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“From the San Francisco article: "Cars always will vastly outnumber bikes, he reasons, so allotting more street space to cyclists ...”
“Ayn ax'd: >>>How much money can a homeowner reasonably expect to make from selling solar power back to the ...”
“Brian: It's not liability insurance for the homeowner so much. It's liability for damage to city property, or ...”
“Bikes are only seasonal if you treat them that way. I don't have an MU parking permit. I don ...”
“I know that. However, the grant money that funds GetAboutColumbia cannot be used for improvement to the bus system. Buses ...”
“Chuck, the grant money covers non-motorized transportation only. It can't be used for bus stops and related. Council needs ...”
“I faced this situation when I installed my first solar system about three years ago. My insurance company (Travelers) did ...”
“jacop Musa: Should you be surprised? The US is the main supporter of Israel, and many Jews and Christians look ...”
“Chuck ax'd: >>>Besides didn't somebody post awhile back that we might not have enough power to be beneficial ...”
“Infertility is virtually always on the woman's side of the aisle. The reason is that even if a man ...”
“Ayn Rand ax'd: >>>Anybody remember those four rehabs around Worley or Ash that were in the news earlier this ...”
“Chuck ax'd: >>>Then why not acquire and tear down those old falling down homes in First Ward and build ...”
“Remodeling, especially of old, neglected houses, is quite a different animal than building new. If everything is made square, plumb ...”
“Here's one possible explanation: http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/abr-a007.html DK”
“Here is a balanced discussion of reasons why Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. Homosexuality is a possibility, as was lack ...”
“Chuck, would you please answer my question? What would you do to address the problem of the chronic homeless drunks ...”
“Chuck, you say you're an expert on being homeless and unemployed because you've lived it. What should we ...”
“If someone feels that homosexual acts are immoral, then don't practice them. But let others do as they believe ...”
“Chuck sez: >>>Your views are usually always presented as a one way view that is only to be viewed through ...”
“Chuck, all you keep telling me is I'm uneducated on issues regarding homeless people (and I'm talking about ...”
“Once again, we have "been there, done that" Chuck with his authoritative pronouncements on everything. It is not necessary to ...”
“In flush times, we can try these sorts of experiments. The general idea is called "harm reduction", and it involves ...”
“Actually, the average high for January in Columbia is 40 degrees. DK”
“When you give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. If you keep giving him the fish ...”
“I think people are getting too sensitive about the whole nativity scene/winter solstice/harvest celebration stuff. Celebrate the hoidays ...”
“A lot of it appears to be arson. There's some guy that's setting vacant houses over on 4th ...”
“ray said: "The point I was trying to make was that tasers are not good electo-shock treatments for the depressed ...”
“ray shapiro sez: "I say: Does CPD get letters saying, "Thanks for tasering me. It really shocked me back into ...”
“Dear Col .Miller: I am Mr. Cor Pulent, president of the Columbia chapter of the League of All-you-can-eat Restaurant Debauchers ...”
“The article also said these (the "high-firing" ones) were some of the oldest instruments they tested. They were some of ...”
“Linda: Here is a study from 2005 that seems scholarly and free from commercial influence: http://www.theiacp.org/research ...”
“Let's fix it by letting 'em fail. They have consistently put quality and features last, and have shied away ...”
“Actually, the most common date rape drug is not GHB, or rohypnol, or any other prescription drug. It's alcohol ...”
“Shred the paper and burn it in the municipal power plant, if they can't sell it. Storing recyclable paper ...”
“I wish they would save the salt for bad storms also. But it's a liability for the city if ...”
“>>Show me some hard numbers to back up your conjectures<< Well, here's a guy that dies of carotid artery ...”
“Well, Chuck, things go wrong. People have been killed by a punch to the stomach, bursting a previously unknown aneurisym ...”
“Sorry, I thought he was. There's some sports figure that was beaten to death by police, that caused a ...”
“Come on Chuck - don't start with the real name thing again. You're not winning this one, so you ...”
“A major problem with guns is they shoot a high speed, penetrating projectile. They can go through walls, and hit ...”
“Except if you close them down, then the city loses the tax revenue from their legal sales (as well as ...”
“The reason thecity wants to keep annexing is that it increases their tax base. There is no incentive for them ...”
“I wonder how much of this involves kids that were not immunized for fear of thimerosal toxicity? DK”
“>>Since reopening in May, the theater is booked 25 days per month, on average.<< Hm... http://www.motheatre.org/calendar ...”
“I thought we were playing Oklahoma? DK”
“Tell me about it. I've long thought Pinkel was not a good coach. He's had great talent this ...”
“Peace is attainable? Good luck with that. Peace is great, but historically has been the exception rather then the rule ...”
“Dan-Dee potato chips were a staple in Cleveland when I was young. Glad to see they are still around. DK”
“Regular birth control pills can also be used as emergency contraceptives - a lot of women don't know that. http ...”
“Learned Observer sez: "There is no good reason for this road not to be 4 lanes." The reason is that ...”
“Chuck sez: "Being gay has been proven many times over by leading scientists and psychologists to be a choice of ...”
“No, I won't, Chuck, because I'm not convinced you have the emotional stability to remain calm. I see ...”
“You haven't shown what they would use instead. There are several more links I could posts here if I ...”
“You do realize that the Taser will be the preferred weapon for a CIT team, if negotiations fail? http://psychservices ...”
“Exercise is the best way to lower trigylycerides and reverse vascular disease. If the subject of Ayn's above link ...”
“Actually, the war on drugs must be working pretty well if students are left abusing antihistamines and OTC cough medicine ...”
“In a car-dependent culture like ours, the worst thing you can do to a lot of people is take away ...”
“A lot of posts in this thread have been deleted. The post you're responding to is older than Nov ...”
“Well, three is better than zero. At least they appear to have gotten the shooter. DK”
“Uh, which dollars are, Chuck? I pay SSI taxes, and my employer matches them. Ayn is self-employed, so she pays ...”
“Different guy, Ray. The guy in the Klan outfit is Marlon D. Jordan. DK”
“Of course I'm not lumping all disabilities together, Chuck. I'm just saying that perhaps we look too hard ...”
“3/4 of this country with undiagnosed disabilities of some sort? That doesn't stop the vast majority of them ...”
“I like the analysis. Americans do tend to be broke - we have all this STUFF to spend money on, and ...”
“You know, if we (me and you) had both run for First Ward council, the vote might have gotten fragmented ...”
“Probably gays are feeling more comfortable about revealing their sexuality these days. Just a comment - it is perhaps a mistake ...”
“During the week, there's a street sweeper that drives around early in the morning, but it doesn't run ...”
“If people want to punish a corporation, then they shouldn't buy their products. It's that simple. Walmart isn ...”
“Jobs are going overseas because of labor costs. If the same, or superior labor can be had in Asia for ...”
“No one says to worship them. If a company is not selling a product that is meeting a need, it ...”
“Actually, those big corporations have given everyone in this country a pretty decent standard of living (if perhaps at the ...”
“The founding fathers wanted as little government as possible. They wanted this nation to be one where people could act ...”
“I realize exactly how big the problem is. The reason bus service is not expanded is there is little new ...”
“Well, except no one subsidizes my bicycle. It costs the city nothing to let me ride on the streets. The ...”
“Actually, almost everyone drives to these things, and expanding bus hours wouldn't change that. Hardly anyone rides the bus ...”
“Look into getting a bicycle, Chuck. It's a bit more than two miles from Paquin to the ARC, and ...”
“Depends how you define "efficient". In terms of the amount of fuel used to transport goods, trains are 5-10 more ...”
“You wouldn't power the train directly with solar panels. There is a proposal here and there to build solar ...”
“The sun gives us an amount of energy. every day, that is 3000 times greater than what we use. We ...”
“I tend to think the problem is automobile dependence in the first place. Increased economy only gets us so far ...”
“Ethanol plants are closing anyway. They are very energy intensive and expensive to operate. You get very little more energy ...”
“I'm not sure what you're talking about, Chuck. Jacob was the one that suggested that Paquin could be ...”
“Nate: My analysis is a rough, order-of-magnitude estimate to answer the question "Can Paquin Tower be taken off the grid ...”
“Well, Chuck, what is it? You live there. I know the dimensions of my house. Give me the numbers, and ...”
“Jacob: Just for kicks I ran some numbers. I'm assuming Paquin is about 80 x 80 feet square, and ...”
“The high level of pedestrian traffic downtown is why it is illegal to ride on the sidewalks there. The city ...”
“All I know, Chuck, is that to put solar panels up there would add an infinitesimal load to your roof ...”
“Load capacity is not an issue with your roof. Mini-wind generators (the little 3' diameter jobs) produce 200 watts apiece ...”
“You can be happy with it if you want, because you don't think about where our energy comes from ...”
“Sorry, I don't know about the bus. I don't ride the bus because I don't need to ...”
“I didn't see the design, nor was it publicized. This whole project was not widely publicized, other than the ...”
“How often does that happen, though? Once a day? Less? Like I say, usually a cyclist taking the lane is ...”
“BTW, somebody got rooked if the Bernadette system cost $50,000. They could have used fewer, larger panels (instead of ...”
“This program is adding 10 kW of capacity to a system with a total peak load of 280 MW. It ...”
“The reason that a cyclist is riding in traffic should be to keep traffic behind him from passing him dangerously ...”
“Given that there appear to be several hundred Russian warheads missing from sites in the Ukraine and the "stans", I ...”
“The article fails to mention how effective Mutually Assured Destruction has been at preventing nuclear war since the beginning of ...”
“Actually, Americans are some of the most generous people on Earth. We gave $300 billion dollars to charity in 2006 ...”
“Chuck, I have everything I need even if I never earned a dime again in my life, and all of ...”
“Right. And by allowing them to invest (for themselves), to make even more money (a lot of which goes to ...”
“Do you understand that letting rich people invest their own money creates jobs, where confiscating and redistributing that money stifles ...”
“I did answer your question - I apologize if it wasn't clear. Upon being qualified to receive benefits from a ...”
“So how is Obama spending all this extra money on social programs going to reduce the deficit? By taxing wealthy ...”
“WHat type of SSI are these 37 million Americans on? That's one in eight! Retirement? Disability? What some people ...”
“Even if the cuts free private charities and enterprises to pick up the slack in social programs? Remeber, having wageearners ...”
“Well, Barr's website lists his views on various issues just like the other candidates do. Did you look at ...”
“T & H on Garth used to offer stuff like this too. They got to be too much of a bar ...”
“Entry points are in good shape, Chuck. Please learn to write. Can a person in a wheelchair (powered or otherwise ...”
“I'm sure most of them want more police, Chuck. I certainly do. That's not the question. If more ...”
“Park Rangers are basically police officers, Chuck. They are armed, and have full arrest powers. However, they do not have ...”
“I don't deny the need for more police. Neither does anyone else. I merely deny that building parks has ...”
“If a violent crime were happening to me or my loved ones, I'd defend myself with anything up to ...”
“We can only vote for who is running, Chuck. Writing in a candidate wastes your vote. Do not confuse complacency ...”
“Actually, the citizens aren't so worried about building all this stuff. The city is. The problem is that we ...”
“The house on Alexander is anything but a cottage, and for the area, was anything but moderately priced. It is ...”
“Actually, I think jenkem is legal (I mean, really, how do you outlaw it?). It's just not something most ...”
“I understand it was more that Prince wanted to kill McBride, and he missed. and hit Robinson. DK”
“If we don't need it, perhaps we don't need to use it. Fred is a respected researcher, and ...”
“Light rail, for a smaller city, is a huge money bleed. It hardly pays for itself in big ones with ...”
“Well, it would either be happening at Athena, or at Sapphire, or whereever else they'll go after Sapphire gets ...”
“I guess this is more fun. DK”
“Most of us don't have time to review 8-10 hours of video. You're very lucky that you do ...”
“Ever considered getting a bicycle? DK”
“No one can say for sure. It is likely there is both a natural and a man made component to ...”
“What can the school district do, other than what they are already doing? They caught the kid - this shows they ...”
“This is the first year that the MRF has broken even. From: http://columbiatribune.com/2008/jul/20080709news007.asp "[b ...”
“This ordinance may have unexpected consequences. I don't use all my blue bags, so I use them to collect ...”
“Chuck, it's not called "guilt by association" It's called "inciting a riot". Guilt by association means a person ...”
“What you're telling me is you haven't looked into alternatives. You have no idea how many residents have ...”
“Question: If you do lose the transportation part of your program, couldn't you come up with some carpooling or ...”
“Well, the containers are either going in the recycling containers or in the trash. It costs the city money to ...”
“You mean "pro-life", don't you? Would you rather Bristol have an abortion? She's a kid - she made a ...”
“I'd imagine Bristol Palin got a good bit of abstinence education. It doesn't work very well in our ...”
“This isn't the same Wilson as Wilson's Total Fitness, is it? DK”
“This is such a waste. Hydrogen is not an energy source. All hydrogen is made from something else, and almost ...”
“Neither McCain nor Obama know the full truth - Bush is far more informed on oil supply issues than either one ...”
“Our economy will improve or get worse largely independently of who we elect. Our economic problems are mainly caused by ...”
“Back in the '70s, many states lowered the drinking age to 18. It didn't work then, and it's ...”
“As long as the trail is away from the road and has few intersections, Brendon is correct. A trail (or ...”
“Bus service in Columbia is subsidized, as in many places, to the tune of $1.5 million/year. I think ...”
“We do need to decrease our consumption of oil by 30 percent. However, the comparison of what we need to ...”
“Why are they doing this at all???? Where do the police park now? Isn't there parking available in the ...”
“A windfall profits tax that will not change prices at the pump, will further discourage expensive exploration, and will be ...”
“I'll bet they weren't supposed to be using a grill on their deck... Now they know why. DK”
“I see this behavior all the time with First Student drivers in the first ward. They are allowed to drive ...”
“We will drill in unused and sensitive areas eventually, because a majority of Americans will demand the oil when we ...”
“Actually it is illegal to shoot off fireworks in the city, also. Lots of people do it, but you can ...”
“If you believe that man is causing climate change (and I believe we are at least playing a part), than ...”
“The first thing a lot of people need to do is step back and figure out their priorities. Often, what ...”
“How about adjusting to it by NOT DRIVING SO MUCH? I'll bet half the people reading this have a ...”
“The end does not justify the means. Holding terrorism suspects without regard to their rights is a violation of the ...”
“Poor guy sounded hungry. Why didn't he just knock? :-) DK”
“The market has traditionally provided sources of energy, and our elected representatives have, for the most part, assumed that it ...”
“It's not more accessible to people in an era of expensive gasoline. Downtown is accessible by bus - Stadium is ...”
“I wonder how much repellent could be bought for the cost of these sprayings? DK”
“It takes green to go green A solar water heater that will stand up to the frosts of Missouri winters ...”
“Absolutely every source of energy has it's downside. Solar panels generate a lot of pollution in their manufacture, for ...”
“I appreciate your comments Kevin, but I think you may have misconstrued one of them. If we were having blackouts ...”
“Our inactivity on this problem is because we feel like we have choices. We feel that we can choose to ...”
“Just leave it where it is!! Why can't they just restore it, and let people tour it on a ...”
“The ARC has a similar problem. The Youzeum, if it had not been able to attract enough private support when ...”
“If energy independence is a priority, many homeowners can cut a lot of fat out of their lives and pay ...”
“Israel has a greater strategic problem, and while it is long range, action to settle Palestinian issues may protect the ...”
“If you really look into it, a lot of people use credit cards very badly. Interest rates on cards are ...”
“And attorneys and judges are more qualified to determine what caused the kid's autism than doctors and scientists? For ...”
“So the current reading is three parts per billion below the standard, and the 2007 reading was three parts per ...”
“In general, we will have to make do with less in the future, because availability of our main sources of ...”
“Switchgrass, at this point, is an immature and unproven technology. Commercial ethanol from that process is years, if not decades ...”
“Few comments here. Ethanol is not similar to gasoline. There is more energy in a gallon of gasoline than in ...”
“Earth Day has been about change since it started. However, real change has been precious slow in coming. The status ...”
“Ah, but there is one thing about a car and youth... It's a lot tougher to lose your virginity ...”
“Roots n Blues should support itself - if it doesn't that;s just another example of taxpayers supporting business to ...”
“BIll and Mary: If your neighbor in the suburbs was doing a ground-up remodeling of his house, you'd have ...”
“He could make positive changes, no doubt. What he has to do is convince the bloc of voters, that will ...”
“As someone with a lot of first hand, first ward experience, I would say that by and large, these neighborhoods ...”
“As someone who has eaten a lot of leftover food, without a single instance of sickness, I'd say the ...”
“While I see why Finklestein is not a popular guy in maby circles, I also feel there is nothing to ...”
“On the campuses, pedestrians DO own the place. That's how it was set up. There are a lot more ...”
“Communities need to work with their police forces, not against them. And police need to be in the neighborhoods in ...”
“I wonder what the ratio of the value of gifts from men to women vs. that from women to men ...”
“Well said, about todays children not getting what they need from the educational process. However, parents have to get involved ...”
“One thing that surprises me about these guys. What is the reason they run on the wrong side of the ...”
“Oh, please... Can we just do without the art? This project is already so over-the-top expensive (and wasteful, as there ...”
“That's all well and good, but what we also have to be looking at is simply using less electricity ...”
“In California, people use grid tie because the power company buys power back at three times the normal rate. Here ...”
“Hopefully they'll really do it, and not just take little bits of it which are easiest to implement. DK”
“I'd like to know why it seems to cost the city $100 to spray paint a stencil on the ...”
“This is a common scenario in St. Petersburg, FL, (newlyweds and nearly deads) where I have a good bit of ...”
“I forgot about Share the Harvest. I wasn't going to go this year, (my freezer's full) but I ...”
“I've seen him work. I used to clean the grease trap at an Italian restaurant I worked at. The ...”
“This is a huge problem for older neighborhoods, and I hope they won't get tax billed for the work ...”
“Hey Mark! I know him from the 'hood. Good guy. Hauls stuff in his spare time for people. Another person ...”
“I love fall - it's perhaps my favorite season. All the good harvest produce, all the colors, college activities, etc ...”
“You wonder what the guy was doing walking into a convenience store at 2:30 am with a loaded gun ...”
“THe meeting was OK for a primer, but much more specific expertise is needed. For example, an experienced geologist and ...”
“I do some math that way (4+6 = 5+5). But isn't it just easier to spend a little ...”
“I'd like to know how the council would attract industry. The only industries America in general has been able ...”
“Developers simply have to build smaller houses. No one needs a McMansion unless they have 10 kids. 1000 sq feet ...”
“Compactors have the same problems with trash and debris that dumpsters do. I'm also not sure where they would ...”
“Since this seems to be the only venue I can do this in right now... I need to answer a ...”
“If you want to put this in: My name is Mark Foecking, and I am posting a thread on the ...”