tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.comments2023-12-28T12:19:49.596-05:00Backstage w/Supak: organic, progressive, environmentalistScott Supakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-13412100459802980342023-12-28T12:19:49.596-05:002023-12-28T12:19:49.596-05:00Pat lost the bet. AFAIK, he never paid. Then he di...Pat lost the bet. AFAIK, he never paid. Then he died.<br /><br />What a shocker. A science denier welched on a science bet he lost. <br /><br />JD (above, who is known as Wilfred et al at Predictit) disappeared because in all our arguments here, or on twitter, or at Predictit, I owned his willfully stupid ass. My favorite was when he put up a web page that he said had 300 peer-reviewed studies that disputed global warming and I randomly sampled 20 of them that weren't reviewed and then found someone had gone through them all and not one of them was. Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-90997687192180607342015-02-03T19:39:33.674-05:002015-02-03T19:39:33.674-05:00"I’ve had every kinda rotten job you can imag..."I’ve had every kinda rotten job you can imagine ..."<br /><br />He worked his way up to his worst job ... Obamacare repealer.<br /><br />But they have tried 56 times now and still haven;t got it done.Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629960642482064127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-3404094583622153832014-11-26T20:14:30.072-05:002014-11-26T20:14:30.072-05:00Brian & Rockits actually formed their group an...Brian & Rockits actually formed their group and hone their skills at the Rock Corporation in Van Nuys. They were the house band for almost three years playing with the likes of Van Halen and other rising stars of that era, Brian was one of the hottest performers to grace the ROCK and was envied by many guitarist of those times. May he rest in peace, I was there on the greens with him that day, with Cory his son. He will & is missed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16922267090504756061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-79685506690565230072014-06-20T13:18:23.951-04:002014-06-20T13:18:23.951-04:00Best of luck with the new venture!!
Regards,
Fre...Best of luck with the new venture!! <br />Regards,<br />Freshana Organic Solutions Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10628247483408891866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-51328783177758965902014-05-25T01:03:27.266-04:002014-05-25T01:03:27.266-04:00I was- long time personal friend of mark I even ta...I was- long time personal friend of mark I even talked to him everyday I even saw him in the hospital before he died and miss him to this day bartman818https://www.blogger.com/profile/08389218732088132438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-40861894183341048812014-03-03T18:54:50.134-05:002014-03-03T18:54:50.134-05:00"fallacy of your bet"
What an odd conce..."fallacy of your bet"<br /><br />What an odd concept. First of all, the bet with Pat Michaels isn't my bet. It's his. He said it was a "good bet" there would be no warming for 25 years. All I did was ask how much and offer the same bet to other deniers of basic science. If only I could bet on evolution...<br /><br />But you consider a bet on future global temperatures fallacious, which is just silly. Your point seems to be that whether the planet gets warm or not isn't as important as whether mankind will be better off for it, or at least be able to adapt to it. This seems to suggest that you think the warming is real, ergo your unwillingness to bet on it.<br /><br />But your counter offer is also bullshit. Ocean acidification is already happening. Pests and diseases are moving north. Soil tilth has been ruined by years of industrial/chemical farming. Fracking is sucking up what little is left of water in areas that are becoming more arid. Not only will we not be able to adapt to these self inflicted wounds, but the carnage will, of course, affect the poor more.<br /><br />But if a bet can be said to be fallacious, it is yours that really takes the cake. See, the way I see it, the poor will be the most affected. This is also the way every study on the subject has seen it, including the famous Pentagon study.<br /><br />For that reason, a great many poor people will be dying way before their time due to the continued rape and pillaging of the commons. Less poor people will, of course, mean a smaller percent of the world's population will be poor in the future (unless the affluent break the pattern of lower birth rates among the affluent).<br /><br />This won't be because fossil fuel techno apologists found ways for them to cope with collapsing ecosystems on which they depend; it will be because we killed so many of them.<br /><br />So since you won't bet on whether the warming is real or not, you can take your theoretical rapid free-market adaptation to warming on behalf of people who cannot afford to pay for the "solutions" and shove it.<br />Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-56814644233796772302014-03-03T14:34:28.599-05:002014-03-03T14:34:28.599-05:00 JD Ohio says:
March 1, 2014 at 11:58 AM
Scott,... JD Ohio says: <br />March 1, 2014 at 11:58 AM <br /><br />Scott, I am willing to make a bet they will expose the fallacy of your bet. I will bet you that at any point 25 through 100 years from now (you choose the length) that a smaller percentage of people will be living in extreme poverty (if we can find another objective definition of poverty that is fine by me) than are living in it now. The fallacy of your bet is that it assumes that if there is a substantial rise in temperatures that it will cause harm to people.<br /><br />Your assumption is wrong for two reasons. 1. Technology is advancing so rapidly that by the time that any large rises in temperature could occur, it will be a trivial exercise to manage the increase and potentially CO2. 2. Even assuming that there are no direct ways to manage warming, people will find a way to adapt.<br /><br />Please note that my focus is on PEOPLE, not what you would consider to be proxies for things that could harm people, such as temperature rises, species extinction, acidification of the ocean et cet. Hansen evoked the Nazi death trains in his ridiculous scaremongering with respect to potential rising temperatures. So, let’s join the real issue– which is whether people will be harmed.<br /><br />I will warn you ahead of time that this is sucker bet in my favor. Malthus has always been proven wrong because he did not understand technological innovation or the human capacity for adaption. Please let me know whether you are willing to put your money where your mouth is on an issue that really matters.<br /><br />JDJDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02051422944708627534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-38655840410525976622013-09-21T15:07:07.675-04:002013-09-21T15:07:07.675-04:00I don't want to trick anyone into anything. I ...I don't want to trick anyone into anything. I want to use fair methods, because while I may not be a scientist, I can most certainly follow a debate, and I know who won this one.<br /><br />I can also spot a good value proposition.<br /><br />For instance, as Tamino noted today, we can pick a 15 year period where the trend was much higher, and "skeptics" said it was natural variability. We have a 15 year trend below average, but now it must be the models that are wrong.<br /><br />This kind of disingenuousness from a debater is a sign of bluffing. It's a tell. They don't really believe their own BS. But I'll give Pat his due. He put his money where his mouth is (well, he publicly promised to do so, we'll see if he pays up). I called what I thought was a bluff. We'll see how his hand plays.<br /><br />For the record, if anyone else wants to make public bets, I prefer Intrade type prediction markets where we can buy and sell shares on whether that prediction will happen or not.<br /><br />In fact, if some rich person was paying attention, they could start a new Intrade right now in NJ, NV, or DE, b/c the Obama DoJ has said they won't mess with their new online gambling laws.<br />Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-79787939118908663382013-09-20T15:04:50.530-04:002013-09-20T15:04:50.530-04:00The bet with Spencer is clear provided you have ag...The bet with Spencer is <i>clear</i> provided you have agreed on the observations data set. The bet with Michaels is <i>not</i> clear. You need to agree on a method for estimating ±95%. There is consensus on the method. Note that Roy wrote "But <i>maybe Pat has a better method of computing the statistical significance than I do</i>…I’ll let Pat and Scott work that out." <br /><br />Pat used a method in the post here:http://www.cato.org/blog/ipcc-pretty-much-dead-wrong<br /><br />That only goes to 15 year. but the method could be used to compute 25 years uncertainty intervals for the purpose of betting. A similar method could be applied to AR5 models and so on. You would then uses roughly 1.96* standard deviation on that graph for the 95% confidence intervals. <br /><br />I haven't computed the odds on this bet for any choice of confidence intervals. But you need to specify the method. If I were betting, you'd be dang sure I'd compute the uncertainty intervals various different ways and figure the odds. But it's not my bet. That said my guess:<br /><br />To improve his odds, Pat should bet using uncertainty intervals he uses when submitting his articles. That is the ones at http://www.cato.org/blog/ipcc-pretty-much-dead-wrong <br /><br />To improve your odds, you should propose using 'red noise' over the period of the bet which is what Monckton usees here: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/06/13/no-significant-warming-for-17-years-4-months/ <br /><br />Most likely, unless a volcano erupts Monckton's error bars will be tighter than the ones in Michaels papers and will favor you. I will, of course advise Pat to stick to the ones he's used in his papers. Though, I don't correspond with him frequently, and so you might get in touch with him before he learns of my advice and manage to trick him into picking error bars he doesn't generally use. <br /><br />FWIW: I have no idea why Pat would switch to using "Moncktonian" intervals instead of the ones he usually uses when interviewed on the radio. But if you manage to trick him into using Monckton error bars that will likely improve the odd for you.<br /><br /><br /><br />luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12342621789338198739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-19505169646640489822013-09-20T12:47:04.286-04:002013-09-20T12:47:04.286-04:00Bet with Pat Michaels:
Dr. Michaels is betting on...Bet with Pat Michaels:<br /><br />Dr. Michaels is betting on no statistically significant warming (at the 95% confidence level) in the HadCRUTx data for the 25 year period starting in 1997. Scott is betting on at least that much warming.<br /><br />Potential bet with Dr. Spencer:<br /><br />I’m also in discussions with Scott over betting on a trend that would be 1 standard deviation below the average model warming, which would be +0.162 deg. C/decade for 1997-2021, compared to the 90-model average of +0.226 deg. C/decade.<br /><br /><br />So, which bet do you mean? With the bet with Michaels, we're only worried about whether the warming in HadCRUT4 is statistically significant (p < 5).<br /><br />If you mean the potential bet with Spencer, let me know which one is best?Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-82030227872908192832013-09-20T11:04:35.452-04:002013-09-20T11:04:35.452-04:00I'm curious about this bet as it seem ambiguou...I'm curious about this bet as it seem ambiguous.<br /><br />How will the standard deviation be computed? Will it be computed using "red noise"? Some other ARIMA model? Or will it be computed using the variability across model runs (as in Fyfe, Easterling and Wehrner etc.)?<br /><br />As the latter seems required for papers discussing whether the difference between model projections and observations is statistically significant, it seems to me that's become the standard definition of standard deviation for the purposes of deeming a trend statistically significant. luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12342621789338198739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-1984584894329712942013-09-19T14:43:58.067-04:002013-09-19T14:43:58.067-04:00good for you, mr. supak!! people who only blog or...<i><b>good for you, mr. supak!!</b></i> <br>people who only blog or post memes all day just talk but don't do the walk. rfcNOLAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361233053586329551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-79287725480207958472013-08-03T22:42:37.045-04:002013-08-03T22:42:37.045-04:00It is strange to be sure that business-and-economy...It is strange to be sure that business-and-economy obsessed wingers are also the poor folks who know absolutely nothing about business or the economy. How is it you can spend all your time thinking about something yet never understand anything about it? It mystifies.<br /><br />My Brother The Republican is a financial 'expert,' fer instance. He's been telling his well-off clients that they're now paying as much as 80% of their income in taxes. When I grilled him about the particulars of our graduated income tax system, he was totally confused. He thought that the highest income tax rate of 39.6% meant that rich people pay 39.6% of their yearly income. When I told him the top income tax rate after WWII was 90%, he practically had to pull the car over. He's a millionaire, of course.tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099427838886575466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-20056304513749092352013-04-22T09:13:37.256-04:002013-04-22T09:13:37.256-04:00Please go to either Google Earth or Yahoo Maps, an...Please go to either Google Earth or Yahoo Maps, and put in the address below. See for yourself how the town encroached the new high school on Reagan St is only separated city park, and a New housing addition is across the street for the school. You can tell by the railroad siding and business buildings that Adair Grain Inc, has been there a number of years, and there is sure more distance from these housing areas and schools than it is right here in my town, with no blast walls selling the very same products in the same amounts if not more.<br />But look at the lay out, and realize that this company has been selling the same amount or more of bulk Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer and very little 100 lb bags for years, They probably also sell bulk off road diesel, and maybe propane (there are great amount of tanks) on site, separated so some high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia Tanks (I can recognize those) for sure, what is stored in the others? Diesel?<br />So let us recap: Off road diesel, both Ammonium Nitrate and Anhydrous Ammonia maybe propane and other chemicals. For a fact the company was there selling these products for years, and a blast wall over that much area is impractical and maybe problems with the railroad, I dealt with railroads before. 270 tons of is about a week or two during planting season, and If my calculations are right that covers less than 2250 acres, and needs to be on hand for demand due to weather. Also with the lack of breathing problems immediately after the blast, I am thinking it was one of the high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia tanks because the explosion would burn the Ammonia instantly leaving no breathing problems. A lightening strike could have ruptured high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia or even one of the tall grain storage bins as the initial fire and the fire could have ruptured high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia tanks. The investigators, are working their way from the light area into the center. Pinpointing the ground zero will give answers. I am keeping track to see how good I guesstimated. Then I can say I TOLD YOU SO! <br />SO LET’S RECAP:<br />This is your typical farming Small Business, but the employer did not do anything that isn’t being done in 9,000 plus farming communities nation wide. I think three of the employees lost was lost as volunteer firefighters. I feel a sadness for the town, Four years ago I almost lost a nephew volunteer firefighter and superintendent of schools in Texas, when a roof collapsed fighting a fire. When the dust clears, I thing they will find lightening being the case (storms were reported). By the way 270 tons is less than 9 semi loads and it is planting season. Hardly 4 days bulk supply in a predominately farming community. MAYBE SOME IN THE RETIREMENT HOME DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE, but again giving the location, most of the retirees could have been farmers. <br /><br />BY THE WAY I am from Texas. It has been 12 years since I have stopped in West, TX, but it is you typical Farming Community, just like the town I live in now. I was a Tramp Lineman 47 years, and to get off the road, the wife (she was a heavy equipment operator before law enforcement and then police chief) and I would quit and we would drive a grain hauler for a friend of mine, so I could be home more often and on weekends. A full sized semi with 400 gal diesel tanks and grain hopper weights less than 30,000 lbs. I HOLD A Kansas, CDL with X endorsement, which includes, HazMat, Tanker, and doubles. Now that you know my qualifications, please respect my response. My house was built in 1912, and two blocks away was the old railroad (1881-1994) The Co-Op is spread out 5 blocks and keeps both Anhydrous Ammonia & Ammonium nitrate fertilizer along with storage tanks of Off Road Diesel, along with all that are other various chemicals storage binds of grains (all grain dust is explosive). No blast walls, homes within 300 ft, and has been so for 70 years.<br /><br /><br />stevebatts24https://www.blogger.com/profile/05916215400975866270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-47494614125895200712013-04-22T09:11:57.334-04:002013-04-22T09:11:57.334-04:00Please go to either Google Earth or Yahoo Maps, an...Please go to either Google Earth or Yahoo Maps, and put in the address below. See for yourself how the town encroached the new high school on Reagan St is only separated city park, and a New housing addition is across the street for the school. You can tell by the railroad siding and business buildings that Adair Grain Inc, has been there a number of years, and there is sure more distance from these housing areas and schools than it is right here in my town, with no blast walls selling the very same products in the same amounts if not more.<br />But look at the lay out, and realize that this company has been selling the same amount or more of bulk Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer and very little 100 lb bags for years, They probably also sell bulk off road diesel, and maybe propane (there are great amount of tanks) on site, separated so some high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia Tanks (I can recognize those) for sure, what is stored in the others? Diesel?<br />So let us recap: Off road diesel, both Ammonium Nitrate and Anhydrous Ammonia maybe propane and other chemicals. For a fact the company was there selling these products for years, and a blast wall over that much area is impractical and maybe problems with the railroad, I dealt with railroads before. 270 tons of is about a week or two during planting season, and If my calculations are right that covers less than 2250 acres, and needs to be on hand for demand due to weather. Also with the lack of breathing problems immediately after the blast, I am thinking it was one of the high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia tanks because the explosion would burn the Ammonia instantly leaving no breathing problems. A lightening strike could have ruptured high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia or even one of the tall grain storage bins as the initial fire and the fire could have ruptured high pressure Anhydrous Ammonia tanks. The investigators, are working their way from the light area into the center. Pinpointing the ground zero will give answers. I am keeping track to see how good I guesstimated. Then I can say I TOLD YOU SO! <br />SO LET’S RECAP:<br />This is your typical farming Small Business, but the employer did not do anything that isn’t being done in 9,000 plus farming communities nation wide. I think three of the employees lost was lost as volunteer firefighters. I feel a sadness for the town, Four years ago I almost lost a nephew volunteer firefighter and superintendent of schools in Texas, when a roof collapsed fighting a fire. When the dust clears, I thing they will find lightening being the case (storms were reported). By the way 270 tons is less than 9 semi loads and it is planting season. Hardly 4 days bulk supply in a predominately farming community. MAYBE SOME IN THE RETIREMENT HOME DIDN’T HAVE A CLUE, but again giving the location, most of the retirees could have been farmers. <br /><br />BY THE WAY I am from Texas. It has been 12 years since I have stopped in West, TX, but it is you typical Farming Community, just like the town I live in now. I was a Tramp Lineman 47 years, and to get off the road, the wife (she was a heavy equipment operator before law enforcement and then police chief) and I would quit and we would drive a grain hauler for a friend of mine, so I could be home more often and on weekends. A full sized semi with 400 gal diesel tanks and grain hopper weights less than 30,000 lbs. I HOLD A Kansas, CDL with X endorsement, which includes, HazMat, Tanker, and doubles. Now that you know my qualifications, please respect my response. My house was built in 1912, and two blocks away was the old railroad (1881-1994) The Co-Op is spread out 5 blocks and keeps both Anhydrous Ammonia & Ammonium nitrate fertilizer along with storage tanks of Off Road Diesel, along with all that are other various chemicals storage binds of grains (all grain dust is explosive). No blast walls, homes within 300 ft, and has been so for 70 years.<br /><br /><br />stevebatts24https://www.blogger.com/profile/05916215400975866270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-82547176308135956132013-03-26T19:01:56.919-04:002013-03-26T19:01:56.919-04:00My tweet:
@conor64 laments half of country hating...My tweet:<br /><br />@conor64 laments half of country hating the other half. #GOP approval = 33% | disaproval = 58%.<br /><br />https://twitter.com/ssupak/status/316671361986732032<br /><br />Conor answers:<br /><br />@ssupak Actually I explicitly say that half the country doesn't in fact hate the other half.<br /><br />Here's Conor, being "explicit":<br /><br />"...it's a mistake to conceive of the problem as halves of the country pitted against one another, because I think and hope that many more Americans are uncomfortable with the attitude Bunch describes than embrace it."<br /><br />Given that the attitude Bunch describes is "visceral" hatred, I'd say Connor deserves a nod here. He did, indeed, "think and hope" that most Americans don't viscerally hate each other. Duh. The <i>point is</i> that Conor seems to be arguing that they don't really hate each other, a lot of people are just politicized. But this leaves the whole idea of "halves" out of it. Which is my point in that one tweet. It's not halves who hate, or dislike, or disapprove of each other. It is a large and growing majority of Americans who are sick and tired of the people who lied us into one disaster after another, refuse to apologize, and now obstruct and obfuscate on every action, or even proposals of possible actions, to fix the problems they created.<br /><br />For example, a recent poll showed more than 90% of Americans support full universal background checks for gun purchasers, and it won't get done.Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-14847609564744379532013-01-30T19:42:53.413-05:002013-01-30T19:42:53.413-05:00And we have a winner! A GOP Senator (!) steps up t...And we have a winner! A GOP Senator (!) steps up to the plate!<br /><br />"I think video games is a bigger problem than guns, because video games affect people." -- Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-78480333745777978202012-02-23T14:00:55.575-05:002012-02-23T14:00:55.575-05:00You assume that abortion is murder. It is not. An...You assume that abortion is murder. It is not. And taking the feeding tube out of what was left of Terry Schiavo wasn't murder either. She was already dead.<br /><br />States do not have the right to infringe on federal rights. Even Judge Napolitano has said that the 14th amendment says that. The Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade and Griswold v. Connecticut, said the constitution gives a right to privacy. No state can take that away.Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-55533995305030797812012-02-22T16:10:23.713-05:002012-02-22T16:10:23.713-05:00Lets not forget that "murder" is largely...Lets not forget that "murder" is largely a state issue and that states have the right to decide what exactly defines murder. I'd hardly call his view inconsistent.<br /><br />Personally, I'm all for abortion, but its a state, not federal, issue.Justin Happhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686545365898946291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-37038125825550576572011-12-08T11:20:27.727-05:002011-12-08T11:20:27.727-05:00Dave, I think we could be in another depression an...Dave, I think we could be in another depression and this nation won't elect Newt Gingrich. Obama's personal likeables are in the 70s. <br /><br />As for this:<br /><br />"If a foreign national sets a bomb off with significant effect, Obama loses."<br /><br />Well, 19 mostly Saudis set off 4 bombs with wings and Bush got re-elected, so...Scott Supakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529312586679833360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-54418210973866618822011-12-07T17:08:44.099-05:002011-12-07T17:08:44.099-05:00I think there's something to what you say, but...I think there's something to what you say, but let me point out that the current freak show that is the GOP field results from the firm preferences of 25% of the electorate....<br /><br />the same 25% that flipped the House in '10.<br /><br />If this economy is sufficiently bad, Obama loses. <br /><br />If Obama suffers a scandal, Obama loses.(My Heart tells me there won't be a scandal because Obama's clean. My Brain reminds me he's a politician). <br /><br />If a foreign national sets a bomb off with significant effect, Obama loses.<br /><br />I won't feel good about anything, until August. I don't even trust the polls before then, except as a snapshot of an electorate that isn't even paying attention yet.<br /><br />It's early.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988592827792100511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-12534680162270639382011-11-15T12:17:32.820-05:002011-11-15T12:17:32.820-05:00Well, Scott, I’m glad to have stimulated your resp...Well, Scott, I’m glad to have stimulated your response though you kinda brought in some stuff other than what I wrote. Reading it over there are two points of direct response 1) Term limits are a problem because there are some people in Congress who are good and should be allowed to serve as long as they get reelected. 2) “The reason the Tea Party and the Occupy Movement won't work together is that they agree on basically nothing.”<br /><br />My piece was written from an optimistic point of view meant to provoke thought. My last sentence, however, began “Cynic that I am I doubt this will happen…” You are supporting my cynical point. The reason you give for not liking term limits is valid and one that I have thought about and, I think, come up with a possible solution which I’ll put on my web site. The Maine legislature, by the way, has had term limits for long enough to have termed out two legislatures from my district, one of whom has now gone back in. It also termed out Chellie Pingree who has gone on to become our Representative in Congress.Morthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216972050112626988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-16753467870129921012011-09-23T14:39:58.584-04:002011-09-23T14:39:58.584-04:00Great post! The so called "Job Creators"...Great post! The so called "Job Creators" who are supposed to be trickling down their wealth upon us, have will not even create jobs: as their title suggests. They certainly will not involve themselves in something as risky as providing people with shelter: even if it does seem like the right thing to do. <br />I am pleased to see the phrasing "The rent is too damn high". I always thought that it was a valuable message concerning the plight of the people who are uninsured. Unfortunately, it was quickly turned into a joke and dismissed.J.D. Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520797060520295318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-47697829292281075822011-08-17T12:45:04.249-04:002011-08-17T12:45:04.249-04:00Excellent, amusing and intelligent post! I am a ne...Excellent, amusing and intelligent post! I am a new follower of your blog. Ponies and glitter!carbonchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043553085661392505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3104306.post-54332388319481458842011-08-17T12:44:21.859-04:002011-08-17T12:44:21.859-04:00Excellent, funny post! I am a new follower of your...Excellent, funny post! I am a new follower of your blog.carbonchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18043553085661392505noreply@blogger.com