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There's more brewing then I was aware of...make that 9 active volcanoes.
Yup.
These things happen. It's not some kind of remote once in a million years kind of thing. Take a look at this quote from your link:
Forty-five eruptions, including 15 cases of notable volcanic unrest, have been documented at 33 volcanoes in the U.S. since 1980, according to the report, released April 29.
So, yeah, they happen. Mostly they are not catastrophic events, but even those are not all that uncommon. As I mentioned in another post, the last century saw 2 such massive eruptions - that's an average of once every 50 years - so in an individuals lifetime he could very well see one - some folks could easily have lived to see BOTH.
Fortunately in both of those cases the peaks that erupted were relatively remote so the loss of life and destruction of property were a lot less than they could have been - but if Mt Hood, Mt Shasta, or ESPECIALLY Mt Rainier were to go up in a big way it could kill tens of thousands of Americans - so such research is not pork but rather of REAL value.
The risks are real and the benefits of the research are real - and it reflected poorly on Jindals' judgment to single this research out as wasteful. As an infrastructure improvement, this easily qualifies. While there are some dubious items in the bill THIS is NOT.
You don't know what any of us know about the GOP. You do not know what we read, what we know. My father and several other family members were Republican elected officials back in Pennsylvania. I literally grew up with the GOP.
Yeah I agree.
I think it's pretty presumptuous for someone to automatically assume that someone who supports one party doesn't know anything about the other - and likely simply reflects THAT persons isolation from the "other side" - rather those of the people he/she is accusing of that.
The fact is, there are a LOT of families with members and supporter of BOTH parties (often leading to "interesting" discussions over the family dinner table - not to mention the fact that many Democrats and Republicans have friends and acquaintances on the "other side" (I certainly don't ask for someone's political affiliation when making a new friend) - and lets not EVEN get into those of us who are members of NEITHER party and have voted for both sides of the aisle at different times and under different circumstances.
You don't know what any of us know about the GOP. You do not know what we read, what we know. My father and several other family members were Republican elected officials back in Pennsylvania. I literally grew up with the GOP.
Was I addressing you when I wrote that, no I was not. It had nothing to do with you, but thanks for your input.
Was I addressing you when I wrote that, no I was not. It had nothing to do with you, but thanks for your input.
This is an open forum. There is an assumption that when you post, you are addressing everyone. If you want to converse with someone privately, send them a DM.
Yeah I agree.
I think it's pretty presumptuous for someone to automatically assume that someone who supports one party doesn't know anything about the other - and likely simply reflects THAT persons isolation from the "other side" - rather those of the people he/she is accusing of that.
The fact is, there are a LOT of families with members and supporter of BOTH parties (often leading to "interesting" discussions over the family dinner table - not to mention the fact that many Democrats and Republicans have friends and acquaintances on the "other side" (I certainly don't ask for someone's political affiliation when making a new friend) - and lets not EVEN get into those of us who are members of NEITHER party and have voted for both sides of the aisle at different times and under different circumstances.
Ken
And that is well and good, but has nothing to do with what the post was about. I would never try to tell the democrats on here who they were "grooming" to run for President four year from now if they didn't currently hold the office. That is presumptuous.
This is an open forum. There is an assumption that when you post, you are addressing everyone. If you want to converse with someone privately, send them a DM.
You know what assume does, right. I was not addressing you. Have a good one.
And that is well and good, but has nothing to do with what the post was about. I would never try to tell the democrats on here who they were "grooming" to run for President four year from now if they didn't currently hold the office. That is presumptuous.
No. That's SPECULATION.
It's not worth a whole lot admittedly this far out, but it's hardly presumptuous.
No. That's SPECULATION.
It's not worth a whole lot admittedly this far out, but it's hardly presumptuous.
Ken
Some people are just into politics. I voted for Obama, though I voted republican in my state elections, and I did just as much research on the right as I did the left, if not more. It's not far fetched to understand that we may know more about our opposing party.
You know what assume does, right. I was not addressing you. Have a good one.
Cut the attitude, dear, it may earn you an infraction. I will put it a little differently. This is an open forum. It is not against the TOS for any member to respond to any post.
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