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In the heat wave, the case against air conditioning
Washington Post ^ | Sunday, July 11, 2010 | Stan Cox

Posted on 07/12/2010 6:51:50 AM PDT by Newton

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To: Newton
If we don't get rid of the Oval Orifice and his elite marxist majorities in congress they WILL pass a bill outlawing air conditioning for the masses.....exempting themselves, the media and union members, of course.

Leni

41 posted on 07/12/2010 7:16:22 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: All

This article is another reason why: some individuals should be never be allowed near a computer, word processor or other devices. I am ordering the companies units to run at full blast today to make the point - Global Warming is a hoax. If you want to save costs, thats one thing. But get the hell out of my life and telling us what we can and cant do. When this guy turns his furnance off in the winter - nah, not even then will I give up AC when I need it.


42 posted on 07/12/2010 7:16:38 AM PDT by rayincolorado ("Those who forget the past, are condemned to repeat it ...")
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To: massgopguy
Over 35,000 people died in the 2003 heat wave that hit Europe.

That's one way to take care of your pension problems, eh?

43 posted on 07/12/2010 7:16:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (Still voteless in NY-29. Over 250 roll call votes missed and counting...)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I want to make sure the right people hear my analysis of Berwick’s “rationing with our eyes open” concept.

This means that the individual doesn’t self-ration, or let the market do the rationing.

No, “with our eyes open” means that the bureaucrats get to choose who gets what treatment, and I guarantee it will be based on political favor.


44 posted on 07/12/2010 7:18:48 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: Newton

AC. Greatest. Invention. Ever.......


45 posted on 07/12/2010 7:18:56 AM PDT by GQuagmire ( We are no longer Massholes)
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To: swain_forkbeard

If my central AC goes before I can afford to fix it, I’m going to spend $400 or $800 on one or two of these newfangled portable units before I spend $3000 on getting it fixed.


46 posted on 07/12/2010 7:19:05 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Hitler Was Their Fate and their Fate Could Not Be Stayed. Von Braustitch.)
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To: All

This guy is an argument for legalized abortion.


47 posted on 07/12/2010 7:19:55 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Newton

Why not build a cold air pipeline down from the Arctic? Calculations show it would need to be about 2000 feet in diameter. Wait ... a better idea: cool the oil coming down from Alasks and then use the cold-ness in the oil to cool our buildings.

To be serious for a moment, I went to a wedding in a Mission in California. It had masonry walls several feet thick. It was very hot outside, but inside it was cool. However, in the east thick walls might keep the air cooler but the air would be very humid. Air conditioners remove water from the air as well as cool it.


48 posted on 07/12/2010 7:20:21 AM PDT by frposty (I'm a simpleton)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“They want us to live in caves...”

Actually they prefer the Peter Singer method; that we don’t live at all.


49 posted on 07/12/2010 7:22:11 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland ("And for that matter what do we REALLY know about HereInTheHeartland?")
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To: Newton

I guarantee that the Wa-POS have air conditioning................


50 posted on 07/12/2010 7:22:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
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To: MrB
What we need and Uncap Trade Act. Women would be required to

Fan US!

Air Conditioners Begone!

51 posted on 07/12/2010 7:22:10 AM PDT by Young Werther ("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
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To: Leroy S. Mort

RE: I’d support a bill to shut off all A/C in the District of Columbia for two years, as a test.

Now that is an idea I could support too.


52 posted on 07/12/2010 7:22:52 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"They want us to live in caves..."

Well, at least caves don't need to be air conditioned.

53 posted on 07/12/2010 7:22:57 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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To: massgopguy

Really?

I didn’t know they didn’t allow air conditioning.

I thought it was because the heat wave occurred during their august “holiday” and all those enlightened, superior, compassionate frenchies who mocked Bush were too caught up in their vacation on the beaches to be bothered with checking in on gram & gramps.


54 posted on 07/12/2010 7:23:31 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Newton

Which reminds me, I need to turn up the air conditioning. Seriously, someone should tell these hipocrytes that they need to shut off their air conditioning. You know how they go after conservatives like Sarah Palin because her daughter had a baby. They have no morals so they say things like that don’t apply to them because they aren’t trying to dictate morality to anyone but the Republicans are so therefore Republicans should set a higher standard. Well their own reasoning should apply here. We don’t try to dictate global warming to anyone so we get to use our air conditioning but since they are the ones who try to pedal their global warming then they should set a higher standard and turn off their air conditioning. In other words practice what they preach. Thats what they say about us and morality. Hope that makes sense. I know what I want to say. I’m just not real good putting it into words.


55 posted on 07/12/2010 7:23:53 AM PDT by beckysueb (January 20, 2013. When Obama becomes just a skidmark on the panties of American history.)
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To: GQuagmire

amen FRiend!

Thank God for Willard - what’s his name?


56 posted on 07/12/2010 7:24:31 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: beckysueb

I wonder what the thermostats in Congressional offices are set at...?


57 posted on 07/12/2010 7:25:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (Still voteless in NY-29. Over 250 roll call votes missed and counting...)
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To: Newton
This isn't smart.

So, Stan. . .may I assume that you turned off the AC at your home? No? How about at the office and in your car on the way to work? No?

Libtard.

58 posted on 07/12/2010 7:26:04 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: beckysueb

I get your drift.

That’s why I love my SUV and every single one of them should give up theirs.


59 posted on 07/12/2010 7:26:11 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: mewzilla

I noticed Momma Obama had to wear a sweater last week when she went to meet her groupies at the Treasury Dept, LOL.


60 posted on 07/12/2010 7:27:24 AM PDT by nascarnation
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