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To: SiouxPal who wrote (126326)	2/4/2008 9:54:32 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361714

Show me the (oil) money New tool tracks financial ties between politicians and oil companies Posted by David Roberts at 4:59 PM on 03 Feb 2008 Check out Follow the Oil Money, a tool from the Center for Responsive Politics Oil Change International. You can find out exactly how much oil money any politician is getting (by zip code). You can also see cool charts showing the oil connections among sets of politicians. Here, for instance, is a chart of the presidential candidates -- it shows that Giuliani was clearly the biggest oil man. oilmoney.priceofoil.org Here is a chart of all House members. Looks like one Stevan Pearce of New Mexico is the big winner there. Over in the Senate, on the other hand, two goliaths stand above all others: John Cornyn of Texas and Pete Domenici of New Mexico. Coincidentally, all four of these top oil guys are Republicans. I really want to see one of these for coal! gristmill.grist.org

To: SiouxPal who wrote (126326)	2/4/2008 10:41:20 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 361714

John Kerry's better on the stump in 2008 supporting Obama than he was campaigning back in 2004 -- he really seems to embrace this opportunity...Ted Kennedy has been outstanding too.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (126326)	2/5/2008 8:08:54 AM
From: Ron	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361714

Is it hot in here, or is it just me?? Coming February 10th on National Geographic Channel: Six Degrees that Could Change the World channel.nationalgeographic.com Six degrees may not sound like much, but such a rise in average temperature would be enough to destroy much of life and reshape our world almost beyond recognition. Global warming is already a fact: the snows of Kilimanjaro are melting away; massive boulders on the Matterhorn, snowbound for centuries, have begun to plunge in dramatic and dangerous rockfalls; and atoll nations of the Pacific are disappearing inch by inch under the waves. Source material: Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas channel.nationalgeographic.com