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Quote: Sorry, the stimulus pumped money into states to repair roads, keep teachers in classrooms. police and fire personal in the community and as someone else said the stimulus should have been bigger. As for "spending more money than all govts from George Washington to George Bush combined"...

Quote: Sure hope so. So what would you like them to do? More tax cuts which would add more Trillions to bush's $10+ Trillion dollar debt? Rarely mentioned is bush's ten year projected deficit of $8-12 Trillion dollars which means the debt will go up $.8-$1.2 Trillion/year no matter what...

Hot off the press: "Banana republic, here we come." December 30, 2010 The New Voodoo By PAUL KRUGMAN Hypocrisy never goes out of style, but, even so, 2010 was something special. For it was the year of budget doubletalk — the year of arsonists posing as firemen, of people railing against...

Quote: Aaah ... why have republicans been able to stop just about everything? It's called "Filibuster"! Do you understand it takes 60 votes to get anything through the senate. The current count is 41 republicans and 59 democrats, not exactly a filibuster proof senate is it, do the math. Blue...

Quote: Hummm ... Check the number of republican filibusters since 2001, the last four years have been records ... which is why republicans have become the party of "HELL NO!". Ag Subsidies haven't been renewed yet and I don't deny there are some democratic blue dogs from farm states but I'm...

"You know, if the money was there to be made in wind, solar and wave, it wouldn't have to subsidized by the government......Much like that stupid, engine destroying ethanol, which takes more energy to create, than it actually produces.? Do you realize how much nuclear, coal, oil and gas are...

Quote: Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969 ?? Carol all that was cleaned up a long time ago. Goleta shelled in WWII ?? Kozo ...During the Second World War, now captain of Japanese submarine I-17, he surfaced just off of Coal Oil Point on the evening of February 23, 1942, with his crew emerging...

Quote: Huh! I have family still living in Cambria California not to far north of Santa Barbara, no tar balls. Oil drilling in Santa Barbara is still going on with existing rigs, no tar balls when I was there a couple of years ago. We used to go to Santa Barbara every year when we lived in...

Quote: I don't know but I doubt it's 25% BTW you should have given us the numbers with your post. I do know the U.S spends Billions to subsidize "American farmers and agribusinesses to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and influence the cost and supply...

Quote: Hummm ... I'm in California a lot to visit family and there certainly isn't more oil naturally leaking than was spilled in the BP oil well catastrophe, what's your source of information? I agree NG is an option but as I posted earlier; T. Boone Pickins has been talking up NG for some...

Quote: The problem is not that we don't drill enough it's that the U.S. is 3% of the worlds population but we use 25% of the the oil. Alaskan oil as others have stated goes to Japan and China to cut transportation costs. More cars were sold in China than the U.S. 2.5 Billion Chinese and...

Quote: T. Boone Pickins has been talking up NG for some time. But there are problems: 1) We can't walk into a dealer and easily buy a CNG car or truck. 2) Converting existing cars or pickup trucks is expensive. 3) Even though the country is crisscrossed with NG pipelines there are not enough...

Quote: That was obvious, please read: December 26, 2010 The Finite World By PAUL KRUGMAN Oil is back above $90 a barrel. Copper and cotton have hit record highs. Wheat and corn prices are way up. Over all, world commodity prices have risen by a quarter in the past six months. So what’s the...

mom'sfolly : As for no society or government lasting more than 200 years, utter hogwash! The British monarchy has existed in its current form since about 1700, even though it's power has waxed and waned. The Japanese feudal system lasted from the 1300's until well into the 19th century...

Me & My Peeps : The UNIONS had a chance to make it right but they were greedy and refused to make any changes. Don't fall for the "it's the unions fault. UAW workers made $27.50/hr or $57,200/yr plus 30-35% benefits ... is that a middle class salary? New UAW workers are starting out at less...

Who got me started anyway December 26, 2010 The Finite World By PAUL KRUGMAN Oil is back above $90 a barrel. Copper and cotton have hit record highs. Wheat and corn prices are way up. Over all, world commodity prices have risen by a quarter in the past six months. So what’s the meaning of...

Quote: What is amazing is the vast number of homes that don't even have solar hot water. When oil hit $140/barrel many people were paying $500-$800 a month for propane.

Quote: Property taxes go up because other revenue sources such as sale taxes go down. The more we cut back the less revenue there is for local government. Get ready for cut backs in police, fire protection and education. There are 2.5 Billion Chinese and Indians and soon they will produce...

Quote: Solar hot water is affordable now. Solar electricity is affordable if you plan to stay in your home for 7-10 years. It pays to re-insulate, chalk windows, doors, especially around electrical outlets on outside walls, lamps hanging from ceilings, outside on siding. As for oil...

Quote: World oil cost suddenly went up after the election to $80/barrel, gee I wonder why? The Oil party wins and prices go up. But that's my RANT. According to Paul Krugman world commodity prices are starting to rise because the rest of the world economy is recovering, because they have...