The FB comments on the bridge thingy are a hoot. Some of the lite rail advocates are now certain that a truck is about to bring down the I-5 bridge anytime now, and there’s no time to be a wastin’. To paraphrase: PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND GET THE THING BUILT!!! (while I shove my own politics down your throat). Funny stuff. There’s suggestions that a barge hitting the piers, or a ship hitting the underside of a new bridge is a more likely threat. Which made me wonder what type of security there is, or will be, on the current bridge or a replacement bridge. Specifically, I was wondering about terrorist attacks and if there are security cameras on the underside. Anyone?
For some inexplicable reason (a real head scratcher that will surely go down in history as one of the great mysteries of all time), I actually watched the entire 57 minutes of your video @ 2:21 pm HC. Your Zietgiest movement is nothing more than Socialism being advocated by some new faces and packaged in a their own verbiage. For one thing; the idea of a moneyless economy may be workable in some commune setting but nothing more. Money was a vast step forward, over bartering, and allowed people to pool their resources and accomplish that which could not be done on a large scale otherwise. The manufacture of planes, trains and autos and I-pads, cannot run on bartering. Nor can governments.
Dee @ 5:53 pm. They’re all important, since they reek of government abuse and for partisan motives. Obama’s got troubles. But none of them rise to a 10, which should be reserved for a great depression, a Black Plague epidemic or WWIII .
One of the reasons behind a third bridge upriver notion is that pass-through I-5 truck traffic would bypass the I-5 bridge to begin with.
From what I've seen, a remake of the current bridge AND a third bridge, could be done for a lesser price than a new I-5 CRC bridge by itself. The hangup here is lite rail.
Interesting that a couple of basement dwellers here, have recently stated that the real reason for the lite rail demand is to get people out of their cars, and onto public transportation. And yes, this is Leftist social engineering at it's best.
Never mind if (most people) people really don't want this....
Seems to me to be well exampled by Oregon's refusal to deal with the Delta Park freeway bottleneck. "Put em all in a train" is the idea here.
The bridge collapse on the Skagit River, is sure to bring out the CRC supporters. It's already happening on FB.
'Course, the problem is - lite rail, which the CRC supporters will say is a minor issue as compared to the need for a new bridge no matter what. If only on life can be saved....
Considering this is a freeway, and the braking distances involved, it will be amazing if no one ended up in the river.
Yes that is sick. Reminds me of Jesse Jackson wanting to castrate Obama back in 2008. Even Jesse Jackson Jr. distanced himself from his father over that one. You know, the one who’s going to jail pretty soon for fleecing his campaign contributors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Oh, and his wife too.
I’d pull up some video on that wacko Mike Malloy who wants to see all Republicans dead, but I’ve already done that before. What’s the use.
There seem to be a lot of Trek fans here. You’ve probably all seen Qalaxy Quest (1999) long ago, but if not, you may want to check it out. A great spoof. One of the best ever.
Carlin spoke with Bankrate.com about some of the financial aspects of his career, including living with constricting debt, the incredible productivity of George Carlin Inc. and his controversial decision, considering his strong anti-corporate views, to serve as a spokesman for MCI.
> Q: Bankrate.com: You surprised some people when you started doing ads for long-distance service. Considering your attitude toward business, was it perceived as hypocritical? > > A: I made an album in Las Vegas in the '60s, and a hippie friend said to me, "Man, you sold out." So I said, "wait a minute, what is that over there?" And he said, "It's a phone, man." I said, "That's Ma Bell. You're cooperating with them. You have one of their implements in your home. You sold out." > > B: At this point, how much are you bringing in a year? > > GC: About two and a half million a year. > > B: Are you heavily invested in the stock market? > > GC: Not heavily, no. Just around the edges. I have a little bit of real estate, and I'm beginning to accumulate some liquidity. I'm waiting for some more bottoms to show up on the indexes. I'm waiting to feel that out and see where everything goes in the next six to eight months. > > B: Would you own a tobacco stock? > > GC: No, I don't think I would do that. There's hardly any pure stock anymore given the kind of diversity these corporations have, but Philip Morris, probably not. I like the tech stuff, and they're having their problems now, that whole thing is redefining itself, I guess. I don't mind some of the others in the Dow and blue chip categories, and the old economy stocks. > > B: Does your anti-corporate perspective affect what stocks you will or won't buy? > > GC: Not really, no. I don't think it should, because I'm really outside of that. The amount of money that I would be putting there is minuscule within their own revenue flow. This is the system, and part of my protecting of myself. There's liquidity, there's real estate. I'm not conversant enough to reel them off, but there are all these places to put your money to protect yourself. I just look at it as one more strategy for coping with the real world.
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> Also is Mike Yancey for real or is he a planted idiot. -- timerick — May 24, 2013 at 8:32 p.m.
[http://www.c-tran.com/ccac.html][1]
[1]: http://www.c-tran.com/ccac.html
May 24, 2013 at 9:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Open forum, May 20-26
The FB comments on the bridge thingy are a hoot. Some of the lite rail advocates are now certain that a truck is about to bring down the I-5 bridge anytime now, and there’s no time to be a wastin’. To paraphrase: PUT POLITICS ASIDE AND GET THE THING BUILT!!! (while I shove my own politics down your throat). Funny stuff. There’s suggestions that a barge hitting the piers, or a ship hitting the underside of a new bridge is a more likely threat. Which made me wonder what type of security there is, or will be, on the current bridge or a replacement bridge. Specifically, I was wondering about terrorist attacks and if there are security cameras on the underside. Anyone?
For some inexplicable reason (a real head scratcher that will surely go down in history as one of the great mysteries of all time), I actually watched the entire 57 minutes of your video @ 2:21 pm HC. Your Zietgiest movement is nothing more than Socialism being advocated by some new faces and packaged in a their own verbiage. For one thing; the idea of a moneyless economy may be workable in some commune setting but nothing more. Money was a vast step forward, over bartering, and allowed people to pool their resources and accomplish that which could not be done on a large scale otherwise. The manufacture of planes, trains and autos and I-pads, cannot run on bartering. Nor can governments.
Dee @ 5:53 pm. They’re all important, since they reek of government abuse and for partisan motives. Obama’s got troubles. But none of them rise to a 10, which should be reserved for a great depression, a Black Plague epidemic or WWIII .
May 24, 2013 at 8:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Open forum, May 20-26
nailingit — May 23, 2013 at 10:07 p.m.
So what?
Won't you please now quote your big hero: hal 9000.
May 23, 2013 at 10:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Open forum, May 20-26
So a truck took down the bridge?
One of the reasons behind a third bridge upriver notion is that pass-through I-5 truck traffic would bypass the I-5 bridge to begin with.
From what I've seen, a remake of the current bridge AND a third bridge, could be done for a lesser price than a new I-5 CRC bridge by itself. The hangup here is lite rail.
Interesting that a couple of basement dwellers here, have recently stated that the real reason for the lite rail demand is to get people out of their cars, and onto public transportation. And yes, this is Leftist social engineering at it's best.
Never mind if (most people) people really don't want this....
Seems to me to be well exampled by Oregon's refusal to deal with the Delta Park freeway bottleneck. "Put em all in a train" is the idea here.
May 23, 2013 at 9:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Open forum, May 20-26
The bridge collapse on the Skagit River, is sure to bring out the CRC supporters. It's already happening on FB.
'Course, the problem is - lite rail, which the CRC supporters will say is a minor issue as compared to the need for a new bridge no matter what. If only on life can be saved....
Considering this is a freeway, and the braking distances involved, it will be amazing if no one ended up in the river.
May 23, 2013 at 8:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Open forum, May 20-26
Good anecdote @6:44 p.m. Roger. I went to grade school in Vancouver at about the same time as you, and we also had those nuke drills.
May 23, 2013 at 7:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Open forum, May 13-19
holycrapola — May 18, 2013 at 6:41 p.m.
Yes that is sick. Reminds me of Jesse Jackson wanting to castrate Obama back in 2008. Even Jesse Jackson Jr. distanced himself from his father over that one. You know, the one who’s going to jail pretty soon for fleecing his campaign contributors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Oh, and his wife too.
I’d pull up some video on that wacko Mike Malloy who wants to see all Republicans dead, but I’ve already done that before. What’s the use.
May 18, 2013 at 8:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Open forum, May 13-19
There seem to be a lot of Trek fans here. You’ve probably all seen Qalaxy Quest (1999) long ago, but if not, you may want to check it out. A great spoof. One of the best ever.
May 18, 2013 at 6:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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[http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/investing/20010316a.asp][1]
[1]: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/inve...
May 15, 2013 at 11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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roger — May 15, 2013 at 7:10 p.m.
Here’s George Carlin:
Carlin spoke with Bankrate.com about some of the financial aspects of his career, including living with constricting debt, the incredible productivity of George Carlin Inc. and his controversial decision, considering his strong anti-corporate views, to serve as a spokesman for MCI.
> Q: Bankrate.com: You surprised some people when you started doing ads for long-distance service. Considering your attitude toward business, was it perceived as hypocritical?
>
> A: I made an album in Las Vegas in the '60s, and a hippie friend said to me, "Man, you sold out." So I said, "wait a minute, what is that over there?" And he said, "It's a phone, man." I said, "That's Ma Bell. You're cooperating with them. You have one of their implements in your home. You sold out."
>
> B: At this point, how much are you bringing in a year?
>
> GC: About two and a half million a year.
>
> B: Are you heavily invested in the stock market?
>
> GC: Not heavily, no. Just around the edges. I have a little bit of real estate, and I'm beginning to accumulate some liquidity. I'm waiting for some more bottoms to show up on the indexes. I'm waiting to feel that out and see where everything goes in the next six to eight months.
>
> B: Would you own a tobacco stock?
>
> GC: No, I don't think I would do that. There's hardly any pure stock anymore given the kind of diversity these corporations have, but Philip Morris, probably not. I like the tech stuff, and they're having their problems now, that whole thing is redefining itself, I guess. I don't mind some of the others in the Dow and blue chip categories, and the old economy stocks.
>
> B: Does your anti-corporate perspective affect what stocks you will or won't buy?
>
> GC: Not really, no. I don't think it should, because I'm really outside of that. The amount of money that I would be putting there is minuscule within their own revenue flow. This is the system, and part of my protecting of myself. There's liquidity, there's real estate. I'm not conversant enough to reel them off, but there are all these places to put your money to protect yourself. I just look at it as one more strategy for coping with the real world.
May 15, 2013 at 10:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )