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Cat, do you mean "dot coms?" Or "dom coms?" I'm not sure what "dom coms" are. To the subject, carbon trading was always such crap. The point of reducing carbon emissions was to REDUCE carbon emissions, not move imaginary "credits" around so that old soot producers could continue to belch...

Interference: The act or an instance of hindering, obstructing, or impeding. There's a difference between being annoying and interfering. Friends who become annoying by telling me about their personal relationship with Jesus I just tell them I'm not interested. If they continue I avoid them...

Is he for real? Let's see... free housing, free food... is that what he's saying? Because the slaves had that too, yet they were bitchin' all the time about bein' free. Seems to me that he thought that the slaves should have been happy with their lot.

No, I don't believe so. I have friends who have their various faiths and they should be allowed to believe and worship as they wish as long as it does not interfere with anyone else.

I'm not spending like I used to, not even close. Even though I've never been much of a consumer I've cut back a significant amount of my spending. I did, however, just take a trip to France. I did not buy new clothes other than 1 lightweight jacket and some toiletries. I used the everything I...

How long has it been since he last posted? Did he state that he wasn't coming back? There's a possibility that he's on vacation and, like me, chooses to ignore technology while traveling. I spent 2.5 weeks in France traveling around and refused to bring either a cell phone or my laptop. It...

I assume "um" would be Eric Holder. I have no opinion of Eric Holder but I believe, as a comment in the article states, that this is chest puffing. Without local law enforcement they will not be able to make the dent they would otherwise wish to make in enforcing federal laws regarding...

fed vs state is an old battle... these battles have been going on for a very long time. They usually end up in court.

I prefer those jobs be generated in the private sector and not the public/government sector. Yes? I don't want my government to create a job and assign it to me.

Gonz, I am an Atheist. Let me explain my view to you to make things clear. I do not believe that it is any more or less valid for anyone to believe what they want to believe. It is their right and I would fight for their right to believe what it is they choose to believe. Whether I agree with...

Re: I got your visual right here. Funny, we were all asking when they were going to start calling it a recession back with the last administration. LOL! Eventually, they did... but quietly. But to answer your question: A depression is any economic downturn where real GDP declines by more...

Here we go... http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm "The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. " "The CPI market basket is developed from detailed expenditure information...

Defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services." It is also based on consumption and expenditures of households. If people are cutting back then this may be...

Why? So some paid-for politician can steal it from you, call it Eminent Domain and give your land to his/her developer buddy for a sweet kickback? :rolleyes: Actually, we have private property. But a lot of people live in HOA controlled areas or live in areas that were zoned with...

Governments do not create the bulk of jobs in this country, private companies do and they aren't going to do that because none of them want to stick their necks out for the long haul. This means that employees (and the unemployed) will not spend, which means companies don't make profits, which...

When a citizen pays into SS they are not paying into an account for themselves. This money is used to pay out to those that currently qualify to receive those benefits. You are credited for the years you pay in so that you also can qualify when you have satisfied the requirements to receive SS...

Your local government is full of horse shit. :horse: Where do you live so I know never to move there? :P LOL!

I agree with Cat (and Prof to some degree). I see no problem with limiting the type of foods that are allowed to be purchased under the Food Stamp program. This is not the government determining what you can and can't eat. If you are asking for a handout it should come with strings. Poor...

In this economy the government should understand that growing food is #1 priority for people. However... "In January, Dekalb County code enforcement officers began ticketing him for growing too many crops for the zoning and having unpermitted employees on site. Miller stopped growing...

1) fly to Paris sight seeing (Notre Dame, Basilique du Sacré Coeur, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, etc.) including the Grande Arche de la Défense trip to a park (forgot the name) to rent a row boat (mega romantic!) 2) train to Caen with a day trip to Bayeaux to see the Bayeaux Tapestry...