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Obamas plan to win the clean energy future and the GOP plan to send us back to our dirty energy past
While the SOTU disappoints on climate, on clean energy it's light years ahead of the GOP plan, as CAP's Kate Gordon and Daniel J. Weiss explain in this Wonk Room cross-post.
In last night's State of the Union address, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to American innovation and ingenuity by proposing new investments in clean energy research, development, and deployment. This stands in sharp contrast to the Republican Study Committee, whose plan undermines American competitiveness by chopping away at key programs designed to leverage private investment in clean energy solutions for tomorrow.
President Obama's clean energy plan would launch the United States into the 21st century by investing in high tech vehicles. This would protect people from pollution, cut foreign oil imports and create jobs. The Republican Study Committee would keep us chained to oil imports by ignoring cars of the future while eliminating investments in high speed rail.
Here a great chart laying out the side-by-side comparison of Obama vs. RSC:
|Clean Tech Innovation and Public Health Protection
|President Obama
|Republican Study Committee
|Clean tech innovation and job growth
|"We'll invest in"¦clean energy technology – an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people.""The President's Budget will propose increasing clean energy technology funding by a third compared to 2010."
"The President's Budget will also "¦more than doubl[e] investments in energy efficiency and a more than 85 percent increase in renewable energy investment."
|Eliminates key energy innovation programs including technical assistance for advanced manufacturers and the Applied Energy Research program at the Department of Energy. See Chopping at the Roots of Innovation
|Tax breaks for big oil
|"I'm asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. I don't know if you've noticed, but they're doing just fine on their own. So instead of subsidizing yesterday's energy, let's invest in tomorrow's."He would "end the approximately $4 billion per year in tax subsidies to oil, gas and other fossil fuel producers."
|Maintains $35 billion in tax loopholes for big oil companies.
|Reduce foreign oil imports
|"With more research and incentives, we can break our dependence on oil with biofuels, and become the first country to have 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015."This would "reduc[e] oil consumption by 785 million barrels by 2030."
|Eliminates oil saving alternatives to driving by cutting the New Start Transit program, funding for Amtrak, and the Washington D.C. Metro system.
|Reduce foreign oil imports
|"Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80% of Americans access to high-speed rail, which could allow you go places in half the time it takes to travel by car."
|"Eliminate Intercity and High Speed Rail Grants."
|Clean electricity deployment
|"Clean energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what they're selling"¦ By 2035, 80% of America's electricity will come from clean energy sources. Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas. To meet this goal, we will need them all."
|Continues to rely on old, dirty coal fired power plants. In 2009, all but eight House Republicans voted against American Clean Energy and Security Act that included a renewable electricity standard."Eliminate the Energy Star Program." The program provides consumers with information about the energy efficiency of appliances and other technologies, many of which are made in the U.S.
|Protect public health
|"I will not hesitate to create or enforce commonsense safeguards to protect the American people. That's what we've done in this country for more than a century. It's why our food is safe to eat, our water is safe to drink, and our air is safe to breathe."
|Over 100 Republican representatives have cosponsored H.R. 97, which would make it impossible for EPA to limit carbon pollution from coal fired power plants, oil refineries or other sources to protect public health. There are 50 cosponsors of other, similar bills.
President Obama reiterated that he will "create or enforce commonsense safeguards" to protect Americans from harm. This should include requiring coal fired power plants and oil refineries to cut mercury, carbon, smog and other dangerous pollutants.
— Kate Gordon, Vice President of Energy Policy, and Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy, Center for American Progress Action Fund
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Here we go, it always was a political argument that needed to be won.
The Democrats are really to blame here, for their cowardice.
It's quite obvious that Republicans are all employees of the oil and coal industries. Too many Americans have not figured this out, due to incessant bombardment from Fox and Rush. The Democrats need only go to the people, pointing out who their opponents answer to.
This will earn the Democrats more power, but they appear to be too timid to give up their own entanglements with fossil fuel industries. This is both stupid and wrong, and we shouldn't have to wait for Independent Bernie Sanders to appear on MSNBC to tell us what is really going on here. Democrats could very easily make this call themselves, and the people will listen.
OT, but why is the military budget considered sacred by both parties?
If both parties are ducking the climate change issue, it is obvious that the focus groups are telling them that this is what they have to do. If you have read anything by Frank Luntz you understand how they use focus groups to tune their message.
So, who has done similar work on our side of the issue? I have not seen anyone. I guess that everyone is counting on truth willing itself out. However, that may be too late for many. Anyone got a good reference that I can use… This retiree can not afford to hire Luntz.
[JR: Not what the focus groups say. This is just Axelrod's and Obama's continued wimpiness.]
Mike Roddy @ #2: You're half right. Republicans and Democrats are both employed by Fossils. You want Blame? Look at the Supreme Court, another wholly owned subsidiary of the Status Quo. Luckily, as China greens and America subsides, we will be dragged into the future. Doubtless kicking and screaming.
I love the chart. A good framework for writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. It's fine by me if Obama stays away from "climate change" and talks about clean energy and energy independence if it gets the ball rolling. It's not wimpy, it's practical.
The thing is not a single public leader is concerned about the atmospheric CO2 concentration. No one is really concerned except a few activists compared with the rest of the public. No one cares that we depend on mostly Arab and African nations for crude oil. They do not care that many of these countries contribute to terrorist organizations. More people would rather boycott products from China than see America drastically reduce its foreign oil dependence. The only time anyone pays any attention is when gas prices rise; they act shocked as if they had no idea such a thing could happen. That is with a commodity that most Americans depend on for income; and they do not pay any attention. Gas at $3.50 a gallon is ok because it is not $4. After it gets to $5 we will be ok with $4.50…We are like the frogs slowly warming in a pot of water.
The Presidents platitude to clean energy is just like the promises made by other presidents regarding clean energy. All we may see is a slight increase in the number of natural gas power plants being produced. Without a plan we are no closer to realizing clean energy than we were yesterday. The reason the "man-on-the-moon" speech actually went somewhere is because we already had a government agency in charge, they were already sending men into orbit, and the planning was centralized and coordinated. No such thing exists for clean electricity or a modern electric grid.
Smoke blowing at its absolute best! The President did not disappoint me in the least. It was a good speech and, of course, no mention of climate disruption; the evil that cannot be voiced.
OK everyone, let's stop talking to each other and start talking to the President and our congresspeople. I just wrote O. a letter. He needs to get on TV with his girls, doing some simple science at home, to demonstrate how AGW works and why it's a problem. He's going to have to take the education of the people into his own hands. Exhort him to do this! Maybe he will take a risk.
Re: the pledge:
"I'm asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies….He would "end the approximately $4 billion per year in tax subsidies to oil, gas and other fossil fuel producers."
Good luck with that. Unless campaign finance reform comes first, the oil companies and their lobbyists will continue to eat our lunch. I hope he has a real plan to do this, one that has teeth. If not, well, he's just
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But in his three such addresses since becoming president, he has on average made fewer mentions of climate change or the environment than Bill Clinton or even George Bush.
"Clearly they have decided climate change is a no-go area," Hope said.
The White House has also removed reference to climate change from its website.
And then there's Paul Ryan's tax/revenue plan. I heard yesterday that he's a numbers wonk, which is why he was chosen to present the "rebuttal" to the President last night.
Well, I think that assessment might have to be revised. His plan would reduce federal revenues by 182 billion compared to the President's, while raising taxes on the lower 95 percent of Americans. This is a plan he apparently worked up months ago, based on this PDF which dates from March 2010: http://ctj.org/pdf/ryanplan2010.pdf
1. The chart above says RSC would continue $35 billion in oil subsidies, and Obama would eliminate $4 billion. Why not eliminate all $35?
2. Ethanol v. Oil subsidies. I've been trying to nail down how much federal oil drilling/production subsidies add to price of 1 gallon of GAS (assume a $3/gal pump price) and compare that with how much the federal AGRICULTURAL subsidies would add to the price of 1.5 gallons of ETHANOL (which should cost $4.50 at the pump). Since ethanol has 2/3 the energy it takes 1.5 gals. to match 1 gallon of gas. I know about the 50 cent per gallon direct ethanol subsidy. But has anyone seen a comparison of oil/ethanol that adds indirect subsidies–R&D, corn price supports,etc.–to the pump price?
@ #11 Madcitysmitty, I think it meant $35 billion over 10 years. So Obama's $4 billion annually would be $40 billion over 10 years.
I agree with Artful Dodger #4, the Democrats are superior to the Repugnants, but only marginally and only, thus far, on paper and rhetorically. As he says, they are both, as are all the other organs of power in the US, beholden to the money power that rules in all capitalist economies. That a significant fraction of this money power may have decided not to condemn their children and ours to horror, perhaps explains the sudden turn to sanity in sections of the MSM. I believe Adam Smith said that 'There is a great deal of ruin in a nation' meaning it takes quite an effort to stuff things irreparably. Unfortunately he was not cognisant of the ecological ruin awaiting us a couple of centuries down the track. Marx, coming later, saw the 'metabolic rift' between capitalism and Nature, but I assume he expected the revolution to fix that. 'From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs' sounds eminently ecologically sustainable to me. 'Democratic capitalism', being inherently self-contradictory, is not, I believe, up to the task that faces us. This is one crisis that is only going to be solved by collective action, because we are all in this together.
Time to trot out my solution just because I see no efforts from the GOBP.
The price of power needs to be indexed to the cost of all social services. From the military to health care to street sweeper. The whole shebang. Fossil Fuels are a national treasure in that they belong to the nation and not the first person that can harvest them the quickest. If they are to be burned they must be saddled with the external costs to humanity. Then they get to play on a level playing field. In conjunction, the Nation needs to maximize "Point of Use" power production so each American that has renewable resources can have a cash cow in their yard or on their roof. (Current Military research can be helpful here.) No war the price of energy comes down. Healthy population the price of energy comes down. Taxes would be nonexistent. NO IRS! Labor costs will come down as the worker will not be burdened and thus our manufacturing will become more competive on the world market, improving the trade balance. . There would be NO NATIONAL DEBT! Everything would be payed up front. Energy would become the world currency. Renewable energy, would have the highest return on investment and thus prevail. Saving energy would be cash in your pocket. Waste energy and at least you are paying social costs, not leaving a mess for our kids to clean up. It would no longer be a world of "have's" and "have not's".
And I may as well take a safety break here.
Another benefit to the above "as yet to be named economy" would be zero unemployment! Why? you ask? Fully 20%+? of a workers earnings go to pay taxes alone. Add in health insurance etc… That expense is all taken care of so the worker needs to work shorter work weeks! More family time. Garden time? Cost of "operation" is way down because there are no middle men. Hell it would be far better to give all the bankers a retirement like us and cut them out of the loop. Let them grow old and die off? Like so much dandruff, but I digress. We got serious business to deal with. With 100% employment crime would come way down, in turn freeing up law enforcement budgets including prisons. In fact I would envision that prisoners would have a much easier time assimilating into 100% employment. A huge savings to society in itself. Every where you look savings accumulate.
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Huron was at the center of the "Firelands" of the Connecticut Western Reserve, lands offered to residents of Connecticut who had lost property to British raiders during the American Revolutionary War. The first settler in the area that became Huron was a Quebec-born trapper, trader and interpreter named John Baptiste Flemmond, who established a trading post along the east bank of the Huron River in 1792.
Huron Township as well as the village of Huron were incorporated in 1809. Port facilities on the west bank of the Huron River were developed in the 1820s and the town became a major ship building center in the 1830s. The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad greatly expanded Huron's port on the east bank of the Huron River beginning in 1880. The first cargo of iron ore at the W&LE docks was received May 21, 1884. The port is still in use today, accepting cargoes of iron ore and limestone from lake freighters. Huron was also the home port of several commercial fishing fleets before lake pollution decimated the industry on Lake Erie in the early 1970s.
Commercial and industrial development had historically been centered around the port area. By the early 1960s a busy downtown business district had developed, serving local residents and summer tourists. However, with improvements to U.S. Route 6 and Ohio Route 2 bypassing the downtown area and enabling quicker travel to larger neighboring cities, downtown Huron went into decline. Starting in 1967, the City of Huron embarked on a controversial urban renewal program with funding from the U.S. federal government. The city purchased, in some cases by eminent domain, and demolished 38 commercial buildings and private homes. It then built a municipal marina, called the Huron Boat Basin, as the focal point of a new downtown. While the "Boat Basin" has become a popular community park and gathering place, extensive redevelopment of the downtown area did not occur as envisioned. New industry and commercial development has more recently occurred on the southern and western city limits.
BGSU Firelands, a branch campus of Bowling Green State University, is located just west of the city limits. A separate college of the Bowling Green State University system, BGSU Firelands has been a regional campus of BGSU since 1968. Over 2,000 students in 2006 were enrolled for a wide array of associate, bachelors and graduate degree programs.
Huron is the home of the Huron Playhouse, a division of the Bowling Green State University Department of Theatre and Film. The Huron Playhouse, which holds plays in the auditorium of McCormick Middle School, is Ohio's oldest continuing summer theatre.
[edit] The ConAgra Project
On July 18, 2006, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) announced the purchase of the ConAgra Foods facility in Huron. Concurrently, ConAgra Foods announced the closure of the grain elevator. The 19.8-acre (80,000 m2) parcel, containing Huron's largest building, is a key piece of Huron's waterfront. ODNR's Division of Watercraft has completed a public boating and fishing access site with launch ramps, docks and parking facilities. The City of Huron has assumed title to the former grain silos and flour mill and has applied for a grant to demolish the building. It envisions a future riverfront development to include restaurants, retail stores, condominiums and greenspace.
[edit] Geography
Huron is located at 41°23′59″N 82°33′54″W? / ?41.39972°N 82.565°W? / 41.39972; -82.565 (41.399669, -82.564974)[3].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.7 square miles (20.0 km²), of which, 4.9 square miles (12.7 km²) of it is land and 2.8 square miles (7.4 km²) of it (36.87%) is water.
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As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 7,958 people, 3,315 households, and 2,260 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,628.6 people per square mile (628.3/km²). There were 3,832 housing units at an average density of 784.2 per square mile (302.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.37% White, 0.70% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.40% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.63% of the population.
There were 3,315 households out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the city the population was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $52,289, and the median income for a family was $68,625. Males had a median income of $50,105 versus $27,637 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,942. About 2.7% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.
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Huron City Schools sports teams are known as the Tigers. The Tigers have recorded numerous athletic successes for both boys and girls. The Tigers won the 2004-2005 Boys Sandusky Bay Conference (SBC) All Sports Award with conference championships in
The Lady Tigers have recorded success in volleyball under coach Don Wood, with ten consecutive SBC championships, including Division III State titles in 1999, 2002 and 2009 and State runner-up in 2001.
Huron High School has also had success with their school band. The Huron Tiger Marching/Concert Band under Director Adam Ladd has gone to state for concert band three years straight and received ratings of superior two of those three years.

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Check back here for constantly updated analysis of the big game starting at 3 PM. I will be cracking open a lucky bottle of LilletI was drinking le Aperitif de Bordeaux when our beloved Gulls triumphed over the Painters in what was, as it turned out, the Gulls penultimate football contest, and not the championship game, as I had mistakenly assumed.
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Give a shit about freedom of expression? Don't want what you think, write, draw, and publish to be vetted by a bunch of religious fascists who long to live in the 14th Century? Like your women unenslaved, your speech free, your homos alive, your booze legal, your beard shaved, and your cartoonists headed?
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According to press reports Black and co-founder Edward Wray together hold a roughly 22% stake in the company. Black, a former professional gambler, and Wray, a former JP Morgan trader, can't have failed to notice the valuations that reports have put on their business, the world's largest online sports bettering company–up to £1.5 billion.
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On the few escapades I managed to do this year from the stressing atmosphere in Tokyo, the two trips I took to Izu were probably the best. For such a close destination to the great metropolis - or maybe precisely because of that - I found that Izu was ostensibly disregarded by most of the people I knew.
Popularity aside, the Izu peninsula can boast of amazingly lush nature, countless onsen and beautiful beaches. Locals are friendly, warm people and the everyday life is so relaxed that you cannot help go with it and slow down yourself.
Both times I stayed in Shimoda, the southernmost town of the peninsula and famous for being the port were Commodore Perry put an end to Japan's voluntary isolation from the outside world. I found this location to be extremely convenient since you can easily reach other locations on the east cast by train or the west coast and inland by bus.
From Tokyo to Shimoda:
the fastest: Odoriko (JR Tokaido Line) from Tokyo/Shinjuku/Ikebukuro Sts. to Izukyu-shimoda St. Takes 2.5 hours and costs 5890yen one way. Odoriko schedules can be found here: http://jreast-shinkansen-reservation.eki-net.com/pc/english/common/timetable/e_lex_tokaido_d/index.html
the cheapest: alternatively, you can take a local train bound for Odawara (Odakyu Line) from Shinjuku - 92min. From Odawara take another local for Atami (JR Tokaido Line) - 23min, and finally another for Izukyu-shimoda (JR Ito Line)* - 85min. This should take from 3.5 to 4 hours (depending on the connecting trains) and cost you 3070yen/one way.
*sometimes the connecting train from Atami only goes as far as Ito (23min), where you have to take another train down to Izukyu-shimoda (62min).
A limited express train from Tokyo to Odawara would shorten the ride, but push the price up to 3780yen.
There are countless other train combinations to get there, with varying fares. For more information I would use www.hyperdia.com
Although taking a car might seem a less troublesome option, in my experience with rental cars in Japan, if the highway tolls or the gas don't make it more expensive than the train, the traffic jams on the way out and back into Tokyo will drive you crazy and don't compensate. However, it might not be a bas idea to bring your driving license and rent a car once in Shimoda to go around the peninsula, since the bus rides can get a bit expensive.
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- Cons:transport limited to bus inland and on the west coast
- In a nutshell:Mountain, forest, sea and onsen
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Nerds and computer geeks are not allowed in here
This is your chance to talk about some sport .
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All Blacks screwed up big time a couple of hours ago. Very sloppy game.
What are you talking about
is that basketball
Yeah, i liek mudkips too.
How bout them cowboys
XD Yeah. Them Cowboys are pretty sweet, but Romo just won't lead the team like he needs to. If T.O. lays low for a while (but still gives good production throughout the year) then I think the Cowboys could contend for the Super Bowl. Also, they're my favorite team. :P On another note, Da Bears. >_<
yeah how bout them all stars
You can't just proclaim that users aren't allowed to post in this thread just because of who they are, you know.
are you all for gay rights then you wierdo
What's wrong with homosexuals? And everyone should be allowed in this thread.
I think the SF Giants have a good chance of winning the World Cup, because of the recent legalization of Gay Marriage in their state.
my favorite sport is computers
Homophobia is silly. Really.
Too right and this forum is about sport you retard.
stop being a chav lordancee noone will like you for it other than chavs
Just because this forum is about sports doesn't mean you can say that nerds and computer geeks are allowed in here.
Anyways, my favorite sports team is Barcelona soccer club =)
im a computer nerd, cant keep me out yet can you? PLEASE LOCK THIS THREAD.
someone get rid of this thread its a waste
It has already been reported. We just have to wait =(
Locked, because the topic creator is being both ridiculous and rude.
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Yeah but, like, nobody watches CSPAN.
So Dan what you are saying is that the Dems this time are more scared of dealing with Gay issues? Which with the "struggles" they have with treating gays equally is understandable I guess.
We watch a lot of CSPAN in our house. Never heard of LOGO.
HRC is a con. Your donation goes to their mahogany paneling and chartered executive jets, not anything real.
I'm hosting a viewing party tonight, btw, and feel that Dan should be the guest of honor. Or the beer wench. Whichever.
And fancy pantsuits for Elizabeth Birch, Fnarf.
I see gays debating all the time.
That's actually what we'd call "bitching", #6
When C-SPAN features the Senate Roll-Call using adorable lil' figurines that make risque sex jokes, I'll watch.
And when Logo stops running episodes of Queer as Folk--the worst TV series in the history of the medium--I'll even consider paying for cable instead of stealing it.
Gays are master debaters (rim shot)
Queer as folk was good when I was in High School, but I tried watching it recently and it was terrible. Guess my tastes have changed.
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Stark's an atheist?
He's spent much of his career trying to limit doctors from practicing medicine, so I've thought bad about him for all of my career. (Can you imagine a law preventing a printer from owning an ink or paper company? How about preventing doctors from owning or investing in labs, xray, etc., because we'll over use them if we can *make money.*)
But, now that I know he's an atheist, I have to pray for him. It'll be good for me, too. (Does that violate Stark I or Stark II? God, is indeed, an iron.)
May he be blessed with faith and the knowledge of the grace, mercy and love of the Lord.
This is outrageous.
What an @ss.
"I appreciate the swift response," Stark said in his follow-up statement, without retracting or apologizing for his earlier complaints. "However, if these officers were hoping for a lesson in how Congress ought to work, then perhaps the Iraq supplemental wasn't the best debate for them to witness."
Um, you know what, Pete? If our military officers required a lesson in how Congress really works, they would need to visit any of the gay bath houses that make your home district so colorful. There they might observe people engaged in a sort of "congress" that approximates your party's routine treatment of American taxpayers.
I just fired of my email to Stark
Call 202-225-3121 and ask for this traitor's office.
Dear Congressman Stark,
The gentlemen who were in the House Gallery yesterday observing you and your compadres in the House of Representatives have given years of their lives to ensure that you have a right to be a world class pr!ck.
Pull your head out of your rectum.
Good day.
I missed you in my reply - I am so pi$$ed.
The liberals in congress should be tried for treason, and shot or hanged outside the Capitol.
With dis-honorable Stark and dis-honorable Murtha at the head of the pack.
Well said, Top, well said...
From: Sec. Gates
To: Rep. Stark
re: Military in the Gallary
Hey SkyPilot and All. The response should have been.
Hon. Pete Stark
Dear Congressman Stark,
Thanks for the input from you. Obviously, from the tone of your letter, you are not aware of who we are. We "collectively" (if that is a term you are more comfortable with) are known as the Joint Chiefs of Staff, perhaps you have heard of us?
We are charged with protecting the American Republic and ensuring that our brave Men and Women serving are provided the funds to carry out that mission.
We simply wished to see for ourselves how much pork you and your colleagues would vote for in the current appropriations bill. Money that might have been better spent ensuring the the success and safety of our mission, rather than being squandered on pet projects for an obvious military hater like you!
We at the Pentagon love to hear from the elected representatives in Congress. Please write again if you ever have anything significant or reassuring to say .
The Pentagon (and the people we serve, the American People.)
PS - Please allow drilling for oil that we have in our country so we can be energy independent and not have to deal with the folks over there anymore.
PPS - Hoorah!
Nice additions.
I like them!
I'd forgotten that this country's finest poets are its non-commissioned officers - until reading your missive to Rep. Stark (D-Al Qaeda), on his demand that the Department of Defense provide a list of several serving members of the US military because they dared darken the doors of Congress (while Congress was raping the defense budget on behalf of their lobbyists and their corrupt selves in the guise of voting on an appropriations bill).
God bless you and may your tribe increase, Sergeant. Like you, I don't care if the military in question WERE flag-rank officers; my son was also a Sergeant in the Army (LA National Guard, to be specific) when one of Stark's soul mates set three 155mm shells off under his squad's Bradley.
It was the second time that month it had happened to my son's squad; this time they had a full combat load, all their hatches jammed as the vehicle turned turtle, and this time they weren't lucky. My son was buried in a closed casket, his beret covering his face because the guys at Dover AFB hadn't been able to give him back his face.
As you said, even if the people Pete Candy-ass Commie loving Stark were upset about were officers, and even if they were playing hookey from their desks at the time, they were also serving members of the military that protects his sorry ass from having an airliner parked on top of it by one of his fans from Saudi Arabia.
I just wish Stark never showed up for what he calls "work." His constituents might be better represented; the rest of us would DEFINITELY be better off. The left-wing polecats who put this POS in Congress term after term should simply secede from the United States and demand that they be defended not by the US Army, but by Reps. Stark and Pelosi from this point on. Should be entertaining.
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Posted on 05/16/2011 9:14:03 AM PDT by Libloather
Trend: Dropouts might lose drivers licenses
By Sara Lenz, Deseret News
Published: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 2:34 p.m. MDT
Lawmakers around the country are looking at a new way to keep kids in school not letting them get a drivers license if they drop out.
Although Minnesota's law states that students only have to stay in school until they are 16, lawmakers there are considering a bill that would not allow school dropouts to get their license, the StarTribune reported on Tuesday.
"Driving is not a right, it's a privilege, and it's perfectly within bounds for the state government to expect a quid pro quo when it comes to extending privileges," the paper quoted the bill sponsor as saying.
South Carolina is also trying to encourage its students to stay in school by considering a bill this session that would take away students' drivers licenses if they skip too many classes or drop out, Fox Carolina reported.
And the Clark County School Board in Nevada asked lawmakers to consider creating a law that would only allow students who pass their classes and don't drop out of high school to get a license, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
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First it was dead beat parents.
Now we'll have dead beat students!
Maybe they are not too stupid. This looks like another way to fix a societal problem with legislation. Taking a kid who is already having trouble, and denying him the right to transport himself even to the burger flipping job doesn't sound very farsighted to me.
"If they can't make it through high school, maybe they're too stupid to drive".
We are talking about taking away a privilege based on nothing but a high school degree. Not too many points, driving while intoxicated etc... What's next? No driver license if you don't have a college degree? No driver's license if you aren't currently employed? This is insanity.
Everytime I figure these frigging politicians have dobne all the stupid shit they can they up and surprise me again.
Everytime I figure these frigging politicians have done all the stupid shit they can they up and surprise me again.
Some students are better off working for a couple of years, so they mature.
I really don't see the advantage of forcing somebody to be there if they don't want to and aren't going to accomplish anything while there.
It's obvious these "lawmakers" have too much time on their hands and need to further control everyones lives.
yeah this ranks right up there with take their license away if they don't pay child support, thereby guaranteeing they have challenges transporting to a job...........
Sorry about the double post, fingers to big for the keyboard.
Strange law.
Emancipated adults have lost more rights since the Civil Rights movement than one would have thought.
If the kid drops out, and emancipates himself from his parents, and is therefor an adult in the eyes of the law, how can the state justify denying him the privilege to drive to and from work to be self sustaining individual?
There are similar laws in other spheres of our lives (up until recently), in some states a minor child could not get individual health insurance, however if the child was of age and filed papers with the court to become emancipated, he/she could then acquire health insurance.
Law was another do-gooder scheme to prevent parents from buying insurance just for the child and not the adults in the family group, however it caused huge problems for divorced and separated families where one guardian paying child support lived out of state or overseas, while the custodial guardian didn't want to buy health insurance for herself.. so the kid ended up without insurance.
Not everybody drops out because they aren't motivated. I dropped out because I was essentially forced out by the other students.
Not everybody drops out because they aren't motivated. I dropped out because I was essentially forced out by the other students.
>"Driving is not a right, it's a privilege, and it's perfectly within bounds for the state government to expect a quid pro quo when it comes to extending privileges," the paper quoted the bill sponsor as saying. <
Tell that to drivers here in L.A. MOST don't even deserve a drivers license.
It's about control.
Fewer kids in school means less money from Uncle Sugar.
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how about the freedom to drop out of high school and do what you want? I learned a lot in 9th and 10th grade and basically nothing in 11-12th.
Many people hear the initial idea and think, "that's a good idea". However, I choose to look more down the line. If they can deny a driver's license based on level of education, then they can increase that level. Not only with the amount of education but other things like employment. I am sure there is some person in government thinking, "stay at home Moms don't really need licenses" or "you don't need a license if public transportation is available to you". Scary when even some FReepers think taking away a privilege based on nothing is a good idea.
But the whole goal of government is to criminalize every action the law abiding otherwise there wouldn't be any job security for those who work in the criminal justice system!
A better law would be to make high school optional if a student could read and write at a basic level, as well as do math up to algebra.
Seriously, have you ever noticed how busy the roads are in the summer, or on weekends, as opposed to during school hours?
That's a good part of why I dropped out of school - so I could work to pay CS. That and I got screwed by a teacher that had a vendetta for me (1/8 of a credit I would have to go to summer school for 4 hours a day all summer to get back - all over a paper of mine that he lost).
I wasn't accomplishing anything in school other than developing a poor attitude towards people of power (I.E. teachers and principals).
Taking a kid who is already having trouble, and denying him the right to transport himself even to the burger flipping job doesnt sound very farsighted to me.
But, more importantly for the dimdems is will the drop out student still be voting democrat! That's all that's really important to them,
these lawmakers must have a LOT of time on their hands to come up with this nonsense
these lawmakers must have a LOT of time on their hands to come up with this nonsense
Do you have to openly curse in your posts?
while the illegals skate. Where's the outrage like there was for AZ wanting to request proof of legal residency from drivers stopped for violations?
"Everything they do decreases our freedom that much more"
Absolutely. I know one person who dropped out of high school. He was a master carpenter who had worked with his father since very young. After sophomore year, he figured that he knew exactly what he wanted to do in life and wanted to start doing it then. He runs his own company (with his two brothers) and is very successful. The idea of forcing someone to stay in school is ridiculous. We are truly becoming a country living in a dictatorship.
Just you wait, it will happen. If they can do it here, they can do the same for those without a college degree.
What's next? I'll tell you what is next.
Smoker eh? No obamacare for you.
Eat Doublecheese burgers eh? No obamacare for you.
A little overweight? No obamacare for you...
Yea, they want those last couple of years to indoctrinate those kids more..next step, no drivers license for home schooled kids!
Unfortunately, it won't stop them from driving. It hasn't seemed to stop the illegal aliens from crashing into us.
why not just say they are imposing slavery and be done with it.
I'd rather they focus on eliminating welfare than taking a license.
This law is stoopid beyond belief
They are going to create undocumented drivers.
I would like to see a state pass an amendment stating driving is a RIGHT not a mere privilege.
put some due process on there.
That is ridicoulus. There are plenty of people that didn't finish high school out there being very successful running businesses.
I know of several people running businesses who went back and got their GED years later. This is just another control freak idea from the government.
"You must finish a degree through our schools, or you won't be allowed to lead a life at all." I hope people fight this for all they're worth.
This is pure social engineering. A license is given based on your ability to pass written and driving tests to prove you can competently drive a car. Period.
This is a typical "who cares about the long term ramifications", feel good liberal solution to a problem.
How'd that "Great Society" thing work out for the black family - what's left of it anyway?
One of my grandson's dropped out at 10th grade. He wanted to learn and all he was getting was Socialist indoctrination. He signed up for an accredited online high school and became such a regular at the local library, following his independent study, that they set him up with a 'private office' up on the third floor - sunny room with a desk
He went on through a year at college and then went into the Army. He progressed on to the most decorated unit in the Army, the 173rd AIRBORNE - served a total, so far, of 2 1/2 yrs in Afghanistan. His platoon's story has been made famous by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's movie "RESTREPO" - was nominated for Academy Award - Dcumentary. (They were also featured on ABC doc., and several magazie articles.) My grandson is now, at 25, an officer with a chest full of medals.
His future is bright.
Rather than further punishing dropouts, why not turn the attention to the failure to educate in our schools?
Think of of the college dropouts, like Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Sir Richard Branson, Ted Nugent, Mark Zuckerberg, etc -
One size does not fit all.
And I still fail to understand how yanking the drivers license from someone who's behind on child support payments helps the situation. Yank the license, now they can't get to and from a job. Yeah, that makes sense. (The original rational was to keep them from skipping the state. WTF? You can take a bus, a plane, WALK outta state. AT least,it they had a driver's license, they'd be easier to track down.)
So they prevent kids from getting a license because they didn't stay in school- will they increase that to include kids in homeschool, taking accredited online school? What's the real concern? Is it that they'll lack education or indoctrination?
That reminds me of a story my mother used to tell about an eighth grader that drove his Mercedes to school sitting on a phone book because he was so short. Let's just say the child allegedly had some income that wasn't kosher.
People used to say "But you need to be 16 to have a license."
Her response, "So?"
Unless you have to swipe a driver's license to start a car, I don't see this being to effective (I hope big brother isn't watching, since I may have hatched another idea).
I haven't had a drivers license in many years. It just isn't worth it anymore. I drive everyday. If I get stopped, I just tell them I left my wallet at home, and then just deal with it. I haven't been stopped in 5 years.
My dad "legally" owns my car. So I dont give a crap about this anymore.
If everybody would refuse to get a license, they would stop issuing them.
You Wrote: "I think we should not allow anyone still in school to drive at all,"
Dang it! Leave People ALONE!!!!!!!
Everybody wants to force everybody else into THEIR box.
I hate the village. To hell with it. To hell with the Nanny State. We need rugged self sufficient individualist. Not Pavlovian monkeys!
How about we don't "allow" people to think up stupid laws and call city hall.
Or we don't allow teeth brushing amongst people born with extra wisdom teeth, "just to even it out".
Criminals in suits love the criminals on the streets because they are both down with the struggle.
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Saluda City Council will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Saluda Public Library.
Polk County Board of Education will meet at 4:45 p.m. today in the boardroom, Stearns Education Center.
Transylvania County Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. today in the large courtroom, Transylvania County Courthouse.
Henderson County Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Land Development Building, 101 E. Allen St.
Henderson County Local Government Committee for Cooperative Action will meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the commissioners' meeting room, 100 N. King St.
Henderson County Board of Social Services will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the basement DSS Conference Room.
Henderson County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will meet at noon Tuesday at the administration office in Jackson Park.
Laurel Park Town Council will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Town Hall.
Laurel Park Town Council will hold a special work session with all town boards at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Hendersonville Country Club to discuss the Laurel Park sewer study.
Fletcher Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Town Hall.
Regional Water Authority of Asheville, Buncombe and Henderson will meet at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday in the First Floor North Conference Room, Asheville City Building.
Lake Lure Planning and Zoning Board will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Building.
Henderson County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the commissioners' meeting room, 100 N. King St.
Henderson County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Henderson County Office Building, 100 N. King St., on a Community Development Block Grant Scattered Site housing rehabilitation application.
Hendersonville Historic Preservation Commission will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the City Operations Building, Williams Street.
N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Henderson County Public Library for residents to provide input to planners and engineers on plans to improve the transportation network in the area.
Children's Home Society of N.C. Adoption and Foster Care information meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, in the Henderson County Public Library. Information: (800) 304-6581.
Other events
Health Adventure: Laugh, Learn and Play, "Improving Your Memory," will be presented from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 21, at the Etowah Senior Center, 97 Etowah Shopping Center. Free. Information: 243-7574.
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