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Reply to The tipping point: Global warming "deniers" may have the last laugh in Republican JoeUser Forums

[quote]Wow. I'm pleased to know that the global warming crowd has promoted the topic back to being something that can be debated.[/quote] "Global warming crowd"? If there is such a group I don't consider myself part of it. I have never stated that absolutely 100% global warming is man-made, just that I believe much I have seen from scientists and their publications indicates that there's a high probability. Once again, I don't give a crap about the so-called "zealotry" you claim we are

Reply to The tipping point: Global warming "deniers" may have the last laugh in Republican Stardock Forums

[quote]The beauty of this particular debate is that the people who have argued that human carbon emissions (CO2 in particular) are causing it have been so obnoxious, so smug that it will be a pleasure to say "I told you so."[/quote] The debate about whether global warming is real, or if it is then 'manmade' or exacerbated by man's activities, is not one that can occur in popular press. It's nice that Dr. David Evans posted an article in The Australian. However, as a scientist he will k

Reply to The Failure of Capitalism! in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]Maybe I didn't specify. Name a Federal/National Government business that runs well.[/quote] Well, the military is one I would say. Another would be the postal service. Many nations still have nationalized power and water companies. Here in Canada we have universal healthcare, although it's run on a province by province basis, and I'm quite happy with the government provided healthcare here. But anywho, that's not the point. I agree that the government sh

Reply to The Failure of Capitalism! in Politics Stardock Forums

Adventure-dude [quote]The key word here is 'check' not RUN or CONTROL. Deregulation may lead to chaos (Sub prime lending?) but over regulation will choke it out (as we see with oil right now). The problem I see is when gov't steps in singing..... Anything you can do I can do better. I can do anything better than you (companies). Yet the one's singing that tune the loudest seem to have the least experience running anything successfully[/quote] And I agree with you entirely. I nev

Reply to A Step in the Right Direction! in Current Events Stardock Forums

[quote]That is a myth. Like smoking, the government makes money off of health problems. How? People die younger so they draw less SS. And in addition, their vices are heavily taxed. When government taxes a vice to support a virtue, they must support the vice to continue to fund the virtue. The biggest proponent of smoking is not Big Tobacco, it is Big Government.[/quote] In some ways I agree with you on this. One issue that I have very mixed feelings on in my home province is video lot

Reply to Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get It in Politics Stardock Forums

Paladin, [quote]Proven reserves are fields we are currently using or are brining on line. Not the oil that we know to be in the ground but have not tapped. The oil off the coast of California is a proven reserve but we are forbidden to drill for it so it comes off the table and out of the statistics. China is currently drilling for oil off the coast of Cuba/Florida. They estimate a ten year supply of oil just from there. it is what they can get without going into our territorial waters

Reply to Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get It in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]The short term solution is drilling for our own resources, while at the same time working on the bigger problem[/quote] I agree with the above statement. However I have seen nothing from Bush on working on the bigger problem, instead he is simply trying to maintain the status quo. IF he were to say "we need to increase domestic production now while we work on a real plan to get off the oil soon!" it would be a different story entirely. Instead his solution is simply to increase t

Reply to Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get It in Politics Stardock Forums

Well, it certainly is good that we can agree on something! However on one point I'm going to have to diverge- [quote]Oil is the cheapest way to run an economy. When that is used up in 200 years (the estimated reserves within our borders) we will have come up with another solution to the problem. There is more oil off the coast of California than there is in all of Texas. There is more oil off the coast of Florida than in Texas. There is about as much all as Texas in North Dakota. None

Reply to What is being Closed-Minded? in Blogging Stardock Forums

[quote]Beliefs that never change are not a weakness. They are a strength. I have never found any new data to disprove God. I'll admit I'm not entirely open-minded, but until you manage to bring me God's corpse, I will not believe that "God is dead.". Therefore, I am very open-minded.[/quote] Where did God come into this? In my comment to you I never mentioned anything about the existence or lack of existence of God (who, for your information, I do happen to believe in) In fact, my comm

A Step in the Right Direction! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

So now restaurants in New York have to post the calorie counts of the food they're selling. As of friday, if they don't post these counts, they face a $ 2,000.0 fine. While many folks cry foul on the part of the evil government interfering with private business, I personally think this is absolutely wonderful! Why? Because as a consumer, you should have the RIGHT to know what you're getting, especially when you're consuming it. Food isn't some consumer bauble that you buy for kic

Reply to Pelosi Shows Why Democrats Just Don't Get It in Politics Stardock Forums

Island Dog- Actually, I agree that Pelosi doesn't get it. Neither does Bush however! In this case, both parties are dead wrong on what should be done. Pelosi calls for conservation and cutting back, which although admirable, doesn't address the root cause. Bush calls for increasing oil production, which will also temporarily alleviate the situation but also doesn't address the root cause. Neither of these sides touch on the fact that we need to get off of gaso

Reply to What is being Closed-Minded? in Blogging Stardock Forums

erathoniel- [quote]In my opinion, being closed-minded is forcing that other people don't shove their opinions on oneself.[/quote] Actually, no. Being close-minded means that you have reached a conclusion on a particular subject with little or no analysis of the data. Or, perhaps you performed an analysis of the data at hand and reached a conclusion, but when new data arises that warrants new analysis, you refuse to do so, sticking with your original conclusion despite contrary i

Reply to On the Death Penalty in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]Our Lord had two momentous occasions to denounce the death penalty - when Pilate condemned Him to death and as He died on the Cross. Our Lord did not do so. In St. John 19:10-11, Jesus acknowledges that capital punishment is licit. When Pilate asked him, "Don't you know I have the power to crucify You?" Jesus answered, "You would not have such power against me unless it were given to thee from above." In other words, Pilate's power to crucify was from God. The death penalty is therefore s

Reply to History Revisited in History JoeUser Forums

[quote]Condoning or instituting A religion is much diff than having freedom of religion. We are losing our freedoms brick by brick.[/quote] I absolutely agree with you there! Having freedom of religion means that public institutions [U]must[/U] be blind to religion- if the staff of those institutions subscribe to a particular religion, that's great and all the power to them. If the students attending a public school subscribe to that religion, that's great too! Where the problem comes

Reply to History Revisited in History Stardock Forums

Oh KFC... I do love your articles about how the evil secular boogeymen are going to come take us away. Since your title is 'history revisited' I think I'll do a little bit myself! The title "boogeyman" is actually "Bugiman" from the Bugi people in Indonesia. Back during colonial times they aggressively defended their territory from the various Imperial powers and so Europeans told exaggerated stories about the evil 'Bugimen' to misbehaving children in order to scare them. In reality th

Reply to Bush Lifts Executive Order on Off-Shore Drilling in Republican JoeUser Forums

Island Dog- [quote]Regardless, people aren't all going to switch over to these cars, so their impact will be minimal at best.[/quote] Why not? Within 2 years there should be 100% electric cars on the market that sell in the ballpark of 30 thousand, cheaper than some currently available hybrids out there. [U]GM proved this technology with the EV car in California in the mid-90's, almost 15 years ago![/U] The technology involved since then has only gotten better and more eff

Reply to We Have Gone Too Far in Current Events Stardock Forums

I agree 100 % I think one of the worst ones I heard is about a fellow now living in Europe, he is technically on the run from authorities in the U.S thanks to something that could have happened to any of us- I forget what State he was living in at the time but he was 19 years old and was at the type of party quite common among 19 year olds. Lots of alcohol. Now keep in mind that he had no prior convictions, no criminal record at all when this happened. At one point in th

Reply to Bush Lifts Executive Order on Off-Shore Drilling in Republican JoeUser Forums

[quote]To develop and use any real of this so-called alternatives, will take even longer, decades at best.[/quote] Actually that isn't quite the case. 1) We eventually will have to go to alternative methods regardless, as the supply of oil is finite. The sooner we do, the more we lessen our dependence on oil entirely and the better of we'll be, and the longer we can stretch existing supplies. So, spending billions to turn up new offshore oil operations in order to provide a few

Reply to Favorite hangover cure? in Humor Stardock Forums

Gatorade has always been my fave. But for best results you have to drink it at the end of the night just before going to bed. If you're so drunk at this point that you'll hurl it up then father time is your only bet! What I do is set aside a small sandwich and bottle of gatorade. At the end of the night, consume both, pop an advil and go to bed. Makes the morning a little better....

Reply to Bush Lifts Executive Order on Off-Shore Drilling in Republican Stardock Forums

[quote] However, it really won't do much until Congress gets going and moves to take action.[/quote] Actually, it really won't do much until the platforms are built, holes drilled and oil pumping which will take several years at the minimum. Some of my family members are life-long oil workers, one of whom works on the Terra Nova offshore oil platform here in Canada, and it takes a loooong time and a lot of work to turn up one of these operations properly and safely (in

Reply to The Failure of Capitalism! in Politics Stardock Forums

Thinkaloud- [quote]The truth is they know it all and they know what they are doing and they are very clever in decieving. They are great conniving people ... i have to give them credit for that. Great lies, superb fabrication, unlimited arrogance, shamelessness without boundries[/quote] I like to call this group the "pie-gangers" - this is the group that seem to think our planet and everything on it are one giant pie and they're trying to get as much of it as they can for themse

Reply to The Failure of Capitalism! in Politics Stardock Forums

Cikomyr- [quote]I am not so sure. I think they all want something good for their countries, but it's just that they don't see things the same way we do. They may see some arguments as personnal attacks on their beliefs/way of thinking, which is why they sometime close like oysters to any argumental logic[/quote] Have you read "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man", by John Perkins? If not, I recommend it. Also another great read is "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein.

Reply to The Failure of Capitalism! in Politics Stardock Forums

Dr Guy- [quote]I reject your premise. Capitalism is not broken[/quote] I would counter that capitalism and the economy, are both man-made constructs. Anything that is built by man can be broken and destroyed by man. To say that we have created a system that is un-brakeable would be to ignore reality. With that said, at present, I do not believe the system is broken. It is however dammaged and if actions are not taken to correct it, the train will indeed "jump the tracks"<

Reply to Boycott Against McDonalds in Current Events Stardock Forums

[quote]I'm rather privy to the financial records of most every church I visit. About $18 left over most weeks.[/quote] Erathoniel, most churches don't need donations from businesses. That's because most big churches own several businesses or have extensive assets that they are making money off of. The Southern Baptists own lots of sky-scraper real estate that they lease out and that's 'God's money'. Another good one that a lot of churches do is they let various telecoms put

The Failure of Capitalism! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Capitalism only works when society keeps it in check through government . The truth of this statement is illustrated by the pandemonium we see unfolding in the market today. This chaos is thanks to decades of deregulation which has allowed a small number of rich folks to get richer while the majority of society has suffered. It has allowed corporations and businesses to operate without impartial oversight thanks to the 'honor system