StrangeSox

Don't bring a knife to a gun fight. Next time, those kids should shoot to kill.

HE GAWN!

So, in your mind, it is appropriate? And you've a bad analogy there. I would hope police and border patrol are held to a little higher standard than a drunk in a bar. They're supposed to be professionals. They're not supposed to shot someone unless their own life or another's is in danger. Stop making excuses or canards about Obama being mean to BP.

Yeah, that's just a dodge of the question.

so its a proportionate and appropriate response?

Brit Hume should be forced to go for a swim in that.

The Oil Drum with a good article on possibly shifting attitudes towards energy: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6591 That seems to be an all-around good source for more indepth and technical information on the spill and recovery efforts.

Pretty cool conservation source for anyone in the Chicago area. They've got a "Conservation at Home" section with ideas for native plants, rain gardens, rain barrels, etc. http://www.theconservationfoundation.org/

Surf's Up!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 12, 2010 -> 08:37 AM) They have a reasonable gripe...BP is one of, if not the, most widely held company by British stock owners. Everyone in Britain is losing their retirement savings over this. And since its the shareholders and not the useless little people, it's even more important. Blaming Obama for being mean to them is obviously stupid, even though he's the easiest target, but everyone in Britain has lost money in the BP Stock price meltdown. I find it hard to have sympathy. BP was a transparently awful company, and investing in inherently risky.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 11, 2010 -> 01:11 PM) Then what's the point of having laws? Christ. Next time someone robs a bank and gives the excuse that he's going through a rough time i guess we should just forgive him and feel bad for him. Nevermind that 99% of the rest of the country gives a damn and follows laws. You missed his point. Completely. Your analogy is only valid if he feels laws against robbing the bank and anti-robbing policy is fundamentally flawed.

Anyone see Michelle Bachmann whining that Obama/ the feds haven't confiscated and utilized enough private property to clean this mess up? How does someone's brain function like that? Vehemently anti-government, paranoid anti-socialist, but also demands that government seize private property. WTF?

Well, yeah, it is. It's still slimy as hell, but it is distinctly different and probably not illegal. So that's why he or his admin aren't being charged with anything.

He wasn't offering a Senate seat for legislative favors.

You don't need the law to decide is something is morally wrong.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 09:17 AM) This is kinda funny. From the politico article: Methinks there's an issue there. Also, I don't think most people realize everything the DOE does. It's not just regulating power plants.

There's been rumors circulating of one of the other companies buying BP out because their stock has taken such a hit.

Blocked at work. I'll make myself sad again at home. So, what can someone do locally (ie not moving to LA/ AL)?

Hey Balta, please stop ruining my days. There's more and more accusations that BP was rushing through the job and pressuring the rig workers to cut corners.

Kaneeeeerrrrrrrr!

Look at the time stamp and consider where he was last night.

Holy christ that was an awful call.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 05:27 PM) I'm not sure exactly, but I think the FCC mandated that all phones will have to use the same charger by 2012 here. Really there is no reason they shouldn't be, that's just a slap in the face to the consumer for many different reasons. Yeah, that is ridiculous. They'll have to standardize input voltages and amps, but that beats having a different home charger, car charger and USB cable for every model of phone.

One of our vendors/ partners came in Monday and part of what he showed us was on his iPad. It's a cool device with a great interface, I just wish it did more. Give me a Windows-based (because I'm too lazy to mess with Linux or anything else) tablet with the same interface and I'll be hard-pressed to stop myself from buying one.

He skated at the guy and bumped him. Given how loose they were calling everything for the rest of the series, I'm surprised they're being this ticky-tack for Game 6. The hawks are dominating so far and it'd be 1-0 without a weak penalty call.