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...terrorists struck Mumbai while election campaigns were underway in four Indian states. The long queues of voters and the results - victory in three states for India's ruling Congress party - are a clear message to the terrorists that their cowardly killing of innocent people cannot make Indians afraid. India's government is working to make the country a safe and prosperous place for investment. The international community should do its part by putting pressure on Pakistan to eradicate its schools of terrorism. Jacob Sahayam adelaide, South Australia...
...Bush's greatest error was in retaining Alan Greenspan, who served too long. His greatest legacy will be the security of the American people and upholding Christianity in the aftermath of 9/11. It is clear that religious terrorists now keep to their own backyards. America's bankruptcy is shown in many ways: grasping for an unorthodox presidency, effectively nationalizing the economy and cutting off its nose to spite its face. The rhetoric around Bush sounds very like what we heard about Reagan, who is now being hailed as a great President. Wikus Hanekom, STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA...
...Above all, says Silver, inviting the program to return would make a statement to the military that the campus has changed since the '60s. The message, as Silver puts it, is clear: "Enough with the culture...
Unfortunately, the scientific evidence is becoming increasingly clear that the agricultural economy should stick to growing food; turns out that using cropland to grow fuel instead is an environmental and economic catastrophe, accelerating the conversion of forests and wetlands into new cropland while jacking up food prices around the world. (See pictures of the global food crisis here...
...fact, the jury is still out even on advanced biofuels; switchgrass would clearly be a big improvement on corn, but it's not yet clear if it would be an improvement on gasoline if there isn't enough unproductive land. Perhaps advanced biofuels from crop waste or even municipal waste would work better. In any case, it was interesting to see Obama make two references Wednesday to "advanced biofuels" and none to ethanol. And it's interesting that Vilsack has thought about this stuff in some detail...