I get that she is trying to detract from her own thin record as mayor of Wasilla (pop. 6000), but why does she LIE so much? Doesn’t that bother any Republicans?

Here is a summary of Obama’s record:

Co-sponsored with Richard Lugar (R-IN) legislation funding the destruction or securing of “loose” nuclear weapons in other countries. This was a major piece of nonproliferation legislation.

Co-sponsored, again with Lugar, the first federal bill dedicated to pandemic flu preparedness, including vaccine research and antiviral stockpiling, in addition to state and local planning and preparedness measures.

Sponsored a bill regulating genetic testing, which directed the government to develop special proficiency tests for labs that do genetics work.

Co-sponsored, with Hillary Clinton(!), legislation to help hospitals to develop programs for disclosure of medical errors They even co-wrote an article for the New England Journal of Medicine on the subject.
Introduced his “health care for hybrids” bill, an energy security bill, various bills on relief for Hurricane Katrina (including aid for kids and a ban on no-bid contracts by FEMA)

Introduced legislation, which passed, to create a public database of all federal spending and contracts

Introduced legislation trying to raise CAFE standards, i.e. mileage standards for US-produced vehicles

Introduced veteran’s health care legislation
Introduced legislation making certain kinds of voter intimidation illegal
Introduced a lobbying reform bill

Introduced legislation to revamps ethics oversight, replacing the present Congressional ethics committee with a bipartisan commission of retired judges and members of Congress, and allowing any citizen to report ethics violations.

Introduced legislation to suspend and repeal certain tax incentives for the oil and gas industry

Introduced a joint resolution clarifying that the use of force against Iran is not authorized by the AUMF Against Iraq, or any other resolution previously adopted

Introduced a bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans

Introduced a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuel sold in the US

Introduced a bill to authorize the National Science Foundation to establish a Climate Change Education Program

Introduced a bill to required accountability for contractors and contract personnel (e.g. Blackwater) under federal contracts

Introduced a bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the U.S. foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, and the elimination of extreme global poverty

I’m not trying to impress you with Obama’s record, I KNOW he has only been in the Senate for two years.

I’m asking you why Palin keeps LYING about things?
She has been telling a lot of untruths about many things. I thought Republicans valued “character”?
Thanks for answering my question Dalan 1. That pretty much sums up the Republican thought process on this subject.

please help
i wanted to be a nuclear medicine technologist because i want to find cure to diseases and study diseases and cures
and why people have those diseases.

is a nuclear medicine technologist right for me?

A pure substance consists of a single kind of matter. It always has the same composition and the same set of properties. For example, baking soda is a single kind of matter, known chemically as sodium hydrogen carbonate. A sample of pure baking soda, regardless of its source or size, will be white solid containing 57.1% sodium, 1.2% hydrogen, 14.3% carbon, and 27.4% oxygen. The sample will dissolve in water. When heated to 270°C the sample will decompose, giving off carbon dioxide and water vapor and leaving a residue of sodium carbonate. Thus, by definition, baking soda is a pure substance because it has a constant composition and a unique set of properties that hold true for any sample of baking soda. These properties are the kinds in which we are interested. The word pure means a single substance, not a mixture of substances and the term pure also means “fit for human consumption.” Milk, whether whole, 2% fat, or skim, may be pure (fit for human consumption) by public health standards, but it is not pure in the chemical sense. Milk is a mixture of a great many substances, including water, butterfat, proteins, and sugars. Each of these substances is present in different amounts in each of the different kinds of milk.

A mixture consists of two or more pure substances. Most of the matter we see around us is composed of mixtures. Seawater contains dissolved salts; river water contains suspended mud; hard water contains salts of calcium, magnesium, and iron. Both seawater and river water also contain dissolved oxygen, without which fish and other aquatic life could not survive. Unlike the constant composition of a simple substance, the composition of a mixture can be changed. The properties of the mixture depend on the percentage of each pure substance in it.

 Steel is an example of a mixture. All steel starts with the pure substance iron. Refiners then add varying percentages of carbon, nickel, chromium, vanadium, or other substances to obtain steels of a desired hardness, tensile strength, corrosion resistance, and so on. The properties of a particular type of steel depend not only on which substances are mixed with the iron but also on the relative percentage of each of the constituents. One type of chromium-nickel steel contains 0.6% chromium and 1.25% nickel. Its surface is easily hardened, a property that makes it valuable in the manufacture of automobile gears, pistons, and transmissions. The stainless steel used in the manufacture of surgical instruments, food-processing equipments, and kitchen wares is also a mixture of iron, chromium, and nickel; it contains 18% chromium and 8% nickel. Steel with this composition can be polished to a very smooth surface and is very resistant to rusting.

We can often tell from the appearance of a sample whether it is a pure substance or mixture. For example, if river water is clouded with mud or silt particles, we know it is a mixture. If a layer of brown haze lies over a city, we know the atmosphere is mixed with pollutants. However, the appearance of a sample is not always sufficient evidence by which to judge its composition. A sample of matter may look pure without being so. For instance, air looks like a pure substance but it is actually a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, and other gases. Rubbing alcohol is a clear, colorless liquid that looks pure but is actually a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and water, both of which are clear, colorless liquids. As another example, we cannot look at a piece of metal and know whether it is pure iron or a mixture of iron with some other substance such as chromium or nickel.  

Each kind of matter possesses a number of properties by which it can be identified. These properties fall into two large categories: (1) physical properties, those that can be observed without changing the composition of the sample, and (2) chemical properties, those whose observation involves a change in composition.  Baking soda dissolves readily in water. If water is evaporated from a solution of baking soda, the baking soda is recovered unchanged; thus, solubility is a physical property. However, the decomposition of baking soda on heating is a chemical property. We can observe the decomposition of baking soda, but, after we make this observation, we no longer have baking soda. Instead we have carbon dioxide, water, and sodium carbonate. While, a physical change alters only physical properties, such as size and shape, a chemical change alters chemical properties, such as composition.

This discussion of properties points to another difference between pure substances and mixtures. A mixture can be separated into its components by differences in their physical properties. For example, a mixture of salt and sand can be separated because salt dissolves in water but sand does not. If we add water to a salt-sand mixture, the salt will dissolve, leaving the sand at the bottom of the container. If we pour off the water, the sand will remain. If we boil off the water from the salt solution, we will get the salt by itself. We have separated the two components of the mixture by a difference in their ability to dissolve in water. Thus solubility is a physical property.

Pure substances, on the other hand, can be separated into their components only by chemical changes. For example, when added to water, the pure substance sodium bicarbonate does not separate into sodium, hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen, although these components of sodium bicarbonate differ greatly in their solubilities in water. One of the important physical properties of a substance is its physical state at room temperature. The three physical states of matter are solid, liquid and gas. Most kinds of matter can exist in all three states. We are familiar with water as a solid (ice), a liquid, and a gas (steam). We have seen wax as a solid at room temperature and a liquid when heated. We also know that carbon dioxide exists as a solid (dry ice) too and we are aware of it as a colorless gas at higher temperatures.

The temperatures at which a given kind of matter changes from a solid to a liquid (its melting point) or from a liquid to a gas (its boiling point) are physical properties. For example, the melting point of ice (0°C) and the boiling point of water (100°C) are physical properties of the substance water. Like pure substances, mixtures can exist in the three physical states of solid, liquid, and gas. Air is a gaseous mixture of approximately 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and varying percentages of several other gases. Rubbing alcohol is a liquid mixture of approximately 70% isopropyl alcohol and 30% water. Steel is a solid mixture of iron and other pure substances.

Nuclear option is against world peace.

The current debate in India on whether 123 Agreement with the US is national interest has the potential to bring down the UPA Government. The Left parties that are supporting the Government from outside are threatening to withdraw support if the Agreement is operationalized.

The nuclear weapons offered no additional security to nuclear weapon states. They spent billions and billions of dollars for developing nuclear weapons. But they even today depend on conventional weapons only must be kept in mind.

BJP the opposition party, is opposing the Agreement for different reasons. It wants to put the Government on the defensive. It cries foul over the danger to the nuclear option if the Agreement comes into force.

Time has come for the Government to assert that Nuclear Weapon Option for India is useless. When India tested Nuclear weapons, Pakistan followed in quick succession and any advantage to India becoming Nuclear Weapon State stands fully neutralized.

India is a peace loving country and Gandhi gave the guiding principles for the nation by practicing what he preached. It is ironic that Mrs. Indira Gandhi started it all, by making India nuclear capable. The NDA government carried it further and conducted more tests. These tests proved nothing. They assured no additional security to the nation’s defences.

India needs Nuclear power, for peaceful purposes is to be acknowledged. India is a big nation, needing huge power to run its factories, light the homes and meet the ever growing demand. Nuclear Powered Reactors go a long way in producing the Power in a cost effective way. Besides, nuclear power is needed for devising better products in medicine, agriculture and other fields.

Nuclear power for peaceful purposes is in India’s national interest. Nuclear weapons are totally not needed. They don’t afford any additional security to India’s defence.

Let us have the guts to admit that we need no nuclear weapons and never intend to exercise the option of using nuclear weapons. Developing nuclear weapons or considering Nuclear weapons as an option for self defence of the nation are against the national interests.

India must lead by example and sign NPT without hesitation. It is a political decision. No Indian wants nuclear weapons to be used against enemies. If India signs NPT, other nations in the region including Pakistan will sign the same. It is better to live peacefully than live under the principle Mutually Assured Destruction.

India has powerful conventional defence capability to deter any attack on its land by any power.

If India has to emerge as a great and peace loving nation, India has to opt for decisions that assure genuine national interest and not the perceived national interest of the political parties. Let the world learn from India that it is capable of taking decisions that are in true national interests.

The political parties need to debate seriously and learn to work for a future that makes India a great power, than living by history and delaying the nation from developing to the full potential.