Displaying 241 To 270 Of 322 Comments You are absolutely correct. Both Norway and the UK have expertise drilling for oil in the North Sea, one of the most hostile environments for producing oil in the world. And BP has obviously not brought in the experts. They screwed up in the first place by trying to rush the production of the well and caused the deaths of 11 people. Then they dragged their feet spinning their PR that they were the only company with the expertise to stop the blowout. What nonsense. » Posted By dildenusa On May 25, 2010 @ 7:58 pm Sorry, I wanted to put my comment here. I am a Vietnam Veteran and I appreciate what you are doing for active duty, reserve, and military veterans. » Posted By dildenusa On May 24, 2010 @ 6:37 pm I am a Vietnam Veteran and I appreciate what you are doing for active duty, reserve, and military veterans. » Posted By dildenusa On May 24, 2010 @ 6:36 pm The Power of Intermittent Fanning If Rand Paul and his tea bag partying hordes ever gain control in Washington,DC we will need to learn “Farmville” for real. It won’t be a virtual game. It will be for survival. » Posted By dildenusa On May 22, 2010 @ 1:04 pm Well, hopefully when the temperature in the summertime is 115 and half of that water evaporates, it will return as ice to the arctic. » Posted By dildenusa On May 22, 2010 @ 12:59 pm Being a tired technician (retired technicians are just tired twice) I’m not up on all this psychobabble although I do know when someone is being manipulative. And it seems to me that Huff Post is one of the most manipulative message boards I’ve seen. I really like the part about » Posted By dildenusa On May 22, 2010 @ 9:54 am Masters of Illusion and Intolerance Here’s a real good one from Huff post. » Posted By dildenusa On May 20, 2010 @ 6:30 pm I’ll remember this every time I turn on my computer and my router. » Posted By dildenusa On May 18, 2010 @ 10:08 am Until I read this post I didn’t know who S. E. Cupp is I suggest reading “The Cosmic Landscape” by Leonard Susskind » Posted By dildenusa On May 18, 2010 @ 8:44 am Most People who believe on faith that God is a hairy old white man who lives in the sky are decent people. It’s the same with any group based on belief. The bad apples can be in any belief group. But one bad apple spoils the whole barrel. Take for instance the people who manage BP or the managers of mining companies. Most of them are probably people one would consider decent. But their view of reality is skewed by their beliefs and attitude that people who do the grunt work in those kinds of jobs are expendable because profit is more important than people. And they will quote chapter and verse from the Bible to defend their attitudes and beliefs. The truth is it doesn’t have to be this way. » Posted By dildenusa On May 17, 2010 @ 10:00 am Rude, Crude, and Dangerous To Know Well now, Who would have thought this was possible? » Posted By dildenusa On May 20, 2010 @ 6:27 pm From the Random House College Dictionary. Entropy – So the BP engineers will tell us that the oil spewing from the broken pipe in the Gulf of Mexico is a random event based on probability and that by sucking the oil into a tanker they are lowering the entropy of the system. Reality however is a bit different. To the executives at BP it’s spin and public relations. » Posted By dildenusa On May 17, 2010 @ 10:12 am (what was the name of that movie?) I think it was “A Field of Their Own.” but not sure. Government always works better when there are checks on the party in power. And this is much more critical at the state and local level. » Posted By dildenusa On May 17, 2010 @ 6:01 pm Capitalism: A Good Kid Gone Bad “Can anyone tell me that it is one hundred percent established that religion has caused more death and pain than technology?” Probably not. But it is certain that values and beliefs like theological exceptionalism, nationalism, militarism, imperialism, etc. along with misuse of technology has caused untold suffering. » Posted By dildenusa On May 12, 2010 @ 9:24 am “Capitalism is a fraud.” I think this requires a little more descriptive language as to the true nature of capitalism. Unbridled, unfettered, unregulated capitalism is a fraud. It has nothing but the goal of exploitation and enslavement of masses of workers for the profit and enjoyment of a few. Even Adam Smith described capitalism as a partnership between government, labor, and business owners. So now the question is, what went wrong? I think the answer is straight forward. Extreme economic policy doesn’t work. Whether socialist or capitalist. Why? Because extreme economic policy breeds cheating, deviousness, and dishonesty. And as members of society we followed false prophets who turned economic policy into a cult. » Posted By dildenusa On May 12, 2010 @ 9:07 am Help Me! Help Me! I’m in Dire Straits.
» Posted By dildenusa On May 7, 2010 @ 5:29 pm Sorry I don’t know how to embed. One day I’ll learn. I thought everyone missed Tho Who then I noticed someone made a comment on Reign On Me. How about Baba O’Reily. httpsh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNeVHv3Mlg » Posted By dildenusa On May 7, 2010 @ 5:20 pm General Election 2010 – Results and Aftermath Live Blog Here in the US the mainstream media likes to say “politics makes strange bed fellows.” I’ll assume it’s like that in the UK also. Here in Arizona there is a special election on may 18 to raise the state sales tax a penny to 6.5 cents. And many cities are already allowed to add to that. So I pay around 7.5 cents sales tax now on every dollar I spend but not for food. So if the sales tax increase passes I will pay around 8.5 cents sales tax on every dollar. I have already decided I will vote Yes. What the legislature should really be doing is changing the sales tax laws to lower the sales tax but tax services like auto repair, hair and beauty salons, etc. which are not taxed now under the sales tax laws. The Chamber of Commerce doesn’t like taxing services. So the most conservative business organization is all for using consumers as a cash cow. Notice at the bottom of the Yes on 100 web site that major funding was from the state Chamber of Commerce. » Posted By dildenusa On May 7, 2010 @ 8:41 am The Birthplace of Democracy in Ruins I wasn’t aware of the importance of Constantinople in the medieval world but now when I think about I realize that the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church and it’s control of European politics probably had the opposite effect on the Greek Church. And the sacking of Rome in 410 CE by the Germanic tribes pushed the center of the empire eastward keeping the Roman Church at bay. I believe that the feudal age ended and the early beginnings of the renaissance was around 1349 with the first of many outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague in Europe. Also the schism in the Roman Church at this time contributed to the collapse of society. The social order broke down and wasn’t restored until the power of the Roman Chuch was broken after the Hundred Years War and the rise of nation states such as England, France, and Spain. Also the growth of the Protestants contributed to the Renaissance. » Posted By dildenusa On May 5, 2010 @ 7:55 pm The corruption that has plagued countries like Greece, Spain, and Portugal is rampant in all modern nation states. It isn’t limited to Africa, Asia, or Southern Europe. It exists here in the US also. The US got a free ride after World War 2 by positioning itself as the “rescuer.” The truth is much more subtle. If it wasn’t for Franklin Roosevelt, the US in the 1930’s would be having the same problems as Greece is having today. » Posted By dildenusa On May 5, 2010 @ 5:18 pm Excellent post. Not only is Greece the birthplace of Democracy, it is the birthplace of everything cultural and scientific that we hold as a hallmark of civilized society. Almost 2,000 years before Copernicus and Galileo they knew the Earth moved around the Sun, they calculated the distance of the Earth to the Sun, and the radius and circumference of the Earth. Now, instead of moving forward we have regressed by handing over power to the new Gods of the Pantheon of Banking and Commerce. These Gods have twisted the logic of Adam Smith upside for their own selfish gain, leaving society burning. » Posted By dildenusa On May 5, 2010 @ 5:07 pm Low Blows and Old White People Would someone please tell this man that we already live in a hell created by the Goldman – Sachs of the world and that the Sky isn’t heaven and that God is not a hairy old white man. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36986481/ns/us_news-life/ » Posted By dildenusa On May 6, 2010 @ 9:32 am The sheep dip just keeps on coming. Watch out, hypocrit on the loose. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/05/gulf-oil-spill-palin-camp_n_564407.html Not only that, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Palin#Career Where does it end? » Posted By dildenusa On May 5, 2010 @ 5:29 pm What the mainstream news outlets are not telling us is that all of the easily available light crude oil has been found and exploited. Now the oil companies are going after heavier crude in less accessible areas of the world. The refineries have to be modified to process this heavy crude so the wells are drilled and capped. It’s obvious that technology has to be brought up to date if these crude oil sources are going to be exploited. Otherwise the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is the tip of the iceberg. » Posted By dildenusa On May 5, 2010 @ 8:44 am The “law and order” Wyatt Earp mentality of the Arizona immigration law is nothing but feel good legislation so the republican controled state legislature can say they are doing something to stop the flow of illegal workers, guns, and drugs. The truth is a little more 5th, 6th, or 7th dimensional. Until the Mexican Federal police and the FBI go after the human smugglers and narco-trafficers nothing much will happen except that a lot of decent law abiding citizens will be harassed by law enforcement in Arizona. http://www.newsweek.com/id/237196 » Posted By dildenusa On May 3, 2010 @ 9:16 am If you didn’t think things in Arizona could get any more whacko, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/03/20100503arpaio-run-for-governor-announcement.html » Posted By dildenusa On May 3, 2010 @ 8:56 am Chuck E. Cheese Meets Huffington Post Oh Darn It! I’m not eligible for a badge. I don’t do facebook. » Posted By dildenusa On April 30, 2010 @ 8:28 am Main article: Stinking badges Gold Hat (Alfonso Bedoya): “We are Federales… you know, the mounted police.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treasure_of_the_Sierra_Madre_(film) » Posted By dildenusa On April 28, 2010 @ 6:19 pm How ignorant do you want to get? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/28/arizona-tea-boycott-new-y_n_556249.html » Posted By dildenusa On April 28, 2010 @ 6:04 pm Wait a minute. Now I live in Arizona and I admit there are some very ignorant people here. And most of the ignorant people are the ones who wanted cheap land and cheap houses. And how were those cheap houses built? Why, with cheap, illegal, immigrant, Mexican labor. But when the real estate market came crashing down, the most ignorant of the ignorant looked around and said, “where did all the cheap, illegal, immigrant, Mexican labor come from?” Duuuuuuuuuuhhh! Mexico. » Posted By dildenusa On April 28, 2010 @ 5:54 pmComments Posted By dildenusa
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-giberson-phd/intelligent-designs-coffi_b_577390.html
I couldn’t resist making a comment there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._E._Cupp
and I really don’t care since people who believe that God is a hairy old white man who lives in the sky don’t float my boat. I am not an atheist and wouldn’t have anything to do with Richard Dawkins either. Theologically I align with the Deist and Pantheist beliefs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Susskind
Whether you are an atheist or a theist, the Anthropic Principle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle
is a better starting point for rational discussion about belief rather than whether or not God is a hairy old white man who lives in the sky.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/20/gulf.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T2
1. A measure of the amount of energy unavailable for work during a natural process.
2. Measure of probability of distribution in a closed system, measure of randomness.
3. hypothesized tendency toward uniform inertness.
The film is the origin of a famous line, often misquoted as “We don’t need no stinking badges!” (homaged in Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles, also a Warner Bros. film). The correct dialogue is:
Dobbs (Bogart): “If you’re the police, where are your badges?”
Gold Hat (Bedoya): “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!”
In 2005, the quotation was chosen as #36 on the American Film Institute list, AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movie Quotes.
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