I figure they'd not make money if people were not habitually running red lights. Don't want a ticket? Don't run the damn light.

My support for such cameras is conditional that the light timing NOT not be fscked with in order to maximize the potential of someone getting a ticket - I just want those that run the normally timed lights to feel a little pain for being is such a hurry or not leaving early enough for where they want to be.

Getting rear-ended is bad, getting T-boned is generally worse.

As a long time Sun Microsystems customer I find that shocking!

Quoting that because too many people think "exchanges" = The Affordable Care Act.

people that could not buy insurance because of pre-existing conditions now can. People that fall ill cannot have their insurance cancelled just because now they really need it. these problems have existed for DECADES and finally something has been done about it. Do I think it is the best possible plan? Hell no! But it is a better than what we had before, and better than anything that was brought up since Clinton's health care reforms went down in flames.

My current car (2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP) and prior car (1999 Bonneville SSE) both have/had HUDs - Love 'em. My mom's 2011 Camaro also has a HUD. Speed (and engine RPM in the Camaro) are shown constantly. High beam and turn indicators illuminated when active. A "Check gauges" Warning when idiot light on or gauge amiss. The two newer cars also show limited radio/song information but only when user is changing settings.

I have really grown use to being able to seeing my speed without having to drop my eyes from the road. Shame these devices are not available in more cars. My 78 year old mom is so used to having a HUD in the car that she didn't want to buy a new car without one.

Shhh, you'll ruin the story.

oh man, I'd need a new monitor had I had a cup of coffee when I read that. That statement is just too funny for words.

always cracks me up when people whine about the ACA and "rationing" health care and "death panels" - look around, we already have them and have had them for decades - controlled by corporations out to maximize profit.

No, if they think you might have lied....or more often just because your treatments were going to cost them some money. The history of health insurance rescission is rife with cases of folks getting dropped due to the diagnosis of an expensive to treat ailment, not the discovery of some undisclosed pre-existing condition.

My last vacation I took the train (Amtrak Autotrain, Lorton VA to Sanford FL) it was a wonderful experience. Excellent service and food on the southbound trip. Northbound was...okay - I would say very good, except that the southbound trip crew was awesome.

That said, even the "okay" service on the northbound trip was FAR better than any airline experience I have ever had- even when I've flown first class.

The location I live in has "choice" for natural gas and electricity - want to guess on how much we consumers are saving because we have that "choice"?

On the other hand we do reap the benefits have having far less reliable electric service that takes far longer to recover from an outage

I love those feel-good bullshit stories about line crews from other areas going into a storm hit location to help repair the outages....the electric companies have to do this because they have laid-off so many line crews that they can't keep up with maintenance (for companies that still bother with preventative maintenance) let alone storm damage repair.

You'd think the British people would have noticed by now.

You forgot the third option, which may or may not be available to Exxon depending on how they work with subsidiaries and/or sub-contractors: declare bankruptcy leaving the clean-up to the taxpayers.

When times are bad the state cuts education funding because, well, times are bad and money is tight. When times are good state cuts education funding because fewer people are going to school so we don't need the schools that badly. State takes it out of education no matter what.

So tuition goes up in good times and bad, it goes up faster than inflation since the schools are not only hit with inflation, but hit with shrinking state support

I've watched this go on for decades

But there always seems to be money for a new vice president (and their staff) position even while lay-offs are rampant elsewhere.