"What that means is that if every one of 110 million American households bought just one ice-cream-cone bulb, took it home, and screwed it in the place of an ordinary 60-watt bulb, the energy saved would be enough to power a city of 1.5 million people. One bulb swapped out, enough electricity saved to power all the homes in Delaware and Rhode Island. In terms of oil not burned, or greenhouse gases not exhausted into the atmosphere, one bulb is equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads."
Simply put, there is no upward social mobility in America anymore. The children of the middle class are just as likely to make less than their parents as they are to make more,...
Wow, you managed to contradict yourself within one sentence. If half of the children are doing better than their parents, doesn't that indicate 'upward social mobility' for them???
My point being, if you aren't in the first percentile, you aren't making any real money.
My point is that $250k/year isn't going to buy you a Senator, or even a Congressman, and therefore, is not real money to the people who can and do buy Senators and Congressmen.
Well, which one is your point? That 250k isn't 'real money' (whatever the hell that means) or that I can't buy my own senator? Either way, who cares about this 'point'???
He is wrong. the 22k/year isn't the overall average income, it is the average income of the bottom 50% he was referring to. Hell, even if I bumped it up to the overall average of the US (around 45k, I think), he's still waaaaaay off by a couple orders of magnitude.
Did you know the top 400 earners in America make as much as the bottom fifty percent combined?
Did you know that you are completely wrong? For your statement to be true, your 400 top earners would need to AVERAGE over 2.5 BILLION dollars in income. (22k average income * 50 million wage earners / 400 earners)
It doesn't end up on the same webpage:
Using URL bar: typing Yahoo.com and hitting enter takes you to Yahoo.com
Using Google search: typing Yahoo.com and hitting enter takes you to a Google search result page.
Hightlights include: 1. $25 billion that can't even be accounted for. 2. DOD spending $100 million on plane tickets never used. 3. Government credit cards that were charged millions for gambling, personal vacation trips, strip clubs, etc. 4. Billions wasted through Medicare. 5. The Army Corps of Engineers making shit up to justify unnecessary water and damn projects.
I could go on like this for days, but I think you get the point.
Then you had a great experience compared to me. Tried riding from Southern Oregon to the bay area on Amtrak. Normally a six hour drive, the train was scheduled to get me to SF around 8:00 in the morning. I didn't arrive until 3:00 in the afternoon.
So, even if I had waited until the scheduled ARRIVAL time of the train to leave by car, I still would have handily beat the train. Last time I will ever take a train.
So, we should just think of all of those Windows license fees paid over all these years as a charitable contribution? I don't feel so bad about paying them now.
Wow, really? If I am at a point in an accident that the only thing keeping me inside the car is my seatbelt, I can assure you that I have ZERO control over the car at that point...
You might murder someone in the near future, so I am going to have you tracked and monitored all the time to prevent the deaths in the first place. Because I would hate to wait until people are dead before I punish you.
It's not that the seat belts are evil, it's that I get fined even if I forget to buckle up. Not buckling up doesn't hurt anyone else, so why am I being punished???
Besides, the courts don't seem to have any problem with the federal government controlling every single other substance known to man (cocaine, marijuana, prescription drugs, etc.).
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"What that means is that if every one of 110 million American households bought just one ice-cream-cone bulb, took it home, and screwed it in the place of an ordinary 60-watt bulb, the energy saved would be enough to power a city of 1.5 million people. One bulb swapped out, enough electricity saved to power all the homes in Delaware and Rhode Island. In terms of oil not burned, or greenhouse gases not exhausted into the atmosphere, one bulb is equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads."
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/108/open_lightbulbs.html
Simply put, there is no upward social mobility in America anymore. The children of the middle class are just as likely to make less than their parents as they are to make more,...
Wow, you managed to contradict yourself within one sentence. If half of the children are doing better than their parents, doesn't that indicate 'upward social mobility' for them???
My point being, if you aren't in the first percentile, you aren't making any real money.
My point is that $250k/year isn't going to buy you a Senator, or even a Congressman, and therefore, is not real money to the people who can and do buy Senators and Congressmen.
Well, which one is your point? That 250k isn't 'real money' (whatever the hell that means) or that I can't buy my own senator? Either way, who cares about this 'point'???
He is wrong. the 22k/year isn't the overall average income, it is the average income of the bottom 50% he was referring to. Hell, even if I bumped it up to the overall average of the US (around 45k, I think), he's still waaaaaay off by a couple orders of magnitude.
Did you know the top 400 earners in America make as much as the bottom fifty percent combined?
Did you know that you are completely wrong? For your statement to be true, your 400 top earners would need to AVERAGE over 2.5 BILLION dollars in income. (22k average income * 50 million wage earners / 400 earners)
I swear this is the fourth time I've seen a 'final shuttle flight' story online.
Given how much this place looks like a run down porn shop, I suspect many a person has been misled by that sign...
It doesn't end up on the same webpage: Using URL bar: typing Yahoo.com and hitting enter takes you to Yahoo.com Using Google search: typing Yahoo.com and hitting enter takes you to a Google search result page.
I'm pretty sure they could pray in private. I think God could figure out who they are...
In fct a large majority of govenrment programs are extremely efficient and costs are well contained.
Thank goodness I wasn't drinking anything when I read this statement, or it would have come out through my nose.
I could fill this post with links to examples that run counter to your ridiculous statement, but I'll stick to just this one:
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2005/04/top-10-examples-of-government-waste
Hightlights include:
1. $25 billion that can't even be accounted for.
2. DOD spending $100 million on plane tickets never used.
3. Government credit cards that were charged millions for gambling, personal vacation trips, strip clubs, etc.
4. Billions wasted through Medicare.
5. The Army Corps of Engineers making shit up to justify unnecessary water and damn projects.
I could go on like this for days, but I think you get the point.
You think that giant train with dozens of cars attached to it is getting 40 MPG? Does that really even make sense to you?
So, even if I had waited until the scheduled ARRIVAL time of the train to leave by car, I still would have handily beat the train. Last time I will ever take a train.
It's a big bad world out there. Take your lumps, get used to it, and get the hell out of my face.
I think Denis Leary phrased it best:
"Life sucks, get a fucking helmet!"
Um, THAT guy said he doesn't want to bring it back. How exactly do you jump to the conclusion that "nobody wants to reinstate the fairness doctrine"?
So, we should just think of all of those Windows license fees paid over all these years as a charitable contribution? I don't feel so bad about paying them now.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0209/Sen_Harkin_We_need_the_Fairness_Doctrine_back_.html?showall
Exactly how recent of an example do you need?
Yeah, nobody but top elected officials. Not EVERYTHING is made up by the right.
(I have a steam-train nerd friend...)
Riiiiiight. And my "friend" has this problem with such and such.
This is /. You can safely admit that you are a nerd about anything. No need to hide it.
Your entire rant is irrelevant to my statement. Who is PHYSICALLY HURT by me not wearing a seatbelt???
I have no idea what A&E is. As far as I know, that is the Arts & Entertainment channel.
Uh, neither the paramedics or my relatives are physically hurt at that point.
Wow, really? If I am at a point in an accident that the only thing keeping me inside the car is my seatbelt, I can assure you that I have ZERO control over the car at that point...
You might murder someone in the near future, so I am going to have you tracked and monitored all the time to prevent the deaths in the first place. Because I would hate to wait until people are dead before I punish you.
It's not that the seat belts are evil, it's that I get fined even if I forget to buckle up. Not buckling up doesn't hurt anyone else, so why am I being punished???
...so a constitutional amendment would be required to allow the government to do so.
You mean something like this?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Besides, the courts don't seem to have any problem with the federal government controlling every single other substance known to man (cocaine, marijuana, prescription drugs, etc.).
Currently, 50 percent of bus and ferry operations are funded by Bridge tolls,...