filed under Terrorism | Comments (42)

Coal and coal-fired power behind latest ad blast

Nov. 5, 200712:59 p.m.

CoalplantholcombSupporters of coal-fired power plants justifiably complained about how an Oklahoma natural gas company secretly funded anti-coal TV and newspaper advertisements. But then what did they do? Secretly fund anti-natural gas ads, of course. Their full-page newspaper advertisement, which appeared today in The Eagle, the Kansas City Star and the Hutchinson News, makes the crazy suggestion that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is serving the interests of Vladimir Putin, Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by making the state more dependent on natural gas as a fuel source.
The Kansas City Star’s Prime Buzz blog reports that the ad’s sponsor, Kansans for Affordable Energy, is headquartered in Garden City but has a Topeka mailing address, and is funded by coal company Peabody Energy and by Sunflower Electric Power Corp., the company denied air permits by the Sebelius administration to build two more coal-fired power plants in western Kansas. The group’s chairman, Bob Kreutzer, said the ad was intended to provide the “complete story” about the issue. That is, without disclosing who paid for it.
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By Phillip Brownlee | Filed under Environment | Comments (111)

Open thread 11/05

Nov. 5, 20071:06 a.m.

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