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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #660 on: June 28, 2013, 05:59:56 AM »
Somehow, I don't believe that the people buying hoards of ammo would miss the math & science books.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that...   ??? ???
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #661 on: June 29, 2013, 12:47:04 PM »
It`s that simple. ::)
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #662 on: June 29, 2013, 01:26:38 PM »
It`s that simple. ::)

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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #663 on: June 29, 2013, 08:24:25 PM »
Yeah, but it's got oil - lots and lots of oil.  ::) :P
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #664 on: June 30, 2013, 12:19:35 AM »
Yeah, but it's got oil - lots and lots of oil.  ::) :P

Not all that much oil actually... if you're counting only what's technically feasible and economically viable to extract. While neoconpoops, their brethren, Faux Noozies and Dittoheads will spout off about ANWR and environs being the magic answer to "500 years of American energy independence" (who do you wanna bet funded those studies?! ;)) most reputable, non-partisan sources put the figure at something like 1-2% (at most) of the world supply. And before anyone gets all Palinesque about that, allow me to point out the reality that even if ANWR was drilled, it's not like that oil would be reserved solely for American consumers. Exxon and Co. are mutinationals and the markets for all resources are global... so quite a bit of that ANWR crude would likely end up in China, all things considered.

"Drill baby drill" only really means anything when you're talking about porn IMO. ;)  
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« Reply #665 on: June 30, 2013, 09:04:22 PM »
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #666 on: July 01, 2013, 12:54:19 AM »
 :P
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #667 on: July 01, 2013, 01:40:44 AM »
I coulda sworn it was Dubya that bugged the nation (via the Patriot Act); Obama just optimized the system.
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #668 on: July 01, 2013, 07:07:05 PM »
Not all that much oil actually... if you're counting only what's technically feasible and economically viable to extract. While neoconpoops, their brethren, Faux Noozies and Dittoheads will spout off about ANWR and environs being the magic answer to "500 years of American energy independence" (who do you wanna bet funded those studies?! ;)) most reputable, non-partisan sources put the figure at something like 1-2% (at most) of the world supply. And before anyone gets all Palinesque about that, allow me to point out the reality that even if ANWR was drilled, it's not like that oil would be reserved solely for American consumers. Exxon and Co. are mutinationals and the markets for all resources are global... so quite a bit of that ANWR crude would likely end up in China, all things considered.

"Drill baby drill" only really means anything when you're talking about porn IMO. ;) 


And don't forget, there are different grades of crude oil.

The vertical axis is "API", which is a measure of thickness or density. The higher the API, the thinner/lighter the oil. The horizontal axis gives the sulfur content.

The Alberta tar sands are very close to the "Maya" grade. It takes a hell of a lot of nasty, toxic processing of the sludge to just get it thin enough to put into a pipeline, and then you have to do even more icky stuff to it to remove all the toxic crap you added to thin it....
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #669 on: July 01, 2013, 08:13:01 PM »
Gee guys, I only meant it as a joke - you know, as to why the US keeps Alaska. ::)
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #670 on: July 01, 2013, 08:32:06 PM »
Gee guys, I only meant it as a joke - you know, as to why the US keeps Alaska. ::)

Take it as a compliment. When a troll like Switcher posts, we ignore it.
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #671 on: July 01, 2013, 08:52:58 PM »
Gave up **94** for a while, but this wasn't why...   :'(
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #672 on: July 01, 2013, 11:09:00 PM »
Take it as a compliment. When a troll like Switcher posts, we ignore it.

When I troll it generates heated responses.

For example, my last post had only 1 mild reply.  It wasn't a troll.  I just thought the pic was funny.
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Re: Funny Politics
« Reply #673 on: July 02, 2013, 03:52:53 AM »
I just thought the pic was funny.

The Nixon caption is too Nixonian. He was impeached for much more serious stuff, and the proof was incontrovertible: watergate.info/impeachment/articles-of-impeachment
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« Reply #674 on: July 03, 2013, 08:13:05 PM »
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