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I completely agree that Congresses inability to act is really an important part of government. The founders didn't believe laws should be passed too quickly and neither do I. Too often people look to the government to do something when, in many cases, the best thing the government can do is get their hands out of an issue and get out of the way.

I think that's a big part of the problem. A lot of people just feel the government is using climate change as an excuse to gain more control over business and raise tazes.

The appeal to a lot of people is that no matter what he says, he doesn't apologize for it. A lot of people get real tired of politicians who tiptoe around because they might "offend" someone.

I completely agree with this. Businesses should not be artificially maintained just to keep jobs open. As society and technology changes, some industries will be lost while others are gained. What I do object to are industries being shackled and even destroyed not by evolution but by a political agenda. This isn't happening yet to the fossil fuel industry, but many activists would like for it to happen, whether or not a viable replacement is ready. When the time comes, "big oil" will decline and other industries will take its place. At that time, the workers need to adapt and change.

The whole situation comes down to a series of questions: Is the climate changing? Is human activity causing a significant part of the change? Are the changes detrimental to our civilization? Can we do anything to stop or reverse the change? What are the current costs to society if we make the changes? Most of the activists tend to forget that last question. The everyday man cares about the planet, but he has to balance that care against the needs of his family today. While he may be concerned about a rise in temperature/sea level/etc., none of that matters if he loses his job and can't feed his kids today. In developing countries, activities that produce carbon are also helping hundreds of thousands, even millions of people rise up out of poverty. How are you going to tell them they need to stop? Some day clean sources of energy will help, but they aren't sufficiently developed yet. So, yes we need to develop them further, but we can't stop using fossil fuels yet.

I don't know, but I may have you all beat. The very first time I picked up a driver and hit the ball, it sliced so bad I almost shot a 1 for the course. That's right, it landed on the 18th green!!

I will say that when I was in Italy, I had the best salad I have ever eaten, and it was just greens with some oil and vinegar. I figure it had to be the freshness of the ingredients. And, to keep it on track, the pizza in Naples was really good too! Oddly enough, the lasagna, was just okay.

I do something similar. I just assume the "par" for every hole is 5. That way, if I manage to "par" every hole, I shoot a 90. I've still got a way to go before that happens. Oddly enough, I seem to break "par" more on the par 4 holes than I do on the par 3.

Definitely, and which one is best is entirely subjective. For pizza, I've had the classic Neopolitan style in Naples and it was great. But then, so is Chicago deep dish style, or New York style, or the Midwest tavern style thin crust, or any of the others. It's all great. Some days I want one type, some days another. I do think it's important to respect the original classic recipe, but that's no reason to ignore the variations. Although, sometimes I do think we here in the US tend to go overboard with our "let's see how much we can put on it" mentality. But, then again, sometimes that's good too!

This was easy. I don't eat chicken wings now, so I could do without them.

Freddy's is a really good burger, as are others that are similar, like Steak n' Shake and Culver's. The smashed style burger is my favorite style. I tend to favor Steak n' Shake, even though there are none really close to me, because of their price. You can get several different burger and fry combinations for under $5.

For chains, they're pretty good. The real problem is that most fast food chains start with a frozen hockey puck and then make it worse. The best burgers do tend to come from independent stores, although just because a store is not part of a chain doesn't guarantee a good burger. It's pretty much a crap shoot. While chains generally don't have exceptional burgers, you can find some that are consistently good. I've also found that, just like everything else, taste in burgers is very individual. Some like the really thick burgers and some prefer the thinner ones. Some like really rare ones and others can't stand anything less than well done. So, no burger is ever the best burger for everyone. The best a burger can do is get a majority of the votes.

I really don't think he has a chance, but if by some quirk he does get elected, I believe he would have the same problem Ross Perot would have had if he had been elected. Both are leaders of business and used to getting things their way. I could see them going to Congress and saying "We need to do X, Y, and Z." Congress would then say back, "Sorry, that's not on our agenda today."

One course I play tends to have all these little white mushrooms at certain times of the year. You think you've spotted your ball only to get there and find it's a mushroom.

I went out last Friday and had a few blow up holes ond too many missed putts on the front nine. It didn't help that on the first hole I got a twinge in my back that affected me for several holes. I wasn't going to quit though - I had already paid for the round . On the back nine, however, my back loosened back up and I managed to shoot 49. I even birdied one hole, so it was a good game.

I agree. Plus, we have to remember that we build resistance by being exposed to the germs, not isolating ourselves from them.

This is just completely ridiculous. Once you sell a product, that particular item is no longer yours and the new owner can do whatever he wants with it. Now, I completely understand the voiding of warranties if you work on the car yourself and something goes wrong. I could even agree with whoever gives you a loan making some sort of restrictions on who works on the vehicle. After all, they have a financial interest in the vehicle until the loan is paid off. And, of course. a lease is a different matter because the car is not sold.

I can understand people who are on call for work or some sort of family issue. What I can't stand are those people who are always on the phone because they think they're more important than God and so have to be in contact at all times.

I have written and sold some short stories to the Grantville Gazette, which is an online addition to the "1632" series by Eric Flint.

I don't know about putting fruit in a beer to serve it. To each his own. However, I really like trying some of the beers that are brewed with fruit in them. I've had some really good ones and some I wondered why they bothered. What I really don't care for is the recent trend of "I wonder how many hops we can squeeze into this beer?"

For me, it's all about what I can control in the trip, and for me that means driving is better. At least once or twice a year I drive from Maryland to Illinois to visit my parents. Because they are three hours away from a major airport and I am an hour from any, by the time I would get through all the flying connections, I don't save significant time. Yeah, it's tiring driving that long (about 14 hours) and I sometimes make it a two day trip. Plus, I can stop whenever I want, eat whenever and wherever I want, and already have my local transportation when I get to my destination. I do fly to other places when it's impossible or impractical to drive, but my preference is definitely driving.

I love the whiskey ads!! Probably the most stunning woman I've ever had the privilege to meet, Sharna Burgess from Dancing with the Stars:

I played one course where they had placed some clocks at different tees, each adjusted by the expected play time to get to that tee. If the clock showed later than your start time, you were going too slow.

Hey, I do enjoy The Five sometimes, sometimes I'll watch MSNBC. I like getting all points of view and trying to understand them. I also find that each network has its idiots. I'll be honest though. One of the big reasons I like to watch The Five is seeing Kymberly's legs right after I get off work!