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    Are there any cases of two mules mating and producing an offspring?
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    Are they really any worse than those sheep fuckers down under? Funny film. And pretty sad. After it ended, the next clip offered was "girls with pancakes". I like that one too.
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    They aren't getting off to a real good start with Pelosi favoring a hard lefty like Murtha over a more moderate like Steny Hoyer. Murtha is the ideal person for helping Pelosi "drain the swamp".
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    Speaking of missing the point.
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    What makes this so tough is it's a global issue, both environmental and economic. Adding to Bill's point about rising crude prices - over the last five years worldwide consumption rose 10%. In that same period the price has risen 200%. Last summer's highs were up close to 300% from 11/01.
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    I don't know. Looking at what has happened to crude prices over the last five years (which was when China joined the WTO ), there are some very compelling arguments for curbing our oil consumption and developing alternative energy sources ASAP. Saudi Arabia says they have a 100 year supply. I don't believe them. There is a huge deposit of oil shale in western Colorado that could meet all of our petroleum needs for the next century. Unfortunately, the distilling process is an environmental nightmare. Really nasty by-products. The discussion about what to do seems be driven by two extremist groups - big oil and the environmentalists. Hopefully, cooler heads will eventually drive this train. It ain't gonna fix itself.
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    Not at all. It's just that many posters frequently look for ways to misunderstand another's point or make tangential but totally irrelevant posts, instead of honestly debating an issue. Your straightforward approach is refreshing... even when I disagree with your position.
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    That's an interesting interpretation.
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    So the Isaelis didn't withdraw from thr Gaza Strip in 2005?
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    If the underlying assumption becomes invalid (i.e. "current trends" in usage), then the estimate becomes invalid. Nicely done, Wendy. You consistently bring common sense to these pissing matches. It's so much more attractive than the shallow thinking that is so frequently displayed.
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    They also have a tendency to litter their articles with supporting citations. Making assertions and backing them up goes a long way towards validating your argument. Right. An argument, which is different than giving balanced coverage of the whole story.
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    That's an interesting interpretation. A bit bizarre, but interesting, nonetheless.
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    http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/abramoff_report.html
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    You might find this interesting. I'd find it more interesting if www.fair.org didn't have a strong left-leaning bias.
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    How pedantic. Your assertion that he couldn't change his forecast at any time prior to his death seems pretty lame. I notice you didn't address his 1995 prediction.
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    You should work on your reading comprehension. You seemed to miss where I referenced "proponents of his theory". Anyhow, I wasn't aware that future predictions are only valid if you're alive when those dates pass. In 1974 Hubbert predicted the peak would come in 1995.
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    On the flip side, we have the leader of Iran encouraging hostilities, massive protests throughout Europe over a few cartoons and that unpleasantness in Sudan that's been going on for over 20 years.
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    Hubbert (and proponents of his theory) have predicted global peaks in 1989, 1995, 2000 and 2005. They seem to keep moving the goal posts.
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    Gas jumped from $1.97 to $2.09 two days after the election in Tulsa. It's up in IL and IN too. From what I've seen, prices in IL are up a penny since 11/07 and they are down about three cents in IN. Nationally, prices are up about two cents. What we're talking about is mere noise... nothing more. My previous point was directed at the conspiracy theorists, who think Exxon et al easily manipulate prices, even claiming the late Summer decline of 80 cents (at the pump) was some kind of inside job.
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    See, and now you think the world is flat... case in point. You should work on your reading comprehension.
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    Wrong. No, you're wrong. Explain why they had to knock the bottom out of the candidate pool. Have you considered it might have to do with a historical high demand for soldiers in an all-volunteer army???
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    I would have to disagree. CAMERA is quite influential and vastly more so is AIPAC. The reason that the US breaks from the rest of the world and gives Israel a free pass to do whatever they want is due primarily to the influence of AIPAC and the religious right. I found stories at Fox, CNN, Forbes, the Washington Post and MSNBC. While I do see some glaring gaps in the coverage, this story isn't being ignored in the US.
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    nu·cle·ar -or- noo'-klee-er
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    "A pool of people who largely dropouts"? Are you talking about enlistees? If so, do you have anything to back up that claim?
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    Gas jumped from $1.97 to $2.09 two days after the election in Tulsa. I saw that. Looks like a local issue. Maybe the oil companies are expecting big increase in demand in the Tulsa area.