All citizens should also be able to obtain the same health care that congress gets.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > I like the idea that Congress has to pass any kind of drug/alcohol test > they require welfare recipients to pass. After all they're taking money > from the taxpayers its only fair they should have to show what wonderful > (gag) people they are. > -Curt > > On Thursday, June 7, 2018, 3:02:45 PM EDT, Larry Turner via Mercedes < > [email protected]> wrote: > > A background check like the one we pass to buy firearms should be req'd > of all pols.... maybe even a 3 year waiting list (sic) > > LarryT > > > On 06/05/2018 8:19 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > "You have to pass it to see what's in it" only works with stool samples, > > not bills before congress.. > > > > Grant... Circa 2018 > > > > I raise the suggestion that Congress should have to pass drug and alcohol > > testing as well as mental competency testing, before every vote, and > before > > taking the Oath of Office. > > > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I worked on a pilot plant in Oak Ridge Tn which would have proved on a > >> large scale that all that nuclear waste could be reprocessed/recycled > and > >> used to create even more electricity. After spending several Billion on > >> equipment, more money on environmental lawsuits and much of the site > prep > >> and reactor mat, additional funding was before congress for a vote. We > >> ended up with a incredibly expensive hole in the ground. Most of the > >> equipment was unique (like sodium pumps) with little use outside the > >> Breeder Reactor as it was called. > >> > >> One brilliant Senator from Tn with a last name of Gore, Sr., made a > >> statement along the lines of ... we don't know what to do with the > waste we > >> have now, we shouldn't produce more... showing he had no idea what we > were > >> building. > >> > >> But that's typical of our current breed of politicians over the past 50 > >> years. Vote on something vital for our nation and don't have a clue > what's > >> in the bill. But we can always find out what's in the bill after we > vote > >> on it.... > >> > >> LarryT > >> > >> Chester Va > >> > >> > >> On 06/05/2018 2:55 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > >> > >>> Great question. > >>> > >>> I live downwind of the last Nuke plant certified in USA [I think] Palo > >>> Verde Nuke plant west of Phoenix, AZ. The hoops required to keep it > >>> running are often discussed at the steak house [with cold beer] about 2 > >>> miles from the site, by engineers that work there. "I'm from the > >>> government > >>> and we're not happy until you're not happy." seems to fit quite > nicely. It > >>> is a "regulation rich environment" at the plant. > >>> > >>> After several decades of nuke plant operation in USA, we have reached a > >>> problem with no solution. Nuke plants produce waste nuke material, > with a > >>> handy 1/2 life of several thousand years, and..... we have no place to > >>> "dispose of it". The nuke disposal sites are now loaded to max... > >>> Sooooooooooo... > >>> > >>> Where? > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I am curious. Are nuclear power plants really a bad idea or did we > just > >>>> screw it up with government regulation? > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 11:18 Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > >>>> [email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Oh yeah, good points. We need to build more Nukes! > >>>>> ------------- > >>>>> Max > >>>>> Charleston SC > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:10 AM, G Mann via Mercedes < > >>>>> [email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> OK, all good points, and I hear them. Just a "Little Question" > >>>>> however.... > >>>>> > >>>>>> that has to be answered first... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Where are you going to get the power to charge all these electric > >>>>>> > >>>>> vehicles > >>>>> > >>>>>> that are going to "take over how the world drives"? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The electric power grid is falling apart. There are elements of it > that > >>>>>> > >>>>> are > >>>>> > >>>>>> over 100 years old and patched together. First ice storm.. or wind > >>>>>> > >>>>> storm.. > >>>>> > >>>>>> the grid goes down. > >>>>>> What will power the new power plants necessary to support the grid > load > >>>>>> > >>>>> of > >>>>> > >>>>>> even a few thousand electric cars plugged in overnight? What is the > >>>>>> > >>>>> lead > >>>>> time to get approval for a new power plant, distribution lines? etc > etc > >>>>> et > >>>>> > >>>>>> al. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Electric car/ hybrid is a grand scheme... but it's missing a whole > lot > >>>>>> > >>>>> of > >>>>> pieces to really make it work. > >>>>>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 6:47 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'd never heard of that Honda Clarity either, but I think that > >>>>>> concept > >>>>> (plug-in hybrid) will be the long term winner. Plug the car in at > >>>>>> home > >>>>> to > >>>>>>> charge during the night, then use all-electric power for the short > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> trip > >>>>> to/from work. Gasoline (or better yet a diesel) engine that kicks in > >>>>>> to > >>>>>> both drive the car and charge the batteries so the range is actually > >>>>>> useful > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> and hurricane evacuation or a long road trip is possible. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Now make them EMP-proof, un-hackable so the roosians or chinee > don't > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> do > >>>>> me > >>>>>>> in, and designed so that if the battery pack fails, the car will > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> still > >>>>> function on fossil fuels, and it is a car that I might consider in > >>>>>> twenty > >>>>>> years or so. > >>>>>>> ------------- > >>>>>>> Max > >>>>>>> Charleston SC > >>>>>>> _______________________________________ > >>>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> _______________________________________ > >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>>>> > >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________ > >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>>> > >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>>> > >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
