CommentsDisplaying FingerBlisters's 10 most recent comments.

• Five of the Weirdest Sales Taxes in the U.S.

  January 17, 2012 at 3:45pm

  Tax things and get less of it? Let’s tax poverty, war. unemployment and the deficit.

  I think if the government was trying to tax the plastic lids on coffee cups I would relabel them as a safety device to prevent spilling hot coffee.

• EPA Penalizes Refiners For Failing to Use Fuel That ‘Does Not Exist’

  January 12, 2012 at 12:13pm

  Don’t blame the EPA, they are only following the law that CONGRESS passed. Nobody ever said congress was bright did they. Sometimes I think the sum of their collective IQ’s would be less than room temperature.

  Now, do you think refiners will actually pay these fines? In reality, these fines will be rolled into the cost of gasoline and diesel, so we all end up paying the fine.

• Paying for Gas With Cash? You May Need to Swipe Your Drivers License

  January 5, 2012 at 2:06pm

  In reply to Blazen420.

  I was thinking the same thing. I see lots of stations that say pay first or use a credit card. Way simpler.

• Personal Incomes Fall More During ‘Recovery’ Than During The Recession

  January 4, 2012 at 2:14pm

  In reply to Neesey.

  Obama’s effect on my income.
  Year 1 -33%
  Year 2 -2%
  Year 3 -1%
  Does this mean things are looking better that my income isn’t decreasing as fast?

• ‘Aqua Car’: Volkswagen‘s New Design Gives ’ATV’ a Whole New Meaning

  January 4, 2012 at 1:31pm

  In reply to wraith67.

  Hydrogen readily available? Where? Hydrogen is not readily available, it has to be produced. The cheapest way to produce hydrogen is with steam reforming of methane (Google it). Burning hydrogen in an internal combustion engine is a very inefficient use of hydrogen compared to a fuel cell.

• Does the United Methodist Church Really Support Saturday‘s ’One Nation’ March?

  September 28, 2010 at 12:54pm

  I’m a Methodist, but I will be at a bar watching football instead of attending the rally as I expect most people will be doing.