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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NICE!
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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^You could try getting a recording of one of his and going out on the speaking trail and giving it. Better yet, teach your bird to say it. Might even get more than Bill.
Do birds call them beaks or bills? quack quack
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Technically, birds don't call them anything, unless of course they speak (or talk) I forget which.
It's all Duck Soup to me.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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TGT,
You're dealing with leftists' religious beliefs, rather than empirical fact. In particular, you cannot overcome their innate beliefs that:
1. The wage rate, not unit labor costs, is the only cost factor that matters;
2. Regulation is costless, and, in particular,
3. Any regulation denominated as controlling pollution has a net positive effect on employment because any jobs lost in the dirty industries are more than made up by increases in "green" industries.
It won't change their minds to consider that the economic history of the last nine years disproves each of the above.
John
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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opere citato?
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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A choice not an echo
HP -> Hot Pu ... er ... Potato
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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I might throw in a few bucks to hear Zena Parrot give locker's speech and then debate Carly.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Dave, I haven't forgotten about externalities. Those justify environmentla regulation. I'm referring to arguments I've seen justifying unjustifiable regulation, e.g. "it will generate more green jobs than the 'dirty' jobs it ends." Where's the analysis supporting that statement, and where's the analysis of the marginal cost and benefits of pollution control?
Similarly, when I see posts about "cheap foreign labor" that refer only to the wage rate, rather than unit labor costs, I know the argument lacks logic. Domestic production of small-run, high-end ceramics intended for the U.S. market has an inherent cost advantage over foregn production, absent irrationally costly regulation, which was the point of TGT's example
John
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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^Yes.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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I can't believe that Fiorina even gets a mention. Is the pool of Republican candidates that weak?
I also can't believe that Fiorina is a serious candidate. And much as I love Ben Carson, I don't see how he has the requisite experience to act as chief executive of the United States. Unless you led the Normandy Invasion, I would think that anything less than a major cabinet position, a Senator, Representative or governor constitutes insufficient experience for the Oval Office.
John
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Equal time:
The democratic pool is composed of a similar bunch of girly-men weaklings.
Am I pumped? Maybe not.
State® (not the animal®) Farm® for President in 2016.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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"Unless you led the Normandy Invasion, I would think that anything less than a major cabinet position, a Senator, Representative or governor constitutes insufficient experience for the Oval Office."
I'm thinkin' that any Senator, Representative or Governor who might make the most critical decision this country has to make...that of going to war...should have actual, front-line military leadership experience.
But that's just me. The GOP is quite happy to nominate service-avoiding coke addict partyheads like GWB. Go figure.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Could someone please submit his/her analysis on the Presidents who have had military (any kind let alone front line) experience.
Take super bomber Harry S. Truman
Although he struggled to succeed on the farm and in business, Harry S. Truman found success in the military. Starting from the rank of Private in the National Guard of Missouri, Truman left military service 37 years later as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Officers' Reserve Corps. On active duty during the First World War, Captain Truman excelled as the commanding officer of a field artillery battery. His intelligence, practical experience, and work ethic proved invaluable. "Captain Harry" was highly respected by the nearly two hundred men of Battery D, and that respect kindled lifelong friendships.
Even the scientific community failed to foresee the awful effects of RADIATION SICKNESS. Truman saw little difference between atomic bombing Hiroshima and FIRE BOMBING Dresden or Tokyo.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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But that's just me. The GOP is quite happy to nominate service-avoiding coke addict partyheads like GWB. Go figure.
And the Dems are happy with a choom addled slacker "community organizer".
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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TGT for President in 2016.
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Norton
Social climber
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The GOP is quite happy to nominate service-avoiding coke addict partyheads like GWB. Go figure.
not only that, but some 50 million American adults actually voted for him, twice
oh, and TGT?
keep voting Republican, and witness again the complete failure of unregulated markets,
watch the economy go into Recession while CDOs and the mortgage market are allowed
to implode, based on the Republican party's childish hatred of "regulation"
and then that Black Democrat you obsess about with every post, take over and clean
up the mess, with millions of jobs created instead of lost and a stock market restoring
trillions of dollars in wealth instead of losing it as with your ignorant Repubs in charge
yeah, it matters what party is in charge, big time it matters
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Funny thing is, TGT could not deny that assessment of GWB...he could only come up with a childish tit-for-tat.
You know that characterization of GWB is pretty much spot-on, TGT. And if you could coronate the next Republican POTUS, and had the choice between GWB and your ultimate dream Republican, you'd spit in GWB's face like the rest of us in a heartbeat.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Y'all might want to look at the civilian column, these data are not usually reported. I didn't gather them, Soviet Union looks anomalous.
Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizable military garrison.
Did Mr. Truman order the bombing of Pearl Harbor? Why no, he did not.
Any civilians killed at Pearl Harbor? I would assume so, but not many.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Wasn't Jesus a left wing socialist community organizer?
Preaching against the big money greedy authoritarian right wingers?
yes he was
Jesus said no to everything that the Modern Republican Party represents
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