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Usually, when politicians start "getting stuff done" we all suffer. Yes, I agree that when the legislature fails to accomplish anything, little changes because they will just default to continuing the budget. But when the executive branch is …
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The rumors have been much more that he wanted Lieberman and the religious right threatened a revolt if he didn't pander to them. I don't buy your above scenario for a second. Lieberman is well liked by conservatives for his positions on natio…
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I'm young still, but I doubt I've ever seen as rapid of a double-speak maneuver as this Palin deal. The maneuver is called a feint. The worst case scenario for the Republicans would have been a unified Obama/Clinton ticket. But both of those …
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The proposed mechanism is solar neutrinos and the difference in neutrino mixing caused by the Earth's orbital parameters (which is probably measurable at super kamiokande without a time lag, but I'm getting really tired of doing your research for yo…
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The phase shift also makes the proposed physics very weird and unlikely. Oh, you are questioning their suggestion of "seasonal variations in fundamental constants?" I think there was a recent experiment reminiscent of the Michelson Morley …
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I'd like to meet this et al. guy because he really writes a lot of papers. As you no doubt noticed, the two Al's are not the same.
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here's more from that reference: No actually, that statement is not from that study. It is from Ref 3, someone else's study. That is what I find is usually the case with global warming studies. You read through supposed claim of proof, only t…
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There is also the recent discovery that radioactive decays are in fact seasonal. http://arxiv.org/abs/0808.3283 The argument that global warming is caused by human activity seems to depend on ruling out other causes, such as solar radiation, volc…
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here's a rebuttal to solar forcing argument, written reasonably non-technically: http://scienceblogs.com/illconsidered/2 ... stupid.php another one reubutting the idea that the current warming is just a 'rebound' from the LIA: http://scienc…
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I'm quite pro-choice, but more importantly of the belief that the federal government should not be in the business of making personal choices for people. I hope for this country's sake that such an amendment never gets passed, because of the prec…
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The only non-hypocritical stance re abortion that I can see is to make it illegal for viable fetuses, but have the public pony up the non-borrowed funds to raise every child decently, when the parents can't or won't. How does that differ from…
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Ideally, they'd then institute a Constitutional amendment (assuming they had the numbers in Congress to pull it off, which they never quite did). Are you saying ideally from your perspective? If so, that is your right to believe and vote acco…
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What I'm saying is that most americans reject the idea that voting for a democrat is sinful (I have heard this numerous times) or that questioning Dubya and his policies is also sinful, based on the verse about respecting those in power. This verse …
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Questioning the salvation of someone voting for John Kerry, saying that being critical of Dubya will send you to hell, likening the Iraq war to a crusade for Jesus, herself saying that the Iraq war is a task from God. I don't see a problem. …
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I think that's still pretty newsworthy. I mean, if Joe Biden's wife had been a registered Socialist and he'd gone to a bunch of Socialist Party conventions, wouldn't that be newsworthy? The better analogy is if instead of having her husband, …
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tarzanchuck wrote: Oh, and another thing. I think that her membership/participation with the Alaska Independent Party will be an enormous problem as well. Kind of goes against the "country first" slogan, doesn't it? That one didn't turn out …
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And a governor for 16 months of a state again, with a population less than that of the city of seattle. The other half of the sentence is also incorrect. She took office on Dec. 4, 2006, so that would be 21 months.
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Wherever you move to you should rent for a few months at least before you buy. That way you have a much better idea of how to evaluate the prices you see. A price that looks good on a website may not be so good when you learn more about the areas. Y…
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Very interesting charts lamont. But who are you going to believe? A diverse group of people betting real money overwhelmingly on Obama, or Robroy who has staked all of his SeattleBubble credibility on a landslide McCain victory? He even offered to p…
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Maybe it's just me, but it seems insulting and derogatory to assume that all women should respond in specific (and emotional) ways to every compliment or insult that a female candidate gets. I only referred to a case where a candidate was bei…
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So the allegation is that he was fired because he didn't carry out her order to fire her brother in law from the force. That is a little more problematic I think. Quite the contrary. The chief executive is responsible that public policy is ca…
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Obama's previous position on Ayers was that they simply lived in the same neighborhood. If nothing else, this puts that relationship in quite a different light and calls into question Obama's truthfulness. I have seen one summary of what was funded …
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Being a governor is much better experience that being a US senator, and being a mayor is better experience than being a state senator. Heading a state commission is far better than spending $150 million in funds under the leadership of a unrepentant…
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The B&O Taxes are a fraction of a penny. I'm not sure who considers that huge. The problem is that B&O is levied on revenue, not on profit. No problem for Microsoft because their margins are so high. No problem for Boeing, because the…
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The lender had all the cards when the contract was drawn....they decided the Terms, and wrote the contract....they vetted not just the Borrower, but also did an appraisal of the property. Huh? The buyer made the decision to buy, how much to s…
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Debt will cause more divorce, systematic poverty, crime, suicide, depression, and drug use than walking away will over the next 20 years. If I were a gambling man, I'd put money on it. And I would take that bet. If you were to ask a bunch of …
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Again, I'll elaborate that any other deficit spending is unethical. In light of this thread, I'd call the other deficit spending even more unethical than walking away, as the armies of people living in debt are damaging America in more ways than tho…
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. Impeccably bred with a nod to the stature of the surrounding manses. Flawless cut crystal rainbow window, alabaster drop, cherished hearth: circa 1901; shadow reveals; understated elegance. Did they mention how f-ing understated the whole t…
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his originally $200K condo is now worth about $130K. It's a business decision and legal. I think it's good for the country if people walk away en masse. It will make the middle class stronger, stemming the onslaught against them by the corporatocrac…
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but ultimately, health, finances etc we just could not keep making the payments. Situations like this are why non-recourse laws, 7 year limits on bad credit and debt forgiveness through bankruptcy are so important. The people who abuse tho…