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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 19, 2010 -> 08:46 PM) You made my point. Only one post making this argument - that the danger of spills or leaks are reason (among others I've mentioned before) to get off oil. Of course I repeat my point about alt energy, clearly its something I believe in. But that post you responded to was the first time I had made this argument - the topic at hand. I know you believe in it. I was just bussin' yo chops.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 6, 2010 -> 08:53 AM) Nine countries in Europe combine resources to build an energy network, connecting wind, solar and wave power sites around the North Sea and northern Europe, in order to make better and more complete use of renewable energy. Since it uses various types of power spread over the network, it should create a more even keel energy source on net. Very nice. Cost, however, is expected to be $43B. This shows both the great potential and great cost of getting out energy infrastructure up to date here, if we wanted to. Unfortunately, we are falling behind, and when we actually have to do it, we will have lost an opportunity to also make some money at it. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 2, 2010 -> 08:16 AM) On the bolded you are vastly overreaching. I disagree with the far left, in that I think nuclear should be part of the picture. But the idea that its the only way to go, ignoring the side effects of using nuclear fuel and ignoring the maturity process, is silly. Do 'em all - nuclear, solar, wind, geo, hydro, etc. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 29, 2010 -> 09:09 AM) Yeah, but that's not about Obama. That's about another good reason to get off oil ASAP, which Obama has so far been pushing harder for than some of the previous Presidents. Though really, none of them are pushing nearly hard enough. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 29, 2010 -> 09:30 AM) This is about compromise, and its about the only way to get things done. Give some room for more offshore drilling, and some nuclear plants. That gives back all kinds of money for the real, renewable future path. If you just stand there and say "nothing will be allowed except alt energy", you won't go anywhere, because the oil companies and the GOP have successfully convinced a wide swath of the American public that alt energy isn't ready and therefore shouldn't be used. I don't like it, I'd rather not have it. But if a few more oil rigs go up, and a few nuke plants go up, in the next 10 years, and in exchange we see a big push towards solar/wind/geo/hydro/tidal/bio type stuff that will actually get us into a brighter future... then I am all for it. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 18, 2010 -> 02:39 PM) Which is a damn good argument for getting away from oil and on to non-toxic renewable technologies (solar, wind, geo, tidal, hydro, bio) as soon as humanly possible. Damn, not nearly as many as I thought for 2010.

bmags, you're back in the city? BS, have you been out to Portland? Sorry, I missed this everywhere else, evidently.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 18, 2010 -> 08:35 AM) Here's a fun way to start off primary day! Souder's district covers NE Indiana, including Ft. Wayne. Now we know why he didn't vote to impeach Clinton. He had his own blue dress issue.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 18, 2010 -> 12:40 PM) Please point out my extreme criticism in this situation. Also, while at it, please point out my defense of the Bush situation. Please do. And finally, i'd also like you to point out your extreme criticism of this Democrat for me as well. Thank you. You won't, don't worry.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 18, 2010 -> 02:39 PM) Which is a damn good argument for getting away from oil and on to non-toxic renewable technologies (solar, wind, geo, tidal, hydro, bio) as soon as humanly possible. *yawn*

I have heard on the news in the last couple of weeks that they are going to do away with the double-decker bus tours.

QUOTE (BobDylan @ May 16, 2010 -> 09:29 PM) Perhaps put it underneath the footer so it isn't so intrusive. Or have somebody design a new banner that would incorporate the look of the box score on top of it. I sort of understand that, but if it's at the bottom, would people like that better?

QUOTE (knightni @ May 16, 2010 -> 09:28 PM) I'm surprised that a few people in this thread are still posting after betting against Gavin a few years ago. Yea, I seem to remember one such poster wasn't going to post anymore.

I know this isn't one of your cities on the list, but Barcelona is fan-freakin'-tastic for its night life.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 16, 2010 -> 06:50 PM) Yay! I get to do a CK style acronym post! The LIBOR is starting to spike again. I think you have to register.

Too bad 60 minutes couldn't do some real investigative journalism on say, the health care boondoggle, as well.

Also, the only time it took extra time to load was the first time it loaded. It seems like it loads with the page now? I actually linked through to the Sun-Times widget... but it seems like either they don't use it anymore on their site (that I could find) and/or it acutally links all the way through to something else (a feed of some sort, I forget the link and I'm too lazy to look it up).

QUOTE (mr_genius @ May 16, 2010 -> 05:01 PM) The score board is indeed badass. I would have one suggestion though, only have it on the home page of Soxtalk Other thoughts? I can do that, but it might be a couple of days because I need to remember which wrap is just the home page.

If regulations aren't enforced, that's different then not having them. That's most of the problem. Yet, we better not enforce those laws on immigration, because otherwise, it's racist. It cannot be both ways. Don't add regulation, reform it. REALLY reform it. But as I said in a post earlier, there's too many penis pushers for that to ever have that happen.

Heads didn't do s***. He's a lazy f***er.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 15, 2010 -> 09:27 PM) Hawk, please never sing the Menards song again. Did he really?

QUOTE (Brian @ May 15, 2010 -> 09:25 PM) Love the running box score on the page BTW Me too.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ May 15, 2010 -> 09:20 PM) Nice widget. But you might style the top links similar to the bottom links. Yea, I'll clean it up later. I just wanted to get it on the page.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 15, 2010 -> 09:18 PM) That widget Kap just installed at the top is pretty damn up to date. I was watching it a bit - seems like it updates pretty quick.

Me likely my widget. I hope you do too.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 15, 2010 -> 08:39 PM) Frankly, if you're not acknowledging that there is a very motivated, very wealthy, very influential lobby...which is led by the Chamber of Commerce and which has been absolutely key to the "Conservative" movement of the last 30 years...that will oppose any and every regulation proposed, and which opposes enforcement of regulations on the books, and lobbies for every regulation out there to have either giant loopholes inserted or to be removed, then you haven't been paying any attention at all to where your side has led this country,. False equilvalancies will lead to bad assumptions. They don't "oppose any and every regulation proposed". Nor do they "have either giant loopholes inserted or to be removed". But if that's your starting point for every conversation, it's no wonder you're a) so hateful and b-) wrong about your views. It's interesting that your jumping point on every arguement is this assumption and then you can't possibly understand why the continuous march to more and more regulation could be viewed as wrong by "conservatives" (which you don't even understand what true ones are anyway, because you don't really want to I don't think, it's easier for you to lump them in as Timothy McVeigh types).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 15, 2010 -> 07:20 PM) Well, if we haven't killed them all off...it couldn't be more plainly obvious that we've killed way, way too many of them off. In every sector I can think of. And that is a specific goal of one particular political wing. And that wing is the one we're coming down hard on here. "We're", yup. Got to have that falsification in place, otherwise, Democrats couldn't hold power in government. I used to disagree with the statment that Democrats=government, but you just proved that true. Now, for the assumption impaired, again, no one ever said there should be no regulations. Ever. But nice try on that falsification. It has to be that way in your world to make any arguement work, but not in my world. And I'm glad I can see more then one side to an issue, any issue, as you say.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 15, 2010 -> 06:37 PM) When you're driving with a BAC of 0.2, and you run into another car and kill a few people...that's still an accident. But it's an accident in exactly the same sense as this was. It's an accident that is entirely preventable. When that happens, you don't just throw up your hands and say "Oh, well, there was nothing anyone could do". You throw the driver in jail. But there's one thing you're missing, and that's the key problem here. Yes, there is inherent risk in life. But that doesn't mean we can't take steps to mitigate that risk. And, like the DUI example, we don't just accept infinite risk. We don't accept people driving down the street if they can't see straight, we ban that practice because its going to kill people. Similarly...in a working world, in the world where capitalism works right, you don't accept things like banks that are leveraged 40 to 1 against the assets they're holding, because a 5% decline in their asset values destroys every bank they do business with. You don't accept people drilling without bothering to know what they're drilling into. You don't accept people drilling without working batteries in the blowout preventer. You don't accept a company's word that their products are safe, you check them...especially when they're not liable if people get hurt. The reason why we're pointing fingers at the deregulatory philosophy of the last 8 years...and to an equal extent the last 30 years, is that all of those precautions, the things that worked for 50 years to prevent a recurrence of the depression, the things that might have worked to prevent this spill, the things that keep food safe, the basic expectation of a fair system...they are the precautions that have been stripped away, by both parties, over the last 30 years, in the zeal for/worship of the fair market as the cure for everything. There's a word we came up with for what's been going on in this country..."E Coli Conservatism". Kill off all of the protections, leave it to the government to deal with the consequences, and then say "See the government can't do anything right" when the reason it isn't working is that at the top it was decided to kill off all the protections. If you end all of the inspections by the FDA through cutbacks because you promise me that the unregulated free market can police itself, you can't expect me to not be mad if people die of E Coli. If you allow unrestrained drilling and don't even mandate the safety precautions that everyone else in the world does, and you tell me it's ok because the market will police itself, you can't be surprised if I get mad when the market doesn't police itself and the livelihoods of a few million people are destroyed. Where you are wrong is no one ever says a "pure free market" is the answer. But that's how it gets labeled, and now we have this arguement that is started incorrectly before it even starts, because you are assuming either the worst or at best, incorrectly. No one is "kill(ing) off all of the protections", not even close. It's easier to villify the other side when you frame your entire arguement as such, though, because that way you can point to the government as the only thing that works.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 14, 2010 -> 09:49 PM) AT&T f*** them already. They want me to gain access to my neighbor's yard for them to go hook up! Seriously wtf?? Direct couldn't find my house even though my next door neighbor has Direct. 0-3 in utilities, the stench of Sox is starting to take over the new house. They want YOU to gain access to your neighbor's yard? Last time I checked, there should have been utility domain, and that's their job.