And bankers will thus get rich by investing in carbon capture firms and lending them money, and as you said the energy companies will just pass the tax on to the consumer. Thus the only one being hurt by the tax is the average consumer.

It's winter.  

Say no more....

I had to log in to the forums again. *sigh* So much time wasted. 

I have a friend in the the TV biz and he tells me that they are still using some antiquated random sample of the most average Americans to get a huge part of their ratings value. It just doesn't make sense considering it is possible to actually see the number of people watching a show any given night. Online views and recorded views are still a side note to these ridiculous boxes they hand out. I guess they figure if they updated this to a popular count we would want the same thing for presidential elections and so they keep things in the 70's.

I would storm their castle and change things but glee is on in a few minutes...

It's unfortunate that you admitted that... having a friend in the TV biz, that is.  Now I don't like you, either!!!   Nah, not really. You're alright. Not that I'm saying we're best buds or anything. I mean, we've only just met.   Anyhow, just thank your lucky stars you didn't say you're friends with a banker, otherwise I'd have gotten baity and spat the dummy

Orright, we'll put it another way.  If you use your influence as a friend to influence your friend to change things for the better then I'll like you more.

Okay, then, you don't have that much influence.  How about you know he's got some casting couch secrets he'd rather didn't get out, and you blackmailed him to stop axing decent shows?

If none of the above could or would apply, could you drop a bit of weed in his glovebox and make an anonymous call to get him out of the way?

Oh, and you do realise, dontcha, that you won't be able to be best buds with this TV bloke now we've conspired together against him?

Okay, there's a cure for that... start to enjoy complaining yourself.  Think about it!  The possibilities are endless... cos there's a possible complaint in everything and you'll never run out of material.

You're dead right about the audience not mattering to the TV station execs... so long as the advertising revenue keeps pouring in they don't give a stuff about us.

As for the bastards who sabotaged Firefly, the removal of their gonads would be my pleasure.  That is one show I particularly liked, and their 'de-nutting' would be thoroughly deserved, in my book.

So, am I going to be revisiting this thread in the "distant future" to complain about you and him axing some show I like, or will you fight for it and tell the TV bigwigs to go and get stuffed?  Hopefully it'll be the latter... TV station execs have had it their way for far too long now.

As for bankers, right on there Sean... storm Wall St and wherever else they may congregate and bring down their ivory towers.  The bankers of the world are responsible for homelessness, hunger, starvation and poverty all around the globe, and for mine, a bullet is too good for some of them.  At least with a noose it can be reused.

I want to complain, Uvah, that you have somehow linked animal rights to effing bankers.  What on Earth possessed you to think such a thing?

Sure, animals have and deserve rights... yeah, well you get my drift.

Anyhow, I'll forgive you this time.  I understand that you've been through a difficult time with lunacy and no strait jacket, but the shrink says you're doing much better now, so we'll hear no more of this "rights" and "bankers" being uttered in the same breath, orright?

Welcome to the "America" of today..............

We're stepping aside so that the ,,, ahem ... younger generation can take over. Yeah ... we brought them Yuppies up real good. Worship the almighty dollar and forget who the people are. Its kinda contagious I guess.

I ran out of random complaints.

Tetleytea got it right and there isn't anything wrong with people as a priority over profit. You care for the people and they'll guarantee the profit. The more you show them the more money they'll be willing to spend. What is it called ... customer service?

I will add some randomness.   

I got engaged over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Yep, a real live woman want's to marry me, out of love too apparantly, doesn't need a visa and I'm no sugar daddy.  There is hope for all the fat nerds!

It makes me dangerous!   

But, sadly in real life, i have both eyes, but due to strong nerd blood in my veins, I wear thick glasses.