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WHERE'S THE POLITICAL WILL?
Matthew Russotto wrote:
In article , Bill Baka wrote: Has anyone here tried taking a stroll in NYC's central park at night? You are asking to get mugged. Europe has a whole different crime rate. Not any more. Europe has gotten more dangerous while NYC has gotten dramatically safer. Too many Muslim immigrants? Flame bait, not serious. Bill Baka |
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THE GOLDEN RULE
RJ wrote:
Bill Baka wrote: RJ wrote: Bill Baka wrote: The automakers have been keeping the obvious from the public who seems to buy all the crap they can hand out. Yeah, and they bought the rights to the 100 mpg carburetor just so we would have to buy more gas, right? That was always a myth. Computer controlled fuel injection is about as close as we are going to get. Most of the energy is wasted as exhaust heat and radiator heat. Use that and you might get close to 100 MPG. Bill Baka Whoosh. Whoosh meaning what? Carbs are very imprecise except at a few certain set points. If there was a way to use all the waste heat to power some kind of steam engine then you would have a 100 MPG car, at least on the freeway. Stop and go traffic almost 100% demands electric for start stop and parking lot driving conditions. Bill Baka |
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I think we need a smarter president
Edward Dolan wrote:
"Tim McNamara" wrote in message ... [...] [newsgroups trimmed] Human progress is continuous despite the misguided efforts of some conservatives to prevent it and to keep us trapped in the Eisenhower Years. Those were golden years following our victories in W.W.II. It has been all downhill ever since. America is being eroded and destroyed by multiculturalism. I blame liberalism for all our woes. Yea, we will never see such a golden age again as those Eisenhower years. Human progress is anything but continuous. I have never read anything so asinine in my life. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota I was going to stay out of this flame war but for once I have to agree with Dolan. Sorry, but he is right. Bill Baka |
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WHERE'S THE POLITICAL WILL?
"donquijote1954" wrote in message oups.com... -- And who for the bikes, the indigents? Please leave religion out of this. |
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WHERE'S THE POLITICAL WILL?
"Bill Baka" wrote in message ... Someone please explain why military service is so damned important to get elected? It invokes visions of taking orders from others to go and storm a hill and get shot because someone of higher 'rank' told you to. Is this the mark of a leader or a follower? Many of the brightest among us have a high level college degree like a Masters or Ph.D. (or 2 or 3) and would have never considered being a military grunt. News flash: Enduring years of school doesn't make you bright, either. Enjoy your privilege, but don't forget why you post in English instead of German, Japanese or Arabic. People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. |
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WHERE'S THE POLITICAL WILL?
Roger Houston wrote:
"Bill Baka" wrote in message ... Someone please explain why military service is so damned important to get elected? It invokes visions of taking orders from others to go and storm a hill and get shot because someone of higher 'rank' told you to. Is this the mark of a leader or a follower? Many of the brightest among us have a high level college degree like a Masters or Ph.D. (or 2 or 3) and would have never considered being a military grunt. News flash: Enduring years of school doesn't make you bright, either. Enjoy your privilege, but don't forget why you post in English instead of German, Japanese or Arabic. People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. True. And if Viet Nam had been a real war I would have happily joined, but not for an idealistic clash which made victims out of the people in a far away land. Military service is good when a war is to be fought, but not for political leverage. Bill Baka |
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I think we need a smarter president
Tim McNamara wrote: In article , "Edward Dolan" wrote: "Tim McNamara" wrote in message ... [...] [newsgroups trimmed] Human progress is continuous despite the misguided efforts of some conservatives to prevent it and to keep us trapped in the Eisenhower Years. Those were golden years following our victories in W.W.II. It has been all downhill ever since. America is being eroded and destroyed by multiculturalism. I blame liberalism for all our woes. Yea, we will never see such a golden age again as those Eisenhower years. The Golden Age was document on TV in such classics as "Father Knows Best." Unfortunately the reality of those Golden Years was rather different, but conservatism likes its sepia colored glasses. Human progress is anything but continuous. I have never read anything so asinine in my life. Cheers to you too, Ed (and fellow Minnesotan). You fail to understand that history has controlling trends, and that conservatism is constantly fighting a rearguard action that it is doomed to lose. That you choose to blame liberalism for all our woes just shows that you're an idiot. Tim, You seem to have overlooked the possibility that Mr. Ed Dolan the Grate is not an idiot, but merely incorrigible provocateur. -- Tom Sherman - Behind the Cheddar Curtain Impact is not a synonym of affect or effect |
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Blame Bush
David L. Johnson wrote:
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:14:52 +0000, R Brickston wrote: The question would be, why are there no new refinieries being built? The environmentalists won't allow it. It's amazing the power that these "environmentalists" hold. I'm confused, though. I thought the Republican Party had both houses of the U.S. Congress, along with the White House. In addition, they hold most governorships and many state legislatures. How and where is it that these evil "environmentalists" hold so much power? Or are the Republicans "environmentalists"? The evil environmentalists can't stop a refinery from being built. Only in certain areas. Oil companies haven't built any new refineries because environmental and other regulations make new refineries "unprofitable." Their profits are, of course, breaking records. -- Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors." George H.W. Bush, April 16, 1999, |
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THE GOLDEN RULE
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:49:48 GMT, Bill Baka
wrote: RJ wrote: Bill Baka wrote: RJ wrote: Bill Baka wrote: The automakers have been keeping the obvious from the public who seems to buy all the crap they can hand out. Yeah, and they bought the rights to the 100 mpg carburetor just so we would have to buy more gas, right? That was always a myth. Computer controlled fuel injection is about as close as we are going to get. Most of the energy is wasted as exhaust heat and radiator heat. Use that and you might get close to 100 MPG. Bill Baka Whoosh. Whoosh meaning what? Carbs are very imprecise except at a few certain set points. If there was a way to use all the waste heat to power some kind of steam engine then you would have a 100 MPG car, at least on the freeway. Stop and go traffic almost 100% demands electric for start stop and parking lot driving conditions. Bill Baka Dilithium Crystals... |
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Blame Bush
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:01:29 -0500, "David L. Johnson"
wrote: On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:30:43 +0000, R Brickston wrote: On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:15:36 -0500, "David L. Johnson" wrote: On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:28:44 +0000, R Brickston wrote: On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:40:49 -0500, "David L. Johnson" wrote: Where would the U.S. Congress have something to do with a state running it's own business, such as granting the placement of refinery? 109th U.S. Congress (2005-2006) H.R. 5254: Refinery Permit Process Schedule Act Introduced: May 2, 2006 Sponsor: Rep. Charles Bass [R-NH] New refineries are not being built due, in part, to a permitting process that is overly cumbersome and capital intensive. Refiners are subject to significant environmental and other regulations and face several new Clean Air Act requirements over the next decade. Nice of you to provide my arguments. These are federal laws, in which case the Republican party has control. So, stop blaming the flaming liberals, and ask your duly elected conservatives to do something. Status: 99% of Republicans supporting, 92% of Democrats opposing. Sounds like, if they really want it, they can get it. Remember: More people have died in Ted Kennedy's car than have died in United States Commercial Nuclear Power plant operations. Cute. Wrong, but cute. You want to talk deaths, talk about coal operations. I wasn't, but let me one up you for the sake of being ridiculous as your tangent, You want to talk deaths, let's talk about traffic fatalities. snip |
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