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mom'sfolly : American interest in the Pacific included places much further away from the US mainland, and closer to Asia than Hawaii. The Philippines and Guam were both under Japan's crosshairs which makes moving the fleet to Hawaii sensible. I agree, Pearl Harbor like with almost everything...

Quote: You respect that? You must love Hitler then. He got a lot done no one liked. If the fleet was in Pearl to defend the islands they would have been stationed around them not stacked up in a harbor partying. Indeed. Look at the fact that at one point, just before the attack, a...

Quote: That's not entirely true. It all depends on your definition of "economy." If you define it as GDP and employment, that would theoretically count as "getting us out." But almost all of the production improvement came from building bombs, ships, airplanes, and tanks, rather than...

Quote: Problem is we have few rural men anymore.... Since the industrialization of agriculture, and the fall of our manufacturing....Young men either wait tables or become lawyers. Neither of which make them a good shot.. This is another reason on my list of many for toppling the status quo...

Ohhh rufus I feel for ya............ IMO the problem is sue happy folks and their lawyers.. They will have us living in rubber rooms before you know it... ON

The subsidies do save us money. Cut the subsidies and you'll have a bunch of farmers that won't have anybody that can afford to buy their food. Nope, I disagree. The lions share of subsidies go to the big corporate farms with lawyers and lobbyist... NOT to small producers involved in the local...

Quote: Nothing needs to be done by the Congress. It will take care of itself. When coal and oil are in short supply, the prices will go up making alternative sources of energy more attractive. Entrepreneurs will fill the gap without mandates from congress that things need to be done right...

Quote: Please tell me you're kidding. You think public schools do a good job with that? Yes I do!!!!!!!!!! I strongly support public education. IMO without it the country falls apart right fast into a bunch of different republics that are constantly at war with each other... Public schools...

Oh this thread is getting funny... As I was reading I got thinking........ .....No wonder Government can not get anything done, and when they do get something done it is so discombobulated, watered down and ineffective it just causes more problems than the problem did.... Think... The...

Quote: Agreed. Are those that do not like fluorescents.. Have actually tried the new high end CFL bulbs? Flickering long tube type fluorescents bother me yes! but not the new CFL or the new high end ballasts. ON

Quote: I dislike buying products that are not made in america. But what the heck? Did they not see this coming? I hear horse and buggy sales are down too these days...Same with phone booth sales......... It is a true true shame, but if American companies can not compete or develop modern...

Quote: Thanks for the heads up! See... Wal Mart is bad no one should shop at Wal-mart. Evil........ and sell way to much cheap Chinese garbage! ------ OK My two cents: I don't disagree that banning incandescent bulbs sounds like a stupid idea. We have plenty of laws and the lawyers that...