Actually I think it should be the inverse, Congress should be on the same
healthplan as the lowliest foot soldier in the Army. If its good enough for our
boys and girls its good enough for congress...
-Curt
On Thursday, June 7, 2018, 3:27:42 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel
<[email protected]> wrote:
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
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