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Comment Re:If you want to convince skeptics... (Score 1) 848

1) There's no such thing as global warming. (profit)
2) There's global warming, but the scientists are exaggerating. It's not significant. (profit)
3) There's significant global warming, but man doesn't cause it. (profit)
4) Man does cause it, but it's not a net negative. (profit)
5) It is a net negative, but it's not economically possible to tackle it. (profit)
6) We need to tackle global warming, so make the poor pay for it. (profit)
7) Global warming is bad for business. Why did the Democrats not tackle it earlier? (profit)
8) ???? 9) Profit.

FTFY

Comment Re:$1000 tablets don't deserve a free ride on this (Score 1) 418

If you've ever worked in the private sector for a business that is subject to HIPAA and/or PCI regulations, you'll know that sending it back for repairs is a problem. With laptops that have issues, you're often required to remove the hard drive before shipping it to the manufacturer. This cannot be reasonably done on a surface pro. The very people that have the biggest problem with a sealed device such as the surface pro are the exact same people that Microsoft is primarily relying on selling the surface pro to.

Comment Re:I didn't watch the speech (Score 1) 583

Come back to me when you have a serious effort, which will probably involve legislation, a budget, an actual agency, probably some grant programs, and other tangible steps.

(FTFY)... Yeah! Down with Obama for not taking care of all that!

Did EVERYONE in this country forget elementary school social studies?

Comment Re:47th isn't good enough? (Score 1) 813

I think it's really funny, in the referenced article, that they indicate that Missouri placed first for education reform, but dropped 14 points from the previous year in education. They did a terrific job of reforming their education programs in order to perform far worse.

Maybe this is actual empirical evidence that education truly is a race to the bottom in this country.

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