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Forum: Economy 06-15-2011, 12:33 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
And my response to Pete recognized that...

And my response to Pete recognized that risk-benefit analyses are done all the time, and should be done all the time, AND that a backstop of effective regulation is necessary to assure that society's...
Forum: Economy 06-15-2011, 12:00 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
Isn't that really an example of what happens with...

Isn't that really an example of what happens with lawsuits and not regulation? There was no regulation on asbestos back in the day, even though the big asbestos companies knew full well of the...
Forum: Politics 06-15-2011, 11:12 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 11,992
Posted By JonL
And quite literally true. And when Palin was...

And quite literally true. And when Palin was called out on it, she played the victim card like a real pro. It actually worked to rally her base. Unbelievable.
Forum: Economy 06-15-2011, 11:10 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
C'mon, airlines and aircraft manufacture and...

C'mon, airlines and aircraft manufacture and maintenance are some of the most tightly regulated businesses out there! The reason air travel is so safe isn't because of lawsuits, it's because of very...
Forum: Economy 06-15-2011, 10:16 AM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
Which is precisely why we need a backstop of...

Which is precisely why we need a backstop of regulation, inspection, and enforcement.

A company's cost/benefit analysis may not align with society's cost/benefit analysis, especially when the...
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 10:47 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
Oh boy. Here we go again. What part of what I...

Oh boy. Here we go again. What part of what I wrote said that accidents happen SOLELY because of GREEDY manufacturers? My point, and it's happened time and again, is that companies will take short...
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 10:33 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,072
Posted By JonL
You're looking through your lens again. I'm NOT...

You're looking through your lens again. I'm NOT saying that the "fix" (if there is one) involves redistribution or taking from anyone. What I am saying (and I think it is obvious) is this: (I'll lay...
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 09:24 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
Go to China! Please! Seriously, China's got...

Go to China! Please! Seriously, China's got SERIOUS problems. Don't try to hold them up as a model for what I believe in, because it AIN'T.

But, I do agree... I also "think it's a good thing to...
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 09:20 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
I never deleted anything. I never even...

I never deleted anything.

I never even HINTED at anything as absurd as "one GOVT inspector for every private enterprise."

I understand all the purist, theoretical arguments for libertarianism....
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 08:52 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,072
Posted By JonL
There you go yet AGAIN, Flacaltenn. You have a...

There you go yet AGAIN, Flacaltenn. You have a preconceived notion of what a "liberal" thinks, or what a "leftist" thinks, or what a "progressive" thinks. You have these neat little bundles in your...
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 07:49 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,072
Posted By JonL
I'm not stoking the class war fire, simply...

I'm not stoking the class war fire, simply pointing out the obvious. The working class has suffered greatly over the last decade. The wealthy class (what's left of them????) has amassed more wealth...
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 07:34 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
There you go again, Flacaltenn, making up some...

There you go again, Flacaltenn, making up some words, pretending I said them, and then getting all irate about them. Until you start making sense, I've got nothing to say.
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 05:54 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
You're welcome. I guess "my kind" saved you from...

You're welcome. I guess "my kind" saved you from working in the strip mines without an expensive respirator when you were 8.

Seriously, do you think it's a good idea to simply allow people to...
Forum: Current events 06-14-2011, 04:39 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,528
Posted By JonL
Not crazy about having spy equipment in the...

Not crazy about having spy equipment in the postal svc trucks. They should have that stuff at the post offices though. It might have saved some lives during the anthrax thing 10 years ago, and might...
Forum: Off-topic 06-14-2011, 02:44 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,434
Posted By JonL
And when I lived in Indiana it was "Hoosier...

And when I lived in Indiana it was "Hoosier Hospitality!"

In fairness, once you got up a little south of Indianapolis it was generally much better. More typically midwestern in feel.

Then they...
Forum: Off-topic 06-14-2011, 02:36 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,265
Posted By JonL
Have a great trip!

Have a great trip!
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 02:23 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,072
Posted By JonL
Class Warfare?

From Yahoo: (http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110614/bs_yblog_thelookout/workers-share-of-national-income-plummets-to-record-low)

Over the last decade, the share of U.S. national income...
Forum: Economy 06-14-2011, 02:18 PM
Replies: 135
Views: 10,513
Posted By JonL
First the general: Do you honestly believe that...

First the general: Do you honestly believe that human nature has changed over the last 100 or even 1000 years? Do you honestly believe that the horrors man has inflicted upon his own kind throughout...
Forum: Off-topic 06-14-2011, 02:01 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,434
Posted By JonL
Something we can agree upon! I was going to...

Something we can agree upon!

I was going to post something similar. I lived in southern Indiana for a while. That region, southern Indiana and Kentucky, feels southern in some ways, but I found...
Forum: Current events 06-07-2011, 09:37 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 7,844
Posted By JonL
Who cares? I don't care if he tweets his pecker...

Who cares? I don't care if he tweets his pecker to some internet sex partner. I wouldn't care if he had group sex with consenting adult transexuals in a limousine driving down Park Avenue. And I also...
Forum: Politics 06-06-2011, 03:48 PM
Replies: 121
Views: 8,246
Posted By JonL
So we are to abdicate the decisions on what...

So we are to abdicate the decisions on what weaponry is acceptable to own to the NRA? Let them set the rules? We clearly need some sensible regulation on what armaments should be allowed and what...
Forum: Politics 06-06-2011, 07:52 AM
Replies: 121
Views: 8,246
Posted By JonL
You're right. It is today's issues, and today's...

You're right. It is today's issues, and today's world that should frame the debate. If the framers could've foreseen the power and lethality of current weaponry, they may have written the amendment...
Forum: Politics 06-06-2011, 12:13 AM
Replies: 128
Views: 11,992
Posted By JonL
The press absolutely loves Palin. It has nothing...

The press absolutely loves Palin. It has nothing to do with political bias. She's the trainwreck that keeps on giving. They'd do the same to a liberal figure as well. There was plenty of debasing and...
Forum: Current events 06-06-2011, 12:03 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,104
Posted By JonL
Thank you D-Ray. People love sensationalism and...

Thank you D-Ray. People love sensationalism and love to get their chains pulled when it reinforces their world view. The "rest of the story" is almost always much more REASONable than what the...
Forum: Politics 06-05-2011, 11:57 PM
Replies: 121
Views: 8,246
Posted By JonL
Frankly, I'm tired of reading all the BS about...

Frankly, I'm tired of reading all the BS about what the wonderful founders thought and wrote as if they were themselves each gods. The most important ideal the founders built into our government and...
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