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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (304640)	3/3/2011 12:27:30 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

a "possible" act of Islamic terrorism.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (304640)	3/3/2011 12:46:04 PM
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CONFIRMED: Border Agent Terry Was FORCED TO USE BEANBAGS Against Armed Mexican Killers Gateway Pundit ^ \| 3/3/2011 \| Jim Hoft gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com The outrageous rumors were true. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was forced to use beanbags against armed Mexican killers before he was shot dead in Arizona in December. Agent Brian Terry was forced to defend himself and this country with beanbags. The Arizona Daily Star reported: Border Patrol agents shot beanbags at a group of suspected bandits before the men returned fire during a confrontation in a remote canyon, killing agent Brian Terry with a single gunshot, records show. And an illegal immigrant wounded in the gunbattle who is now the only person in custody linked to the slaying contends he never fired a shot, according to FBI search warrant requests filed in the U.S. District Court in Tucson. The documents provide the most detailed version yet of what happened in the deadly gunbattle Dec. 14 in Peck Canyon, northwest of Nogales. The documents say the group of illegal border entrants refused commands to drop their weapons after agents confronted them at about 11:15 p.m. Two agents fired beanbags at the migrants, who responded with gunfire. Two agents returned fire, one with a long gun and one with a pistol, but Terry was mortally wounded in the gunfight. Border Patrol officials declined to answer questions about protocol for use of force, citing the ongoing investigation. But Terry’s brother, Kent Terry, said the other agents who were there that night told him that they were instructed to use the non-lethal beanbags first. It’s a policy that doesn’t make sense to Kent Terry. “You go up against a bandit crew that is carrying AKs, and you walk out there with guns loaded with beanbags – I don’t get it,” Terry said in a phone interview from Michigan. “It’s like going to the Iraqi war with one knife. It boggles my mind. … These guys (Border Patrol agents) are professionals; they should be able to use their judgment call on their own.” But, don’t worry. Barack Obama says the border is as safe today as it’s ever been.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (304640)	3/3/2011 7:28:34 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

The Airhead At EPA .............................................................. 03/02/2011 investors.com The head of the Environmental Protection Agency's office of air and radiation admits she doesn't know how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere. How can someone so ignorant have such an important job? It's not like Gina McCarthy has no experience in environmental policy. Her EPA bio says she's been commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and "worked at both the state and local levels on critical environmental issues." McCarthy even "has extensive experience with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the nation's first market-based greenhouse gas cap-and-trade system," as well as a "master of science in environmental health engineering and planning and policy from Tufts University." Yet when Rep. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, asked McCarthy on Tuesday during a House hearing if she knew what the atmospheric CO2 level was, she admitted that she didn't, reports Steven Milloy of junkscience.com. This is knowledge that even the after-hours cleanup crew at the EPA building should have. That the person who could be considered America's top greenhouse gas regulator couldn't answer the question is inexcusable. It's a good bet that by now an embarrassed McCarthy does know how much CO2 is in the atmosphere — unless her staff is as ignorant as she is. If that's the case, we can help: The CO2 level in our atmosphere is roughly 391 parts per million — a number readily available through the most primitive of Web searches. But McCarthy has better things to do than gather facts related to her job. She's too busy regulating human-caused emissions of the very substance of which she apparently has less-than-rudimentary knowledge. Just as they seem to know what the Earth's temperature should be, global warmongers also pretend to know the appropriate level of CO2 in our atmosphere. Some years ago they said 350 parts per million was the top limit for human safety. But that's not what the scientific community believes. Some researchers — climatology professor Robert Balling, for instance — make a compelling case that increased CO2 will create a greener, lusher planet. Isn't that what environmentalists want? Or is the global warming scare simply a cover intended to allow the political left to impose their anti-capitalist, freedom-choking ideas on the rest of us? The campaign against global warming is raw, media-aided politics hiding behind the facade of science. McCarthy's ignorance only confirms this. Her job is to push a political agenda, not expand knowledge. She and people like her should be in Washington only as tourists, not as lawmakers and bureaucrats who have power over others' lives.