Posted on 09/24/2005 9:58:36 AM PDT by Howlin
That's what they have asked for, and justify it based on the extent of the loss. They can't pay for it from locally generated funds, and insist that it's in the country's best interest to pay for 100% reconstruction.
They won't get all they are asking for, but there will be lots and lots of federal money siphoned into corrupt endeavors. Same stuff as usual, different black hole.
And your protests, and my protests, and the protests of 1 million like minded people? Well, those protests won't make any difference whatsoever. I protest because it makes me feel better, but I don't for a minute believe my opinions have any impact on Congress.
You just said that to make me feel better, didn't you???
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LOL. Sorry about that. Sometimes reality is just, uhhh, discouraging.
I'm reading some good stuff though, by Janice Rogers Brown. I can dream that President Bush will nominate her to The SCOTUS.
Thanks to all for excellent advice. My tractor batt. is dead, so I'll go charge it with car. One more question... I found 3 marine batteries but they're all dead. How long do I need to charge a marine battery with the car? About 15 minutes?
Will someone please ping the people who answered my invertor question? I would be forever grateful!!
Please send patches!!!
You're right!
The DHL "depot" in Alexandria is nothing but a large shed (I wouldnt even dignify it with the word "garage") and a small fleet of vans. It's located on a creepy backroad halfway out of town toward Alexandria International Airport where you would never want to venture after dark. One of the vans looked like it had been involved in a fatal collision and it was parked on the grass in back of the shed. I hope I never receive anything shipped via DHL again.
When I worked in New York City over 20 years ago, my employer used DHL for international deliveries. Back then, they were always referred to as "Dewey, Huey & Louie" -- I don't think much has changed since then.
Everything is good here - still can't believe that hurricane turned like that.......I shed a few tears of joy pulling into the driveway..................
Just got off the phone with a gentleman in Gloucester, Massachusetts who is coordinating a musical CD project to benefit people affected by Katrina. I told him my firsthand experiences, especially with Rita this past weekend, and he told me about the FEMA ice trucks parked up there.
Here is the link to the front-page story about the project from the Gloucester Daily Times:
http://www.ecnnews.com/cgi-bin/05/gtstory.pl?-sec-Pageone+fn-fn-gkatrinacd-20050926-+page_0
I lived in Gloucester for several years and I know quite a few of the musicians who will be contributing to the CD. It's definitely worth keeping an eye on this project!
I have been touting her since Sandra Day O'Connor turned in her resignation.
Chrissy Matthews on MSNBC has decided that there is a "no bid contract" scandal and is basing a whole show on it.
This is the first I have heard that the President has yet again gotten involved in a scandal...this time for no bid contracts...
SEE....he is making a hugh thing about this...but I guarantee if the contracts that come in the lowest and the BEST, if they were from OUT OF LA companies...Chrissy and Landrieu would find something sinister there also..
Peter King was on his show and basically said what I think...He asked Chrissy if he (Chris) wouldn't be angry the other way...if Pres. Bush PUSHED for contract bidding..
King said that Chris would then complain that the bidding process is keeping the poor people of NO out of their homes too long....
The new "talking point-buzzword" ---CRONYISM.
I have heard about 4 dems and several MSM use that word over the last few days...
My daughter and her husband just left to go home and will be affected by the rolling blackouts..We were getting the live traffic reports,etc., call in information,on the radio until this morning when regular area programming resumed. If you hear any updates on the situation ..I'd love to know..She has a chronic illness and the heat really gets her. Off and on A/C is better than off altogether.
Pretty much depends on the battery capacity (amps x hours) and the alternator capacity (amps). A charged battery has a certain number of electrons it can deliver, and a charger will deliver a certain number of electrons per hour.
Edmunds says that the battery/alternator "ratio" in most cars is such that a half hour of DRIVING (faster engine speed results in more electrons per hour) will charge the car battery. GIven the same alternator, but a battery with twice the capacity, it'd take an hour - but you'd store up twice as many electrons.
If you're out of power long enough, you'll find out that a certrain amount of time in the recharger (hooked up to the car) will give a certain amount of appliance run time - regardless of the battery's capacity, assuming you don't charge the battery until it is "all the way full" of electrons.
Happy for you. I was among the further east crowd all week long. Lake Charles was my western limit. With two more months of season left we need to start a pool.
Catch ya later. Gotta date with the little lady and the back porch.
The Chronicle picked it up.
Welcome back. It's good to be alive and still have our homes. It didn't look like that was going to be the case there for more than a day.
ROFLMAO....perfect!!
An analogy might help too. Think of the battery as a bucket for holding electrons, and the alternator as a source (faucet) for filling the bucket. As long as you don't fill the bucket to the top, any bucket will hold the same amount of water for the faucet being on a certain amount of time. Likewise, any battery will hold a certain amount of "juice" if it is given a certain number of electrons, assuming it is't filled to overflowing.
"Amps" describes how fast the water flows into (and out of) the bucket. Amps times hours is the total amount of available water (electron) flow. And a useless electrical tidbit, 1 amp is 1 coulomb (6.25 * 1018) of electrons per second.
Yes - it feels good.......... very thankful for us all
The problem with electricity is primarily the grid served by Entergy, which covers large portions of east Texas and Louisiana. It's not connected to the main Texas grid, so blackouts won't affect most Houstonians.
I'm assuming they're refiring the South Texas Project, the two nukes that provide power to a lot of south and central Texas, so the fact that it was 100 degrees here today shouldn't be a problem.
But I do feel bad for my northern neighbors. It's too darn hot to do without AC for even an hour.
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