You would realistically need to cut the arable land at least in half. Soybeans and Corn are cultivated in an every other year rotation. So one year you grow corn, and the next year you grow soybeans. The beans replenish the nitrogen levels in the soil or at least don't take near the amount of nitrogen as required by corn. Plus, how much of that 470 million acres is used to farm wheat?
Biodiesel is not viable replacement for fossil fuels.
My dad is immune to poison ivy. When he was young, he would pick poision ivy and put it in a buckey of water for a several days. Then he would fill up his squirt gun with that water. He'd go around squirting neighborhood kids in the ears and that is where they would get the poison ivy rashes.
There is an email group at groups.yahoo.com called Loconet_hackers that is quite active in discussing the desgin parameters of the loconet and developing custom/original software solutions to utilize the loconet packet traffic. Its way over my head, but worth listening to.
McLeodUSA, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa based telecommunications provider, has been laying its own fiber network throughout Cedar Rapids and other markets for well over a year. The Fiber is laid in concentric circles from the center of the city to the outskirts. It allows users to get Digital Cable service (including the DMX music channels, pay per view, and a huge variety of premium channels), local and long distance service, and high speed internet access.
I have the service in Cedar Rapids and it is great. If you get all the services, you get a 15% bundle discount. The Company ran a Fiber optic line back behind the house. There is some sort of transformer that transfers the connection to a twisted pair and a co-ax cable line to goes to the house. From there, the line connects into your house just like the old telephone service and cable service. And they dropped in a Cisco cable modem. I previously had AT&T's @Home cable service and I think that McLeods is faster.
Mr. Brin's contention that the real issue for this election is about George W's tax cut, namely an inheritance tax cut, is entirely off base. The real issue to decide for yourself is this, Who do you want making decisions about your life?
If you haven't already noticed, Governement policies, especially the tax code, have been designed for social engineering. Look at an example, interest expense on a primary residence is tax deductible and therefore encourages home ownership. This Presidential race will underscore this very notion that the government creates laws and policies in order to design their own view of society.
VP Gore is very proud of the fact that he has been in Politics for over 24 years. What that really means is that for the last 24 years, he has believed that he is smarter than most of us and therefore the Government must make the decisions in our lives. That is flat out wrong. VP Gore's liberal spending plan for his version of Government will grow the size of the Government measured by the number of people employed, the total dollars spent and worst of all the reach of regulation into business and personal lives.
On the other hand, George W. brings forth a plan that to paraphrase says, "I trust you to make decisions over your own life, not the Government." Bush's plans all say the same thing.
Education - Let's use measurement and accountability at the local level to generate positive results. And when it still doesn't work, let the parents decide where to send their children and help them financially to make the move.
Social Security - Let's let individuals manage a small portion of their own contributions that remain there for their own benefit. Let them earn a higher return than the 2% that traditional social security earns. 2% barely beats inflation in the current market.
HealthCare/Medicaid/Prescription Drugs - Yes, let us help those that cannot help themselves, let's at least give them options to choose from while covering their basic needs.
Taxes - George W.'s entire philosophy does culminate in this issue. There is a $4.6 trillion surplus right now. George W. is going to put over half ($2.6 trillion) of it in Social Security to fix the problem there. He is using $700 billion for programs like a reform of Medicaid and Education. And then is giving back to the people $1.3 trillion of their own money. Remember that, He is giving the people back their own money, not the Government's like Al Gore would describe it. Of course the Gore supporters are going to say, "What about the wealthiest 1% getting all huge tax cuts." But guess what, that wealthiest 1% also contributes 1/3 of the tax revenue. Bush's plan does not say that some people should get tax relief and some should not. All people who pay taxes will get tax relief. Yet Al Gore's plan would provide selective tax relief to those people that he deems worthy of relief. And a sizable portion of what Al Gore calls tax relief is actually targeted increases in benefits to offset taxes. Again more spending from the liberal candidate.
Once again the Primary issue for this race is this: Who do you want making decisions about your life? The Government - then vote for Al. but if you would prefer to make more decisions for yourself - VOTE BUSH .
I heard a comment from Bush when he accepted the Republican party nomination. He said the Presidency is "The Opportunity of a Lifetime." The Vice President has made the Presidency "The Opportunity for a Lifetime." It is amazing how one little word can make the difference in the philosophy of how to help people.
Bry
P.S. For all those out there who believe in Ralph Nader and plan to vote for him, do not let any naysayers persuade you from voting your conscience.
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read this:
https://plus.google.com/105237212888595777019/posts/fbCZzoFEAz1
I was going to link to the exact same piece by Trey. It change the way I will be thinking about my next camera purchase in this year.
On a different note, I propose a caption contest for the picture of Yoda, prone on the floor with his cane several feet away.
Fallen I have. Get up I cannot
You would realistically need to cut the arable land at least in half. Soybeans and Corn are cultivated in an every other year rotation. So one year you grow corn, and the next year you grow soybeans. The beans replenish the nitrogen levels in the soil or at least don't take near the amount of nitrogen as required by corn. Plus, how much of that 470 million acres is used to farm wheat?
Biodiesel is not viable replacement for fossil fuels.
My dad is immune to poison ivy. When he was young, he would pick poision ivy and put it in a buckey of water for a several days. Then he would fill up his squirt gun with that water. He'd go around squirting neighborhood kids in the ears and that is where they would get the poison ivy rashes.
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Bry
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There is an email group at groups.yahoo.com called Loconet_hackers that is quite active in discussing the desgin parameters of the loconet and developing custom/original software solutions to utilize the loconet packet traffic. Its way over my head, but worth listening to.
- ---
Bry
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McLeodUSA, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa based telecommunications provider, has been laying its own fiber network throughout Cedar Rapids and other markets for well over a year. The Fiber is laid in concentric circles from the center of the city to the outskirts. It allows users to get Digital Cable service (including the DMX music channels, pay per view, and a huge variety of premium channels), local and long distance service, and high speed internet access.
- ---
I have the service in Cedar Rapids and it is great. If you get all the services, you get a 15% bundle discount. The Company ran a Fiber optic line back behind the house. There is some sort of transformer that transfers the connection to a twisted pair and a co-ax cable line to goes to the house. From there, the line connects into your house just like the old telephone service and cable service. And they dropped in a Cisco cable modem. I previously had AT&T's @Home cable service and I think that McLeods is faster.
Bry
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Mr. Brin's contention that the real issue for this election is about George W's tax cut, namely an inheritance tax cut, is entirely off base. The real issue to decide for yourself is this, Who do you want making decisions about your life?
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If you haven't already noticed, Governement policies, especially the tax code, have been designed for social engineering. Look at an example, interest expense on a primary residence is tax deductible and therefore encourages home ownership. This Presidential race will underscore this very notion that the government creates laws and policies in order to design their own view of society.
VP Gore is very proud of the fact that he has been in Politics for over 24 years. What that really means is that for the last 24 years, he has believed that he is smarter than most of us and therefore the Government must make the decisions in our lives. That is flat out wrong. VP Gore's liberal spending plan for his version of Government will grow the size of the Government measured by the number of people employed, the total dollars spent and worst of all the reach of regulation into business and personal lives.
On the other hand, George W. brings forth a plan that to paraphrase says, "I trust you to make decisions over your own life, not the Government." Bush's plans all say the same thing.
Education - Let's use measurement and accountability at the local level to generate positive results. And when it still doesn't work, let the parents decide where to send their children and help them financially to make the move.
Social Security - Let's let individuals manage a small portion of their own contributions that remain there for their own benefit. Let them earn a higher return than the 2% that traditional social security earns. 2% barely beats inflation in the current market.
HealthCare/Medicaid/Prescription Drugs - Yes, let us help those that cannot help themselves, let's at least give them options to choose from while covering their basic needs.
Taxes - George W.'s entire philosophy does culminate in this issue. There is a $4.6 trillion surplus right now. George W. is going to put over half ($2.6 trillion) of it in Social Security to fix the problem there. He is using $700 billion for programs like a reform of Medicaid and Education. And then is giving back to the people $1.3 trillion of their own money. Remember that, He is giving the people back their own money, not the Government's like Al Gore would describe it. Of course the Gore supporters are going to say, "What about the wealthiest 1% getting all huge tax cuts." But guess what, that wealthiest 1% also contributes 1/3 of the tax revenue. Bush's plan does not say that some people should get tax relief and some should not. All people who pay taxes will get tax relief. Yet Al Gore's plan would provide selective tax relief to those people that he deems worthy of relief. And a sizable portion of what Al Gore calls tax relief is actually targeted increases in benefits to offset taxes. Again more spending from the liberal candidate.
Once again the Primary issue for this race is this: Who do you want making decisions about your life? The Government - then vote for Al. but if you would prefer to make more decisions for yourself - VOTE BUSH .
I heard a comment from Bush when he accepted the Republican party nomination. He said the Presidency is "The Opportunity of a Lifetime." The Vice President has made the Presidency "The Opportunity for a Lifetime." It is amazing how one little word can make the difference in the philosophy of how to help people.
Bry
P.S. For all those out there who believe in Ralph Nader and plan to vote for him, do not let any naysayers persuade you from voting your conscience.
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