Mr Neutron
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We didn't get a deal to cut spending. We got a deal to INCREASE spending by $7 Trillion over the next 10 years, instead of $9.5 Trillion.
oh, but we'll have no end of whining that we didn't increase our debt load enough and that the only way to climb out of a hole is to keep digging deeper. eventually i suppose we'll come out on the other side, unless the flat earthers are right. the next alteration to the monument you've depicted will be all four pairs of trousers neatly rolled down to mid-thigh and the people's puckered lips poised for a none too delicate kiss.
as much as i cringe at russian rhetoric, he does have a point. for decades the u.s. has been a driving force behind world-wide industry and advancement and we now find ourselves being regulated into obscurity and dependence. like lemmings, we are following the wave of populist mediocrity. we are heedless of the cliff ahead, even as we watch so many other nations of the western world, similarly enamored with the promises of some worker's paradise, rush headlong into insolvency and endless debt.MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told pro-Kremlin activists at a youth camp on August 1 that the United States was behaving like a "parasite" on the world economy.
How do explain the fact the there have been more innovations in the incandescent light bulb in the last 3 years than during the previous 30?for decades the u.s. has been a driving force behind world-wide industry and advancement and we now find ourselves being regulated into obscurity and dependence
at what cost? the authoritarian statist crap has been stacking up pretty high around here lately and not once have any of you considered the price we pay for being led by the nose to do what some consider to be right. what you hand us are excuses and the occasional silver lining behind the clouds of mediocrity. what you propose is the remolding of the american ethos, leading us from the path of an individualist philosophy into a herd mentality. that herd consists of the very parasites of which putin spoke, whether he realizes it or not. blind obedience to an increasingly regulatory state lies down the path you propose and, after that, the realization that those we are forced to follow have led us down a blind alley and are sneaking off with all we have relinquished to them. all that regulation leads to is the limiting of choice.Regulation can lead to innovation.
I guess you are the kind of person that wants lead in your gas and paint too. I guess I can understand the fears that you are explaining I just don't succumb to them. It takes a great deal of time and work to create even the most common sense regulations. I'm not going to piss my pants over hypotheticals.at what cost? the authoritarian statist crap has been stacking up pretty high around here lately and not once have any of you considered the price we pay for being led by the nose to do what some consider to be right. what you hand us are excuses and the occasional silver lining behind the clouds of mediocrity. what you propose is the remolding of the american ethos, leading us from the path of an individualist philosophy into a herd mentality. that herd consists of the very parasites of which putin spoke, whether he realizes it or not. blind obedience to an increasingly regulatory state lies down the path you propose and, after that, the realization that those we are forced to follow have led us down a blind alley and are sneaking off with all we have relinquished to them. all that regulation leads to is the limiting of choice.
other side as in China?oh, but we'll have no end of whining that we didn't increase our debt load enough and that the only way to climb out of a hole is to keep digging deeper. eventually i suppose we'll come out on the other side, unless the flat earthers are right. the next alteration to the monument you've depicted will be all four pairs of trousers neatly rolled down to mid-thigh and the people's puckered lips poised for a none too delicate kiss.
hypotheticals? there's nothing hypothetical about the herd mentality and blind obedience that lies down your chosen path. take a look at your own post and you can see the sycophantic nature of your reverence for our leaders. according to you, it takes a great deal of time and work to create even the most common sense regulations. "common sense" regulations, which by their very nature are self-evident, require our beloved representatives how much time and effort to craft? what takes the time and effort is turning common sense into a nearly undecipherable swamp of special interest favors and power grabs. the common sense was there for the taking.I'm not going to piss my pants over hypotheticals.
that may have well been written by one of the brilliant forefathers.as much as i cringe at russian rhetoric, he does have a point. for decades the u.s. has been a driving force behind world-wide industry and advancement and we now find ourselves being regulated into obscurity and dependence. like lemmings, we are following the wave of populist mediocrity. we are heedless of the cliff ahead, even as we watch so many other nations of the western world, similarly enamored with the promises of some worker's paradise, rush headlong into insolvency and endless debt.
that the prime minister conveniently forgets his own nation led this march toward parasitism is beside the point. that he ignores the fact that the breakup of the soviet union was followed by cries for relief from a population so abused by authoritarian rule and mismanagement, cries that were quickly answered by their western neighbors, is no excuse for our following in those quasi-marxist footsteps. there is no excuse for abandoning the path of individual liberties for that of the society and its representatives as the only true good.
How do explain the fact the there have been more innovations in the incandescent light bulb in the last 3 years than during the previous 30?
Regulation can lead to innovation.
and just to be clear Mr clueless, there have been zero innovations in the incandescet light bulb....they are illegal.How do explain the fact the there have been more innovations in the incandescent light bulb in the last 3 years than during the previous 30?
Regulation can lead to innovation.
hypotheticals? thats funny. buy an american made floro or better yet, try to start a light bulb factory making them in the US.I guess you are the kind of person that wants lead in your gas and paint too. I guess I can understand the fears that you are explaining I just don't succumb to them. It takes a great deal of time and work to create even the most common sense regulations. I'm not going to piss my pants over hypotheticals.
Feel free though.
Lamp manufacturers are predicting record price increases in CFL light bulbs mainly due to the emerging shortage of rare earth metals used in their production- principally, phosphors. This shortage of metals is caused by a strategic reduction in exports by China, the world’s current and dominant leader in rare earth mining. In October, the Chinese announced plans to not only cut their production, but also to reduce exports by one-third. Since China currently produces 95% of the world’s total output of rare elements, the threat of global shortages is suddenly real and critical.
edit: it really only matters in the short term though, because CFLs are transitory... LEDs will be cheap enough to compete within a few years and we wont be at the mercy of China(because they dont contain phosphers).Because of its state-supported mining industry, China has largely made it impossible for the U.S. and other nations to compete in the marketplace. Because China controls the world’s output, they also control pricing and availability, making the large industries who are dependent on the metals, vulnerable.