Posted by fayeroe on February 19, 2009, at 14:49:03
In reply to Where is Cheney?, posted by Sigismund on February 18, 2009, at 17:11:31
> In an undisclosed location?
No, his past President is in one. Would you not hide?
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> Now that I have your attention, you see the problem?Unfortunately, I do.
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> There's nothing to talk about.Well, I could mention that some of the heads of "states" are thinking about refusing the stimulus money. Our "head" of state has already refused it.
I think that Texas leads in pregnancies under the age of 12? And our school system was 48th the last time I looked. But we don't need no money!
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> Take the Emissions Trading Scheme. It probably sucks. Too little too late. It might inadvertently encourage aluminium (do Americans really spell it 'aluminum'?) (just our past prez pronounced it that way..) smelting if people put solar panels on their roofs. A carbon tax may have been better. But at least it gives the appearance of heading in the right direction."Keeping up Appearances" is my most favourite show from the BBC..(regular programming)
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> Or take our stimulus package. It has a really low multiplier effect (0.3?) as against 1.something for the US. Does one approve? Who knows anything? It might be great. Who pays for it, or is that an ignorant question? But still.Oh, we'll pay to bail out the big boys. All of this effort is for the upper middle class.
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> There must be other examples. You get the drift.I am drifting today, aimlessly....from yard to front and back. :-(
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