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Rules are for the Important.

Drop Chili Mac from the Congressional cafeteria menu.

That's silly. Conservation isn't about stopping use (you don't conserve water by not drinking it at all); it's about using the resource more wisely than we do now. Carpooling is a big part of that.

Not true. Maybe you can name a country with univeral weapons ownership that has had issues? Perhaps you are thinking of places having a civil war, maybe Nicarcua when the US was supplying one side, or El Salvador. The government of Guatamala was able to terroise the population and murder thousands of innocent civilians because only the govenment had weapons. They are still digging up people in Chili, Ecuador and Brazil due to similar circumstances. Some of those countries have some, but not even close to all, opposition armed, Uruguay and Peru: for instance, which causes a whole differnet set of problems with normal - not able to get armed -people getting slaughtered by both sides. The shining path in Peru has weapons, but they are running around a country devoid of them outside of the military. The sides doing the slaughtering know that the side with the most effeicient and biggest weapons will rule the country. And control the media too. Which is why they don't want assholes like us having weapons. This is one of the most ridiculous arguments put forth here so far. In essence, it's nothing more than an adolescent beat-off fantasy probably stemming from too much TV time. When a company of highly trained professional soldiers shows up at your doorstep with fully automatic weapons and grenades, you don't reach for that pea shooter you've got hidden away in the closet somewhere. You know, the one you practice with maybe once or twice a month...if you're an enthusiast, that is? No, you say "Yes sir, no sir, of course I'd love to suck your dick, sir." A population of 'well armed' weekend warriors is nothing compared to a full time, trained military force...even a shitty one. I don't care how many pump action 12 gauges you've got in the closet or how many times you've seen "Red Dawn". In your fantasy world, you might imagine yourself organizing a resistance, maybe with Kurt Russel as a partner, training, blowing things up...but you won't. Few populations in history do. Most just obey the regime, try to get on with their lives, and avoid trouble. Now, in America, which is after all the society we're talking about, the gubbamint doesn't just show up with guns...it shows up with tanks, choppers, IR vision; all the very latest from the OverwhelmingForce.com. But mostly, it shows up with nothing more than a carefully crafted soundbite, which you swallow whole...just like the NRA's beat off fantasy of citizen's armed resistance you're trying to foist on us all here.

Make friends.

Cheney's from UrAnus

Poo won't shoo a bot fly.

I'm drivin' up to Everett to fill up on cheap gas.

If we're gonna build cool, high tech shit that makes a lotta noise and goes really fast, let's put Bush on Mars.

You mean like you saying you aren't drinking fluoride, when you are? I never said that. I said I'm not worried about it. And BTW, there are water household water filters available that will remove fluoride for about $30. Strike three. So there. Neener.

All of those fumbling disasters resulted in quicker victories than we'll ever achieve in Iraq with a massively funded, enormous standing army. So much for the history lesson. Maintain a small, highly trained force to go after those bad terrorists and provide the 'seed potatoes' for a larger force, should it be needed, mothball a big pile of the the ships, subs, and other weapons systems we developed for the Cold War and no longer need, and watch that deficit dissappear in short order. There is no military threat the US faces that requires the force levels we have now. Ours is an offensive force, plain and simple. It's built for conquest. The trouble is, we suck at conquest, which has become a bit harder to do of late. Given the failures of our military power over the past 4 years (at the behest of our beloved president), I'd say it's a gross waste of money.

Why would the money run out? The project is on time and on schedule. The 'wrong order' is an oversimplification from an uninvolved outsider. If you had to weigh construction costs, threat of lawsuits, last use restrictions, political need to get something in place quick to prove the system to the public, uncertainties as to where future growth would occur, and a hundred other important factors (not just the inconvenience of your own driving habits), you might find that the solution Sound Transit came up with is a pretty damn good one. Also, there is no 'they'. 'We' are building light rail.

No income tax here, dude.

About 100,000 passengers a day fly in and out of Seatac, a figure which kind of puts the "who the hell commutes to the airport?" question in the proper light. The airport line will be able to carry 45,000 a day. Traffic is south King County is also increasing faster than other areas. The line will help with that as well.

Nice try at a save. Fluoride ions or no, you're still two strikes down today. My bets are that, sometime today, you issue a third dumbass statement for our viewing audience. I'm sure it wouldn't be a first triple header for you.

Yeah! Let's build a monorail! People have screamed for public transport for the 15 years I've lived here and we've paid millions and gotten squat. Your big gov't at work - sans results. As usual. Uhm...last time I checked light rail was on schedule and on budget. Haven't driven past the airport lately, uh? like I said - we haven't gotten squat. light rail to the airport is a useless joke. Light rail doesn't just go to the airport. You really need to get out more. When currently planned phases are complete, Sound Transit will carry 350,000 passengers a day, roughly the equivalent of all traffic on I 5 through King County. In my book, that seems like a significant improvement. Criticisms similar to those found here were all levied against the BART and Portland's light rail. Now look at how those systems are performing. Cheers to Sound Transit. It's gonna be a cool.

Some folks have a drinking problem. Some have a gambling problem. We've got a military problem. Cut the military to 10% of it's current size, conduct foriegn and domestic policy accordingly (focusing on real rather than make believe threats) and we'd all be better off in the long run. The military has been a monkey on our back for decades. Time for the monkey to go back into its cage where it belongs.

If so, prove it with a quote. I never argued any such thing. What I did argue was this: I don't have to worry about fluoridation, or any other water additives because I filter my water. H2O baby. Accept no substitute. I realize that you have trouble with reading comprehension and remembering who argued what, so I'll cut you some slack here. you can't filter out ions. you cn only filter out particulates. Boy, when you're a dumbass, you go for broke. Since Mr. Phil is halfway lodged up your ass, I suppose that includes him, or half of him, scientifically speaking, as well: "Ion exchange resins exist in the form of cation exchange resins and anion exchange resins. The BRITA water filter cartridge is filled with cation exchangers. These replace positively charged ions such as calcium, magnesium, lead, copper or aluminium with positively charged hydrogen ions. Anion exchange resins replace negatively charged ions from tap water (e.g. nitrate, sulphate and phosphate) with negatively charged chloride or hydroxide ions. These are primarily used as nitrate filters." Just bunt and grab a base while you still can.

um, blueberries are about 4 months away from ripe dumbass Not early blueberries, dumbass. Mine are just about ready to pop. There's more than one kind, amigo. Biodiversity is a big, big word.

Bring an argument forth that some corporate entity (Monsanto, et al, in this case) is doing harm and JayB immediately hunkers down in his bunker and fires away with his "anti profit motive" argument. The man is like a lab, or in this case a lab rat, with a single trick in his repetoire, which he repeats over and over again. When he finally figures out that no was is playing the same game, nor were they ever, he whines about arrogant hippies. Excessive bawl drive, to be sure.

If so, prove it with a quote. I never argued any such thing. What I did argue was this: I don't have to worry about fluoridation, or any other water additives because I filter my water. H2O baby. Accept no substitute. I realize that you have trouble with reading comprehension and remembering who argued what, so I'll cut you some slack here.

I think there's a handful of folks here that will attest that the smear is M8-X this year.

Yeah! Let's build a monorail! People have screamed for public transport for the 15 years I've lived here and we've paid millions and gotten squat. Your big gov't at work - sans results. As usual. Uhm...last time I checked light rail was on schedule and on budget. Haven't driven past the airport lately, uh?

Current gas prices have already affected consumer behaviour in a big way. Take a look at Toyota's bottom line and sales volume as compared to GM and Ford and you'll see what I mean. Right here, Seattle voters are screaming for public transportation solutions. When gas is $5 a gallon, owners of larger vehicles will finally pay triple digits for a tank of gas. THAT, I predict, will get a whole lot of people's attention in a hurry. It's so much easier to multiply by a round number like $100, no?

I'm sure that most of the audience would agree with your assertion that using a Britta water filter completely negates a person's ability to put forth an opinion an just about anything scientific. And I'm sure your putting forth THAT opinion enhances your scientific standing among that very same audience. This argument is not about science as boogeyman, as you've erroneous (and uniquely) framed it. It's about very large companies, with non-altruistic motives, pushing an agricultural agenda that benefits their bottom line; not farmers, not consumers, not poor little Bagladeshis, and certainly not the environment. This agenda flourished (or is it fluorished?) during a time of plentiful rainfall, huge water projects, and lots and lots of irrigation, a lower population, lots of unused land, and very cheap fossil fuels; your so called "Green Revolution"; all of which are fast becoming things of the past. Eating local and organic is a must for a sustainable future, whether you're an African dirt farmer or a Belltown yuppie. It also just happens to result in a healthier diet and greater profits and self determination for farmers and local communities. The Green Revolution world we've built is an unsustainable, short term, environmentally damaging solution developed during a time of plenty that is fast drawing to a close. I realize that this kind of dynamic thinking is difficult to swallow when put forth by a water filtering cretin such as myself, but there you have it.