Adding Tolls to Brooklyn Bridges?
Marty Markowitz was just on the Brian Lehrer show arguing against the Ravitch Commission’s proposal to add tolls to the three bridges in Brooklyn as well as the Queensboro Bridge as part of its solution to the MTA deficits. (Rosie Perez just called in agreeing with Marty too.) Are you in favor of adding the…
Marty Markowitz was just on the Brian Lehrer show arguing against the Ravitch Commission’s proposal to add tolls to the three bridges in Brooklyn as well as the Queensboro Bridge as part of its solution to the MTA deficits. (Rosie Perez just called in agreeing with Marty too.) Are you in favor of adding the tolls?
There was a religious component to the Nazis as well. There, I’ve invoked Godwin’s Law and ended this discussion.
Back to the toll discussion….
Why is it called a subway series and not a bridge and tunnel series???
“there’s no arguing with someone like that who doesn’t understand the underlying logic. ”
BECAUSE THE UNDERLYING LOGIC IS WRONG – a finite resource will be substituted out of usefulness LONG before its supply becomes exhausted.
Look there is oil out there that could be recovered for (lets say) $1000 a barrel (2008 dollars) – but guess what -long before oil gets to $1000 a barrel – other energy sources become cheaper (in comparison) like solar, wind, natural gas, hydrogen (whatever). So what happens – the $1000 a barrel never gets drilled, the world moves to an energy alternative and the $1000 barrel stays in the ground forever – see we didnt run out did we!
BRG – sorry – embarrassed for me or not – it is an undeniable fact that there is a religious component to Al Qaeda (for example) and you can call me every name in the book but it doesn’t change the facts.
The hatred that is taught under the guise of a religious mandate comes from the twisted minds of those who have power over an uneducated youth with no hope for job or a life. Those with the power in these situations that have a hatred for the U.S., justified or not, wield it to shape the minds of the young. In now way is this a mainstream teaching of any religion.
“Further I NEVER said they hate us for our success or freedom – I said their hatred threatens us.”
fsrg, I didn’t mean to imply that was what you thought or were saying, which is why I was careful to add “which is the most pathetic thing certain politicians and media proclaim”. But their hatred that threatens us I believe is less attributable to their religious beliefs than to the actions the U.S. governments have taked to instill hatred in them. Of course if we kill millions of innocent Vietnamese, hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis, etc. people will hate us. One would hate anyone who killed one’s family, especially for no good reason.
Ok, sorry for seeming to put words in your mouth. While we disagree on whether or not we’ll run out of oil, we clearly agree, as I’m sure most others here do too, that we need to somehow lose our dependence on oil (before it runs out or becomes too expensive) and are nowhere close to having a viable solution that will work.
“Biff – they may hate us for the reasons you state – but they also hate us because their (form of) religion teaches them to hate all non-believers.”
okay, fsrg. I was agreeing with some of your points, but now I’m completely embarrassed for you.
And frankly, that is the most uneducated statement, anyone can say. You surely don’t know anything about their (form of) religion except what has been delivered to you by the media.
“Forget it Biff…there’s no arguing with someone like that who doesn’t understand the underlying logic.”
Yeah, Biff…don’t argue with someone like that!!
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend!
Biff – they may hate us for the reasons you state – but they also hate us because their (form of) religion teaches them to hate all non-believers. Further I NEVER said they hate us for our success or freedom – I said their hatred threatens us.
And sure models can overstate supplies as well – SO WHAT – I am advocating TAXING oil – pick whatever reason you want to make it more expensive – I want to get off oil too BUT saying we will “run out” is just false; what will happen (if we do nothing) is LONG LONG before it runs out it will just get too expensive to use and the transition to some alternative will be infinitely more painful because we will have not prepared.
Forget it Biff…there’s no arguing with someone like that who doesn’t understand the underlying logic. The diamond analogy points to the ridiculousness of his thinking.
So the pirates are the result of aggressive U.S. policies. Why am I not surprised?