[quote who="maudlin27" reply="22" id="1994659"] Public transport+bicycles are typically cheaper than a car, so if you can't afford to 'upgrade' to a green car, then downgrade to a green non-car. If you're too far away from work for those alternatives to be viable, then move closer. [/quote] See that is one thing that all of your people say "move closer" So To do that I have to screw up my life and the family setting
[quote who="Draginol" reply="14" id="1994318"] Tova7comment 61 A clarification... I do believe some sort of national priority list for tax revenue should be established. It is ridiculous in this day and age that our infrastructure is crumbling...and getting worse. I agree with you. Our roads here in Michigan are ridiculously bad. And yet, we seem to have the money to fund bizarre studies, pay for penis enlargement with Medicare and hand ou
[quote who="Island Dog" reply="1" id="1992592"]Unbelievable. Aside from defense, the majority of money is entitlement programs. Almost 10% on welfare! [/quote] only 10% that should shut up all the people that think we spend 50% on welfare
[quote who="little-whip" reply="20" id="1992415"] How is that his fualt of any honest companies that are trying to make it fualts First of all, it's FAULT, not fualt. Secondly, I never stated it was Brad's fault. Here, I'll make it simple for you. I refuse to feel sorry for any more millionaires/billionairs/ or those who make so much money that they have everything they could possibly need in life and still indulge in 'conspicuous consumption.'
[quote who="stubbyfinger" reply="13" id="1991749"]The document supplied by Obama is all that any court in the land requires to prove place of birth and it is all that is required for any candidate to produce period. It's you that are asking for more than the law requires because you think there's a massive conspiracy. Why should he comply with the demands of conspiracy theorist? Not just any conspiracy this one involves the Republicans and the Demo
GW is a joke. I think its nothing more than a scare tatic. Is the earth warming? maybe.... but a few hundred years of records compaired to how old the earth is... mmmhh whatever. Im all for going gren...hey thats great. BUT...and this is a big BUT Make the stuff affordable before you force it on people. Me like many others struggle every winter if not in the summer because of high energy prices... and now you want to mess that up by giving me unre
[quote who="MasonM" reply="17" id="1991408"]I have always felt that their raises should be a matter of vote by the citizenry. As lousy a job as they are doing I think their pay should be cut not raised. I'd love to see every single one of them voted out of office en masse.[/quote] well we may see a change in the near future when the elections come up.. i can see it if BO fails and the Congress and such dont get the act together we could see another swing again.... very
[quote who="jesseledesma" reply="3" id="1989605"]I wonder how joeuser states it will not allow abuse of users, yet such immature comments of these people are permitted. I wonder how blind they have to be to have such a narrow perspective of life. I have always said you can measure a man by the words he uses to communicate. In my opinion, Tomcat and littlewhip use words of very small minded individuals who have never lived life and will never understand it. Several
[quote quoting="post"] Now that it's a foregone conclusion the domestic autoworkers will be subject to wage controls will their management also be struck with rollbacks as well? Also a foregone conclusion is that most JoeUsers' unionbashers will applaud the ostensibly competitive rollback and future controls and thus ironic that in a sense it is redistribution of wealth which so many ironically argue against even though much of the "wealth is from the much renounced legacy.<br
Look I hate the fact they are getting a raise. Who here can have such a bad aprovail rating yet get a raise... the last time I checked if i did a bad job at my job i didnt get a raise .... so why should they? o thats right....
Look.... when it comes to raising taxes the gov uses scare tatics to make us tax payers bend over backwards and give them more money. There are a few places that actually try to cut out what is not needed... Like here in my town... they decided that snow removal was not gonna happen in certain areas that are not used alot (maybe 2 people durring the winter.... ) and not remove snow from those areas... its saving the city 7000 bucks just in the winter time! HOLY SH**! who woulda thunk?! <
[quote who="little-whip" reply="2" id="1990272"]I want to clarify that I favor NO bailouts. But I've also had a change of heart regarding tax breaks, We all relate to the current economic crisis based on how it affects us personally. It frosts my ass to see city (and county, and state) budgets being cut to the bone while high rolling bankers and union officials get a pass to cover their ass. Our infrastructure is crumbling, I don't think anyone of any intelli
Hi guys you miss me??! lol i had to redo windows... anyways I am never for taxes, though I do support it when it come to providing basic needs like roads... schools ect. What I dont like seeing is the gov getting bigger by the day, programs that are useless waste of money that are not effective ect ect.
[quote who="NHeerDesign" reply="12" id="1976046"] watertown1978comment 11 Start taking away liberties we wont have many left down the road. I Love how you guys preach about safty.... Wanna live in china? You punish law abiding citz meanwhile not solving the problem. People that are not to have guns WILL get guns some how some way... look at drugs. How much does what I said punish law-abiding citizens? All I've suggested are measures to put guns in safe
[quote who="NHeerDesign" reply="9" id="1975941"]Holy incomplete argument, Batman. Your first point is something that both of us can agree on. People comparing weapons of immense power to a 7-round pistol is flawed, to say the very least. However, that's where my agreement with you ends. Talking about guns without bringing gun crime into the argument is silly. That's like talking about why we should ban alcohol without talking about any crimes that include alcohol –
[quote who="Moderateman" reply="3" id="1975756"] Island Dogcomment 2"An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject." There in lies the difference between the English and us, the English have no fear of a citizens uprising if they try to put down its citizens, if our government gets to Crazy they have to fear such a thing as an armed revolt.[/quote] This. I dont care what people say...gun control as it is , is not the answer. The bad guys still get gun
[quote who="stevendedalus" reply="22" id="1973871"] Refusing to budge on the contract is cutting off their nose to spite their face.What you mean by refusing to budge, like Sen Corker, is burn the contract. The zealous bludgeoning of unions will eventuate total loss of workers' rights which is okay with you until down the road it will infiltrate every industry while the laissez faire extremists return to 19th century exploitation.[/quote] Then those companies
[quote who="Tamren" reply="1" id="1973134"]Good article. The only real argument that pirates can come up with is that piracy is fun and free. That doesn't stop it from being a crime. And what they all seem to forget is that the less they support the game developers, the less games we will have to play in the end. I have high hopes for Impulse as a competitor to Steam but I do recognize that Steam is a viable model as well. Steam is a phone home internet activation system, but it bu
[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="19" id="1972989"] Just a little sampler, there. After 8 years of blistering Republicans & 'right wing media' for being fearmongers, what do they do? Fearmonger, of course. AND blame republicans. But I think the UAW did it to themselves. Refusing to budge on the contract is cutting off their nose to spite their face.[/quote] Well it wont matter soon. They will get the money now via the Fed reserve and part of the
[quote who="EL-DUDERINO" reply="1" id="1973374"]People keep on saying that print is dead but I don't think that is completely accurate. I think that people are just getting sick of the biased news that they get day in and day out. Why pay for a subscription to read the same biased "news" that you can get for free online. I am a firm believer that if you make a product that people want they will purchase it and I think too many print magazines and newspapers simply aren't doi
O MY HOW DIDNT I FIND OTHER STUFF POSTED HERE OUTSIDE OF POLITICS! Heres my take. Global warming been going on from the time the earth was born. Its a cycle. We will see 10 or so years below avg temps and it will be colder.... then 10 -20 years form now it will seem and be warmer than avg. All this is is a money making machine. Installing fear in people makes them want to change and that change cost money.
[quote who="No Name McGee" reply="2" id="1971136"]I cannot fathom what kind of stupidity one must have to think that letting millions of people lose their jobs is the best course of action. Regardless of your views, the automotive industry cannot fail in this economy. The free market is unable to compensate when the global economy is failing. I seriously hate Republican politicians now. Get off your corrupt ass, sign the bill, and kindly get the fuck out of my government. You disgu
[quote who="Dr Guy" reply="16" id="1970926"] But I do agree its still way to much. I wont say it is too much - after all, when in demand, they earn it. But they have got to start thinking like ants, and not grasshoppers. The years of plenty do not last forever. Ah, for the good old days of Duke Wayne! Ya better buh-lieve it. Unbelievably exaggerated. Nope, Union Contract numbers. Most people not in manufacturing learn t
SPEND SPEND SPEND!!! Where is my bail out?
[quote who="stevendedalus" reply="2" id="1970476"] One reality people are blind to is that the party controls the president.Not always. In fact, W pretty much got what he wanted. Theoretically a prsident is supposed to lead.[/quote] the problem is there is always something attached to it...always. Its never about helping america as a whole... it is about what can you do for me and give me in return for my okay on said thing...