I think the Lorax, by no fault of his own, has prostituted himself to the general public in hopes of raising awareness... too bad it is awareness of Environmentally Transmitted Dieses (ETDs).
While I think it is responsible to try to save money I think it might be ironic--and slightly funny--to imagine the savings if we skipped out on lights altogether. HUGE savings.
So we outlaw 50 and 100 dollar bills to 'fight counterfeiters' and they just print 20 dollar bills. It's not going to get rid of the problem. We just need to ban North Korea from purchasing anything, anywhere in the world.
Honestly, I am more worried about North Koreans being re-patriated from China and sent to forced labor camps until death. That has a much higher priority in my life.
They don't need a lot of help to look like horrible human beings. It's not like a debit card which you can use everywhere, even at your own home with some cheap equipment, and quickly determine it is unusable. This is a passport. They had no way of knowing it was damaged until boarding the plane. Care to test them all pre-flight via pre-paid postage envelopes to prevent additional expenses on the passengers? Didn't think so. They should be financially liable for that family's vacation in my opinion.
If they had commandeered a real pigeon and used it to spy on the hunters I would have been furious...but since it was only a 'choppa the animal rights activists should know that we won't sympathize.
You can force a horse to water but he might prefer a cold glass of Pepsi; therefore I would join but do it in such a way as to make it a worthless effort on their part. If they have to police everyone to get them to make it useful then it is very expensive. But that is the rebel in me talking... I don't know how the corporate me would respond.
I don't know about everyone else, but if pennies are not >= 2.5% copper, and >= 50% zinc then I will not waste my energy bending over to pick them up. Do we not have standards anymore?!
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I think the Lorax, by no fault of his own, has prostituted himself to the general public in hopes of raising awareness... too bad it is awareness of Environmentally Transmitted Dieses (ETDs).
Wow. This is ridiculous. It is certainly time to move to another country, is it not?
While I think it is responsible to try to save money I think it might be ironic--and slightly funny--to imagine the savings if we skipped out on lights altogether. HUGE savings.
So we outlaw 50 and 100 dollar bills to 'fight counterfeiters' and they just print 20 dollar bills. It's not going to get rid of the problem. We just need to ban North Korea from purchasing anything, anywhere in the world. Honestly, I am more worried about North Koreans being re-patriated from China and sent to forced labor camps until death. That has a much higher priority in my life.
Oh great, now I'm not even going to be a man in the future... If I'm not a man, what on earth will I be?
They don't need a lot of help to look like horrible human beings. It's not like a debit card which you can use everywhere, even at your own home with some cheap equipment, and quickly determine it is unusable. This is a passport. They had no way of knowing it was damaged until boarding the plane. Care to test them all pre-flight via pre-paid postage envelopes to prevent additional expenses on the passengers? Didn't think so. They should be financially liable for that family's vacation in my opinion.
If they had commandeered a real pigeon and used it to spy on the hunters I would have been furious...but since it was only a 'choppa the animal rights activists should know that we won't sympathize.
You can force a horse to water but he might prefer a cold glass of Pepsi; therefore I would join but do it in such a way as to make it a worthless effort on their part. If they have to police everyone to get them to make it useful then it is very expensive. But that is the rebel in me talking... I don't know how the corporate me would respond.
Are they going to have to call robotically to have us opt-in to these robotic calls? Hmmm.
I don't know about everyone else, but if pennies are not >= 2.5% copper, and >= 50% zinc then I will not waste my energy bending over to pick them up. Do we not have standards anymore?!
I suppose it's our fault that they are middle Eastern, since everything else is our fault. I guess you can't win at everything in life.