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Cyber Defense Agency

Sami Saydjari - Cyber Defense Agency: "Basically we would find the lights just go out the dial tones stop, and we have no ability to access our money. My fear is that there are many, many Trojan Horses, many many pieces of malicious code in a large number of our critical systems, and that these are just waiting to be activated through some trigger at some time."

Richard Clarke" "The intelligence community has come to the recognition that China and other foreign governments have free run of American computer networks. A Chinese general has talked about how they would reach out through cyberspace and turn off the American electrical power grid before any conflict with the United States."

Carville & Bill

Richardson defended and stood by his endorsement of Obama -- feeling even more confident now (April 23) that Obama was the best Democrat to be the next president of the US. A very contentious and interesting exchange of pleasantries between the Ragging Cajun and one of America's most respected governors!

Governor Bill Richardson: "I had a larger loyalty to the country, to doing what's right for America. I think that Obama's the candidate that can bring us back together, so, it's typical of the negativity that the Clinton's are using now against Senator Obama..."

Milton Whitaker, Trucker

"A convoy of protesting truckers cicled the national mall in Washington, D. C. on tuesday as part of a rally petitioning Congress to address rapidly rising oil prices.

Gas prices reached and average of three US dollar and sixty cents a gallon, or sixty-six cents higher than one year ago. Oil futures rose to their own new record near $120 a barrel on Monday.

Milton Whitaker, truck driver: "This is about the people in the White House. We've got to get a handle on these oil companies. They're raking us over the coals."

"The truckers are calling on Congress to stop subsidizing big oil companies, release oil from the strategic petroleum reserves, and and open up domestic drilling among other things..."

Food Rationing?

"The move comes as US rice futures hit a record high amid global food inflation. Sam's Club followed Seattle based Costco which put limits in at least some stores on bulk rice purchases..."

"...Investors in the commodities market are betting that surging world demand will continue to pressure already dwindling stockples. Rising food prices have been blamed on increasing demand, droughts, and the diversion of food crops to biofuel production. But many analysts are now pointing to speculation on commodity markets as an important factor in growing food prices. Rice prices have gone up 70% so far this year raising fears of severe shortages of a staple food consumed by more than half the world's population..."