The United States came under pressure to show leadership in U.N. climate talks on Wednesday with Mexico saying its neighbour is a stumbling block in efforts to try to craft a tough global climate agreement by December.
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Throughout its history, various cities and towns in the United States have implemented laws that are detrimental to women’s rights at best, and downright kick the entire feminist ideal back into the Middle Ages at worst. Continue reading
“The farm contains 627 wind turbines on almost 100,000 acres of land near Roscoe, Texas.” Everything's bigger in Texas–even the green movement. added by: MirrorLake 1 response
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Morry Gash/Associated Press Supporters react after learning that the Olympic Games will not be held in Chicago.Did Chicago lose the chance to host the 2016 Olympics because of airport security issues?
Among the toughest questions posed to the Chicago bid team this week in Copenhagen was one that raised the issue of what kind of welcome foreigners would get from airport officials when they arrived in this country to attend the Games. Syed Shahid Ali, an I.O.C. member from Pakistan, in the question-and-answer session following Chicago’s official presentation, pointed out that entering the United States can be “a rather harrowing experience.”
President Obama, who was there as part of the 10-person team, assured Mr. Ali that all visitors would be made to feel welcome. “One of the legacies I want to see is a reminder that America at its best is open to the world,” he said.”
But Mr. Obama’s assurances may have not been enough to assuage critics like Mr. Ali. A few hours later the Games went to Rio de Janiero.
The exchange underscores what tourism officials here have been saying for years about the sometimes rigorous entry process for foreigners, which they see as a deterrent to tourism. Once the news came out that Chicago lost its Olympic bid, the U.S. Travel Association didn’t miss an opportunity to point that out, sending out a critical press release within hours.
“It’s clear the United States still has a lot of work to do to restore its place as a premier travel destination,” Roger Dow, U.S. Travel’s president, said in the statement released today. “When IOC members are commenting to our President that foreign visitors find traveling to the United States a ‘pretty harrowing experience,’ we need to take seriously the challenge of reforming our entry process to ensure there is a welcome mat to our friends around the world, even as we ensure a secure system.”
International travel to the U.S. declined by 10 percent in the first quarter of 2009 according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. To lure visitors back, U.S. Travel has been pushing the Travel Promotion Act, which recently was passed in the Senate and is awaiting action in the House, to create a campaign to strengthen the image of the United States abroad.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — It isn't clear whether the United States will ever be able to declare victory in Iraq, the top U.S. commander there said Thursday. Army Gen
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Yesterday, in furtherance of his indictment of Barack Obama as an Olympics-mongering gamewhore, Glenn Beck pointed out that the Olympics suck and Vancouver lost $1 billion when it hosted them. Next year.
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Graphic from the Washington Post on how different nations ranked the importance government should place on climate change.
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Compared to China & Brazil, the US is climate illiterate, scientist says
‘I knew I wasn’t over,’ the Wu-Tang vet says of staying at the top after years in the game. By Shaheem Reid Photo: Universal Raekwon is in Paris right now, thousands of miles from the United States, so the Chef didn’t learn until later Monday (September 28) that he was voted #10 on our 2009 Hottest MCs in the Game list .
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