en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/523351 Comments by tadchem http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0216/fracking.html#IDComment294036177 Increased regulation never facilitates economic development. The only ‘jobs’ created are involved in compliance, and are paid for by increased taxation, which adds further friction to the economy.____ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:23:14 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0216/fracking.html#IDComment294036177 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.d71853b3203bcb50ab5031b956cbc431.5f1&show_article=1#IDComment262147805 It is quickly becoming obvious to many that conservative Islam is bad for tourism. Tourism is a major industry in an affluent society. It is even more important to those less affluent areas where the affluent like to travel to and spend their money. Conservative Islam will cause their own people to suffer by strangling local economies. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:30:09 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.d71853b3203bcb50ab5031b956cbc431.5f1&show_article=1#IDComment262147805 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.59801b3e1b4adb9f74cc436cd831357c.131&show_article=1#IDComment213327832 This kind of outrage seems acceptable to the authorities when it comes from people upset about disrespectful imagery of Mohammed. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:42:54 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.59801b3e1b4adb9f74cc436cd831357c.131&show_article=1#IDComment213327832 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.5cc676d2b02da276cd06b20df22fe7f6.961&show_article=1#IDComment196314325 Reread paragraph #3: 'Its "No Merchant Victim" program now offers a voucher that can be used to buy a gun such as an AK-47 from a local gun dealer, or upgraded security camera equipment...' Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:51:58 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.5cc676d2b02da276cd06b20df22fe7f6.961&show_article=1#IDComment196314325 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.5cc676d2b02da276cd06b20df22fe7f6.961&show_article=1#IDComment196185791 This is a B2B deal. For home defense or to protect a business, I would recommend a pump shotgun - aiming is less of an issue (its hard to miss with buckshot) and often the sound of a round being chambered is an effective deterrent. The AK-47 is a cheap rig for throwing rounds downrange - with lousy accuracy. Police never prevent crimes - they only show up after all is said and done to call the appropriate clean-up crews - CSI and the Coroner. When trouble arrives, call on Officer Mossberg and his back-up crew. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:30:04 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.5cc676d2b02da276cd06b20df22fe7f6.961&show_article=1#IDComment196185791 http://radio.foxnews.com/2011/08/16/state-bans-outdoor-baptism/#IDComment184020053 Finance 101 final exam (also used for Constitutional Law 101). Q: Exactly how much more money would the state have needed to spend if the church held Baptisms than if the church only held a barbecue and did not hold Baptisms. Show your work. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:55:22 +0000 http://radio.foxnews.com/2011/08/16/state-bans-outdoor-baptism/#IDComment184020053 http://biggovernment.com/dhunter/2011/08/16/rejecting-science-when-the-study-doesnt-match-the-liberal-agenda-liberals-ignore-the-study/#IDComment183988426 Unfortunately government decisions are not made using science. Civil servants are motivated to appease the whims of their leaders - all political appointees. The Appointed Ones are similarly motivated to appease the elected officials who nominated/approved their sinecures. And the elected ones are motivated to reward the donor$ and $pecial intere$t group$ (including 'non-profit' NGOs) who funded their latest successful election effort. That's called 'political' science. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:01:21 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/dhunter/2011/08/16/rejecting-science-when-the-study-doesnt-match-the-liberal-agenda-liberals-ignore-the-study/#IDComment183988426 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.87beaad5510593c0c4b4a3811e778427.2d1&show_article=1#IDComment180026866 Ockham's Razor applies. The asymmetry of the Moon is completely explained by the fact it formed in a strong gravity gradient - low earth orbit. Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:36:03 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.87beaad5510593c0c4b4a3811e778427.2d1&show_article=1#IDComment180026866 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.87beaad5510593c0c4b4a3811e778427.2d1&show_article=1#IDComment180026509 The hypothesis is inconsistent with the Conservation of Angular Momentum. Tracking back to the initial 'birth' of the moon, it must have occurred in a lower orbit. A collision between two bodies in low orbit, near the Roché limit, would require one body to be coming 'uphill' out of the earth's gravity well. No consolidated body can endure within that limit, and the closer a body is to the Roché limit, the weaker the forces holding it together. Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:33:53 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.87beaad5510593c0c4b4a3811e778427.2d1&show_article=1#IDComment180026509 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.183747070ebaeb0aaf1c700ebe1075ce.b21&show_article=1#IDComment164415112 There are a lot of enemies and rivals of America who would find it advantageous to them if Obama were re-elected. All the more reason NOT to re-elect him... Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:11:14 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.183747070ebaeb0aaf1c700ebe1075ce.b21&show_article=1#IDComment164415112 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.7a5f7af9f08212f6d2aaa2f75c515f65.6c1&show_article=1#IDComment161100449 Another case of the right thing (culling camel herds) being done for the wrong reasons (methane reduction). The *right* reasons to do this are (1) preventing disease, (2) providing inexpensive meat for humans and other carnivores such as their pets, (3) reducing damage to the outback ecology. Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:10:23 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.7a5f7af9f08212f6d2aaa2f75c515f65.6c1&show_article=1#IDComment161100449 http://biggovernment.com/amarcus/2011/04/20/confirmed-cbs-editors-refuse-to-release-full-audio-of-obama-hot-mic-recording/#IDComment144583408 Where is Wikileaks on this one? Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:19:29 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/amarcus/2011/04/20/confirmed-cbs-editors-refuse-to-release-full-audio-of-obama-hot-mic-recording/#IDComment144583408 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4b1705bd8aeb3fb7c23a8cab0215312e.01&show_article=1#IDComment135638910 Maybe the Tunisians could work at a plant making incandescent light bulbs. The US manufacturers of those have all gone bust or moved their operations offshore. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:04:23 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4b1705bd8aeb3fb7c23a8cab0215312e.01&show_article=1#IDComment135638910 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.8d1e589de9e45c428de4667260e898ad.4a1&show_article=1#IDComment98720144 Stupidity is incurable and often fatal. Does that justify euthanasia of the terminally stupid? Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:25:49 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.8d1e589de9e45c428de4667260e898ad.4a1&show_article=1#IDComment98720144 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.74f06613ea91a1f1041b96c96477427f.561&show_article=1#IDComment95505720 My late mother was a career newspaperwoman. She had a favorite expression: "Crazier than a Chinese typesetter." The Chinese may have invented movable type and printing, but the Hebrews invented alphabetic writing, which reduced the number of characters needed to write from *thousands* to a number that would fit on a keyboard. It is time that Kanji writing was relegated to museums, and China converts to an alphabetic or syllabic writing system. Even Japan is switching to kana over kanji. They even use the Roman alphabet new, especially in signs. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:33:03 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.74f06613ea91a1f1041b96c96477427f.561&show_article=1#IDComment95505720 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EVMF301&show_article=1#IDComment66884140 "Crime and punishment" are still under the jurisdiction of civil law. The church deals in "sin and forgiveness." Accusations of criminal behavior should be brought to the police, not to a priest or bishop. Fri, 9 Apr 2010 22:09:31 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EVMF301&show_article=1#IDComment66884140 http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/nat_ap_colorado_6_year_old_boy_floats_away_in_hot_air_balloon_200910151434_2964434#IDComment38963017 The balloon simply is not large enough to carry even a six-year old. It only displaces about 1-2000 cubic feet. Even the smallest single-passenger balloons (called "hoppers") have ten to 20 times the displacement. At best it would have lifted about 40 pounds from Ft. Collins (maybe 65 pounts at sea level). It also is not a practical design. It appears to have been designed simply to perpetrate a hoax UFO sighting. The child was never in danger becaue the balloon could never have gotten off the ground with a child in it. The only danger was to the perps from the exposure of the hoax. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:54:02 +0000 http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/nat_ap_colorado_6_year_old_boy_floats_away_in_hot_air_balloon_200910151434_2964434#IDComment38963017 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.6a0bd92c95224d7c3da33c79c7a48f43.161#IDComment35609104 Wilt Chamberlain said pretty much the same thing 50 years ago. He reportedly had an all-night session with several ladies the night before his legendary 100-point game. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:33:36 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.6a0bd92c95224d7c3da33c79c7a48f43.161#IDComment35609104 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ANOE0G0#IDComment34555476 'Preventative'? I'm glad NYPD is hard at work to 'preventate' terror. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:11:29 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ANOE0G0#IDComment34555476 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cprejean/2009/06/11/official-statement-by-miss-carrie-prejean/#IDComment23956930 Brava, Ms Prejean! The truth is plain for all to see. Continue to conduct yourself with such honor and dignity and your detractors can only bring unwanted attention to themselves, revealing their true muddy colors. You are truly a self-made lady. Never let them try to make a fool of you. No one can make a fool of a self-made individual. Like the Donald, if he turns out to be a fool you can only take credit for exposing him. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:43:22 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cprejean/2009/06/11/official-statement-by-miss-carrie-prejean/#IDComment23956930