exactly. it's fine in the sense of old cooking oil where a byproduct is used, but creating biodiesel is far too expensive.

right now, petroleum is our most economically viable option. Forcing another onto the population will not help anything but special interests.

Actually, there are hybrid semis. Electric motors have a great deal of torque, trains have been hybrids for many years. But I agree that the alternative propulsion methods aren't ready for the wider market. Another 10 years and we might be there.

I looked it up. The Gull Island story is a hoax.

Oil is a renewal resource?

Sheer Nonsense? Geeze.

I can totally agree with you about the need for people to feel concern for others. Where I disagree is that it is AMERICAS responsibility to arm up and take on every injustice anywhere in the world. I dont see anyone stepping in to help us with our issues and I feel that is what we need to be fighting for first and foremost,,Our Own Issues, before dictating to others how they should live,,let alone sending our kids in to die for that point.

It is awful if someone is killed for any reason. IT is awful if it is another country because they are homosexual or right here at home because they are a 'bum'. But it is not LEGAL to kill homeless people here and because some maniacs still do it,, wouldnt give the right to another country to come in and dictate what our system 'should' be. Those countries need to sort those things out internally first, before always looking to americans to do it for them. If killing homosexuals were legally sanctioned or government policy, I could see intervening. But we cant go off halfcocked everywhere in the world that fantics choose to act fanatically.

Well good luck with that. Because as long as you keep reacting instead of arguing the merits, as long as you keep accusing people whose ideas aren't as Far Right as your own of being nefarious quislings, and as long as you keep yelling "The Sky is Falling, the Sky is falling", you or your cadre of 'Fair Taxers', you won't be taken seriously by enough people get for your movement to first base.

People dislike extremists.


-Kerry O.

retarded question?

so you're social maladjusted and retarded (if you like that word) you're own self?

its probably difficult for you but even so.

Thanks for sharing that, I'm sorry you were the victim of such violence

I've never heard Dick Morris tell the truth! When did you hear him do this? He's always been just another neocon schill in my experience.

"a fat GOP version..."

you do realize that he was Bill Clinton's campaign manager?

"Even though what hes saying is true alot, damn, what a horible messenger."

oh never mind, you just don't like him personally

There are four different types of vehicles, in general. IC, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric.

There are two ways to store electricity, batteries and capacitors.

IC, or internal combustion requires a LOT of excess horsepower capacity to climb hills, pass, accelerate up the freeway ramp, etc. However, having 250 hp available but needing only 15 hp to cruise down the highway results in an ineffecient engine. Also, turning all the momentum you have paid for in gas into heat in the brakes is a big waste of energy.

Hybrids combine a small efficient IC engine with an electric motor/battery to cruise on the engine but accelerate on both engine and motor. As long as you don't use all your battery, the car has plenty of pep. The battery requirements are rather small since you only need it occasionally and you can use the motor as a brake which puts most of that energy of braking back into the battery. The big drawback is the battery which is expensive and doesn't last the life of the car. These will soon be replaced by ultra-capacitors which don't break, require no maintenance, and shouldn't cost much. This technology is available.

Plug-in hybrids go one step farther by having a battery big enough to actually go somewhere (maybe not that far). When you get there or come back, you plug in a battery charger to recharge the battery so you aren't using fossil fuel. If you go too far, you have to use the IC engine. Once again, the batteries are the weak link. It will be a while (some years at least) before the capacitors are light enough to replace the batteries, but they will.

Electric cars are just that ... electric motor with no engine... and a big problem with the batteries. However, when the capacitor technology catches up, you will be able to fill up the capacitor with electricity as fast as you can fill a vehicle with gas now, the capacitors will last forever and fossil fuel vehicles will begin to die out.

We have very little oil left in the US. We have a lot of coal. We should be using the coal to make fuel as the Germans did in WWII in order to be energy self sufficient. We should also be using the coal exhaust from power plants to make cement (it gets rid of the pollution). We should be building nuclear power plants to power all the new electric cars ... and most everything else.

The problem is that his example is right: change should be brought about by technological advancement paired with efficiency. It needs to be rooted in increased prosperity as opposed to some political agenda.

Pain can make us feel isolated and helpless, especially if its cause is an illness or physical condition for which there's no cure or effective medical treatment. At times of deepest despair, finding ways to nurture our spirits can help us not only cope with the pain, but also discover nugget of grace, comfort, and productivity that can move us through and beyond the helplessness and hopelessness we feel.
Here are ten spiritual tools that can help you get started toward peace in spite of and in the midst of pain.

>*Find Quiet*
When we are in great pain, finding true peace and comfort is not easy. But it is possible, if we first try to still our worries and fears, both external and internal. Finding a place where there are no noisy distractions is a great start. Enjoying the outward quiet, we can then calm our inner selves and nurture peace within.

>*Breathe Deep!*
The act of breathing is not only a physical process, but it can also be a tool to move our pain, negative thoughts, and worry out of our bodies and hearts replacing these with a better sense of self. In a quiet place, breathe in slowly and deeply, then let the breath out, expelling stress and pain with it. Feel the sharpness of pain subside as relaxation and calm take its place.

>*Listen to Music*
A beautiful piece of music can inspire our spirits and soothe our pain like no other sound. It can also help us get in touch with the absolute joy of living, even if we live with severe pain. Put on your favorite piece of music - instrumental or vocal - sit back, and close your eyes. Let the music carry you away from your immediate pain to a place of calm.

>*Lose Yourself in Prayer*
So often when we pray, we ask for relief from our pain and leave it at that. Perhaps more effective when pain is oppressive is lifting up our pain and then resting quietly with the comfort that our concerns are being tended to by One greater that ourselves - and we do not have to take them back again.

>*Reflect in Nature*
Pain can isolate us and make us feel very much alone. But in reality, we are part of an amazing world. A walk in the outdoors, a glance outside at a garden, a quiet moment with a beloved pet - each of these things can renew our sense of belonging to the world, help us to feel less alone in our pain, and make us grateful for our lives among such wonder.

>*Laugh More*
Pain itself is no laughing matter, but the act of laughing can be physically and spiritually healing. It helps us breathe deeply, cleanses tense pain from our bodies, gives key muscles beneficial exercise, and lets us travel to an uplifting place of joy. Whether it's a joke, a cartoon, or the antics of a pet, find laughter and enjoy it often!

>*Reach Out to Others*
When we are in pain, it can be easy to feel as if no one cares. But there are many in the world who feel the same thing - and we can make a difference in our lives and in others' lives by reaching out in comfort and care. A phone call to a hurting friend, a visit to someone in need, even an email to an online support group - all of these can help us become less isolated, and help others in the process.

>*Live in the Light*
It's easy for our souls to be flooded with darkness when pain is sharp and
overwhelming. We can combat this darkness by bringing on light. The flicker of a candle, the warm glow of one small lamp illuminating a dark room - light can help focus thoughts and bring comfort. Even in the darkness, be conscious of the light all around, and let it guide you to greater calm.

>*Take Care of Yourself*
Often, there is no cure for what causes our pain. This can make us feel as if our lives are out of control. But the better we take care of ourselves, the more we will feel at least a little control over our circumstances - and our attitude toward pain. Taking time to follow a healthful regimen reflects on our spiritual health, too, and gives us a chance to rise above our pain and feel better - inside and out.

>*Never Lose Hope*
Each day, there are new developments in medicine and in therapies to ease pain, inside and out. Hope is not just a feeling that things will be better - it is a tangible tool to motivate and guide us through the frustrations that accompany pain into positive actions that can make our lives better now and in the future.

Love and Blessings to You and Yours !

By Maureen Pratt

If that's his basic position and the rest of his book is just a justification of this position then I basically say: (smile!)

1. Pervert as a verb is transitive. "The law IS perverted" would make more sense.
2. Make is a transitive verb too. Again, it would make sense in the passive.
3. Become is present tense; change of tense here is not warranted; and if it is the present tense, then since it's third person singular (the law), it is in conjugated incorrectly.
4. This sentence needs a verb.
5. (Unmarked but obvious) each sentence is an exclamation.

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The law of ideas is language, syntax in particular. It may or may not be true that law has been perverted, but the author is doing the language in the rear big time.

I care about language more than about law. Law is logical, it is almost immediately obvious what is against the law and what is not, especially if someone spends some time in the society of a particular set of laws. Language ought to have been the same way, and I wonder about the capacity of a person to recognise a perverted or ineffectual or unjust legal system, when he or she can't recognise the workings of another system, which is much simpler than law, and which has been with the author much longer than the author's awareness of law.

Please call me an egghead, or a pedantic nit-picker or any other name. I also know names. We can have a mud-slinging contest if you like.

I would like to avoid that. If you want to enter into that, I'll read the article and give it my best and tell you precisely what I think of it.

For starters:

It is not the function of law to punish the evil. That is the function of religions, deity and morals.

Law is a system of consensus of rules that define how each one in a society should behave. If you say law is perverted, then you say that the consensus is perverted. Law is applied to all, and it is made by the representatives of most. If law was made a different way, then law would be the will of a few. I don't think that's the case.

Perversion means, broadly, "deviation from the norm." The law is made by the representatives of the most, so it IS the norm, by definition. Therefore law is not perverted.

What a stigma those two words can inflict – “mental illness”.

It is interesting to note that “mental illness” constitutes a condition where in a person can be incarcerated, drugged and/or tortured (e.g. electro-convulsive therapy and psychosurgery) against their will, with no legal recourse whatsoever.

Unlike our legal system wherein every person has the right to legal defense, a person diagnosed with a mental illness has no right to “medical defense”.

The most disturbing aspect of this is that the proponents of “mental health” claim that it is a “medical condition”. But unlike true medical conditions where a person has the right to accept or refuse medical treatment, the “mentally ill” have no such right. “Treatments” can be physically forced on them.

It is also interesting to note that 60 years ago, there were less than a dozen recognized “mental illnesses”. But DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) lists over 300. And NIMH (National Institue for Mental Health) says “An estimated 26.2 percent of Americans ages 18 and older — about one in four adults — suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year.” Where did they all come from??? According to Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, Dr. Thomas Szasz, they were simply invented, unlike true medical conditions which are discovered.

Now considering that virtually 100% of all so-called “mental illness” is based on nothing more than subjective evaluations of behaviour (ref: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), with no objective physical diagnostic procedures based on physiology, (because they don’t exist), and the fact that a person so diagnosed can be incarcerated against their will, we really do have what amounts to a loophole in “due process”.