[opendtv] Re: Off topic: climate change
- From: Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 22:56:19 -0400
We will most likely have a surplus or close to it by the time Hillary takes
office. 2% less white voters each two year cycle. Looks like the Dems will
control the White House for at least a generation or until the collective
ultra Right head explodes.
Obamacare allowed my daughter to get insurance with a pre-existing
condition, NOT just another transfer scheme, it is saving lives already. It
is allowing my other daughter to look for a better job, something she was
not willing to do since her current low paying job has decent health
insurance included. Now she can be assured of insurance. This attribute
alone is a big deal for our economy IMO. I have known lots of people stuck
in jobs for health insurance reasons or working a job JUST for the health
insurance. A friend who worked at a nursery school because by law they had
to offer health insurance, the pay was incidental.
Obamacare is a great Republican Idea whose time has come. I expect Vermont
to make it a single payer system and most states to follow within 10 years.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I have been reading the list but not posting. Most of my energy these
> days is directed at the FDA. Have been fighting MCC for the last 7.5 years.
> Would have been dead 4 years ago if I followed their SOC. Painful to watch
> so many die while under the "protection" of the FDA. I am alive very
> specifically because I used and will use stuff they ban. But to be fair use
> their SOC also.
> >
> Whoa. Glad to hear you are handling the problem and surviving. Politics
> seems so unimportant compared to our basic humanity.
>
> > By the standards I read here I am a super Leftie having sponsored a
> Move-On event a few weeks ago for Obamacare here on the boardwalk in front
> of the new Margaritaville under construction. Climate change has caused our
> sewer system to overflow at high tide here and the Margaritaville crew
> didn't help by drilling thru the sewer pipes either.
>
> All of this political polarization is intentional; they use the media to
> keep the general population attacking each other and choosing sides. The
> more polarized we get, the more power they can grab.
>
> The most interesting part is that is not haves versus have nots. It's all
> about fairness and equality - who cannot be in favor of that?
>
> Both parties are stoking the fires of discontent, even as they use their
> powers to protect the industries that exchange campaign money for
> protection from competition. I experienced this in the early '90s working
> in DC on the DTV standard, and now here in Florida as we do battle with the
> three tier beer distribution system. It is disturbing to see politicians
> who claim to be pro economic growth, pro job creation, and pro
> deregulation, protect the distributors they have come to rely upon for
> campaign cash. Even more disturbing when you meet with one of them and they
> tell you "the other guys just gave me a bag full of checks..." The
> implication is obvious.
>
> As for flooded sewer systems, there is nothing new in South Florida about
> that. I grew up in Deerfield Beach on a deep water canal (1960 to 1970).
> Like you I moved from New York. The water table is 3-4 feet under ground in
> most areas within a mile or two of the beach. We had a septic tank that had
> to be pumped regularly. When they installed sewer systems, the pipes were
> typically under water. The sewer systems destroyed the water quality for
> decades. Most South Florida communities built ocean outfall systems that
> dumped untreated, macerated sewage about 1/2 mile off the coast. When we
> moved to Deerfield Beach in 1961 the intracoastal often ran crystal clear
> at high tide. By 1970 you had to get well offshore to see clear water.
>
> I lived through major flooding in the late Spring/early Summer, after
> tropical storms. Even worse after hurricanes, which were much more intense
> than anything Florida has seen in the last 40 years. We lived in houses
> that were built to the South Florida Building code: concrete block with a
> 12 inch poured header, with steel straps to tie down the rafters. The roof
> was covered with concrete tiles. We survived multiple storms with winds in
> excess of 160 mph with almost no damage other than vegetation. I earned a
> decent amount of spending money as a teenager, cleaning up the debris after
> the storms.
>
> By the '70s they decimated the building codes in Dade, Broward and Palm
> Beach Counties, allowing stick built homes with shingle roofs. These are
> what was destroyed,when Andrew - a small cyclonic storm - blew through
> homestead. Another big storm like those of the '30s and '60s will cause
> massive property damage. Your welcome reception to Florida was most likely
> a huge insurance bill; we are still recovering from the storms of the last
> decade and building reserves for the next big one.
>
> > My politics an example. I think we should raise the marginal tax rate
> back to 92% till we pay off our debt. I remember when Kennedy was running
> on lowering the marginal tax rate of 92% and Republicans howled that that
> would be IMMORAL. How times change, I was rooting for Kennedy and his tax
> cut then.
>
> I still remember the big recession when Kennedy took office - the adults
> called it the Kennedy Cocktail - stocks on the rocks...
>
> But remember, nobody paid 92%, and the wealthy still have more than enough
> loopholes to avoid confiscatory tax rates. The burden always falls on the
> middle class, which raises alarms much more important than "climate change"
> - a shrinking middle class together with a still growing welfare state is
> unsustainable. Sorry Bob, but Obamacare is just another wealth transfer
> scheme.
>
> If the IRS grabbed 100 percent of income over $1 million, the take would
> be just $616 billion. Take every penny they have and it would not put a
> dent in the National Debt.
>
> > Is everyone on board for DVB-T2 or whatever it is today? Yet?
>
> It is unlikely there will be another broadcast TV standard in the U.S. The
> industry is dying and no longer needed, except for one thing - retrans
> consent dollars. If the networks lose the Aereo case at the Supreme Court,
> they will likely pull the plug on broadcasting and become just another
> cable channel.
>
> Broadcast LTE and WiFi will deliver content to mobile devices - for a
> price. The Internet will deliver the rest.
>
> DVB will still have a chance in less developed countries, and perhaps in
> Europe where the MVPDs do not have a stranglehold as they do here. Were too
> far gone.
>
> > It was because of that debate that I now live in Florida, can pay for
> alternate treatment and have started racing my sailboat. We came in second
> in first race last Saturday after missing a mark and sailing two miles to
> far. Lost by six seconds. Fast boat.
>
> Glad someone benefitted from the DTV fiasco. Even more glad you can enjoy
> your remaining years enjoying your sailing addiction!
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
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