peter11937 Loc: NYS

We do know how it affects climate. Twelve thousand Years ago North Africa has a series of lakes and rivers that exceeded the great Lakes in surface area. There were large numbers of every kind of fish and fresh water shellfish. . The water came from monsoons that were created by the tilt of the axis of earth. Then, a tipping point was reaches nd the monsoon system moved eastward into the Indian Ocean. everything in Africa dried up, the budding civilization there failed leaving only their graves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_North_Africa

straightUp Loc: California

Transparent administrations don't happen. It's the Legislative Branch for crying out loud.


So does freedom.


Are you sure you understood what the media was actually saying?

straightUp Loc: California

Seriously, it still boggles my mind that people can still say things like that and not feel like a total douche. Each of your four sentences is a carbon copy of what the Democrats have been saying about the Republicans for the past 4 years. Monkey see, monkey do?

straightUp Loc: California

Don't lie Linda - it's not becoming. ;)


No they don't. WE ask the government for services and WE pay for them so that WE don't HAVE to borrow... That's how you stay out of debt. Just ask the "tax-and-spend" Democrats... they're the only one's that can seem to do it.


Hmm, in practice there's not much difference... SS is essentially a trust fund and is excluded from the budget because the people don't fund it... their employers do. But the entitlement programs ARE funded by the people AND they're in the budget. My point is... either way, the money is in the hands of the government and at no point does it ever belong to them. Whether it's a trust fund, an insurance account or a treasury it comes down to the same basic condition.


What *is* that? It's like some kind of cheesy sci-fi from the 50's.
It shouldn't be so difficult to criticize the mistakes, and miscalculations that were made when setting up the ACA that you need to resort to that... corny shit.


Ugh. It was debated and developed for years before passing... The media covered it, the government disclosed it in plain view the whole time. You had as much chance as any citizen to write to your representative, to sign petitions... shit, I've signed tons of petitions. "YES on healthcare reform!" Kaiser-Permanente published a blow by blow account of the process, with each change in the draft analyzed for consumers. YOU apparently weren't paying attention. That bill was bounced around from House to Senate to House to Senate and the bit about the Congress not having a chance to read 2000 pages is an exaggeration of a very typical scenario where the final draft of a bill is delivered in the 11th hour.


The right to be a healthy American. :)


How is that the worst ruling? Are you kidding me? First of all, we were already spreading the wealth anyway... You never paid more for an insurance in one year than you claimed in that same year? Where do you think that money went? It covered someone else, that's where it went. And if you don't know what I'm talking about then YOU are the person that MY premiums were covering all these years. Secondly, there are a number of good reasons for suggesting we all get health care coverage ranging from better living standards to better defense against biological warfare.


The courts never ruled against it. All they could do was chip away a few provisions, but the framing was solid... and TOTALLY constitutional.


It means socialism... Dang. You just suggested something that's more socialist than the ACA. The ACA is almost entirely funded through insurance premiums on an open market... You KNOW that "federally funded" means taxes, right? And pool..? Pool what? the lice from the heads of the uninsured? If you're going to cover the uninsured then you're going to have to get money from somewhere else, 'cause THEY ain't gonna have any... so who's going to pay? More taxes, Hmm?


Who? Forrest Trump?
...Like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get. Don't be disappointed if he doesn't turn out to be everything you had hoped for... I'll be right here with a box of tissues for you.

Nickolai

Because we spend 18 % of our GDP on health care and millions stlll have no insurance and rely on ER for health care the most expensive option Health care in the US is the most dysfunctional of the OECD nations all of whom provide universal health care to all their citizens and none pay more than 10 %

JFlorio Loc: Seminole Florida

You need to apologize you smarmy piece of shit. Linda does not lie. She just has the audacity to disagree with you.

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

Hey Durpwad nick.......Our healthcare is still the best on the face of the Earth...even as screwed up as it currently is!

JimMe

When you state "... The Earth has her own internal mechanisms to heat or cool as it needs to..." you're giving too much credit for Earth's natural changes...

Our planet doesn't regulate heat or cool based on needs... Our planet goes thru changes in heat or cool based on its natural movement of its mantle, its crust, its atmosphere, as well as effects caused by the Sun and other planets...

One Mount Saint Helens changes the Earth's atmosphere more than all human endeavors combined...

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Jim, we are saying the same thing, just differently..Natural changes is exactly what I meant..She goes through natural changes based on those things, along with much more, that you posted..Natural movement can also be described as "needs"~~ just not in the technological base you gave...

Regardless of the defining, she does what is needed, given the conditions occurring, is that better??

As for Mount St. Helen, wowww is she spectacular and can be devastating if she erupts like she did in 1980..

Weren't there like 60 or so in deaths, and over a billion dollars in damages, when it partially collapsed??

I remember reading it spewed ash to eleven states not including Canada also effected by it...I had gone there to do one of the lower level walk abouts...They have pictures when it erupted of it and the devastation to towns..Trees too, terrible it was..

Now that's effect change caused by yet another natural phenomena...

Interesting topic, Thank You for your reply..

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

JimMe: When Mt Pinatubo blew its top in 1991; it put more fluorocarbons into the air than all industrial Nations could produce in 1000 years as well! It is "Owl Gore and his ilk'" that are polluting the Earth with hypocrisy!!! The useless and useful idiots just love it!!!!!!

chris4

You know why that top on Rep list which should be security you would think ,But it more important to screw American people first like always, The Rep own the insurance company ,I sure hospital all that if truth way known , They can fix the affordable Care by fixing Dr over charging ,hospital over charging , pharmaceutical over charging, list goes on and on how they could fix it , But they rather you never have anything , Have insurance that take everything from you , This stuff people need to be staying against .On top of them not paying wages for people to be able to live on

chris4

Well you cannot claim that digging the earth up for oil isn't making more earth quakes this that BEC there been a Raise in earth quakes in Oklahoma, mo , Arkansas , all over the place where they been drilling for oil , That not counting the spills in the water ruining the water so not usable ,I sorry but water is more important then rich f getting rich off oil

chris4

That because the other countries actually care about their people our leaders are greedy & don't care ,

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Perhaps you will read this for a second opinon??

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/induced/myths.php

Fact 1: Fracking is NOT causing most of the induced earthquakes. Wastewater disposal is the primary cause of the recent increase in earthquakes in the central United States.
Wastewater disposal wells typically operate for longer durations and inject much more fluid than hydraulic fracturing, making them more likely to induce earthquakes. Enhanced oil recovery injects fluid into rock layers where oil and gas have already been extracted, while wastewater injection often occurs in never-before-touched rocks. Therefore, wastewater injection can raise pressure levels more than enhanced oil recovery, and thus increases the likelihood of induced earthquakes.<snip, plenty more to read, just stopped here...

Welcome as well..A lot of good people and interesting topics to enjoy...

chris4

I don't know where you getting that from , Sounds like to me alot of our good Dr are leaving to other countries, where they can take care of people without the government telling them how to do their jobs , The government has no business getting into people doctor records ,And telling a doctor how much or what to give their patients , Just because pharmaceutical wants to try use everyone for genuepig ,