Congress allowed a prohibition on offshore drilling to expire in 2008 and former President George W. Bush lifted a drilling moratorium that year. Environmental groups and some lawmakers continue to raise concerns about the impact increased drilling would have on coastal areas.
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Well, it looks like my broadband by powerline is going bye bye - any thoughts on who has better service Verizon or Comcast?
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Ah, lets go to the beach and look at the lovely platforms and watch the waves of oil wash into the shore. Ahhhhhh.
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Well, it looks like my broadband by powerline is going bye bye - any thoughts on who has better service Verizon or Comcast?
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:We have comcast -- I have to admit I like it for internet.Quote by wickedpam:
Well, it looks like my broadband by powerline is going bye bye - any thoughts on who has better service Verizon or Comcast?
if you don't mind my asking how much was installation and set up?
Quote by Raine:We have our own modem and router -- I think they just billed us and it was something like 160 for the first month. Bob has the paperwork somewhere I can find it later on.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:We have comcast -- I have to admit I like it for internet.Quote by wickedpam:
Well, it looks like my broadband by powerline is going bye bye - any thoughts on who has better service Verizon or Comcast?
if you don't mind my asking how much was installation and set up?
Quote by Raine:We have our own modem and router -- I think they just billed us and it was something like 160 for the first month. Bob has the paperwork somewhere I can find it later on.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:We have comcast -- I have to admit I like it for internet.Quote by wickedpam:
Well, it looks like my broadband by powerline is going bye bye - any thoughts on who has better service Verizon or Comcast?
if you don't mind my asking how much was installation and set up?
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:We have our own modem and router -- I think they just billed us and it was something like 160 for the first month. Bob has the paperwork somewhere I can find it later on.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:We have comcast -- I have to admit I like it for internet.Quote by wickedpam:
Well, it looks like my broadband by powerline is going bye bye - any thoughts on who has better service Verizon or Comcast?
if you don't mind my asking how much was installation and set up?
160! eek! This is so going to suck changing service - I was only paying 24.95 a month for broadband - granted thats not as fast at the Fiber service
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Here Mala: Comcast. I think you can get just internet.
I don't know much about FIOS for internet use. For us it was just easier to switch with comcast so we didn't have to change email addresses.
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Oh yeah, and morning all once again from the flood plain!
Once again, I'm alone at the office.. and I even made it here on time (because I went thru quiet ol' Newport instead of all the crazy traffin and detours!) - the bosses are off hunting for a sump pump, and our sales gal is someplace in two hours of traffic..
"Today, we’re also going to go one step further. In order to save energy and taxpayer dollars, my administration -- led by Secretary Chu at Energy, as well as Administrator Johnson at GSA -- is doubling the number of hybrid vehicles in the federal fleet, even as we seek to reduce the number of cars and trucks used by our government overall. So we’re going to lead by example and practice what we preach: cutting waste, saving energy, and reducing our reliance on foreign oil."
"And just a few months after taking office, I also gathered the leaders of the world’s largest automakers, the heads of labor unions, environmental advocates, and public officials from California and across the country to reach a historic agreement to raise fuel economy standards in cars and trucks. And tomorrow, after decades in which we have done little to increase auto efficiency, those new standards will be finalized, which will reduce our dependence on oil while helping folks spend a little less at the pump."
..snip..
"So today we’re announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration, but in ways that balance the need to harness domestic energy resources and the need to protect America’s natural resources. Under the leadership of Secretary Salazar, we’ll employ new technologies that reduce the impact of oil exploration. We’ll protect areas that are vital to tourism, the environment, and our national security. And we’ll be guided not by political ideology, but by scientific evidence."
"So I’m open to proposals from my Democratic friends and my Republican friends. I think that we can break out of the broken politics of the past when it comes to our energy policy. I know that we can come together to pass comprehensive energy and climate legislation that’s going to foster new energy -- new industries, create millions of new jobs, protect our planet, and help us become more energy independent. That’s what we can do. That is what we must do. And I’m confident that is what we will do."
"The proposals will be open for public comment for several months, then will be finalized by the administration."
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Sean Hannity was actually mocking the left for comparing the tea party folks to domestic terrorists. STILL NOT funny or acceptable.
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Juan Williams compared the tea baggers to Timothy McVeigh on Fox.
FOX!
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Juan Williams compared the tea baggers to Timothy McVeigh on Fox.
FOX!
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Juan Williams compared the tea baggers to Timothy McVeigh on Fox.
FOX!
This has to be an april fools joke...
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An unprecedented anomaly of light and heat has just appeared in the sky over Boston.
It's an enemy sneak attack, I think.
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Say Scoop, you and me both must be Teabaggers now, at least according to the flag imagery.
During the Bush administration, I folded up my stars and stripes and flew a Culpeper Minuteman flag for the bulk of those 8 years. Wasn't the original yellow Gadsden a product of your fair state?
I still don't fly a current stars & stripes; I've got a Bennington flag up. (You know, the "76" flag.)
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Interesting link I just found:
Childhood pictures of presidents.
The one of LBJ is exceedingly cute!
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I think that bright thing has really got me rattled now.
I just wrote "3/39/10" on yesterday's purchase orders to be filed.
And related to nothing, any Disney Geeks about? The nice people at Netflix just sent me 'Tron' (circa 1982) and I'm savoring the irony that I'm planning to watch it on my computer tonight. (better sound system than the TV)
Anyone else waiting for Tron Legacy?
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I think that bright thing has really got me rattled now.
I just wrote "3/39/10" on yesterday's purchase orders to be filed.
And related to nothing, any Disney Geeks about? The nice people at Netflix just sent me 'Tron' (circa 1982) and I'm savoring the irony that I'm planning to watch it on my computer tonight. (better sound system than the TV)
Anyone else waiting for Tron Legacy?
I'm gonna have to rewatch it - the original Tron gave me a headache
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This just in.. the pooties and woozles have revealed their april fools agenda - the takeover of DailyKos!
This one's pretty funny heh..
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POTUS is kicking ass and taking names right now!
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Never saw "Tron." Never wanted to. Proud of that fact. Who do I sound like, Tri? You know what I mean.
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Never saw "Tron." Never wanted to. Proud of that fact. Who do I sound like, Tri? You know what I mean.
Well, that's a narrow-focus geek film anyway. Not seeing as much as one second of any of the "Godfathers" is far more significant.
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Never saw "Tron." Never wanted to. Proud of that fact. Who do I sound like, Tri? You know what I mean.
Well, that's a narrow-focus geek film anyway. Not seeing as much as one second of any of the "Godfathers" is far more significant.
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Never saw "Tron." Never wanted to. Proud of that fact. Who do I sound like, Tri? You know what I mean.
Well, that's a narrow-focus geek film anyway. Not seeing as much as one second of any of the "Godfathers" is far more significant.
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Never saw "Tron." Never wanted to. Proud of that fact. Who do I sound like, Tri? You know what I mean.
Well, that's a narrow-focus geek film anyway. Not seeing as much as one second of any of the "Godfathers" is far more significant.
It sounds like someone's going to end up sitting in that room with MGM with his eyes held open a la Clockwork Orange watching those films.
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Don't give moral equivalency to what the republicans are doing Randi just said that to a NON winger conservative when he said that both sides do it.
I like that --
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Sean Hannity was actually mocking the left for comparing the tea party folks to domestic terrorists. STILL NOT funny or acceptable.
I refuse to call them tea partiers - they are tea baggers forever and always. The sad thing is I think some actual concerned people have gotten swept up in that movement - I would say 50% of the teabaggers are nutty, uninformed, people feeding on talking points. The rest are the scary ones that could be compared to domestic terrorists