FUCK BIBI NETANYAHU. FUCK THE LIKUD.

Love,

A Pissed-Off Jewish American

So if Petraeus believes the mideast situation is dangerous to the life of our service people because of the slightly infantile behavior of the faintly myopic aparthate government of Israel , does mean the condition of the mideast is a little bit pregnant with tension ?

"During the 2010-11 school year, the education fee at the University of California will be $9,402.00 a year. That’s likely to be about 13 percent of California median family income."

In Arizona University of Arizona (UA) "resident undergraduate tuition for the 2010-11 academic year will be $8,237, a 20-percent increase. ... UA resident graduate tuition will be $9,027, an 18-percent increase." (From the AZ Daily WildCat)

Median Income (census) in Pima County Where UA is located is $46,653, in Az total $51,009. This means BEFORE taxes tuition is 17% of income for Pima County residents and 16% for Arizona residents as a whole.

AFTER taxes assuming 20% of income go to taxes it's 22% of a Pima County 4 person family's income.

Apparently the concept of civic duty -- ergo, some things benefit all people in a state, is a foreign concept to the christian corporate crowd.

health care reform legislation should be eaten ... and then "passed."

What's the big deal about a poop joke? I hear Lincoln had one in the Gettysburg address but his chief of staff convinced him to strike it.

There's a simple solution to the bad press we'll get because of the Israeli issue: Stop giving them money. They can be our friend if they want our friendship---but damn it all, do we have to keep buying theirs in return?

I wish conservatives did humor better. Bless their hearts, it's so embarrassing to watch them trying so hard and failing so consistently.

>"because of the Israeli issue: Stop giving them money"

The AIPAC controls the entire congress... lock stock and barrel. The $10 billion or so we feed Israel is utterly off limits.

In fact, Obama should have hired AIPAC to host health care... nobody whould have been against it.

Nothing reminds me of the pithy Lincoln than being reminded of his love for poop jokes .

Do believe Gohmert should have stuck with his regular walking into the House routine of "Here come 'da Judge".

Funny how somehow who has received his money from governmental entities since he left Baylor Law, whether as a Judge Advocate in the military, or District Judge or Court of Appeals Judge and now, a US Rep and has had excellent health care along the way, is so much against working class people obtaining better health care for themselves. This elitist side of the RepuGs should have been better exploited.

Latest NBC/Wall St Journal poll:

HEALTH CARE PLAN

46% - Pass It

45% - Don’t Pass It

Perhaps it is time for the RepuGs to form a Knights Templar Brigade of Young Americans for Freedom, the religious right and Young Republicans to help save Jerusalem and the settlements.

Now, that would be the Loneliest job in the world being the enlistment clerk for that unit of Patriots.

The AIPAC controls the entire congress... lock stock and barrel.

Then attack from the bottom up (grassroots) by targeting one politician at a time: Support for AIPAC means no more votes; no more canvassing; no more contributions. Sure, AIPAC'll pick up the tab, but they'll go bankrupt in the process, and it'll only take a small handful of honest prosecutors to rip their sorry hides apart on racketeering and corruption charges.

Some college cost comparisons:

UW - Madison $8,300
Univ Oregon $7,400
Oregon State $6,725

Another small step forward with
batteries.

Someone please tell me exactly WHAT the strategic advantage of kissing Israeli ass is?

Let me preface what citizen_pain said at 20:59. I grew up listening to (media back when it was worth listening to) all the bombings and strife and whatnot from that center of the universe and I am no further ahead in understanding WTF is up with these dudes then as now. I'm guessing it is a place you send money to die?

Stateside expansion of wind-power manufacturing.

1.1GW per year of new generating capacity is a respectable volume, even though it be intermittent.

Put away the rope, lynch mobbers, Dennis sez he'll vote for the crappy bill!

Well, wait, some of you hate him so much, after he votes for the stinking thing (which i think he should) why then there's no reason for you not to then hang him... yeah, that's it, hang him next week...

i mean, nate fucking silver told ya to...and he's a god damn genius... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

From Matt Marler's wind power article: The 320,000-square-foot plant, with annual production capacity of 1,100 megawatts of wind energy turbines annually -- enough to power 330,000 homes -- is expected to be ready for operation by the end of 2011.

and

...a deal to build a $1.5 billion, 600-megawatt wind farm across 36,000 acres in Texas that would supply energy for 180,000 homes.

This business of talking about how many homes can be powered by X megawatts of windmills is pure hokum. Let's look at the numbers:

Average annual consumption per capita in the USA was 13.6 MWh in 2005. How many people do you imagine they figure live in a home? 3? Let's assume 3, probably a realistic guess, since many people live alone. That would require about 40 MWh per home annually, or .040 GWh. If my math is correct, that would require 2800 GWh to supply the needs of 70,000 homes.

Now look at either of these claims (the amount of homes per MW is roughly the same for both). 1.1GW of wind turbines can allegedly supply the needs of 330,000 homes. Experience has shown that 25% is about the best you can reasonably assume you'll get from any but the very best wind locations, and usually it's considerably less on average. So right off that 1.1GW is realistically equivalent to about 275MW. That means that the 1.1GW would produce about 2410GWh during the course of a year, enough to supply the needs of about 60,000 homes, NOT 330,000. I guess they figure there's a LOT of people per home!

Oh, and this figures no loss for storage or line loss, which is of course unrealistically generous.

This sort of inflated fantasy statistic is par for the course among many renewables advocates. Caveat emptor! These are sweet lies to convince you of the desirability of wind and solar power. If you'd like a more critical look at the realities of wind power, I highly recommend this site.

Unless, of course, you prefer to dwell in a fantasy land of homes bursting with 15 people in each, and winds that always blow at gale force 24/7.

"During the 2010-11 school year, the education fee at the University of California will be $9,402.00 a year. That’s likely to be about 13 percent of California median family income."

In Arizona University of Arizona (UA) "resident undergraduate tuition for the 2010-11 academic year will be $8,237, a 20-percent increase. ... UA resident graduate tuition will be $9,027, an 18-percent increase." (From the AZ Daily WildCat)

You seemed shocked that colleges would raise their rates like that? And why not - student loans are easy to come by and if Congress reforms the federal student loan process, they can jack up tuition even more.

The more money you make available for kids to go to college, the more colleges can raise rates. Sad but true.

[...] student loans are easy to come by and if Congress reforms the federal student loan process, they can jack up tuition even more.

The more money you make available for kids to go to college, the more colleges can raise rates. Sad but true.
Posted by: Turducken on March 16, 2010 at 11:06 PM

And the more money states cut from education, the more the state universities have to hike up their rates and/or tout for out of state (and paying full load) students. But, of course, in Turd Duckistan, that's not a factor; only making loans available to non-millionaires is important (and reprehensible).

You've been ducking your head in a turd pond too long, I think.

Provocative Alert:

Among the few reasons to appreciate Bush I was confronting Israel on the settlements, and a nearly sufficient reason to appreciate Obama is confronting Israel on the settlements. The U.S. is not Israel; we are a separate nation with our own interests. We should take a hint from Israel: we should put our own interests first and not worry so much about screwing our friends. I don't see where our interests are served by giving Israel an infinite and inextinguishable license to bend us over whenever its convenient to them.

My mistake on the calculation of residency above. In order to make the fantasy numbers work, you wouldn't have 15 people to a home. You'd have everybody living alone in a couple of houses each, yet not using any more energy per capita than they use now. Much more realistic.

My bad!

legislation should be eaten ... and then "passed."

Well, I guess that explains how it was so easy for the Republicans to shit all over the Constitution during the Bush administration.

neill: Put away the rope, lynch mobbers, Dennis sez he'll vote for the crappy bill!

I know for a fact that we have at least one person here who lost a relative to a lynch mob.

So every time you play the drama queen and use this word to describe voters criticizing an elected representative, I cringe for you.

Arrgggghhhh. There is no "gun show loophole." Doesn't exist. It's fiction.

Like a lot of businesses, people who are in the business of selling firearms have to have a license to do it. People who aren't in the business of selling firearms don't have to have a license. But that doesn't mean that they can't sell their own personal firearms to somebody else.

The law requires that licensed firearms dealers have to do background checks on people who purchase firearms from them. The law does not require that I, as a private party, do a background check before I sell my own personal firearm to my neighbor.

It has nothing whatsoever to do with gun shows. If I sell my privately-owned gun to my uncle, or to my neighbor, or to somebody I meet at a gun show, it's all the same -- because I am not in the business of selling guns, I don't have to comply with the licensing laws applicable to somebody who is in that business. However, a licensed dealer does have to comply with those laws, whether he is selling at a gun show or at his store.

I really wish this fiction about a "gun show loophole" would go away. Ain't no such thing.