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A nation of idiots

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I don't like the concept of blaming SUV's either. My family got around in a 1957 Chevy Station Wagon when I was a kid, and I use my full sized Dodge pickup truck (single cab) because I absolutely have to have it for my job. They have yet to even come up with a hybrid pick-up truck at any size. An SUV is an intelligent choice for almost anyone's lifestyle. Can they make them more fuel efficient? I bet they can.
 
I thought this was about the Clintons.....Chelsea's $1M+ wedding is a concept borne of idiots. If I was a billionaire, I'd be hard pressed to find a way to spend $1M on a wedding! A quarter mil for tents (gold plated?), and $25K for toilets.....come on, folks, get real.
 
happy2Bme said:
I thought this was about the Clintons.....Chelsea's $1M+ wedding is a concept borne of idiots. If I was a billionaire, I'd be hard pressed to find a way to spend $1M on a wedding! A quarter mil for tents (gold plated?), and $25K for toilets.....come on, folks, get real.
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They are air-conditioned tents, so that explains that, but I think it's absolutely great that they can have a great event for their daughter. Ain't capitalism great!
 
The electric car Volt only carries 4 people and uses Premium Gas as back-up. What a joke.

Chelsea's wedding is reported to cost between 3.5 and 5 Million Dollars. It's their money and more power to them, but we all know it's tacky.
 
Lake View Too said:
They are air-conditioned tents, so that explains that, but I think it's absolutely great that they can have a great event for their daughter. Ain't capitalism great!
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No kidding. Their daughter, their money, and anyone who is critical just has sour grapes.
 
Jenny Dargavell said:
No kidding. Their daughter, their money, and anyone who is critical just has sour grapes.
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I don't think it's sour grapes. It's the economy and lots of folks are hurting. $3-5 million dollars has certainly been a boon for all the people involved in the wedding but it looks overdone to some. I don't care how the Clintons spend their money. Poor Chelsea sure deserves the best wedding money can buy after all the trials she's had to go through with her parents various scandals.

Back to the electric car. It only goes 40 miles on a charge before it has to change over to premium gas. This electric car was built to justify the bailout.

Took my Chevy to the Levee and the battery died.
 
ugabuga said:
Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs, and Steel) has written a book entitled ?Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed,? that is very pertinent to this discussion. Diamond says that societies fail mainly through their misuse or mismanagement of resources. What went through the mind of the Easter Islander who cut down the very last tree on the island?
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I wonder what their economic system was based on.
 
Beach Runner said:
Our dilemma is that the laws of physics show that one is safer in a heavier vehicle. If one drives frequently on the "expressways" in Atlanta, s/he is safer in a big vehicle.

And if you've had a child involved in sports like we have, you know that you are always called upon to drive a bunch of kids to sports practices and events. They just won't fit into a fuel-efficient vehicle, and those small vehicles aren't as safe if you are worried about liability. Most schools around here depend on parents for transportation.

Those days are over for us, but we still have an SUV because my husband needs it to cart around his bass violin to performances, and we have a big poodle whose crate won't fit into a smaller vehicle when we go to the beach.

I guess we''re idiots.
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You are far from "idiots". The word is "realists" something lacking in many.
 
I have a solution:

Every family can only have one child. Any family that currently has more than one child will have to choose one to live, and execute the remaining children.

History shows that we will probably end up with way too many boys 25 years down the line, but we will deal with that when we get there. We will probably just execute the weak men to make it equal with women.

Granted, this plan may sound terrible and idiotic, but Bob says this is a serious problem and I think this plan will fix it.

Disclaimer for my future life and career: This is 100% sarcastic.
 
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