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Attention everyone, instead of turning your computer off or letting it sit idle, please donate your unused computer time to accelerate the rate scientific/ technological innovation by participating in World Community Grid by IBM at http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org It will not affect your computers performance and you will not get a virus!! This is simply the easiest way to make a positive contribution to society!! If you are interested in promoting World Community Grid, please email me at franco.lettieri@yahoo.com I have great publicity fliers that I can send you to print out, cut up and pass out to everyone. Please help cure cancer, HIV/AIDS, muscular dystrophy, etc...and let your computer participate in WCG, or some other scientific application such as protein folding....etc.....
"SiO2- ultra thin layering" is the technical term for Liquid Glass. Apart from a select group of professionals, few people in the UK know about this stunning technology. If you walk around Ataturk's Mausoleum in Ankara you are walking on it; if you visit certain hospitals in the UK you are touching it. If you see an unusually clean train you are probably looking at it, and if you wonder how your white settee looks so clean, you may be sitting on it. All of these surfaces have been coated with invisible glass.
The flexible and breathable glass coating is approximately 100 nanometres thick (500 times thinner than a human hair), and so it is completely undetectable. It is food safe, environmentally friendly (winner of the Green Apple Award) and it can be applied to almost any surface within seconds . When coated, all surfaces become easy to clean and anti- microbially protected (Winner of the NHS Smart Solutions Award ). Houses, cars, ovens, wedding dress or any other protected surface become stain resistant and can be easily cleaned with water ; no cleaning chemicals are required. Amazingly a 30 second DIY application to a sink unit will last for a year or years, depending on how often it is used. But it does not stop there - the coatings are now also recognised as being suitable for agricultural and in-vivo application. Vines coated with SiO2 don't suffer from mildew, and coated seeds grow more rapidly without the need for anti-fungal chemicals. This will result in farmers in enjoying massively increased yields . Trials for in-vivo applications are subject to a degree of secrecy, but the results are "stunning". Items such as stents can be coated, and this will create anti sticking features - catheters , and sutures which are a source of infection, will also cease to be problematic. About the way the technology works, it can be said that, in essence, we extract molecules of SiO2 (the primary constituent of glass) from quartz sand, and then we add the molecules to water or ethanol. The really clever part is that there are no added nano-particles , resins or additives- the coatings form and bond due to quantum forces. Our research informs us that in all probability, we offer the most versatile coating in the world. We are happy to hear about any other technology which offers the same range of applications. Very soon almost every product that you purchase will be protected with some form of easy -to -clean coating. It just so happens that we offer something that everyone finds fascinating . The concept of spray -on glass is just mind -boggling. http://www.nanopool.biz/en/core-competence... Convservatives are brilliant at selling a crappy product that benefits less than 10 percent of the us population. Democrats are horrible at selling an excellent product that would benefit 90 percent of the population. If thats not frusterating enough, democrats seem to be putting little effort into improving their sales skills. The political gridlock that exists now should never have happened. Lack of Democratic sales skills kept democrats from successfully selling their accomplishments from Obama's first 2 years in office to the American People. As a result, we lost control of the House, and now were suffering the consequences. If democrats don't learn how to be agressive sales pros, Conservatives will just continue to manipulate the middle class into voting to self destruct themselves!!! Its not that hard!! Conservatives love to use the phrase government takeover to scare people, why can't we use the phrases "corporate takeover" or "religious zealots" to start scaring people!! Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are the wrong people for democratic leadership, and I'm beginning to think Obama should step aside and let Hilary run in 2012. The chemistry we have right now is only contributing to Conservative's success and the demise of the middle class.
We need more aggressive bold people in democratic leadership like former Florida Rep. Alan Grayson. And we need the political expertise of George Lakoff http://www.georgelakoff.com to counter Karl Rove. We need swift and bold action!! The scientific discoveries that supercomputers make possible are amazing. Everything from lifesaving drug discoveries to environmental/ green energy technology. The more computing power we have, the better. So when I heard that Obama has set aside 126 million in the budget for next generation exascale computer development, it sounded great, at first. Then I realized, with all the life changing scientific benefits that come as a result of supercomputers, 126 million seems like a ridiculously low amount of funding. 10 billion, or even 100 billion dollars of funding per year seems far more appropriate.
As of right now, that fastest supercomputer is in China and is 2.5 peta flips. The US hopes to reach exascale computing speed (1,000 petaflops) by the year 2018, or 2019 using IBM's new light driven computer processors. (Article Below) http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2... Does anyone else experience frusteration due to how slow and inefficient our government operates...They seem to be under little pressure to accomplish anything...have a ton of days off...I'm sick of it. I wish congress operated 24 hours a day 5 days a week..the reps and senators themselves could be in session during business days..and then their aides, interns...could work and accomplish things during non business hours. Imagine if restaurants operated as slow and inefficient as congress does....It would take weeks, months, maybe even years to be served your food!!
Finally I'd like to express my extreme frusteration to our incredibly passive, ineffective, embarassing democratic party leaders Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. We need aggressive, fiery, intelligent people like Howard Dean and Alan Grayson to be our leaders, not these two clowns!! A few months ago, Democratic Tennessee congressman Steve Cohen made a controversial comparison about rhetoric on the issue healthcare to the work of infamous Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels...
“They say it’s a government takeover of health care, a big lie just like Goebbels,” Cohen said. “You say it enough, you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie, and eventually, people believe it. Well I have an idea....instead of complaining about G.O.P. tactics, why don't democrats simpily use them!!! Their tactics may be used to spread false ideology, but its soooo effective in doing it. Conservatives are brilliant salesman and use what I refer to as "Best Practice" when trying to spread their false polical ideology. There is simpily no better way then how the G.O.P. does it!!! Democratic lawmakers/ policital pundits should learn from them, copy their methods, start repeating stuff over and over again....you repeat the truth, and eventually, people get it/ believe it!!! And as for the other G.O.P. tactic...fear mongering...Why should democrats use that tactic also???? Simple... Everyone Needs to Be Afraid of Conservative ideology!!! There are so many people out there that are politically uneducated, or simply don't care about politics. Republicans are so brilliant at winning over these people with their B.S., After 8 years the Bush Administration nightmare, republicans did such a good job of using their brilliant tactics to spread lies...McCain/Palin almost pulled it off!!! I'm so sick and tired of democrats being so laid back, they need to get aggressive and start using the best political tactics that exist...the exact ones the G.O.P. uses. Here are some simple demoratic political concepts I thought of that need to be repeated over and over....and over again...to drill it in peoples heads whether they care/ understand politics or NOT (like a majority of Americans) "limited government" only benefits greedy corporations who don't want to follow rules that keep them from taking advantage of people. Why do financial firms need to be regulated? People attracted to high paying financial jobs by nature like taking risks, and if they screw up bad enough and put the company under, it can kill the economy like it did in 2008 and we get stuck paying for their carelessness. If you don't like the idea of the government bailing out giant corporations, then large corporations need to be broken up to keep them from getting large enough that they pose a threat to our economy and financial well being if their executives make poor management decisions/ excessive risks. The federal bail out may not have created jobs, but it defenetly saved some. Imagine if all the employees of bailed out companies lost their jobs, and all the companies that create products used by bailed out companies would have lost business and income which would have resulted in even more job loss. A devastating domino would have resulted. Conservatives may not like it when insurance companies deny or drop coverage to sick people, including children, but they sure don't seem interested in doing something to solve the problem If conservatives feel they have the answer to our healthcare crises, why didn't they try to make their version of healthcare reform a major priority when they were in the majority from 2001-2006, instead of simply ignoring the problem and then trying to block democrats attempt to solve the issue? A lot of people think healthcare reform should be put off and that fixing the economy is the most important issue. The truth is, they are both equally important issues and effort needs to be made to solve both issues simotaneously. What good is it to have a job, home, and savings if you will lose it all if/ when you get sick?? (most people do at some point) A good administration can multi task and work on both at the same time. Uninsured people are a burden on our healthcare system and our economy. Since they can't afford a doctor, they are forced to seek help at emergency rooms. Such services are far more expensive, and since they can't afford to pay for the services they use, the cost is passed on to insured people through higher rates the only way insurance companies can afford to cover people that are sick is to make it mandatory that healthy people purchase coverage. If you think your too young and healthy to need health insurance, all it takes it one quick injury or illness to develop which often requires millions of dollars worth of treatment. Imagine how scared you'd be if you find some strange bumps on your body, or start getting horrible headaches, and you can't afford to see a doctor becuase you didn't think you needed insurance. If they find something and you need expensive treatment, now your family has to go through all their hard earned savings and sell the house just to pay for treatment to keep you alive, becuase you thought you were too young/healthy to need insurance. You cannot wait until your older or sick to purchase health insurance, just like you can't wait until get into a car accident to buy car insurance and expect them to cover the accident. A large strong middle class is essential to a healthy economy. The G.O.P. is a threat to the middle class If a school teachers performance and pay is judged/ based on students grades and test scores, then teachers will spend too much time helping the less intelligent students to pass their tests and intelligent students will be neglected above average intelligence/ gifted children must be the biggest priority of our educational system. they are the onces that will find solutions to problems and lead us into the next generation/ future. Posted by francolettieri in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Fri Oct 08th 2010, 04:44 PM I've always felt that one of our country's main problem is that we do not stress the importance of science and technology enough, especially in our schools. I feel we need to stress the importance of this far more in both our schools, and television specials. I think getting people more interested/fasinated in this topic would be very easy with some creativity.
That is where Ray Kurzweil comes in. One of the most brilliant inventors/futarists ever...the Michael Jordan of science and technology. Everyone should know who he is. Here are some links to his websites, his amazing appearance on the Glen Beck show on CNN (before he turned into a far right wackjob) and the University he helped start, called singularity university, which is a very prestigious non accredited university aiming to increase the rate of scientific and technological innovation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1o5yB2oLyo --his appearance on the Glen Beck show (CNN) a must watch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_kurzweil http://www.kurzweilai.net / http://singularityu.org / http://www.kurzweiltech.com Posted by francolettieri in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Fri Oct 08th 2010, 04:09 PM As everyone knows, banks are hoarding money right now, reluctant to invest in companies. That may be a method of making the Obama administration look bad, and make conservatives look good. Since banks know they will get more favors with conservatives in power, I'm thinking banks may start to invest after the mid term elections when more conservatives take power, or in a scary scenerio, they may continue to hoard money until 2012 elections, which would keep unemployment high and insure Obama would no be re-elected, then open the flood gates and invest with a newly elected republican president : (
Banks have the power/methods to screw the democratic party/ Obama administration and make them look incompetent in terms of the economy/jobs. Posted by francolettieri in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Fri Oct 08th 2010, 03:34 PM Obviously everyone here already knows, unfortunatly way too many people don't know the real scary meaning of limited government. It means, empowering corporations to be able to do whatever they want!! The democratic party needs to do a better job of getting the word out. "Limited government" still sounds welcoming to a lot of people. Pretty scary.
I have more confidence in government than ever, mainly due to more powerful computers and huge advances in information technology/ Analytic software. should enable governent for function more efficient than ever, provided we keep the religious right/ morality freak wack jobs out of power. Posted by francolettieri in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Fri Sep 10th 2010, 06:40 PM Why is it that the political party with the most agressive, deceitful personality best able to sell its ideology is the narrowminded, bullshit political party!!!! Why can't the party with the best ideas be the best at selling itself!!?? I have complained numerous times on this site about this, democrats just refusing to get nasty, roll up their sleeves and fight. But there is one democrat I can think of that does do this. His name is Alan Grayson. I just wish we could clone him numerous times. I wish every single state and federal democratic representative in both the house and senate, was Alan Grayson!!! Pelosi and Reed are nothing compared to him!!
Posted by francolettieri in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Wed Sep 08th 2010, 10:49 AM By "these people" I am referring to....
1. Politically uneducated people who arn't motivated to vote (poor people) 2. Politically uneducated people who make $30,000 or under a vote republican becuase they think they'll get a tax cut : ) If Democrats were more aggressive and nastier, and better at stating their case, mayble they would be able to motivate these people to actually participate and undertand our political process. As Nov 2nd draws closer, Obama needs to really get people motivated and excited. The fact that Democrats have their back against the wall on election day should be a huge rallying cry and motivated factor. Unfortunatly the opposite is happening. To me, thats just a sign that Democrats just arn't getting people motivated and excited. Thats pathetic!! Democrats need to get viscious, and get politically uneducated people to be able to see just how flawed conservative ideology is!! That should be pretty fucking easy considering how narrow minded their policies are... 1. Taking away a womans reproductive rights and favoring policies that lead to unwanted pregnancies (opposition to birth control, condoms, teaching abstinence only sex education) 2. The dangerous, miserably failing war on drugs, which supports viscous gangs and drug cartels by enabling to get filthy rich from selling drugs 3. Waging war on science by shutting down stem cell research, taking away hope from millions of chronically sick, suffering americans. Being so concerned about embryonic stem cells, but not so concerned about sending living breathing soldiers to fight in bogus prolonged wars 4. Four profit prisons which encourage more people to be locked up for non violent crimes, Create more opportunity for corrupt judges and prosecutors to get financial kickbacks for wrongly imprisoning people,--Also more escaped dangerous inmates due to prisons trying to increase profit by employing less security 5. Referring to any attempt to keep people from hitting rock bottom as Socialism!!! 6. Not caring if sick and suffering adults and children are denied health care, or go broke and lose their homes trying to pay health care expenses that insurance companies refuse 7. Being corporate whores, that care about the well being of cooporations over induvidual people 8. Forcing all their religious and moral hang-ups on us I could go on and on.....How could a political pary that supports the above sick, twisted, narrowminded, policies be able to win even a single political office in this country!!!??? Easy, democrats let them, they simply refuse to get aggressive, and teach people the truth. The problem is so obvious let for some reason, they just don't seem to want to get the word out. Its like democrats want republicans to always be hanging in there, like they want to keep elections close, nailbiting, and interesting as if they're sports events where close games get higher tv ratings. I'm just trying to vent my tremendous frusteration!!! RE-energize 2010 voters....Make sure everyone understands the above, especially politically undeucated people who don't vote or fall for far more aggressive conservative tactics and vote for them wrongly thinking they will benefit Posted by francolettieri in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Tue Sep 07th 2010, 12:41 PM I don't know a lot about Pharmaceutical drug development. Heres a few things I do know...
1. A lot of people have been injured or killed by bad Pharmaceutical drugs 2. It takes years and years, and tons of money to bring new drugs on the market due to the strict FDA regulations, that still often fail to protect people 3. People who are terminally ill and have nothing to lose often have extreme difficulty or find it impossible to try experimental and potentially life saving drugs. So I propose some changes to the system....since people are still injured or killed by bad drugs despite the strict FDA regulations....and since peeople suffering from chronic/ life threatening diseases have to wait years and years for research and development to happen, after reading about a potential drug breakthrough Why not remove a lot of the regulations and liability the drug companies face which would form a more higher risk/ higher reward Pharmaceutical Drug Industry. It would cost much less and take much less time to bring new drugs on the market which would bring new hope to suffering/terminally ill people and of course the downsides.... 1. People would just have to understand the increased risk of trying new drugs, and consult carefully with their doctor and pharmacist to weigh the potentaial risk and rewards and decide if its worth it. 2. Their would be much less legal options to take if a person is injured or killed by a drug I would favor a less regulated/ Higher risk and higher reward Pharmaceutical drug indursty. I'm sick and tired of reading about potential amazing drug developments only to read at the bottom of the article that it could take 5-10 years before trails to start on humans I'm also sick and tired of reading about people with life threatenting diseases who are unable to get the opportunity to try experiemental drugs. This must change!!!!!!! Posted by francolettieri in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Tue Sep 07th 2010, 11:55 AM I have said this time and time again..... democrats need to start trying out nasty republican tactics to see if they can work for them too. I say why not, if it doesn't work they can always stop. Heres some issues and how I would use fear mongering and aggressive nasty tactics to combat republican conservative views..... I'm sick of conservatives being so nasty, and Liberals refuse to respond to the same degre. They don't stand their ground and try to teach people why they need to be afraid of conservative ideology. VERY AFRAID!!! If Liberals would grow some balls and get viscious, maybe they could start to get the attention of people who don't care about politics, or politically undeducated people who are unable to see through the smoke and mirrors and fall for conservative lies...You know the ones who believe Conservatives stand for freedom, and don't understand that its just fascism disguised as freedom. Its the most frusterating thing in the world that....
CONSERVATIVES FIGHT LIBERALISM WITH A FIRE HOSE LIBERALS FIGHT CONSERVATISM WITH A GARDEN HOSE!!! THIS MUST CHANGE...Here is how we need to get nasty and fight the issues........ Stem Cell Research--Refusing to fund stem cell research is sadistic and backward thinking. Its like telling people suffering from life threatening, painful, chronic diseases to go FUCK themselves and keep on suffering. Its Idiotic to care more about single celled embryos than living, thinking, breathing people or........ Conservatives won't hesitate to send living, thinking, breathing people into an unessessary war, where they can be tortured and killed, and their families suffer as well, but all of a sudden they so concerned with single celled embryos!! Thats how backward thinking all you crazy, religious zealot, morality freaks are!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Universal Healthcare--If your against Obamacare, that also means you think children with pre-existing conditions should be denied health care, and their parents should go bankrupt and be homeless while they try to pay for the care for the children were denied by you corporate loving, greedy, sadistic, backward thinking conservatives!! or.... I feel so sorry for people who are forced to purchase healthcare that don't want it. the people who will be hurt most by this policy are the people UNFORTUNATE enough to never develop serious, chronic health conditions. You know, the ones who stay alert, healthy, and mobile all the way into their 90's or 100's and then die uneventfullly in their sleep without ever needing to be put in a nursing home....I feel very sorry for those people. Forcing them to have to pay for insurance that they will never really need...so sad!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Profit Prisons--If prisons become for profit, thats all the more incentive for them to give kickbacks to corrupt judges and prosecutors to lock up your innocent children for petty crimes, and let them mingle with hard core criminals who will beat, rape and possible kill them. Is that what you want-your kid being locked up for 10 years for possessing marijuana, having your innocent child's cell mate writing you telling you to wire $100,000 to an offshore account to prevent your kid from being sodomized and beaten to death!!!! And of coarse for profit prisons will try to cut costs at every chance they get, try to get by with the least amount of guards and security they can to increase profits and please the sharholders. That should create all the more opportunity to child rapists and murders to escape, break into your home in the middle of the night, fuck the shit out of your poor children, slit their throat and leave them in a field to die. Unless of course your lucky enough to be awakened by the noise of them breaking in. Hey...if thats what you want, then maybe you should vote for that crazy, corporitist, profit loving, shareholder pleasing, greedy conservative who claims to want to protect your children but supports policies that do the exact opposite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ the war on drugs--Drug cartels and gangleaders love the war on drugs, keeps the drug prices nice and high which enables them to make a nice profit and recruit more people, fuck more of your daughters, buy more machine guns, shoot at your house. If you support the war on drugs, and if you support tough sentenses for drug offenders, then you support the drug cartels and gangs, you're with them!! So try to do what conservative morality freaks can't do...think a little outside the box....and learn from failed dangerous policies that put your innocent children and family in danger ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prostitution--I think consenting adults ought to be able to do what they want as long as no one gets hurt. We don't need some sex-phobic, religious nutcase, morality freak, conservative trying to tell consenting adults what they can and can't to with their bodies. And of course its the conservatives who take the initiative to to this are the same ones who leave work, tell their wife and kids they have some meetings to attend, then call a male escort to bring them meth and fuck the shit out of them. If we stop wastnig law enforcement resources on victimless crimes by consenting adults, we can direct more attention to more serious crimes like rape, murder, and child prostitution/ sex slavery. I mean common you crazy conservatives, if you idiots would only stop trying to purify the worrld learn how to think and prioritize....maybe society would be safer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gay marriage--Hey you know what, if your against gay marriage, then don't fucking marry someone of the same sex, and if your invited to a gay wedding, politely decline the invitation. But don't tell someone what they can or can't do with their own life. You crazy, morality freak, religious jealot, Jesus obsessed conservatives need to mind your fucking business and stop getting involved with shit that doesn't affect your fucking life!! Instead of donating money to stop gay marriage, why don't you donate money to charity to help people and children with pre-existing life threatening conditions who can't get health care becuase they were denied due to your fucked up corporate loving policies. These conservatives and religious zealots like that Kansas church that protest at soldeirs funerals who hate gay marriage----they really hate themselves becuase they can't stop fantasizing about getting fucked up the ass, or they can't stop getting fucked up the ass!! I think most people who don't want fags to get married, are angry at themselves becuase they are fags themselves!! ____________________________________________________________________________________________ this is what democrats/ liberals need to start doing, get nasty and create fear!! if it doesn't produce results, the can always tone it down or stop. Posted by francolettieri in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Fri Sep 03rd 2010, 04:36 PM Everyone knows, one of the right wing's main tactics is creating fear, trying to scare people for what could happen if their shallow thinking, warped ideology doesn't become policy. I suggest the Left should start using fear mongering as a tactic. People should be very afraid of the rights policies. I know I am. Heres a few examples of right wing policies and ways/reasons for people to be very afraid of them!!! If these tactics don't work or backfire, we can always stop. I say its worth a try. Now onto the issues....
Stem Cell Research--Refusing to fund stem cell research is sadistic and backward thinking. Its like telling people suffering from life threatening, painful, chronic diseases to go FUCK themselves and keep on suffering. Its Idiotic to care more about single celled embryos than living, thinking, concious, breathing people or........ Conservatives won't hesitate to send living, thinking, breathing people into an unessessary war, where they can be tortured and killed, and their families suffer as well, but all of a sudden they so concerned with single celled embryos!! Thats how backward thinking all you crazy, religious zealot, morality freaks are!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Universal Healthcare--If your against Obamacare, that also means you think children with pre-existing conditions should be denied health care, and their parents should go bankrupt and be homeless while they try to pay for the care for the children were denied by you corporate loving, greedy, sadistic, backward thinking conservatives!! or.... I feel so sorry for people who are forced to purchase healthcare that don't want it. the people who will be hurt most by this policy are the people UNFORTUNATE enough to never develop serious, chronic health conditions. You know, the ones who stay alert, healthy, and mobile all the way into their 90's or 100's and then die uneventfullly in their sleep without ever needing to be put in a nursing home....I feel very sorry for those people. Forcing them to have to pay for insurance that they will never really need...so sad!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Profit Prisons--If prisons become for profit, thats all the more incentive for them to give kickbacks to corrupt judges and prosecutors to lock up your innocent children for petty crimes, and let them mingle with hard core criminals who will beat, rape and possible kill them. Is that what you want-your kid being locked up for 10 years for possessing marijuana, having your innocent child's cell mate writing you telling you to wire $100,000 to an offshore account to prevent your kid from being sodomized and beaten to death!!!! And of coarse for profit prisons will try to cut costs at every chance they get, try to get by with the least amount of guards and security they can to increase profits and please the sharholders. That should create all the more opportunity to child rapists and murders to escape, break into your home in the middle of the night, fuck the shit out of your poor children, slit their throat and leave them in a field to die. Unless of course your lucky enough to be awakened by the noise of them breaking in. Hey...if thats what you want, then maybe you should vote for that crazy, corporitist, profit loving, shareholder pleasing, greedy conservative who claims to want to protect your children but supports policies that do the exact opposite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ the war on drugs--Drug cartels and gangleaders love the war on drugs, keeps the drug prices nice and high which enables them to make a nice profit and recruit more people, and give high school drop outs the opportunity to earn loads of money, buy more machine guns, shoot at your house. If you support the war on drugs, and if you support tough sentenses for drug offenders, then you support the drug cartels and gangs, you're with them!! So try to do what conservative morality freaks can't do...think a little outside the box....and learn from failed dangerous policies that put your innocent children and family in danger ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prostitution--I think consenting adults ought to be able to do what they want as long as no one gets hurt. We don't need some sex-phobic, religious nutcase, morality freak, conservative trying to tell consenting adults what they can and can't to with their bodies. And of course its the conservatives who take the initiative to to this are the same ones who leave work, tell their wife and kids they have some meetings to attend, then call a male escort to bring them meth and fuck the shit out of them. If we stop wastnig law enforcement resources on victimless crimes by consenting adults, we can direct more attention to more serious crimes like rape, murder, and child prostitution/ sex slavery. I mean common you crazy conservatives, if you idiots would only stop trying to purify the worrld learn how to think and prioritize....maybe society would be safer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gay marriage--Hey you know what, if your against gay marriage, then don't fucking marry someone of the same sex, and if your invited to a gay wedding, politely decline the invitation. But don't tell someone what they can or can't do with their own life. You crazy, morality freak, religious jealot, Jesus obsessed conservatives need to mind your fucking business and stop getting involved with shit that doesn't affect your fucking life!! Instead of donating money to stop gay marriage, why don't you donate money to charity to help people and children with pre-existing life threatening conditions who can't get health care becuase they were denied due to your fucked up corporate loving policies. These conservatives and religious zealots like that Kansas church that protest at soldeirs funerals who hate gay marriage----they really hate themselves becuase they can't stop fantasizing about getting fucked up the ass, or they can't stop getting fucked up the ass!! I think most people who don't want fags to get married, are angry at themselves becuase they are fags themselves!! ____________________________________________________________________________________________ this is what democrats/ liberals need to start doing, get nasty and create fear!! if it doesn't produce results, the can always tone it down or stop. If the left was more aggressive and unleashed an unrelentless blistering attack on the rights sick policies and why we should fear them, Maybe it would grab the attention of people who normally don't care about politics or are not smart enough to see through the right wing's smoke and mirrors. Posted by francolettieri in General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010)
Sun Feb 21st 2010, 03:59 PM My solution for the homeless & high housing costs
Ok, I posted this idea a few weeks ago and it got a lot of criticism. I modified the idea a little and I'm trying again to see what everyone thinks. Here is a way to provide cheap, private, comfortable housing for the homeless, (or anyone that wants a cheap, small, safe dwelling) Modify those mobile mini metal storage pods so people can live in them (one person per unit). A simple parking space sized metal pod (15 feet X 8 feet X 8'6" high) can be converted into living shelter. All the essensials can easily fit inside (ventilation, a bed, flat screen tv, small stove or hot plate, computer, LED lighting, small energy effieicient heater/AC. Thousands of these "living "pods" can be put into an energy efficient large multi floor structure, which can be built in a major city near the public transportation hub and grocery stores. Many ammenaties can also be built to provide recreation.....A giant field for recreation with a walking track surrounding it, a swimming pool, gardens, internet cafes...etc....I believe these "pod cities" would work best in cities with warm weather, but they could also be modified for colder cities like New York, Chicago etc... I believe this would be a good, cheap, efficient, comfortable way to house people who were previously homeless, on welfare, etc...Would also be good for people who can afford more expensive housing but just want to save $$ to spend on other things, like me. Seriously, I'm sick of the large responsibilites/expenses that go along with renting and owning houses and apartments. It costs 50% of my income, or more. I'd rather be out and about and spend a large portion of that money on fun stuff, instead of working my head off simply to afford a place to keep stuff and sleep. There are a few complications to this plan...Security guards would need to be on duty 24/7. A lot of peole on this forum thought that was insulting, to have security guards on constant patrol through this "mini city." I don't see why. Anytime you have people living in close proximity to another, regardless of whether they're millionaires or bums, you need security!! It might not be possible to put private bathhooms in individual living pods, they would have to be in a locker room arrangement. andnot sure about how difficult it would be for something like this to comply with fire codes. But I think its a good idea and I would not hesitate to live in one of these pods..I think it would be cool!!! Astronauts don't mind living in small spaces, we can do it here on earth too. Unlike astronauts, people in this arrangement would have the luxury of being able to get out and about, anytime they wanted. We need more cheap, safe, private, efficient housing in every major city and this is a good way to accomplish that goal!!!! I don't see anything insulting or demeaning about this, and as I mentioned several times already, I wouldn't hesitate to live in one. |
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