Chris Christie imposes draconian alternative energy mandate on New Jersey utilities

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There were also mostly smugglers and profiteers, but that is what makes history interesting.

I guess you think you could have done a better job

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I guess you think you could have done a better job

Than George III? You betcha!

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Not to mention depicting as heroes those that were taking away Native American land so that they could build public transportation and infrastructure.

I can imagine a thousand, white male heads exploding simultaneously in Orange County as it finally donned on them that John Wayne was actually an agent provocateur for the communists in Hollywood. They loved him so much, they named an airport after him.

Edited July 24, 2012 by Mister Fancypants

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I can imagine a thousand, white male heads exploding simultaneously in Orange County as it finally donned on them that John Wayne was actually an agent provocateur for the communists in Hollywood. They loved him so much, they named an airport after him.

You are one of the very few people I know who sees the irony of the dedication of the airport. I normally use the event to suggest the OC is a cultural desert.

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You are one of the very few people I know who sees the irony of the dedication of the airport. I normally use the event to suggest the OC is a cultural desert.

The OC has culture, but it's just outnumbered by angry white men who don't want no one fvcking with their fondness for John Wayne.

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Just another example of government interfering with the market. If solar power is competitive with conventional energy sources, then there's no need to mandate it.

It's okay if a Republican does it. Then it's visionary. If a Democrat does it, it's communism.

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It's okay if a Republican does it. Then it's visionary. If a Democrat does it, it's communism.

That's false.

When a Democrat does it, he or she packages it with other socialist atrocities like Death Panels for Elderly Republicans and a dozen new endangered species and declaring Hydrogen a pollutant in water.

When a Republican does it, it is almost invariably part of an overall package designed to stimulate growth and demand and maintain the United State's position as the sole superpower.

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That's false.

When a Democrat does it, he or she packages it with other socialist atrocities like Death Panels for Elderly Republicans and a dozen new endangered species and declaring Hydrogen a pollutant in water.

When a Republican does it, it is almost invariably part of an overall package designed to stimulate growth and demand and maintain the United State's position as the sole superpower.

You should try out as a stand-up comedian.

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Chicken.

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Chicken.

No, just missunderstood a post. I realize what he meant now.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

That's false.

When a Democrat does it, he or she packages it with other socialist atrocities like Death Panels for Elderly Republicans and a dozen new endangered species and declaring Hydrogen a pollutant in water.

When a Republican does it, it is almost invariably part of an overall package designed to stimulate growth and demand and maintain the United State's position as the sole superpower.

And it is pragmatic -- none of that liberal do it because us helps feel good about trying, even though the attempt was futile in the end, and just cost the taxpayers another trillion dollars.

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And it is pragmatic -- none of that liberal do it because us helps feel good about trying, even though the attempt was futile in the end, and just cost the taxpayers another trillion dollars.

No, it's not. It's a mandate to purchase a non-competitive product. It's a distortion of the free market. Thus it reduces our freedom. And it raises the cost of doing business to boot. How is that pragmatic?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

No, it's not. It's a mandate to purchase a non-competitive product. It's a distortion of the free market. Thus it reduces our freedom. And it raises the cost of doing business to boot. How is that pragmatic?

pragmatic --> achieves desired result

feckless --> does not achieve desired result

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

pragmatic --> achieves desired result

The main result achieved with this mandate is higher energy costs, i.e higher cost of living and doing business. Is that desirable?