Come to Connecticut. With subsidies, they cost under a dollar.
Subsidies cost all the taxpayers of Connecticut. Government money isn't magic.
I'm glad someone brought up the fact government money isn't magic. But with subsidies, the cost of the bulb is still under a dollar no matter how you try to spin your political ideology. If you want to add in transportation costs to and from the store, tax liability, energy cost versus other bulbs and intrinsic value lost or gained, then your political crap might apply. I buy a gallon of milk for $1.83 and it's quite easy to pull out 2 non-magical $1 bills to pay for it. Never had cashier ever charge me the government subsidy price. Have you?
When you say "no one cares and this whole Doomsday Clock idea is stupid"....why are you even commenting. There has to be better things for you to do. Oh that's right, you're all hurt by others talking about things you don't find interesting or don't understand. Just like that 4 year old in the store yesterday.
Believe it or not, in some towns in the USA, the local leaders consider xeriscaping just slightly less communistic than not allowing pub patrons to carry loaded guns. Until the days when water becomes too expensive to use in anything other than a drinking cup, my local leaders will insist all residents have lush, weed-free, green lawns. And they enforce that green grass / no weeds ordinance with tickets. Just try changing their minds to allow xeriscaping? Been down that road and got weed tickets 3 straight weeks in a row. I'll move as soon as I can break even on this money pit I called an investment.
Thankfully the "Cloud" is and will solve all my personal and business concerns. Because after all, using OpenOffice on my work/home computer is just plan stupid when I can open, edit, collaborate and save all my docs via an on-line connection. Unless that connection will end up costing more and more each year. I'm beginning to think jump drives will be the new, old cloud of the future.
I had a non-group plan that just got canx. It cost me $15 a month, covered every known and unknown med procedure with no deductible or co-pay. Now my premiums have gone up to $256 a month because of all the Obama dick sucking morons. Or maybe I'm lying just to make sure the Tea Party can continue partying for another few years. Hope this post helps.
"Obama dick sucking morons"? Can I use that statement sometime because it will settle a bunch of discussions at work, at the dinner table and in line at the grocery store. Best argument ever...or maybe not, but think if you keep using, you'll win every time...wink, wink.
Yeppers...and every person on welfare or any government assistance drives Cadillac and eat T-bone steaks with caviar side salads. I absolutely know this is true because tea party members tells me this same story each week. I wish I didn't have to hear this crap but if I called these folks out on their weekly "stories" they'd label me a commie liberal who wants adolf hitler and joseph stalin to be my best friend and mentor.
We should have 2 clocks then. You have your biased clock. And the tea party can continue screaming/lathering/foaming about the Obama communist plotting the end of the world, my guns are being taken, the economy is tanking and fucking takers will be able to have health insurance clock that apparently is currently at a nano-second from 12:00. Or did you think we didn't hear the partiers making all that racket?
I'm against Al Jaz buying a US News Station. The Tea Party will have another organization to blames and flame the fires of patriotism, great wars and killings. I can just see my local tea party members sitting around in a circle on their gun cleaning rugs in a mountain retreat. "Bubba imageen does red commie liberals preverting my kids rights to have a full prayer revival meaten every morning. That Al Jazzy guy is a toublemicker and needs to be SSS'd.
I wish I didn't have to inform you guys and gal, the Tea Party crazies are fully arming in my neck of the woods. Whipped into a frenzy about FEMA and UN Concentration Camps, they're out to "take care of" all non true blooded, non God fearing, non Gun toting liberal, socialist commie bastards they can find. Pour "Al Jazeera gasoline on this will only make them more crazy.
Drugs don't drug parents and video games don't drug parents so maybe it's because there just isn't enuf religion in drugs...or drugs in parents...or video games owned by parents. Oh, I'm confused. The answer to this whole "kids" things, at least according to a group of my Tea Party friends? Put them in jail, throw away the keys and let the other inmates teach them the meaning of discipline. And I fear the Tea Party in the USA is quite amused with and strongly believe anal rape is a great learning tool.
I worked for a tech company and tried to get them to save money on printing things. No go. I told them I could create a database and they said the company doesn't allow the use of databases. I pointed out their inventory is done on a database and my boss and his boss disagreed. They showed me first hand on one of them their screens the inventory is kept on "Access". The big boss said he'd take my request up the chain for approval if I wanted. I respectfully and quietly bowed out of the subject. I got laid-off but understand they still print out over 100 sheets of paper 4 times a year to do inventory. Moral of the story? Just because you call your company a tech company doesn't mean this decades technology is being implemented.
Are you kiddin us? In the USA, the Tea Party would assassinate you on "minute one". They think the drinking age should go up to 25, there should be drug tests for everybody...on a monthly basis to rid the nation of druggies, school need to have 6 hours of prayer time daily so the evil gun-toters will disappear, all "homo"sexuals will be burned at the steak, and the government should be dismantled and run by a person who thinks a made-up planet actually exists. So unless you are a Tea Party member, wear your "Earth Czar" ballistic vest when visiting the US. Oh, you should also bring many gift like loaded handguns to give to all children over the age of 3.
I'm 2 years underemployed and listen to political talk radio. Does this mean I'm required to use the word "sheeple".. If so, how many time do I need to use the word each day.
"Limited government creates economic prosperity." Did you get that off of a Tea Party website? The USA has had a huge government since the 1960's. Maybe we should go back to the colonial days for some more economic and social reform. But I missed the screaming rant of "$15 trillion going on 16" that is suppose to make you sound like you understand the US economy. I'm glad you see spending cuts as mandatory and the only fix as I'm looking forward to the next law out of congress to be "all lawmaker must wear powdered wigs and women must give up their shoes and get back in the kitchen".
Actually lawmakers make laws. And lawmakers make laws so the enforcers can prosecute the criminals. But if it makes you feel better thinking politicians make laws just to cover their asses then I feel sorry for your deep, dark view of life and people in general.
If you have to try so hard to prove what you believe is a common sense point of view and no one is listening, then maybe you should be quiet or change your argument. Another option is keep on fighting the good fight if you really, really believe you are right.
My reason for bitchin about this is because I'm old. Why the hell do I need a light bulb that last 10 years? Heck, 6 months might be over kill in my advanced state of "age".
I like your ideas and philosophy. But in my small town, I have the choice to work for small business A, B, C and so on. They will pay me somewhere around $7.50 an hour and sort of promise a raise after 6 months "or so". I can head to the big city 20 miles away and get $12+ an hour to work at BigBoxStore. I also get the coveted insurance coverage and few other benefits a small local business cannot offer.
So I can do the "right thing" and chose to work locally but I'll still have to shop by price and that usually means on-line. In other words, the only real benefit I see is the shopkeep lives in a nice house, drives a new car, eats at great restaurants (in the big city). All of the employee of that small local business shop at the owners competitors. Obviously YMMV.
Way off topic but any person I "Follow" who tweets 20-30 times in a single day???? I unfollow them. No one outside of family has 20-30 tweets worth of information important enough to put up with that many tweets. Obviously YMMV
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Come to Connecticut. With subsidies, they cost under a dollar.
Subsidies cost all the taxpayers of Connecticut. Government money isn't magic.
I'm glad someone brought up the fact government money isn't magic. But with subsidies, the cost of the bulb is still under a dollar no matter how you try to spin your political ideology. If you want to add in transportation costs to and from the store, tax liability, energy cost versus other bulbs and intrinsic value lost or gained, then your political crap might apply. I buy a gallon of milk for $1.83 and it's quite easy to pull out 2 non-magical $1 bills to pay for it. Never had cashier ever charge me the government subsidy price. Have you?
When you say "no one cares and this whole Doomsday Clock idea is stupid"....why are you even commenting. There has to be better things for you to do. Oh that's right, you're all hurt by others talking about things you don't find interesting or don't understand. Just like that 4 year old in the store yesterday.
Believe it or not, in some towns in the USA, the local leaders consider xeriscaping just slightly less communistic than not allowing pub patrons to carry loaded guns. Until the days when water becomes too expensive to use in anything other than a drinking cup, my local leaders will insist all residents have lush, weed-free, green lawns. And they enforce that green grass / no weeds ordinance with tickets. Just try changing their minds to allow xeriscaping? Been down that road and got weed tickets 3 straight weeks in a row. I'll move as soon as I can break even on this money pit I called an investment.
Thankfully the "Cloud" is and will solve all my personal and business concerns. Because after all, using OpenOffice on my work/home computer is just plan stupid when I can open, edit, collaborate and save all my docs via an on-line connection. Unless that connection will end up costing more and more each year. I'm beginning to think jump drives will be the new, old cloud of the future.
I had a non-group plan that just got canx. It cost me $15 a month, covered every known and unknown med procedure with no deductible or co-pay. Now my premiums have gone up to $256 a month because of all the Obama dick sucking morons. Or maybe I'm lying just to make sure the Tea Party can continue partying for another few years. Hope this post helps.
"Obama dick sucking morons"? Can I use that statement sometime because it will settle a bunch of discussions at work, at the dinner table and in line at the grocery store. Best argument ever...or maybe not, but think if you keep using, you'll win every time...wink, wink.
Yeppers...and every person on welfare or any government assistance drives Cadillac and eat T-bone steaks with caviar side salads. I absolutely know this is true because tea party members tells me this same story each week. I wish I didn't have to hear this crap but if I called these folks out on their weekly "stories" they'd label me a commie liberal who wants adolf hitler and joseph stalin to be my best friend and mentor.
I'z gots me guns likn the 2nd amandment sez i coods. Cantz I jus shootz dem hackers insidz twitter.
We should have 2 clocks then. You have your biased clock. And the tea party can continue screaming/lathering/foaming about the Obama communist plotting the end of the world, my guns are being taken, the economy is tanking and fucking takers will be able to have health insurance clock that apparently is currently at a nano-second from 12:00. Or did you think we didn't hear the partiers making all that racket?
I'm against Al Jaz buying a US News Station. The Tea Party will have another organization to blames and flame the fires of patriotism, great wars and killings. I can just see my local tea party members sitting around in a circle on their gun cleaning rugs in a mountain retreat. "Bubba imageen does red commie liberals preverting my kids rights to have a full prayer revival meaten every morning. That Al Jazzy guy is a toublemicker and needs to be SSS'd. I wish I didn't have to inform you guys and gal, the Tea Party crazies are fully arming in my neck of the woods. Whipped into a frenzy about FEMA and UN Concentration Camps, they're out to "take care of" all non true blooded, non God fearing, non Gun toting liberal, socialist commie bastards they can find. Pour "Al Jazeera gasoline on this will only make them more crazy.
We were too poor to even have a "bedtime" when i was growing up.
Drugs don't drug parents and video games don't drug parents so maybe it's because there just isn't enuf religion in drugs...or drugs in parents...or video games owned by parents. Oh, I'm confused. The answer to this whole "kids" things, at least according to a group of my Tea Party friends? Put them in jail, throw away the keys and let the other inmates teach them the meaning of discipline. And I fear the Tea Party in the USA is quite amused with and strongly believe anal rape is a great learning tool.
I worked for a tech company and tried to get them to save money on printing things. No go. I told them I could create a database and they said the company doesn't allow the use of databases. I pointed out their inventory is done on a database and my boss and his boss disagreed. They showed me first hand on one of them their screens the inventory is kept on "Access". The big boss said he'd take my request up the chain for approval if I wanted. I respectfully and quietly bowed out of the subject. I got laid-off but understand they still print out over 100 sheets of paper 4 times a year to do inventory. Moral of the story? Just because you call your company a tech company doesn't mean this decades technology is being implemented.
Are you kiddin us? In the USA, the Tea Party would assassinate you on "minute one". They think the drinking age should go up to 25, there should be drug tests for everybody...on a monthly basis to rid the nation of druggies, school need to have 6 hours of prayer time daily so the evil gun-toters will disappear, all "homo"sexuals will be burned at the steak, and the government should be dismantled and run by a person who thinks a made-up planet actually exists. So unless you are a Tea Party member, wear your "Earth Czar" ballistic vest when visiting the US. Oh, you should also bring many gift like loaded handguns to give to all children over the age of 3.
I'm 2 years underemployed and listen to political talk radio. Does this mean I'm required to use the word "sheeple".. If so, how many time do I need to use the word each day.
I am stealing your statement for future use on other forums. And "NO" you will not get credit for it.
"Limited government creates economic prosperity." Did you get that off of a Tea Party website? The USA has had a huge government since the 1960's. Maybe we should go back to the colonial days for some more economic and social reform. But I missed the screaming rant of "$15 trillion going on 16" that is suppose to make you sound like you understand the US economy. I'm glad you see spending cuts as mandatory and the only fix as I'm looking forward to the next law out of congress to be "all lawmaker must wear powdered wigs and women must give up their shoes and get back in the kitchen".
Actually lawmakers make laws. And lawmakers make laws so the enforcers can prosecute the criminals. But if it makes you feel better thinking politicians make laws just to cover their asses then I feel sorry for your deep, dark view of life and people in general.
If you have to try so hard to prove what you believe is a common sense point of view and no one is listening, then maybe you should be quiet or change your argument. Another option is keep on fighting the good fight if you really, really believe you are right.
OMG, there are Europeans on /.? That's it, I'm outta here with my guns, teabags and powdered wig.
My reason for bitchin about this is because I'm old. Why the hell do I need a light bulb that last 10 years? Heck, 6 months might be over kill in my advanced state of "age".
I like your ideas and philosophy. But in my small town, I have the choice to work for small business A, B, C and so on. They will pay me somewhere around $7.50 an hour and sort of promise a raise after 6 months "or so". I can head to the big city 20 miles away and get $12+ an hour to work at BigBoxStore. I also get the coveted insurance coverage and few other benefits a small local business cannot offer. So I can do the "right thing" and chose to work locally but I'll still have to shop by price and that usually means on-line. In other words, the only real benefit I see is the shopkeep lives in a nice house, drives a new car, eats at great restaurants (in the big city). All of the employee of that small local business shop at the owners competitors. Obviously YMMV.
I'm with you on video being a waste of time. I really enjoyed the Justin Beiber concert in text format. He rocks....or not
You are so wrong. We now have 14 users. Thanks, Justin T.
Way off topic but any person I "Follow" who tweets 20-30 times in a single day???? I unfollow them. No one outside of family has 20-30 tweets worth of information important enough to put up with that many tweets. Obviously YMMV