Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 06/15/2008 12:57:09 AM PDT by neverdem
Ahhh, the single/lone reason to vote for McCain.
As opposed to the mountain of reasons not to vote for McCain.
Yes! I’ll go fill up my gas tank with sunshine!
Thanks for the link. Not a bad idea, McCain suspending his campaign, especially if he is only going to alienate the right.
I totally agree with this strategy. I have also suggested the same. Sometimes it is best to shut up while one is ahead.
You should suggest this at his campaign site.
That sounds just like the people who argued that Drilling ANWAR, or off the Florida coast, would not bring in oil soon enough to help with earlier "crises".
I would observe that there sure as hell won't be any alternative if we don't do the R&D now.
Drill ANWAR, drill the Florida Straits, and fund some R&D to find something better than that rich source of petrochemicals that is really too valuable to burn, although we have no choice for some years.
I'm hoping for Solar Power Satellites with beanstalks to support them, and Mr. Fusion. But I'll take what we can get.
And why should we believe such an election eve conversion? We sure wouldn't believe it if B.Hussein did it.
If B. Hussein picks a female VP candidate, he won't even get very many of those. I predict a Hispanic female, there are several Hispanic female Congress Critters available out in California. I say California because that also gives him geographic diversity.
Yep, Barry may pick a woman to mollify the Hillary girls.
There are going to be different groups in the RAT party that will not vote for Barry at all. My bro-in-law is one of them. That doesn’t mean he will vote for McCain because he doesn’t like him.
I think turnout may surprise people. I believe it will be low. Neither candidate has his whole party united behind him.
Think about all this time and hype and the whole thing will be a crap shoot.
That sounds just like the people who argued that Drilling ANWAR, or off the Florida coast, would not bring in oil soon enough to help with earlier "crises".
No, it is not 'just like' that. Drilling more oil is guaranteed to help allay any future crisis because that action causes more cheap and productive energy to be available- It's a no-brainer.
There really is no reasonable alternative to oil and coal at this time, nor will there be in our lifetime. the two do not compare.
I would observe that there sure as hell won't be any alternative if we don't do the R&D now.
That is correct, and that R&D is happening now, and has been ongoing for years. The bare fact is that nothing is anywhere near competitive when compared to oil and coal, nor is there anything so plentiful.
Drill ANWAR, drill the Florida Straits, and fund some R&D to find something better than that rich source of petrochemicals that is really too valuable to burn, although we have no choice for some years.
A totally reasonable proposal, except you left out the most promising: R&D into oil shales, which will yield trillions of barrels within our sovereign control, and rift exploration within the continental US which could easily offer the same.
I'm hoping for Solar Power Satellites with beanstalks to support them, and Mr. Fusion. But I'll take what we can get.
Wish in one hand... :D
But we don't want to do those things. Thus only alternative is alternative ways of fueling the things we DO want to do.
We had a President about 35 years ago, who wanted us to do pretty much those sorts of things. He lasted a single term, but the Skunk is still stinking up the country.
Notice I left off hybrids. Hybrids are a way of doing what we want to do, but using less oil to do it. We are now producing hybrid SUVs. :).
It can be. Drip irrigation for example, uses much less water. Even just rearranging the sprinkler heads can reduce consumption. Using an automatic system can also reduce consumption, as you can water when evaporation will be less, rather than when you can be there, can also save water.
Drilling you own well is all fine and good, but may not be possible or practical. You might have to go too deep, there might not be any good water at drill able depths. Where I live we use surface water, (YUK), even though just a few 10s of miles away is one of the best fast recharge aquifers in the country, the Edwards, water from it even tastes good.
I have a feeling that we will go to a two-tiered system, whereby the National Health Service (Medicaid) is available to all, but the individual still has a right to purchase private insurance. I have experience with this set-up in the UK and in Costa Rica (where all of my friends and colleagues have private plans). The mandatory Canadian system is totalitarian, IMHO.
He won't need to. The DemonRat Congress will do it for him. And he'll "reach across the aisle to his friends" for a compromise, that gets them only 90% of the cuts his "friends" wanted.
> The mandatory Canadian system is totalitarian, IMHO.
I would agree with that assessment, entirely. It is wrong not to have any choice, and it is wrong not to be able to pay privately to get better healthcare, if that is how you want to spend your money.
"Although liberal in his views toward immigration, government intrusion in free speech, environmental issues, campaign finance reform, health care, education mandates, and a host of other issues that run contrary to conservative orthodoxy..."
If that's who he is as Senator, imagine the damage he can do as President with only the republicans to try to stop him or slow him down. Nope, not pretty at all.
“...imagine the damage...”
Yep, I sure can.
And it's just as wrong to take my money to pay for some else's health care.
I'm part of that 15-20%, and I think you're right. He seems to think he can get elected by Hillary supporters and the masses brainwashed into believing the "maverick" label. I really don't think that strategy is going to work.
One of the most dangerous things in politics is to start believing your own press releases. He's in for some serious disillusionment over the next several months as the press he's played so hard to make love him, turns on him like the rabid dogs they are.
Look at it this way. Even getting another weathervane like Kennedy is better than a hard lefty like Breyer or Ginsburg.
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