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The Pankian Metaphor 3024
snip This is semantic quibbling, but -- what you say about these folks *IS* negative. It may be factual, and I do try to read...
The Pankian Metaphor 3025
But I have not singled one, and only one, group. I've painted all of Europe with a broad f***ing idiot brush. They even know better but pick...
The Pankian Metaphor 3026
The Europeans `chickened' out of the Iraqui mess because they knew, and had informed the US and UK, that the WMD `intellegence' was nonsense, and of extremely suspicious...
The Pankian Metaphor 3027
No, they didn't know at the time. The reason they didn't want the US to go...
The Pankian Metaphor 3028
Check back on the timeframe. The French Secret Service (whaddchever they call themselves), had already informed the US (whatever branch of intellegence) six months before the US started the run-up to war.. That...
The Pankian Metaphor 3029
BAsed on this discussion, using the reason of mess prevention would not have worked either. Could it have been possible...
The Pankian Metaphor 3030
I don't believe that. There was all the UN inspections and reports and the fact that they...
The Pankian Metaphor 3031
The UN inspectors found nothing. There was nothing. Amazing, when you could think that the invaders could have...
The Pankian Metaphor 3032
Sigh! They found nothing after whatever was there got cleared out. No UN inspections ever had free and immediate access to any...
The Pankian Metaphor 3033
Oversnipped).. Israel has successfully angered a major part of the world's population by its policies in Palestine. That is an incredibly hard...
The Pankian Metaphor 3034
All Israel has to do is exist and it will anger the major part of the world's population. Jews have always been the cause of the world's problems. I'm tired of pointy...
The Pankian Metaphor 3035
You're problem is that you insist on one set of rules for yourself, and a completely different set for everybody else. Demanding that everyone else lie back and spread their legs on demand is not...
The Pankian Metaphor 3036
You have obviously never raised children. Please don't consider the issue to be that simple. Swaddling is a key tool to get infants to sleep- and...
The Pankian Metaphor 3037
The swaddling techiques are mostly useful for the first few months. Yes, and is it...
The Pankian Metaphor 3038
No. What I am saying is that with all the other kinds of insurance I can think of, the odds that a...
The Pankian Metaphor 3039
there was an article about part of the reason that cal. into trouble during the energy crunch .... the spot market can be much lower (vis-a-vis long term commited contracts...
Medicine was: The Pankian Metaphor
Damnit. I'm not going to respond to any more renamed threads. I am trying to keep off-topic discussions...
Taxes was: The Pankian Metaphor 3042
Then why are you following the current Democrat leadership and focusing on Bush? Will you pay...
Taxes
the various census reports in the early 90s based on the 1990 census indicated that the jobs were likely going in any case. I remember being in HK in the early 90s and reading...
Taxes was: The Pankian Metaphor 3044
Sigh! Those won't be there either when the adminstration changes in 2009. No, they won't. None of his adminstration will stay. Because none of that GOP shenanigans matters if we...
The Pankian Metaphor 3045
there is the periodic line about numbers being made to lie. statements about tax reform benefit the...
The Pankian Metaphor 3046
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:56:23 -0600, Anne & Lynn Wheeler I would think that I am arguing from a different direction that you, My point is that as a certain...
The Pankian Metaphor 3047
the post was trying to actually focus on the evaluation methodology as opposed to specifics ... which I hopefully explained better in the subsequent post along with its reference to: A...
The Pankian Metaphor 3049
so are you arguing that you shouldn't have methodology of ecomonic planning because sweden had did such a bad job ... or are you commented...
The Pankian Metaphor 3050
Red Queen's head This approach bothers me a lot. Eventually, if not sooner, all innovation is punished until nonexistence. Innovation...
The Pankian Metaphor 3051
the Boyd scenario is somewhat the lower-closer the decision is made, the greater agility and adaptability. the first approximation is that doing economic analysis...
The Pankian Metaphor 3052
Now consider who is creating this policy. If it becomes entrenched then we funding for all kinds of pork bellies instead of rational, intelligent planning. It...
The Pankian Metaphor 3053
It is not a stetching exercise at all. No new degrees of freedom here. Currencies today are just IOU notes, except they are issued under a government monopoly. The world has agreed that some...
The Pankian Metaphor 3054
Perhaps there is some part of the brain that refuses to consider the US dollar a mere paper thingie? And the federal reserve is an enbreasty that can go bankrupt? (It actually...
The Pankian Metaphor 3055
Probably. Sproonnnggs usually are a sign that I have incorrect hidden buttumptions. This is part of the huge area that I have no idea how things work. I keep...
The Pankian Metaphor 3056
Oh, OK. That's a very useful hint. Thank you!!! I sure hope so. I hate cute. Math? First mind block disintegrates to dust. So this kind of thinking is natural to you...
The Pankian Metaphor 3057
ref: the other argument that might be made is that sweden might have been significantly worse off if it hadn't adopted explicit economic policies and-or adoption of...
The Pankian Metaphor 3058
however, the severity of the problems are significantly different for companies (and their employees) that have fully funded pension plans ... vis-a-vis industries that continued...
The Pankian Metaphor 3059
so one might conjecture that you trade-off gov. advanced, pro-active economic planning that attempts to start...
The Pankian Metaphor 3060
Take a look at what happens when there is a societal freeze; examples are China and India. No. NONE. Think about it. Why travel to a group of people who...
The Pankian Metaphor 3063
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:36:48 -0600, Anne & Lynn Wheeler Good transport system is essencial for defence.. Of Course if the enemy is...
The Pankian Metaphor 3064
there is no suggestion that heavy trucks be replaced ... there is just a suggestion that the heavy trucking industry is possibly heavily subsidized for one reason or another ... and if hauling...
The Pankian Metaphor 3065
the design and cost of the majority of the road systems are based on heavy truck mile-axle-load requirements. consumers have somewhat...
The Pankian Metaphor 3066
ref: which makes repeated reference to the earlier postings ... partial extract from the content of previous posting: misc ref on fuel tax: misc road construction ref: 603.1 Introduction The primary goal of...
The Pankian Metaphor 3067
it isn't so much the maximum tons ... as mentioned before. it is the number of heavy truck axle-loads that define highway as...
The Pankian Metaphor 3068
Not to mention freeze-thaw cycles. Roads without maintenance wear out all by themselves.. nary a truck in sight, as...
The Pankian Metaphor 3069
It is going to depend on the load and the design criteria of the highway. If the truck is fully loaded with stone, and it is a smallish road, probably not. If...
The Pankian Metaphor 3070
Donald Tees sidd ----snipped---- It is going to depend on the load and the design criteria of the highway...
The Pankian Metaphor 3071
ref: which makes repeated reference to the earlier postings ... partial extract from the content of previous posting: misc ref...
The Pankian Metaphor 3072
my original post on the subject in the thread: references two earlier posts as containing information on the subject taken from published sources reproducing portions...
The Pankian Metaphor 3073
a little more search engine use: this references has the following: Before any pavement construction can be specified, it is necessary to quantify the...
The Pankian Metaphor 3074
I have seen highways that have been substantional rebuilt after a service lifetime on the order of 50 yrs. misc...
The Pankian Metaphor 3075
and my point is that "prices" should be proportional to costs. if you have "prices...
The Pankian Metaphor 3076
an issue in the whole series of articles is that heavy truck traffic (even within maximum legal load limits) still results in significant road damage. overloaded...
The Pankian Metaphor 3077
ref: and the reference mentioned in that posting the new technology i was noticing at the new weigh stations appears to be somewhat similar to the overhead...
The Pankian Metaphor 3078
Anne & Lynn Wheeler Actually, I do not think it very prevalent at all. The reason truck scales are so common is that a bill of lading with a weight is a legal requirement most...
The Pankian Metaphor 3079
my original comment-observation included the observation: "and were never built for the number of buttociated heavy truck axle-loads (that are the result...
The Pankian Metaphor 3080
Norway. Some of the large "truck SUV"'s come in two varieties, one for personal use and one for use as a small lorry, and...
The Pankian Metaphor 3081
lets say you have a heavily loaded highway infrastructure that was built for a specific...
The Pankian Metaphor 3082
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:16:14 -0600, Anne & Lynn Wheeler My grandfater had a dairy in Meath St. Dublin, near the center. The fodder for...
The Pankian Metaphor 3083
transportation has gotten significantly less expensive than it was many years ago. for a large physically distributed country ... overcoming distance sensitive issues is good policy. there are trade-offs. some of the cheap...
The Pankian Metaphor 3084
On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:36:33 -0600, Anne & Lynn Wheeler We will have to differ on this, my thesis is...