Comment Even when democrats controlled the senate.... (Score 2) 825
....they never took Obama's budget proposals seriously. I'm not sure why the rest of us should even bother paying attention.
....they never took Obama's budget proposals seriously. I'm not sure why the rest of us should even bother paying attention.
The problem is that the storage of nuclear waste isn't passive, it requires active processes to keep the genie in the bottle.
This is only true for the first 5-10 years after the fuel is removed from the core for the last time. There are dry fuel storage sites all around the country where used nuclear fuel sits in steel casks in concrete bunkers, and is completely cooled by the ambient air and natural convection. This fuel, incidentally, is supposed to be in Yucca mountain.
I've got 20 inches and it's still going. I might not get three feet, but the total will be in the neighborhood of the forecasts.
That this forces simplification of the tax code.
Since when does the IRS decide what the Federal Tax laws are?
Since Obama became president. See the affordable care act subsidies.
Let's check your world view- can you fathom why folks might be disdainful of social justice warriors?
He's golfed a lot less than most recent presidents, he has catching up to do.
Bush stopped golfing shortly after 9/11, because he didn't want to appear... well, as Obama does now. Perhaps you mean Clinton?
Take away poverty and provide jobs and you don't just reduce crime,
The link between poverty and crime has not been statistically validated. It's oft talked about as if it were a fact, but it's never been actually proven, and attempts to do so leave plenty of open questions.
Why should we believe anything the "senior intelligence officials" tell us? They have a profound record of lying.
Occam's Razor. It's pretty clear to the rest of us that a hero-worshiping despotic regime like North Korea might lash out against a company- or movie theaters- making a comedy about killing their national hero/despot.
That leads to my question- are you posting from Pyongyang?
Yes, people really are stupid. Give them something to be angry about, and they'll vote against their own interests.
It's rather presumptive of you, and every other Democrat, to pretend to know people's interests better than they do. It's part of the unmistakable arrogance that comes from the left, and was perfectly displayed by Gruber. You and your fellow leftists are cut from the same cloth as every other human, but you whip each other up with flattery on how kind, intelligent and compassionate you are for simply being on the left. Whether ruin or prosperity follows your policy actions isn't terribly important. You had the best intentions, you see, and the books can always be cooked after the fact to hide any negative news that doesn't fit the narrative.
(I'm not studied up enough on the topic at hand- 'enhanced interrogation'- to condemn it or defend it.)
I realize this is a distracting thing to say, and I don't support torture, and it appears we've used it, and it's a crime that no one in power will unfortunately ever be held accountable to. My intent was more to say that I haven't RTFA or summary report; and I was responding only to the position of 'let's just ignore them because they're so terrible at killing us.'
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