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Mitt Romney has proposed a national energy plan that he claims will enable the U.S. to end its reliance on foreign energy sources by 2020, but experts are divided on its effectiveness.
In August, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced a new goal for his administration: achieving energy independence for the United States within the next decade.
"This is not some pie-in-the-sky kind of thing," Romney said at a New Mexico campaign event. "This is a real, achievable objective."
Energy independence has long been a goal, as experts agree that reliance on foreign oil and other energy sources is untenable in the long term and is a threat to national security. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, in 2011 the U.S. consumed 18.8 million barrels per day (MMbd) of petroleum products. Of this, the country imported 11.4 MMbd of crude oil and refined petroleum, while it produced only 5.7 MMbd of crude oil and 4.6 MMbd of other petroleum supplies. Over the same period, the U.S. exported 2.9 MMbd of petroleum gasoline, diesel fuel, heating fuel and other products, while importing 2.4 MMbd, a net export difference of 0.5 MMbd.
Canada and Saudi Arabia account for the majority of energy imports to the U.S., representing 29 percent and 14 percent of total imports, respectively. The next three biggest importers are Venezuela (11 percent), Nigeria (10 percent) and Mexico (8 percent). When grouped, Persian Gulf countries, including Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, accounted for 22 percent of crude oil and petroleum product imports.
"America's dependence on imported energy increases its strategic vulnerability and constrains its ability to pursue foreign policy and national security objectives," the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) explains. Oil–rich nations such as Russia, Iran and Venezuela are able to "ignore U.S. policies and to pursue interests inimical to our national security" because of U.S. dependence on their energy supplies, the CFR warns.
Mitt Romney claims his plan will result in a significant increase in domestic U.S. energy production that will exceed the country's consumption requirements, making it a net producer of energy.
"The net-net of all this, as you can see, is by 2020, we're able to produce somewhere between 23 million and 28 million barrels per day of oil, and we won't need to buy any oil from the Middle East or Venezuela or anywhere else where we don't want to," Romney said.
The plan relies on simultaneous development of multiple new sources. According to CNN Money, the key energy independence measures are:
- Granting states control of drilling on federal lands in their borders;
- Granting states oversight for onshore energy developments;
- Increasing offshore drilling sites, such as those off the Virginia and Carolina coasts;
- Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline;
- Setting minimum oil production targets in the government's leasing plans;
- Reducing new energy project paperwork and waiting times by creating a fast-track approval process; and
- Limiting third-party litigation rights to prevent environmental groups from delaying new sources through lawsuits.
Additionally, the Romney plan calls for biofuel subsidies and loosening environmental restrictions on coal and other energy production. The increase in domestic production "can add 3 million jobs," Romney argued. Other benefits include gross domestic product (GDP) gains of as much as $400 billion a year, lower energy prices and growth of America's manufacturing sector.
However, experts disagree about the plan's effectiveness.
The CFR described the plan's as myopic because crude oil prices are set by global markets. "U.S. economic vulnerability to volatile oil markets stems from the volume of oil we consume, not the volume we import," Michael Levi, an energy and climate fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, told Reuters. "If you don't change the volume of oil we consume, you've missed most of the problem."
Meanwhile, Forbes claims that while Romney's vision is "bold," the numbers seem overly optimistic. For instance, research firm WoodMackenzie found that development of unconventional oil in the U.S. could grow production from "1.5 million bpd [barrels per day] to 4.1 million bpd by 2020," but the U.S. currently imports 9 million bpd. To cover the deficit "drillers would have to find and develop another 5 million barrels per day of domestic oil, while continuing to fight declining production from older fields. This will not happen by 2020, and probably not ever."
However, other voices have declared their support for the Romney plan. "For U.S. manufacturers to be able to compete successfully in the world marketplace, they need access to a consistent supply of affordable energy," Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), said. "To achieve that, a true 'all-of-the-above' approach is necessary."
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The point is with Romney we will have less reliance on the Middle East because he will encourage domestic production. The Obama Adminstrration has restricted oil & gas leases and refused to move forward with the XL Pipeline. Mr. Obama says he wants us to be energy independent, but his actions belie that. Unless, of course, his idea is to have the price of energy so incredibly high, that we simply have to use less energy because we can no longer afford it.
October 17, 2012
If we continue exploiting the production of 'dirty energy' – that XL pipeline will bring tar sands oil to be refined in the USA and its a dirty crude that will produce HUGE amounts of carbon in the atmosphere – and the exploitation of Shale Oil can functionally and actually poison the drinking water WHEREEVER IT IS 'MINED'.
If we let the OIL industry do that we will poison our environment AND make millions of citizens totally dependent on the Oil Industry for the safety and security of their homes and their water and their food sources…..and based on the track record of the OIL industry to be esoteric and do the 'right thing' …….it's a bet I'M not willing to take. I can't trust them to not hugely overcharge for their product in favor of the HIGHEST PROFITS IN THE HISTORY OF AN INDUSTRY MAKING PROFITS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD……I'm not willing to throw the future of the country – and the world to them in the 'hopes' they'll be 'good guys'….


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The historic Hotel Bentley in Alexandria was built more than 100 years ago. But in 2004, the Bentley shut its doors and now sits empty. But local entrepreneur and business owner Michael Jenkins says he wants to make downtown Alexandria the place to be, which is why he has a purchase agreement to buy the Hotel Bentley.
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this is the life of belden granada.
i woke up at 10, left my house, and was sucker punched by a surprising day…er, morning of adventure. i hopped on my bike and headed for target. i always seem to make it there faster than the previous time. my sophomore year it took me around 30 minutes, eventually it went down to 20, 15, 10, and today, i made it there in 5
so i head inside the store and make my way to electronics. i check out the 3ds kiosk to find that there is no display, trace, or evidence of kid icarus. i could have easily asked an employee, or searched for it using the dpci, but for whatever reason, i choose not to
leaving the storing contemplating my next move, i come to the conclusion that the only hope for me is gamestop. the road to the mall is right next to target, i could easily go down this street, and get to the mall in 15 minutes. that would be suicide because for whatever reason, the street is always ridiculously busy, maybe if i were to leave my house at an earlier time, i would have been able to, but sadly, i did not
i decided to go all the way around, which was very…not fun? i make my way to the mall. whenever i do bike to the mall, i never lock my bike onto a rack. i usually go to a nearby apartment complex and lock it to fence, at the place's playground. its usually shady and my bike uncannily blends in with this fence. i then walk a short distance to the mall
i get to gamestop and yet again, the game is not on display, so i get in line. when i finally make it to the cashier, i ask him about the game. he says they're only handing out pre-orders, i respond by telling him i didnt pre-order it. he lets out a sigh, goes to a shelf, opens a drawer, and pulls it out. i pay for the game and leave the store with the radiance of a champion…and sweat
of course, i make it home, and spend the rest of my friday playing the game…and crying
my plans for the rest of spring break? no idea, whatever the world shoves in my face. probably a lot of biking and drawing. i still have to do some sweet artwork for this local band called 'HERO SHOT'. they're awesome! i went to the hunger games midnight premier last night with the fellas. it was terrible…terribly good that is. i didnt realize it at the time because i was so tired, but this morning i came to the realization that yes, it was that good.
by very many people
and i dont give a fuckkk
'the not so dangerous life of the ingloriously infamous belden granada vs the world'
but you terrify me and cause me to listen to april chase more than usual
the animation for avatar
i love how expressive the characters and the emotion!
today was just a good day.
my wallet came in the mail and i got to wear my sweet new chinos
went to cinco muchachos with danny and chuwy, watched some hey arnold, then went to downtown mountain view. i love downtown mountain view
the three of us went to red rock cafe to watch owl paws and rin tin tiger. some pretty sweet stuff. rin tin tiger is ridiculously hilarious, and they have some pretty sweet bass grooves, im really digging them
after the show, everyone went to in n out to end the night
now im here about to watch the latest episode of transformers, and the first episode of the legend of korra!
i cant wait till friday, gonna pick up a copy of kid icarus for the 3ds. i watched the 3d trailer, and it looks crazy good, i cant wait! im probably gonna be spending my spring break playing the game…and crying.
to live/acoustic songs by meg and dia on a gloomy day like today
its awfully depressing
meg and dia, stop making me feel!
one of my excuses to not go to school was "hey mom, its raining to hard outside, i should just stay home today…"
she let me stay home that day
also "hey mom, tomorrow is senior ditch day, its kind of a tradition, so im going to the beach tomorrow…"
i called myself in that day, she also called the school to confirm that i wasnt going to school that day
is my stage name
my real name is belden su-yeon
im not filipino, im really black and korean
i was inspired to get a 3ds because i saw chris rubey of TDWP playing with one in a studio update video
when my band was in the studio, aside from recording, i did alot of sleeping and playing my 3ds
a 3ds was a good investment.
before this week, i havent played it in a while. i decided that ill bring it around more often. ive gotten rusty at mario kart 7. i cant wait till kid icarus comes out next week! though, ill probably get it the week after…
either kid icarus uprising, or a new pair of pants…decisions decisions!
…im probably going with the pants -__-
aside from my bass guitar, ive been saving up for other thangs
never as a kid, was i given an allowance. well, nothing really stuck with my parents. just recently i did start getting a weekly allowance
as much as id like to buy some transformers, i cant. there are other things out there i need…
currently saving up for; a wallet, pouch for my bag, and pants!
I made a sophomore cry because I told him how bopper-riffic his tumblr was
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It is a disease that affects .0002 percent of the nation. It is very rare, and right now, there is no cure.
For the people who suffer from Myasthenia Gravis (MG), a form of muscular dystrophy, it is real and life-changing.
Tim Szymanski is the public information officer for Las Vegas Fire and Rescue. He is the guy often seen on television news reports, talking about fires and fire safety.
In 43 years on the job, he's tried to keep himself out of stories.
But three months ago, Szymanski was diagnosed with MG, a disease so rare it's almost unheard of. Szymanski, however, had heard about it - 40 years ago.
In an exclusive sit-down interview, Tim Szymanski and his wife, Ellen Szymanski, shared their personal story publicly for the first time.
The health concerns started two years ago, when he noticed his right eye would not stay open.
"It was bad to the point that we actually had to use Scotch Tape to hold my eye open, or if I was driving, I'd have to hold my eye open. But I kept thinking it would go away," Tim Szymanski recalled.
It never did.
Tim Szymanski saw his physician every year, complete with blood tests, and everything came back normal.
"I'd go out in public, and people were commenting to me, and they'd say, 'I saw you on the news and I noticed your eye was closed. Are you all right?' And I said, 'I think it's an allergy or something.' I was always finding an excuse for it," he said.
Ellen Szymanski suggested her husband see his department physician, who referred him to a neurologist.
"Then he called back and gave me the diagnosis," Tim Szymanski said.
Myasthenia Gravis is a neuro-muscular disease that causes weakness in the body, and by recent accounts from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, it affects only 14 to 20 people per 100,000.
Rare, yes, but Ellen had heard that name before - when she was studying to be a nurse 40 years ago.
"We had to do something for a thesis, and I picked Myasthenia Gravis because it was so rare," Ellen Szymanski recalled.
"All I've heard about for 40 years is Myasthenia Gravis. Maybe I've got Myasthenia Gravis. And I go to the doctor, and he says, 'Guess what you've got?'" Tim Szymanski said. "So, it's like she knew 40 years ago."
FOX5 reporter Matt DeLucia asked Ellen Szymanski if in all that time she ever thought this could happen to her husband. Ellen Szymanski replied: "No. It was so rare. It's weird to be that rare. If you read about it, it's like nobody gets this."
40 years ago, this diagnosis was almost certainly a death sentence. Now, while there is still no cure, there is treatment.
"We try to give them hope. We try to get them as comfortable as we can," said Dr. David Ginsburg, a neurologist and associate professor at the University of Nevada School of Medicine.
Once a month, Ginsburg and a fellow doctor take part in a clinic designed to help the 430 families in southern Nevada who are suffering from more than 40 different types of muscular disease.
"Whatever various issues that they're having with their disease, we try to address each issue one at a time," Ginsburg said.
Conditions like ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, are still the most devastating, and it is the reason why research for a cure is a constant mission.
"That's why were here - to provide hope for these families," said Rachel Commeford, executive director at the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Southern Nevada.
The MDA raises money for the research, but the organization notes there is still more work to be done.
Commeford is certain there is a severe lack of awareness to muscular ailments in the region.
"Oh, certainly," she said. "Because there's 430 family members here in Las Vegas - and what - I think in Clark County we have two million residents? I mean, it seems like a very small number."
One of the organization's fundraisers hits home for Tim Szymanski. It's the annual Fill-the-Boot drive, a firefighter-led drive with roots in Las Vegas. Though it is still debated to this day if the drive originally started in Las Vegas or Boston.
In another twist of fate, the two firefighters who launched the Las Vegas drive in the 1950s would later be diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and die as a result.
"Since these two guys succumbed to the disease, and they started it here, it's almost like you have to pick up the torch and keep going – like, don't let me down," Tim Szymanski said.
Both Tim and Ellen Szymanski have always believed that everything happens for a reason. In this case, it's a process that began with Ellen's assignment - four decades ago.
"It really makes you think, why do you do things?" Ellen Szymanski wondered. "Like, who gave me this information? Did God tell me to write this story, so when it happened I wasn't panicking?"
"I laid in bed at night and thought, 'What did I do wrong?'" Tim Szymanski said. "And, it was almost like, 'I don't know if I've got a future any longer. Am I going to be dead in a couple of years?'"
Tim Szymanski is now receiving treatments once a month, which are not cheap. Some treatments can cost thousands of dollars.
If he stops treatment, the disease would likely spread - eventually to his lungs, and stop his breathing.
Tim Szymanski is determined not to let that happen.
"I'm going to beat this thing," he proclaimed. "It's just an inconvenience in life right now, and if I do the treatments and do exactly what the doctor tells me to do, I'm going to make it to 100 like I've always planned. So I'm not going to let it get me down."
One of the most potent effects of MG is that it depletes one's strength and energy.
Tim Szymanski can no longer work 22-hour shifts and, without a pill every eight hours, he'll have trouble opening his eye again.
Dr. Ginsburg pointed out that some muscular diseases are hereditary, while others can surface without warning, and at any age.
The firefighters' boot drive for the MDA happens again in Las Vegas March 22 through April 7.
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Allen was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the youngest of ten children of William Russell Woods, Sr. and Emma Clarabelle Hurlburt Woods. His father spent much of his career at a Chevrolet dealership, but farmed in his time off. The family lived in the country where his father raised a truck garden and hogs for meat. His mother canned vegetables and stored them in the basement, and kept milk in a springhouse. Allen spent his childhood mainly during the World War II in which his brother, Bill, served in the Navy, while his sister, Billie. joined the Women's Army Corps. To read the entire bio, click the link above.
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The gallery will be closed Friday, 17 October for a teacher conference.
A large part of the Norton's Rare and Antiquarian Book Collection is dedicated to first-hand accounts of American history. The first Eyewitness to History exhibit features reports and stories from the American Revolution by those who actually participated and/or witnessed the events they describe. From scholarly accounts of the issues involved to stirring depictions of actual warfare, these works provide a "you were there" sense of history and remind us that what we think of as the natural course of events could, in fact, have had many outcomes.
After a short visit to our Origins of Western Art Gallery to see the inspiration of genuine classical art, we'll explore Renaissance, 18th, 19th, and 20th-century works inspired by the historical and mythological figures of the classical age, along with the stories surrounding these key figures of Western civilization, finishing in our newly opened Classical Influence Gallery.
From prehistoric times onwards, artists have been fascinated with the world around them. The earliest art usually depicted animals and it is still flora and fauna of the natural world that is most often painted today by professional and amateur alike.
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Perhaps the most famous saying relating to our new gallery is Geoffrey Chaucer's "All roads lead to Rome" (or in its original form, "Right as diverse pathes leden the folk the righte wey to Rome"). Or perhaps it might more rightly be said, in artistic terms, that all roads begin in Rome. The art in The Classical Influence Gallery comes, not from the Greeks and Romans themselves, but from artists who lived centuries later and were inspired by the rediscovery of ancient works and the re-evaluation of the relevance of classical thought to the modern world - modern world in this case, meaning since the Renaissance. Renaissance means "re-birth", and what was being reborn was largely the knowledge of ancient Athens and Rome. There was another birth involved as well, the birth of a new science - archaeology. To read the whole article, please click on the link above.
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Brugmansia (Angel trumpet) are large shrubs or small trees with semi-woody, often many-branched trunks. They can reach heights of 1015 feet. They come in shades of white, yellow, pink, orange, green, or red. Most have a strong, pleasing fragrance that is most noticeable in the evening. Flowers may be single or double. Brugmansia are native to tropical regions of South America, along the Andes from Venezuela to northern Chile, and also in southeastern Brazil. They are grown as ornamental container plants worldwide, and have become naturalized in isolated tropical areas around the globe, including within North America, Africa, Australia, and Asia. Most Brugmansia are fragrant in the evenings and attract pollinating moths. Brugmansia are easily grown in moist, fertile, well-drained soil, in sun to partial shade, and in frost-free climates. They begin to flower in mid-to-late spring in warm climates and continue into the fall, often continuing as late as early winter in warm conditions. In cool winters, outdoor plants need protection from frost, but the roots are hardy, and may sprout again in late spring. Most Brugmansia may be propagated easily by rooting cuttings taken from the end of a branch during the summer. Here in the Norton gardens, we have several in the color bed behind the building.


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This Watch Tells When You Will Die
In 2005, Steve Jobs told a class of graduating students at Stanford University, "for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?'"
The idea that we should live each day like it was our last isn't new, of course, and is supposed to inspire us to, you know, go sky-diving, Rocky-Mountain climbing, and the like. But how would you live this day if it wasn't your last, but rather the 19,718th-to-last? Or the 8,657th?
A new watch called Tikker claims to have created a way to calculate approximately when, according to its creators, a person is likely to die, and then to input that date into a wristwatch. The idea is that being constantly reminded of his or her own mortality will nudge the wearer to live life to the fullest.
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This is probably one of the dumbest things ever. "For only $60, you too can own this questionably accurate, constant reminder of the transience and fragility of life!" As if that fact isn't readily apparent already. As if anyone needs another gadget vying for their attention and making them worry. You're better off reading that timeline I posted a few hours ago…
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"If you own a goat or cow, or have a partial share in a goat or cow, this says you can legally consume the milk," he said, adding the bill is better than nothing. "It's something. I want people to drink the raw milk if you want to do that."
A bill addressing GMO, or genetically-modified food, would require businesses such as supermarkets to label food that uses GMOs.
Glass said farmers' markets or produce stands would be exempt.
"I am doing it because I think food that has GMOs is not healthy for Harford County citizens," he said. "I am very concerned with what we eat."
Glassman, the senator, mentioned a couple items more specific to Harford.
He said he hopes to continue pushing for construction funding for Youth's Benefit Elementary, having been to a few meetings with the Interagency Committee.
He is proposing a bill to let the liquor control board hold a fund balance to use for items such as purchasing car equipment.
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Glassman said the bill is not aimed at the possibility of a county-paid conference center, which the administration has proposed in recent years, but is just to help out private centers like a new conference facility being built at Water's Edge in Belcamp.
The Palmer State Park, near Route 1 in the Dublin area, could get seed money to build a trail network or canoe launch, Glassman said.
He is pushing for $50,000 to $100,000 to begin funding that project.
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AMERICAblog is a liberal American blog founded by John Aravosis in April 2004, with several co-bloggers. The blog helped expose Jeff Gannon in 2005, and in 2006 helped make cell phone privacy an issue by obtaining General Wesley Clark's call records. The blog focuses on U.S. politics.
- John Aravosis, Democratic activist and political consultant, served five years as the senior foreign policy adviser to United States Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), and wrote as a stringer for the Economist.[1]
- Joe Sudbay, Democratic political consultant and former gun control activist, held staff positions with Violence Policy Center, and Handgun Control, Inc.[2][3]
- Chris Ryan, who lives in Paris, France.
- Steven Kyle, a professor in economics at Cornell University.
- Naomi Seligman, a communications professional from Santa Monica, California.
AMERICAblog first received widespread media attention after it revealed that Jeff Gannon, a member of the White House press corps with a reputation for asking 'softball' questions at opportune moments for Press Secretary Scott McClellan, was actually James Guckert and had advertised his services as a gay male escort.[4][5][6][7]
In 2006, Aravosis learned that anyone could buy someone else's cell phone records, as advertised by several websites. He purchased the call records of former Presidential candidate and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO General Wesley Clark for $89.95, bringing the issue widespread attention.[8] In September 2006, California passed a state law banning the practice of pretexting, or pretending to be someone else, used by the websites, with the bill's sponsor specifically citing the AMERICAblog coverage.[9] Clark became an advocate of cell record privacy bills in Congress.[10] Within months, Congress passed a law restricting these records.
LGBT issues[edit]
AMERICAblog has courted controversy within the LGBT community for its support of outing closeted gay Republican Party workers who are seen as supporting anti-gay legislation, and attempts to prevent same-sex marriage in particular. The blog had an adversarial relationship with the former editor of the Washington Blade, Chris Crain.
AMERICAblog is against reductions of gay rights or protections and advocates against the placation of religious right organizations by companies and non-profit organizations. Notable incidents include Microsoft's withdrawal of its support for state and federal gay civil rights legislation[citation needed], and Ford's decision to stop advertising in gay oriented publications[citation needed]. After AMERICAblog launched campaigns criticizing both companies, management at the companies reversed their earlier anti-gay policy decisions. In January 2007, during Super Bowl XLI, AMERICAblog joined TowleRoad.com in calling homophobic a Snickers candy ad that aired during the game. The ad showed two men repulsed by an accidental gay kiss, then showed the men violently attacking each other. The candymaker pulled the ad, one of a series they had intended to run again.[11]
A study of blogs and the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election ranked AMERICAblog is the 18th most popular liberal blog for October–November 2004.[12]
During the height of the Jeff Gannon story in February 2005, AMERICAblog was ranked fifth in page views among all political blogs in an analysis done by MyDD.[13] In 2008, PC Magazine ranked AMERICAblog as one of the "20 best political Web sites."[14] In 2009, AMERICAblog was ranked as one of the top ten political blogs by the Personal Democracy Forum,[15] and as the 23rd most popular political blog by Wikio. And as of January, 2010, Technorati ranked AMERICAblog in the top 100 political blogs and top 100 US politics blogs.
- Democrats.com (On Aravosis's advocacy)
- DailyKos.com (Markos on Aravosis's blogging)
- Geek Philosophy (Aravosis named "Geek of the Week")
- Vanity Fair on Aravosis's role in Jeff Gannon story
- MoxieGrrrl on Aravosis
- ^ Wired Strategies International Services
- ^ CNN.com
- ^ Handgun Control
- ^ Howard Kurtz (February 16, 2005). "Online Nude Photos Are Latest Chapter In Jeff Gannon Saga". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-02-12.("The latest developments were first reported by John Aravosis, a liberal political consultant and gay activist who has a Web site called americablog.org. 'What struck me initially was the hypocrisy angle,' Aravosis said. He said he was offended by what he called Gannon's 'antigay' writing.")
- ^ Dan Froomkin (February 16, 2005). "Guckert Watch". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-02-12.("Joe Strupp wrote in Editor & Publisher ... 'In addition, evidence emerged on the site Americablog yesterday suggesting that Guckert not only set up sex sites but also offered his services as a male prostitute. When asked by E&P today about such accusations, Gannon declined to confirm or deny. "I am not going to talk about that," he said.'")
- ^ ""Jeff Gannon's" secret life". Salon.com. Feb 15, 2005. Retrieved Sep 28, 2009.
- ^ "See no Gannon, hear no Gannon, speak no Gannon". Salon.com. Feb 25, 2005. Retrieved Sep 28, 2009.(Americablog "has been instrumental in breaking news on 'Gannongate.'"
- ^ Frank Main (January 13, 2006). "Blogger Buys Presidential Candidate's Call List". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2007-02-12. Republished on the Common Dreams NewsCenter.
- ^ Don Thompson (September 29, 2006). "New law will ban 'pretexting' to obtain phone records". Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-02-12.[dead link] Published by the San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Kristina Dell (March 19, 2006). "The Spy in Your Pocket". TIME magazine. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ Dyana Bagby (February 9, 2007). "Many Not Snickering Over Super Bowl Ad". New York Blade Online. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ Adamic, Lada and Glance, Natalie, The Political Blogosphere and the 2004 U.S. Election: Divided They Blog(March 4, 2005)
- ^ "Partisan, Political Blogosphere Traffic Rankings s". MyDD. Feb 27, 2005. Retrieved Sep 28, 2009.
- ^ The 20 Best Political Web Sites | PCMag.com
- ^ Top 50 blogs | Personal Democracy Forum