What does a border have to do with it? TSA still searches you even if your flight doesn't cross a border. I can't fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco without being searched, and you aren't crossing a border there, unless you are talking about the Los Angeles County border.

Actually, concrete = cement + fine aggregate + coarse aggregate + water

The thing is, for the last 8 years, whenever I expressed any criticism for Bush, the usual response was something along the lines of "Why do you hate America?" or "Why do you support the terrorists?" Many Democrats experienced the same thing. The Republicans never felt the need to defend their guy on the facts either. I am not saying that you are incorrect, I get the same response myself, but it isn't limited to Obama supporters either.

How about giving us a citation for where or when Obama ever said anything even remotely similar to that. Either that, or stop making shit up.

Hmm, lets take a look at some of Bush's campaign promises:

"As President, Governor Bush will...pay the debt down to a historically low level."

"Governor Bush's income tax cuts will benefit all Americans, but they are especially focused on low and moderate income families."

"To restore confidence in government, [George W. Bush] will...attack pork-barrel spending."

"To restore confidence in government, George W. Bush will...return civility to the nomination process."

George W. Bush will "fully fund the Pell grant program for first-year students by increasing the maximum grant amount by more than 50 percent, to $5,100."

"There are 43 million uninsured Americans - 4 million more than when the current administration took office. George W. Bush will reverse this trend by making health insurance affordable for hard-working, low-income families."

Source for all those quotes is the Bush-Cheney 2000 website.

So lets see, how many of those did he accomplish in the first 100 days of office? None. How many did he accomplish period? None.

But Obama hasn't fulfilled every campaign promise in the first 100 days. He is a liar!

There is a reason those homes are on the renovation shows! In the 50's, 60's and 70's, homes were built with little to no insulation and single pane windows. Most built since then are insulated with dual pane windows.

Migrate them all the Europe then!

When I first read how high your usage was, I couldn't believe it. Now that I see it is 4000 square foot, no wonder! That is almost 3 times the size of mine. How many kids you have, 12? Of my neighbors, I can't think of one house (except mine) that has less than 4 people living there.

Communal yards wouldn't work where I live because everyone has a dog.

Well, in Southern California we have these little things called Earthquakes that effectively prevent one from using brick as a construction material.

It is supposed to be 102 F today in most of Southern California.

In Southern California, they not only tried hard to kill it, they actually suceeded.

Not everyone has basements, let alone unfinished ones. Adding 3 additional bedrooms to such a house does require you to rob a bank.

I wish I had a basement.

The cheapest LED's that I have found for 40 watt equivalents is $80. That is about 40 times more expensive than CFL.

Here you go... http://www.ccrane.com/lights/led-light-bulbs/geobulb/ A steal at only $120 each for 60 watt equivalents.