I can't believe the OP didn't take five seconds to google the federal budget to see just how far off his "..more of the budget than everything else combined." statement was.
but your graph does not in any way prove this. Why start in 1960?
Yeah, it does prove it. It's best to actually look at the link in a post that you comment on:
"Full Mauna Loa CO2 record"
1960 is as far back as the Mauna Loa record goes. Unless he is referring to some other Hawaii recording station, this is the starting point for his "tripling" statement.
Levels were probably around 250ppm before the industrial revolution started
You really think Hawaii was recording CO2 levels before the industrial revolution???
Besides, even if I took your assumption at face value, that isn't even close to doubling the CO2 level, let alone tripling it.
Actually, the police officer that made the post is now part of a conspiracy to commit a crime. No need to even come up with new laws to properly convict these idiot police.
The thing that bugs me about this install is... why the hell is the modem OUTSIDE? Don't the modems plug into an existing phone jack INSIDE the building? And if you are going to take the time to run a long ass cable because you are lazy, why wouldn't you run the junction box/modem line INTO the building, so at least the modem would be safe and sound. It makes no sense to plug the modem in outside. I know there are crappy installers (I've ran into a few rat nests myself), but this install is just too many kinds of stupid that don't make any sense.
I doubt this is real. The installation dude is smart enough to wire this into the junction box and wire a network cable a couple hundred feet long with a splice of some type. Yet he thinks that this modem will survive in the snow, with only a bag and box to protect it. And thinks that his network cable running the length of the building and across at least one walkway won't be tripped on/broken. And the business owner, when presented with a network cable popping in through his front door, said "Looks good. I don't even mind that I have to still run some type of cable to our router, which is NOT right next to our front door!" Oh, and this is from an anonymous reader.
Sadly, that isn't the stupidest thing Jim Pasco said in the interview:
I ask Pasco if he believes someone like Michael Allison should go to prison, potentially for the rest of his life. “I don’t know anything about that case,” Pasco replies, “but generally it sounds like a sensible law and a sensible punishment.
He first says that he doesn't know anything about that particular case, then in the next breath says that it sounds good that she could go to jail for the rest of her life!!!! And all he knows is that she recorded a public official during the course of performing their duties!
I think fining people $5 every time they honk within city limits would be justified
So, you'd fine me for hitting my horn when someone is about to hit me/pull out in front of me/move into my lane and hit me/etc....? Do you know what the horn is there for?
After the bank notified Peters that the checks had cleared, Peters wire transferred $468,000 to Hong Kong.
Shortly thereafter, the checks were dishonored after the bank detected that they had been altered.
So what the hell does clearing a check mean? I always assumed that this means that the bank verified that the check was good and they received the funds from the other bank. How much later can a bank claim that a check is no good after it has cleared it?
He was using it feed his chickens. So, he was growing wheat on his private property to feed to his chickens also on his property... but the feds and courts said that wasn't allowed???
Reading the summary for Wickard v. Filbum, I can't believe the twisted logic that the court used to lump his wheat in with the entire wheat market:
...if Filburn had not used home-grown wheat he would have had to buy wheat on the open market.
What the hell? Do chickens ONLY eat wheat? If he grew corn to feed his chickens, would that be OK? If so, what the hell is the difference? And what if he bought the wheat from his next door neighbor (and thus not interstate commerce)? Lawyers/judges seem to have no sense of reality when concocting their decisions and arguments...
Yeah, because two states could never get together and work out some way to connect their highways.
...the Internet would never have been invented...
Right again, private businesses and states have never invented anything on their own before.
...many places might still not even have electricity.
Why can't states provided electricity to their residents?
I hate the idea that people think only the federal government has the ability to do anything. There are so many thinks done at the federal level that can easily be done at the state and local level.
Only if you drive a car on public roads. You don't have to buy car insurance just for being a citizen of the United States, which you will have to do with health insurance due to the new health care bill. Basically, you are going to be fined for being a citizen if you don't buy health insurance...
I soooo wish that Tina Fey had asked Palin to come on and play her during the 'cutaway' scenes during the live "30 Rock" episode (They had Julia Louis-Dreyfus play Tine Fey). They missed a golden opportunity for some big laughs on that one. They even could have kept Alec Baldwin's line: "Why are you better looking in your memory?"
Er, and the fact that he had just barely become a US Senator for the first time before he started running for President? His lack of experience in a high position was probably at least as big a factor against him as being black. Good thing Ol' McCain picked someone even less experienced than Obama as his running mate so that the GOP couldn't use that argument anymore...
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I can't believe the OP didn't take five seconds to google the federal budget to see just how far off his "..more of the budget than everything else combined." statement was.
But only 20% of that gasoline is turned into usable energy (motion), while electric motors are on the order of 80-90% efficient. To summarize:
Gasoline: One gallon (34 kwh) gets you 6.8 kwh of usable energy
Electric: 34 kwh gets you 27.2 kwh of usable energy
So, it really takes about four gallons of gas (around $12), to equal the output of 34 kwh of electricity (around $3.40)
but your graph does not in any way prove this. Why start in 1960?
Yeah, it does prove it. It's best to actually look at the link in a post that you comment on:
"Full Mauna Loa CO2 record"
1960 is as far back as the Mauna Loa record goes. Unless he is referring to some other Hawaii recording station, this is the starting point for his "tripling" statement.
Levels were probably around 250ppm before the industrial revolution started
You really think Hawaii was recording CO2 levels before the industrial revolution???
Besides, even if I took your assumption at face value, that isn't even close to doubling the CO2 level, let alone tripling it.
Actually, the police officer that made the post is now part of a conspiracy to commit a crime. No need to even come up with new laws to properly convict these idiot police.
Pffft, ONLY 48 states.
There are nice long data series on ppm of CO2 in the air as measured in HI for example. We've tripled it.
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/#mlo_full
1960: 315 ppm
Today: 390 ppm
I don't think you know what "tripled" means, do you?
The thing that bugs me about this install is... why the hell is the modem OUTSIDE? Don't the modems plug into an existing phone jack INSIDE the building? And if you are going to take the time to run a long ass cable because you are lazy, why wouldn't you run the junction box/modem line INTO the building, so at least the modem would be safe and sound. It makes no sense to plug the modem in outside. I know there are crappy installers (I've ran into a few rat nests myself), but this install is just too many kinds of stupid that don't make any sense.
Sorry, I call bullshit.
What country has 1/10th of it's population in prison???
Don't classify every damn thing!
What's in it for Mastercard? What do they gain by denying these transactions?
I ask Pasco if he believes someone like Michael Allison should go to prison, potentially for the rest of his life. “I don’t know anything about that case,” Pasco replies, “but generally it sounds like a sensible law and a sensible punishment.
He first says that he doesn't know anything about that particular case, then in the next breath says that it sounds good that she could go to jail for the rest of her life!!!! And all he knows is that she recorded a public official during the course of performing their duties!
I think fining people $5 every time they honk within city limits would be justified
So, you'd fine me for hitting my horn when someone is about to hit me/pull out in front of me/move into my lane and hit me/etc....? Do you know what the horn is there for?
Does it come with a warranty against being blown?
Is there someplace to sign up for the warranty guaranteeing to get blown?
After the bank notified Peters that the checks had cleared, Peters wire transferred $468,000 to Hong Kong.
Shortly thereafter, the checks were dishonored after the bank detected that they had been altered.
So what the hell does clearing a check mean? I always assumed that this means that the bank verified that the check was good and they received the funds from the other bank. How much later can a bank claim that a check is no good after it has cleared it?
I'd just turn my building into a giant Faraday cage, and no external signals could get through. Problem solved, and the FCC can't say shit about it.
First, justify 239 bushels extra,...
He was using it feed his chickens. So, he was growing wheat on his private property to feed to his chickens also on his property... but the feds and courts said that wasn't allowed???
...if Filburn had not used home-grown wheat he would have had to buy wheat on the open market.
What the hell? Do chickens ONLY eat wheat? If he grew corn to feed his chickens, would that be OK? If so, what the hell is the difference? And what if he bought the wheat from his next door neighbor (and thus not interstate commerce)? Lawyers/judges seem to have no sense of reality when concocting their decisions and arguments...
PUBLIC goods and services.
...no interstate highway...
Yeah, because two states could never get together and work out some way to connect their highways.
...the Internet would never have been invented...
Right again, private businesses and states have never invented anything on their own before.
...many places might still not even have electricity.
Why can't states provided electricity to their residents?
I hate the idea that people think only the federal government has the ability to do anything. There are so many thinks done at the federal level that can easily be done at the state and local level.
...every citizen must buy a particular product from a small set of private companies...
You mean like buying the product (service really) of federal law enforcement?
Notice how the bolded part from the first post is different from the bolded part of your quote...
Only if you drive a car on public roads. You don't have to buy car insurance just for being a citizen of the United States, which you will have to do with health insurance due to the new health care bill. Basically, you are going to be fined for being a citizen if you don't buy health insurance...
There's nothing bony about Oprah's ass.
I soooo wish that Tina Fey had asked Palin to come on and play her during the 'cutaway' scenes during the live "30 Rock" episode (They had Julia Louis-Dreyfus play Tine Fey). They missed a golden opportunity for some big laughs on that one. They even could have kept Alec Baldwin's line: "Why are you better looking in your memory?"
Obama's only real problem was overcoming racism.
Er, and the fact that he had just barely become a US Senator for the first time before he started running for President? His lack of experience in a high position was probably at least as big a factor against him as being black. Good thing Ol' McCain picked someone even less experienced than Obama as his running mate so that the GOP couldn't use that argument anymore...