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now do people realize the interest rate lock that we are stuck in? We cant raise interest rates because it would make the interest on our debt even larger, but if we keep interest rates too low our dollar inflates. There is a reason why gold is now $1194/oz

Quote: Originally Posted by powerwave co2 asphyxiation is indeed lethal. it kills in a different way than co, but you end up just as dead. That would bring up an interesting scenario which would make this comment useless: Quote: I find it humorous that for decades, automakers were flogged about reducing pollutants down to one of the harmless basic resultants of combustion - CO2. (You know, what we all breathe out.) Then the global warming...

Quote: Originally Posted by Allen K I'm with the second quote you posted. I'm all for cleaner cars because that leads to cleaner air. I've had my share of crappy air like when I was in Beijing a few months before the temporary Olympics policies were implemented. I would wake up in the morning with shortness of breath and chest pains because the air quality was so bad. However, after working with the government for a while,...

Unfortunately, this Admin doesn't seem to care. They are going to do whatever they want to.....they don't want to listen to anyone.

Higher concentrations of CO2 promote more robust leafy growth that is then able to convert more CO2 to O2 and sugars via photosynthesis. Oddly enough it's not the rain forest that is our largest producer of O2, but blue-green algae in our oceans. The same process applies to these algae as to a tree or any other green plant. It's not a matter of increasing production efficiency, it's building more processing plants to produce...

Quote: Originally Posted by bitkahuna china is developing a really really strong hand to negotiate with, almost to where they could just demand we become a chinese province! never happen you say? our only option then might be military, which would be horrendous. by 2050 it will be all over, the u.s. will be a third world country. fortunately, if i make it that long i'll be 89 and won't care. Yes, but your kids will care. They are...

Quote: Originally Posted by Och Yes, but your kids will care. They are gonna have it pretty darn tough. i don't have kids. (to the best of my knowledge )

Quote: Originally Posted by O. L. T. Screw that, you don't shoot or stab unless someone can shoot or stab back. Anything short of that is just an ass whipping. Younger generations don't seem to get this. Sure someone is gonna whip your ass, take it like a man and live to see another day. Well not so much to do with this case but if I think the person is going to beat me and I do not know if I am going to live or up in a chair the...

While I wasn't personally offended by his performance, I knew immediately that there would be many who were. The first question I had right off the bat was "Who the hell is this guy?"....followed by "Why would they close a show that had so many great performances with this crap?"

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeembo I'll counter your suggestion with a suggestion of my own.. Use your brain once in a while before whipping out the keyboard. I wasn't referring to you in this: ..hence the "Anyone defending her intelligence". I was, in fact, referring to the people in this thread defending her intelligence. And keep up the tirade against "liberals" in every post.. your ignorance...