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Friday, November 5. 2010

A few Friday morning links

Bag of uncounted ballots discovered in Bridgeport.


Sounds like Bridgeport. They always have bags of stuff, when needed.


Powerline: Annals of the welfare state


E-mail shows illegal activity in Reid's campaign


What happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas.


Bishop Tutu and "Israeli Apartheid"


Krauthammer's take at NRO. Electric cars?


Somebody told me yesterday that electric cars will save the human race from extinction because they have no emissions. What can you say to people like that? I am not kidding: She said electricity comes from the wall outlets. College-educated.


Democrats have to be more competitive in states that don’t touch an ocean if they want to bounce back.


Must be the toxic ozone from the salt water. Ban the oceans, along with the Happy Meals.


Driscoll: How the Gray Lady Became Margaret Dumont


Nancy Pelosi Seriously Considers Staying as Democratic Leader


Goody.


More good links later today, when I find the time to post them.

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 09:41 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Bird Dog, my friend ... You say that your friend who told you yesterday that electric cars would save the human race because they have no emissions, because electricity comes from wall outlets, is "college educated." I would say rather that she is "college uneducated," or rather, profoundly ignorant. It's sad but true that some folks can skate through the educational process, from kindergarten through college, without ever learning anything. You've known some, I've known some.

But it's not a petty sight.

Marianne
#1 Marianne Matthews on 2010-11-05 12:48 (Reply)
Where do these "college educated" dingbats think electricity comes from (besides wall outlets)? When coal-fired plants provide approximately half of the generating capacity in the US, the only realistic conclusion is that electric cars run on dirty coal.
#2 Phil in Englewood on 2010-11-05 14:10 (Reply)
You're right Phil. Approximately half the electricity in the US comes from coal-fired generating plants. Now I would love to see more nuclear-fired generating plants [Texas has one, but only one]. In total, there are only 140 nuclear powered electricity-generating plants in the US.

Not so Europe. France gets 70% or more of its electricity from nuclear fired generating plants, Germany slightly less. Britain is also in the game. The only laggards on this are the United States and other backward countries. It is to be hoped that, now we have elected some grown-ups to Congress, we will remedy this situation.

Marianne
#3 Marianne Matthews on 2010-11-05 14:25 (Reply)
Meself calls'em overeducated idiots.
#4 Leag on 2010-11-05 14:37 (Reply)
In addition to the pollution caused by the generation of electricity, the manufacturing, maintenance, and disposal of batteries isn't exactly an environmental dream. And there is still the mining, refining, and fabrication of the metals, plastics, and dozens of other materials.

Dingbats, indeed! A local was challenged recently to try going a week without using any oil. That would be easy, she claimed, because she lives near enough to her grocer that she could just walk there. She honestly had no idea how many products she uses every day, besides her car, are based on or use oil.
#5 Michael R. Kesti on 2010-11-05 14:40 (Reply)

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