New Mexico Independent: Comments by benito aragon

benito aragon — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:07:34 GMT

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benito aragon — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:08:18 GMT

Its important to note that genetically modified food giants like Monsanto are copyrighting every strain they grow… hence the “Roundup Ready® crops” and they are suing smaller farmers when their copyrighted, genetically altered corn is found on that farmers property… no matter if the wind blew it there, forcing smaller farmers to constantly buy new seed as to not get sued.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto#As_plaintiff

benito aragon — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:10:24 GMT

Its important to note that the long-term price for uranium is between $90 and $100.

benito aragon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:43:10 GMT

Thanks for the input Gwyneth. I would most likely concur with the statement that the vast majority of the public like fatty beef that comes from grain-fed cows, however, I’m confident that the market didn’t switch to this form of production because of the public’s taste nuances. The market changed for mass production, efficiency and the bottom line and the public’s perception of what was expected when eating meat changed along with it. Same could be said for MSG as well as high fructose corn syrup. I don’t think American’s prefer their bread with high fructose corn syrup, it just happens to be what’s substituted for traditional sugar and brown sugar in 90% of the breads on the market.

It’s also important to note that force feeding an animal something that it was not made to digest can be perceived as cruel. A cow would die from the grain feeding if antibiotics were not added to its feed and the animal is slaughtered when it is at its largest and sickest… right before it would die naturally. Since we all pay money to subsidize the feeding process, I think its important for people to know that they are eating very sick animals at nearly every meal containing beef. I say that not as a proselytizing vegan or vegetarian, but as someone who loves beef and finds the common manufacturing process of it quite disturbing.

benito aragon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:55:10 GMT

Thanks for the input Dave. I was going off this definition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_design#Pluton…

“The core of an implosion weapon – the fissile material and any reflector or tamper bonded to it – is known as the pit. Some weapons tested during the 1950s used pits made with U-235 alone, or in composite with plutonium,[8] but all-plutonium pits are the smallest in diameter and have been the standard since the early 1960s.”

As well as the definition cited in the AP report that I cited:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLlCrUKKwQnr5aj2NZS-hz…

benito aragon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:12:01 GMT

http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2007/10/1175800_8…

http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/un/disarmament/npt/review201…

“In 2007, taking into consideration the recent international situation
surrounding nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, Japan submitted its draftresolution on nuclear disarmament to the United Nations General Assembly. On 5 December 2007, the draft resolution was adopted at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly by an overwhelming majority of 170 votes infavour, which is the largest ever.”

benito aragon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:10:14 GMT

Just wanted to add a little bit to this civil dialogue that’s taking place here. I believe the left’s criticism of Palin’s experience is a direct counter to the ongoing talking points of the right, including Mr. McCain, that Obama is a weak candidate because of his lack of foreign policy experience… and then picking someone out of the blue, with absolutely zero experience in that regard… would be akin to Marty Chavez attaining the Governor’s seat and then being picked for VP.

And lets be honest with ourselves, John McCaine did not choose anybody… nor did Obama for VP, the consultants that the DNC and the GOP force the candidates to use and the elites of the parties are the one’s who make those choices and it should be the media’s obligation to point out how the process really works.

Let’s also be honest when discussing abortion that neither the Republican party nor the Democratic party participate in any concerted effort to lower the abortion rate in this country, yet both parties cling to it as a hot button topic during election time.

As far as the “red scare” talking points about wanting to give corporate profits to welfare and immigrants, are you aware that the most successful corporations in this country report paying zero taxes… that’s even after receiving millions of “tax-incentives” from tax payers like you and me. I’m not for stealing profits but I think its the tax-payers right to expect a successful company to abide by the same tax-laws that the average person does.

Its also should be pointed out that if it is communism you fear, this administration is responsible for accruing trillions of dollars in debt, the majority of which is owned by China, Russia and Saudi Arabia… not exactly bastions of democracy.

At this time in American history, would it not be more prudent for its citizens to examine the workings of its own political system and the subversions therein? Both parties are in complete cahoots with lobbyist interests. Alarm bells and outrage should have reverberated through this country when the corporations who held our debates (a travesty in and of itself) barred various presidential candidates from participating in our democratic process.

benito aragon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:10:48 GMT

thomasjames, reason would state that credible tax reform can only come after there’s been appropriate election/campaign finance reform.

benito aragon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:13:58 GMT

Proudrepublican, I don’t think the Republican party needs any help in destroying itself. For that matter, the Democratic Party is pretty good at that also. Your response is akin to screaming and pointing in someones face. If you have something smart or witty to say, please say it without the written “SCREAMING” and personal attacking nature. And if you are unable to do that, please use your real name so that people get a sense of who is really communicating in this manner… and what particular affiliations and background you may have.

If I remember correctly from one of your earlier comments, that “Obama is merely a candidate because he’s black.” I’m sure he was elected president of the Harvard Law Review because he was black right? That statement is the definition of bigotry my friend.

benito aragon — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:19:25 GMT

And in mentioning Bill Kristol, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kristol, I think it only fair to readers to point out that this gentleman, a member of our mainstream media, had a tangible stake in the Iraq war… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_a_new_american_c…

benito aragon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:17:55 GMT

Tracy, apparently you’re not the only one who’s taking note of the obvious. Bob Schieffer, not exactly a fringe voice, on Face The Nation this morning asks McCain:

“There were 36 African American delegates out of 2300 plus delegates there. How can you survive as a party if you become just the party of white people?”

After McCain agrees that the party can’t survive without diversity, Scheiffer asks, “So what are you going to do about that?”

McCain then gets philosophical without ever answering the question.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/07/face-the-nation-…

benito aragon — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:15:59 GMT

thomasjames, good point, but take a look at this video. Seems like McCain’s was more regurgitated than plagiarized…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqy2LnE4jDU

benito aragon — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:46:42 GMT

Oh Dan… your righteous indignation at the scrutiny Palin is receiving is amusing. Who told this whopper, “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.” John McCain said that… in front of an audience. What kind of person would call a political opponents teen daughter ugly, for giggles with his base? This was after his 1986 joke about a woman being raped by an ape and liking it, which was before his “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” joke, which was before his joke about perhaps cigarettes being the best way to kill Iranians.

“I mean, come on, this lady has run a small business, been mayor of a small town and now is governor of the largest state in the union.” Sorry but this sounds as desperate as pointing out her proximity to Russia as the embodiment of her foreign policy experience.

As far as “average Americans” go, ask an average American if they’re feeling the benefits of the Republicans tax-cuts for the wealthy… perhaps you’re definition of average equates to wealthy.

Sorry to break it to you but McCain didn’t choose anyone and according to his own advisers he wanted Joe Lieberman… possibly because Lieberman’s very good at catching McCain’s public gaffes and explaining to him that Iranians aren’t training Al Queda and that Pakistan and Iraq do not share a common border.

Dan, if you would get over your fascination with Clinton and the partisan hackery, you might find that there are some very logical criticisms to be aimed at Obama. Focusing on his community organizing is not one of them. In fact most “average Americans”, I believe, can relate to a community organizer far more than a career politician who was funded by his rich wife… after dumping his first for political gain.

You may want to look at that fact that Obama has surrounded himself with the hawks of the Clinton administration for his foreign policy advisers, with the knowledge of this information you could say that he is mistakingly heading towards some of the same foreign policy blunders that the Clinton administration made… and then your critique would sound rational and hence, people might give it more weight.

benito aragon — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:04:41 GMT

riteizrite, Obama was also elected by people of various political backgrounds as President of the Harvard Law Review. He was also a constitutional lawyer. That’s the record and that’s what he should be judged by.

Likewise, John McCain’s been in political office something like 26 years and his record speaks for itself… more status quo Republican than maverick if you really look at. He should be judged by that rather than him being a pow because that doesn’t really equate to what it takes to run a country.

Both candidates and parties are completely entrenched in corporate interests and I believe that is where the public on both sides of the political spectrum should be evaluating the opponents candidate as well as their own, and the system that allows such rampant collusion.