tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post9083147813899631727..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: What happens as water resources become depleted?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28674740585912194212012-08-16T12:24:46.846-04:002012-08-16T12:24:46.846-04:00Article on Scriba, NY Tritium Leak: http://palltim...Article on Scriba, NY Tritium Leak: http://palltimes.com/articles/2012/08/14/news/doc502afd8a5b241479706148.txtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71242750218863145452012-08-15T22:27:15.890-04:002012-08-15T22:27:15.890-04:00.
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..<br /><br />Who?<br /><br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68431650957359118802012-08-15T21:13:00.960-04:002012-08-15T21:13:00.960-04:00Some of my relatives voted for Ross. Thought he mi...Some of my relatives voted for Ross. Thought he might be able to 'jump start the economy'.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8697726092051600432012-08-15T21:11:15.843-04:002012-08-15T21:11:15.843-04:00I believe he was right on that, too, the rich son ...I believe he was right on that, too, the rich son bitch.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78825582894121618012012-08-15T21:10:11.220-04:002012-08-15T21:10:11.220-04:00Great picture here of Obama and his 'Pakistani...Great picture here of Obama and his 'Pakistani lover' --<br /><br />What dudes.<br /><br />Interesting article too - you decide -<br /><br />http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/occidental-activist-i-thought-obama-was-gay/Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84582448213858306972012-08-15T21:01:46.427-04:002012-08-15T21:01:46.427-04:00Bob, if you and Gag will pay less taxes under Romn...Bob, if you and Gag will pay less taxes under Romney, then, by all means, vote for him (and, I won't say a word about it.)<br /><br />In fact, I intend to vote "my interest."<br /><br />It's just that I perceive MY interests, and serendipitously, the best interests of the country, will be best served if the Dems are elected. Simple as that.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27435257092723190252012-08-15T20:49:50.130-04:002012-08-15T20:49:50.130-04:00On this day in 1947, India gained its independence...On this day in 1947, India gained its independence and became part of the Commonwealth of Nations.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52234258001688421812012-08-15T20:49:30.293-04:002012-08-15T20:49:30.293-04:00If you want to vote for someone that signed an ass...If you want to vote for someone that signed an assault weapons ban and favors Federal mandates on individuals, go ahead.<br /><br />Myself, it is not going to happen. I will not vote for a l"Big Government" liberal Northeastern politico to be President of the US.<br />Nor will I vote for a liberal Chi-town politico to fill the job.<br /><br />I will vote my conscience.<br />In my heart, I know I'm right.<br /><br />desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57170801230510102262012-08-15T20:47:18.452-04:002012-08-15T20:47:18.452-04:00The conventional wisdom on the state of the 2012 p...<i>The conventional wisdom on the state of the 2012 presidential race is that, thanks to his endorsement of the House GOP Budget and his selection of Paul Ryan to be his running mate, Mitt Romney has opened himself up to one of the Democrats' favorite attacks -- fear-mongering over Medicare, or "Mediscare."<br /><br />...<br /><br />The following is from the chief actuary for Medicare:<br /><br />The Affordable Care Act requires permanent annual productivity adjustments to price updates for most providers (such as hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home health agencies), using a 10-year moving average of economy-wide private, non-farm productivity gains. While such payment update reductions will create a strong incentive for providers to maximize efficiency, it is doubtful that many will be able to improve their own productivity to the degree achieved by the economy at large...<br /><br />...<br /><br />In the mixed-up world of Beltway accounting, you can do this; in the real world, you (obviously) cannot.<br /><br />Again, the chief actuary of Medicare:<br /><br />The combination of lower Part A costs and higher tax revenues results in a lower Federal deficit based on budget accounting rules. However, trust fund accounting considers the same lower expenditures and additional revenues as extending the exhaustion date of the HI trust fund.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51597320696650917982012-08-15T20:44:34.773-04:002012-08-15T20:44:34.773-04:00Ross used his expertise at gaming the system as pa...Ross used his expertise at gaming the system as part of his resume, b.<br />He did not decry Federalism, he said that NAFTA would create a "Giant Sucking Sound" as manufacturing jobs left the USA. He was correct, it did.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21923486775954678272012-08-15T20:42:35.529-04:002012-08-15T20:42:35.529-04:00Oh, I forgot, Ruf is one of those who will be '...Oh, I forgot, Ruf is one of those who will be <i>'deleted early'</i> so in his particular case there is no hypocrisy.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21650387130267578252012-08-15T20:41:57.060-04:002012-08-15T20:41:57.060-04:00No, the answer is Gary Johnson who built, from scr...No, the answer is Gary Johnson who built, from scratch, the largest construction company in New Mexico.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45269347309650443312012-08-15T20:41:27.928-04:002012-08-15T20:41:27.928-04:00The great 20th-century libertarian H.L. Mencken la...<i>The great 20th-century libertarian H.L. Mencken lamented, "A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men....Yet these nonentities, by the intellectual laziness of men in general...are generally obeyed as a matter of duty (and) assumed to have a kind of wisdom that is superior to ordinary wisdom."<br /><br />There is nothing government can do that we cannot do better as free individuals—and as groups of individuals working freely together.<br /><br />Without big government, our possibilities are limitless.</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41862543439740732802012-08-15T20:38:27.384-04:002012-08-15T20:38:27.384-04:00The tensions in Lebanon, whose politics and religi...<i>The tensions in Lebanon, whose politics and religion are intricately linked with that of Syria, come as the conflict there becomes increasingly sectarian. The flames have been fanned by a proxy battle between Sunni Arab states – led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar – who back the opposition on the one hand, and the Syrian Alawite regime, backed by Iran and the Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah.<br /><br />The US has accused Iran of training militias to fight for the regime, a belief widely held by rebels, which has fuelled the sectarian kidnappings. The Iranian embassy came under attack by opposition forces yesterday as a fuel tanker exploded in a car park yards from a hotel where UN observers are staying.<br /><br />There was confusion over who was responsible, with conflicting claims from within the Free Syrian Army (FSA).</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77024831599882300402012-08-15T20:36:46.414-04:002012-08-15T20:36:46.414-04:00Thinking about all this craparoo about money, and ...Thinking about all this craparoo about money, and taxes, and subsidies, any Libertarians around here every support/vote for Ross Perot?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9811739691218984082012-08-15T20:33:03.118-04:002012-08-15T20:33:03.118-04:00Why in hell should I be singled out to pay for Ruf...Why in hell should I be singled out to pay for Ruf's medical care?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25200902495413398422012-08-15T20:30:49.322-04:002012-08-15T20:30:49.322-04:00To be sure, gold could yet have further to run. Ad...<i>To be sure, gold could yet have further to run. Additional quantitative easing in the U.S., or the euro zone's debt crisis worsening could reignite demand for gold and drive prices above $2,000 an ounce.<br /><br />Still, many miners worry they might end up with burned fingers again if the global economy turns down sharply again and prices surge.<br /><br />Hedging is "a very emotive issue" within the gold industry because of past losses, said Tim Schroeders, manager of a resources fund at Pengana Capital in Australia, which manages about $1 billion of assets. "But now emotions are getting in the way of common sense."</i>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23718769241790904932012-08-15T20:30:21.723-04:002012-08-15T20:30:21.723-04:00Then you will be able to understand only one of my...Then you will be able to understand only one of my objections to ObamaCare, Ruf, because it has a 'special tax' on guys that do a little developing, like me. While you scoot through 'tax free' in that regard. But, that's okeedokee, cause <i>you</i> ain't payin'.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23916477759953255092012-08-15T20:22:39.016-04:002012-08-15T20:22:39.016-04:00And your answer is Obama who has done nothing but ...And your answer is Obama who has done nothing but skate thru his intire life On someone else's dime?<br /><br /><br /><br />MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77454431221232459162012-08-15T19:57:46.396-04:002012-08-15T19:57:46.396-04:00If a man uses his power and influence to guarantee...If a man uses his power and influence to guarantee that he will never have to pay taxes on his billions, while I have to sweat to pay the tax-man every year on my paltry little earnings it may not make him "evil," but it sure as hell makes him someone I'd like to have a couple of minutes alone with.<br /><br />I can't imagine supporting an asshole that wants to lower "his" taxes while "raising" mine.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58277994550496204072012-08-15T19:52:25.201-04:002012-08-15T19:52:25.201-04:00The cattle ranchers want to go back to the days wh...The cattle ranchers want to go back to the days when they paid $1.50 for $3.00 Corn, and the taxpayers picked up the rest. <br /><br />After allowing for the High Protein DDGS, we will actually use somewhere a little South of 25% for ethanol. <br /><br />The fact is, an extra 15 Million Acres got planted BECAUSE of Ethanol. So prices would be where they are now, anyway. <br /><br />Obama would drop the mandate in a heartbeat (it wouldn't make any difference, the blenders are overshooting the mandate as it is, due to the fact that ethanol is about $0.50/gal cheaper than the gasoline they would have to replace it with) but, it would look to some Iowans, and Buckeyes, that Obama was cavin' on them.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26895537034376763342012-08-15T19:41:42.591-04:002012-08-15T19:41:42.591-04:00It depends, gag, on where that money came from ......It depends, gag, on where that money came from ...<br />and how the earning of it squares with policy positions.<br /><br />Mr Romney is a vulture capitalist, your governor, Rick Perry told me so.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BX-NsPpzeM&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />Mr Ryan decries Federal subsidies and handouts, while those have financed his life, making HIS family lots and lots of money.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12467491336636241512012-08-15T19:28:04.572-04:002012-08-15T19:28:04.572-04:00Making a lot of money, having a lot of money is ev...Making a lot of money, having a lot of money is evil according to some on this blog.MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21409810643349810102012-08-15T19:24:07.005-04:002012-08-15T19:24:07.005-04:00That's a factThat's a factMOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90101267165852888372012-08-15T19:09:53.303-04:002012-08-15T19:09:53.303-04:00Soon you won't even be able to afford McDonald...Soon you won't even be able to afford McDonald's --<br /><br /><i>Campaigning in Missouri Valley, Iowa, yesterday, President Obama announced yet another government spending program -- this time designed to inflate meat prices in Midwest swing states. "Today the Department of Agriculture announced that it will buy up to $100 million worth of pork products, $50 million worth of chicken, and $20 million worth of lamb and farm-raised catfish," Obama explained to reporters in front of a drought-stricken cornfield.<br /><br />"Prices are low, farmers and ranchers need help, so it makes sense," Obama explained. "It makes sense for farmers who get to sell more of their product, and it makes sense for taxpayers who will save money because we're getting food we would have bought anyway at a better price."<br /><br /><b>None of this makes sense. In fact, Obama's move only harms American consumers while protecting a corrupt federal program.</b><br /><br />A drought is currently driving down corn production. The shortage of feed is forcing livestock producers to slaughter animals early, putting downward pressure on meat prices in the short run and guaranteeing shortages and higher prices next year. But nature is not the biggest factor in this crisis -- the government is. Specifically, the federal government's ethanol mandate, which requires that 13.2 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol be produced in 2012.<br /><br />Thanks to the ethanol mandate, more than 40 percent of the nation's corn crop now goes into the production of a useless fuel that hardly anyone would buy if the government didn't require it. That's up from just 17 percent in 2005, before the mandate went into effect. Only 36 percent of the corn crop now goes for feed, and 24 percent goes for food.<br /><br />Obama could solve this problem instantly by suspending the federal ethanol mandate -- something his EPA actually can do unilaterally and legally. Instead, Obama will buy up meat -- a move that meat producers say won't help them much anyway. "It doesn't solve the problem of having enough affordable corn next summer," industry analyst Steve Meyer told Reuters. "Without changing the ethanol program, nothing can be done," he said.</i><br /><br />It's all Obama's fault. If Obama had a son, the son would look a lot like Joe Biden. <br /><br />http://washingtonexaminer.com/examiner-editorial-to-protect-ethanol-obama-seeks-to-inflate-meat-prices/article/2504906#.UCwqhKMvAiX<br /><br />Big Mac Meal: New Super Saver Meal at only $12.99 + tax and soda cup charge, ketchup extraBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.com