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I don't think I would call the US a pure capitialisitc society, more like a heavily regulated one. But believe me, you don't want the government to get into the business of dictating what you may or may not buy like hybrid cars for instance. It's all fine and good to use the carrot to encourage behaviour but you don't want them to start wielding a stick by mandating hybrids or elevating cafe standards to a point where they can not be met.

Think so? Remember Clinton turning a blind eye to Chinese espionage at the same time accepting almost $4M in soft money campaign donation from Chinese operatives? How about all the changes in FBI and CIA operations that contributed to 9-11? Granted there was no way for them to know how badly they were damaging the intelligence abilities of the nation but the end result can hardly be denied. Remember Clintons invervention in Haiti in 1994? He was so deterined to avoid bloodshed he sent the 3rd Marines in with no ammunition. How would you like to land on a hostile beach carrying a rifle with no ammo? Granted no resistance was offered but it might have gone otherwise. How about all the terroist attacks Clinton took little to no action on? Granted they did catch everyone on the World Trade Center but after Khobar Towers, the Air Force barracks in Ridyah, the USS Cole, and the embassies in Narobi and Der an Salaam, his administrations responses were, and I'll be kind, tepid at best. If saying "no regard" is taking it a little too far I'll amend my post to say "small regard".

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/20/pri...wrap/index.html Clinton wins Kentucky by 35 points, Obama wins Oregon by 18 points. They split the delegates between both races so no ground is gained. But one thing to note: Obama has now clinched the mathematical majority of pledged delegates. Clinton cannot overtake him even if she runs the table in the next three primaries. However, if Clinton wins Montana and Puerto Rico ,as seems likely, she will win the majority of the popular vote, if you counted all the votes she received in FL and MI. Makes quite a conundrum for the super delegates doesn't it. Hold on to to your seats folks, this one is not over yet. It is no secret that I do not like Hillary Clinton. I did not like Bill Clinton either. They are the picture of arrogance and narcissism. They are abusive of power and place and have no values or core beliefs beyond political expediency. They are disdainful of all things traditionally American and have no regard for the prestige or safety of this nation or the sanctity of it's laws. I believe she would make a terrible President. That said I have come to genuinely admire her tenacity in this election. The more hopeless her situation the harder she fights. I guess you can find virtues in anyone if you look hard enough.

I see what's the problem then Sorry Xard, but that is not going to change.... ever.

No new technology is cheap or consumer friendly at first. Plus you are forgetting the US is completely market driven. Bush and Congress created a substantial tax credit for consumers who own hybrid/high efficiency cars to encourage people to buy them. However, at first only Toyota was making one and the they were terribly expensive. The savings in gas (then around $2 US a gallon) and the tax credit did not offset the high purchase price. So there was no demand for them. When demand is low supply usually will be too. Now gas has gone up to $4 US, demand is high for efficient/hybrid cars and all major car comapnies have at least one hybrid model so supply is way up and the price has dropped. A fair bit actually. I read in the Miami Herald a little while back that hybrids account for 42% of all new car sales in Florida. As for the US mainly developing technologies to achieve energy independence I'm not sure whta the problem with that is. No nation or company pursues innovation for altruistic ends. If the end result betters all of humanity then thats great but it is never the intended goal I think. Besides, most new non-military technologoes in the US are developed by private companies (like clean coal for instance) and they are more than willing to sell that to anyone.

They are in but may or may not be playable.

That is actually a pretty ineresting idea...

Nah. 1/3 of the world's population(us, the "west") consumes 95% of the world's resources while the rest work and live to provide this 33% with its consuming needs. If the "west" would consume what it needs instead of what it wants people would be much healthier and resources could be better distributed throughout the world and everyone, everything would benefit. Instead, we are too concerned about making those payments on our big screen TVs and SUVs to care, making a very few extremely rich while the rest of the world is starving to death and/or getting horribly sick. It's not a population control issue, it is a consumption control issue. Looks like Obama agrees with you two: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-wpxs...2Zk5xnYygW1W67w

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Epic 100 dog free for all battle where the weak are trampled and the strong get delicious steak dinner. That sounds like my place evey night after work! But i'm the one who usually gets trampled!

Well it won't be a "dream" house. I bought a lot of land, 26 acres, and the price came to $265K. That was the best I could do while still carrying the mortgage on my house in West Palm Beach. Once I sell that one I'll refinance the Tennessee land for enough to build a house. It will be modest but it will be totally mine! The property is really beautiful. It's north of Millington about 8 miles east of the river. It's off a dirt road but I'll need to cut a road to the clearing where I'm thinking to build. I'm going to do the majority of clearing myself. I'm looking at builders now for the house.

The VHEMT group and it's goals are a little laughable. It is a distortion of the entire green movement. Instead of saving the Earth FOR the humans they envision saving it FROM the humans. And they are legit, I did some snooping with google about them. The only thing that would be scary would be if a group such as this one were ever to come into any political power or influence. It is not hard to imagine a group of fanatics pushing for coerced abortions or involuntary sterilization under the dubious premise of it being for the "common good".

Wow, today was a HUGE day for me. I made an offer on some land in Tennessee the other day, today I found out my offer was accepted! I just signed all the paperwork with my mortgage broker this afternoon. And to top it all off I accepted a promotion at work. Thats right, no more RF channel planning, I am going to be the new Tower Structural Engineer and FAA Compliance Officer for the Southern Region. If I can just ride this luck a little longer and sell my house here in Florida quickly. Anyway, since the new job is a regional one there is no time pressure to move up to regional HQ. Things are definitely looking up!

That sucks. If I ever get married I'm getting a prenup but I kind of doubt I ever will because I'm such a misogynist. The divorce wasn't much fun but I did have some leverage going in so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Any pain I might feel when the sale of the house closes was more than made up when I told her about the new place I'm buying.

You just gotta laugh at this stuff!

Link:http://www.vhemt.org/ I would like to announce my unqualified support for this fine organization and the fruits who believe in it. People who believe this stuff should not breed! BTW, they are accepting new members should any of you wish to sign up!

Started getting my house ready to sell. I'm not doing too much since the ex gets half anyway. I made an offer on some land in Tennessee. 26 acres!

First off that really isn't funny even as a joke. Second, no offense meant but it's also a little uninformed. I'm curious. What do you even know about Ralph Nader? Bob Barr? The Libertarian Party? You might want to spend a little quality time with google before responding.

I'm surprised Sand hasn't opined here yet. Here is one instance where he is proven right on the futility of foreign aid and he has nothing to say?

Now reading The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. Kudos to Hurlshot & Musopticon for the reccomendation it is pretty good. Also reading Dog Man and the Akita about the Japanese farmer who single handedly saved the Akita breed from extinction. This one is a little slow going.

You know, in Celsius that's really keeping the IQ standards low. Doh! Typical American arrogance (or is it ignorance?) forgetting that we are the only country still using the farenhiet scale. Don't even get me started on us not using ther metric system. Sorry everyone, I hang my head in shame!

For you reading enjoyment. This is one of the best, clearest, most concise, and intelligent articles on the evolution of executive power in the US I have ever read. This is exactly what I would have written if I had the brains and ability to articulate. It is not light reading but I highly recommend all US boardies of voting age with a higher than room temperature IQ to give it a look. The Cult of the Presidency