tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post25583131374474995..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: The Dance Band on the TitanicJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-88859219194243243492007-11-01T17:03:00.000-05:002007-11-01T17:03:00.000-05:00Well, jeez, Janiece, every scale has to have a roc...Well, jeez, Janiece, every scale has to have a rock bottom minimum.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-71878294119432263852007-11-01T16:55:00.000-05:002007-11-01T16:55:00.000-05:00Um, Jim? Can I suggest that you use a higher benc...Um, Jim? Can I suggest that you use a higher benchmark for consistancy and honesty than the current administration? Seriously, dude. Don't <EM>make</EM> me use scabby comparisons here.You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-313304214980630742007-11-01T16:05:00.000-05:002007-11-01T16:05:00.000-05:00Believe me, Janiece, I understand. Some of my com...Believe me, Janiece, I understand. Some of my comments come dangerously close to hypocrisy for myself. One of the reasons I post my opinions is that people like you keep me honest. If I put the words out where people can read them, then I have think carefully about what I'm saying and be honest with myself. I don't always succeed, but I'm working on it - which at least is more than our leaders can say. So that's something anyway.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-8821529754889916892007-11-01T15:56:00.000-05:002007-11-01T15:56:00.000-05:00I understand and appreciate your point. I just do...I understand and appreciate your point. I just don't want to feel like a damn hypocrite when I'm shaking my fists at the Insane Clown Posse that runs our energy and foreign policies. Hypocriy does not become me.You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-73253640108576219462007-11-01T15:15:00.000-05:002007-11-01T15:15:00.000-05:00And I drive a GMC truck. But, like you I don't dr...And I drive a GMC truck. But, like you I don't drive it every day. It also gets 19 miles a gallon, which is pretty good for a truck. My wife drives the <I>much</I> more fuel efficient jeep (or the Mustang in the summers) into Anchorage every day.<BR/><BR/>I include myself in the statements I made in the post. And for the record, I get the Alaskan Permanent Fund Dividend each year, which ultimately comes from oil revenue. You don't see me turning that down. But then I don't hold the Oil Companies as evil villains (except were Exxon hasn't paid the fine for the Valdez spill yet, bastards), oil companies only provide what Americans demand. They get rich doing it, true, but that's neither illegal nor immoral. It's not the oil companies' fault, it's our own dammed fault for not demanding a sane and reasonable national energy policy, that includes a broad variety of sustainable domestic solutions. An aggressive energy policy, that didn't involve pumping trillions of dollars into the middle east, along with sincere and generous humanitarian support, would do more to curb terrorism than this idiotic war will ever do.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-84706438957618430402007-11-01T15:02:00.000-05:002007-11-01T15:02:00.000-05:00they should put their money where their rhetoric i...<EM>they should put their money where their rhetoric is.</EM><BR/><BR/>Surely you jest. <EM>That's</EM> not The American Way. <BR/><BR/>Disclaimers: <BR/><BR/>I own some Exxon-Mobil stock. I also own some Distributed Energy Systems stock. I drive a very small SUV (CRV). I also work from home full-time. It's never as simple as it seems...You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-63352967958216972422007-11-01T14:51:00.000-05:002007-11-01T14:51:00.000-05:00Agreed. Though I think that the tax should be tie...Agreed. Though I think that the tax should be tied to the gas pump, if Americans want to get of the Middle East, they should put their money where their rhetoric is.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56420293235036478442007-11-01T14:49:00.000-05:002007-11-01T14:49:00.000-05:00Suggested Addendum to Number 5:Impose a "war tax" ...Suggested Addendum to Number 5:<BR/><BR/>Impose a "war tax" on <EM>all</EM> Americans to pay for the debacle, including corporations and non-profits. No one will be exempt, and it should be a flat tax - some fraction of a percent of earnings. Do not rescind the tax until we're <EM>out</EM> of Iraq. For <EM>good.</EM><BR/><BR/>See, Jim, I'm just as idealistic and Pollyannaish as you. Must be contagious.You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.com