Singer and Avery offered a well documented, heavily researched, and easily read analysis of the global warming issue.

Their conclusion: Yes, the earth is currently warming, however so slightly. No, man is not the cause of this warming. Rather, it is dependent upon 1,500 year climate cycles embedded within larger ice-age and non-ice-age shifts (which take millions of years, according to the authors). All of which is dependent upon the amount of the sun’s radiance hitting the earth, which in turn varies upon the amount of solar winds intercepting said radiation. (Note: this is the summary of a layman, and is dramatically over simplistic.) This is supported by the analysis of literally hundreds of studies.

Accompanying the scientific support of the 1,500 year cycle and refutation of the greenhouse gas theory, Singer and Avery include a poignant and absolutely necessary look at the implications of acting upon the greenhouse gas theory. Truth in this issue is not a matter of simply proving one’s point, of social/political standing, or of a voting platform, but one of life and death importance.

This being a heavily scientific book, perhaps “easily read” was an exaggeration. Rather, “well written” would suitably describe this readable, yet challenging book.

The authors, while being experts in the field of global climate studies, are not devoid of a sense of humor, one at which greenhouse gas theorists would certainly take issue.

Overall, this book certainly deserves the 79 five-star ratings (out of 117 reviews) this book received on amazon.com. The Amazon reviewer Crosslands sums up my personal opinion of this work well:

Pseudoscientists and others with a vested interest in controlling the global economy by use of the global warming hoax will not like this work. However informed readers concerned with human welfare and human progress will find this book invaluable. This book should be read by all Amercians and really by everone else in the world.

http://www.gfa.org/flood-relief-2007.

At a signing ceremony in Jerusalem, US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns pledged the US would help Israel maintain a military advantage over its regional foes.

Mr Burns said the US considers the defence aid funding to be an investment in long-term peace.

I am glad to see Rice and the State Department taking useful and pragmatic steps towards peace in the Middle East. I think the deal is a good one: we’ve got the cash, not let’s give it to someone who will use it effectively towards our goal – peace.

If there is one thing Israel knows, it is turmoil within and around its borders, and is thus no stranger to using force when it has to. The difference between Israeli Middle East intervention and that of the United States, is that Israel’s existence depends upon their success. That is quite the motivator.

RTE continued:

[It] Is part of a new military pact with US allies in the region aimed at countering the ‘negative influences’ of al-Qaeda, Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group and enemies in Iran and Syria.