CommentsDisplaying mfspradley79's 10 most recent comments.

• Load of Crap? Obama Admin Invests $5M in Cow Manure

  April 10, 2012 at 2:44pm

  Other countries have been doing very similar projects as part of the Kyoto Protocol for the last 10 years. I worked on biodigester designs for agri farms in Mexico, South Africa, and several other not so industrialized countries back in 2004-2006. The client we were working for was essentially creating emission credits that they could sell to industry that was unable to meet the emission reductions as dictated in the Protocol. Personally, I thought it was a scheme where the only beneficiary was the middle man making the money on selling the credit. There really was no net reduction in emissions due to the emission trading. Most of the digesters we worked on produced enough energy to run the pumps on their system and maybe a light pole or two. Most of the projects used a flare to burn off the gas. When burned, the methane is converted to heat, water and CO2 and is no longer considered a greenhouse gas emission.

• Elderly UK Woman Allegedly Forced to Find New Doctor Because of ‘Carbon Footprint’

  April 4, 2012 at 3:29pm

  In reply to deeberj.

  I live 25 miles from my office. The whole “green” energy idea is a scam and it hurts those of us who don’t live in big cities where public transportation is available the most.

• ‘I’m Responding, That‘s What I’m Doing’: Debbie Wasserman Schultz Has Testy Fox Interview…Again

  March 23, 2012 at 8:37am

  All the employees who lose coverage from their employer will need to send out thank you notes to Obama for mandating them to BUY health insurance from the private insurance exchange. I’m sure it will be free or at least cheaper than what they were paying through their employer. Oh wait a minute. I think they are going to have to pay 100% of the monthly premiums for the coverage they purchase instead of the 20% or so they were paying while the employer was paying the other 80% pre-Obamacare. But don’t worry, you will get a portion of the premiums refunded when you file your taxes each year. I’m sure everyone will be so happy about this!!

• ‘Not Going to Be Silenced by This’: Sex-Plea Co-Ed Responds to Limbaugh on Ed Show

  March 2, 2012 at 4:29pm

  And no one is suggesting that the current level of care should be eliminated. This uprising is about asking others to cover your expense for contraceptives and most especially mandating someone to go against their own religious doctrine in order to provide this “free” coverage to the masses.

• ‘Not Going to Be Silenced by This’: Sex-Plea Co-Ed Responds to Limbaugh on Ed Show

  March 2, 2012 at 4:25pm

  This argument is just ludicrous. If you have a medical condition that requires medication you pay for it. No one orders your employer, insurance, doctors, pharmacy, etc to give it to you for FREE. My daughter has a life threatening disease, cystic fibrosis, and we pay around $100/month just in prescription co-pays. She’s only 4 y/o and since her disease is degenerative her medical needs are only going to increase with time. Without these meds she would literally stop breathing. But her condition is clearly NOT AS IMPORTANT as the very slim faction of women who need contraceptives to ward off cancer and keep their reproductive system healthy.

  Has anyone considered the impact this access to free contraceptives is going to have in relation to STDs? If you are young and dumb and can get on the pill for free, why use a condom?

• Obama: Churches Won’t Be Forced to Directly Provide Contraceptives But…

  February 10, 2012 at 1:32pm

  In reply to Marauder62.

  Lol

• Obama: Churches Won’t Be Forced to Directly Provide Contraceptives But…

  February 10, 2012 at 1:13pm

  In reply to cessna152.

  The same person will be paying for it which is the person/business/organization paying the insurance premiums. All he changed was the wording. It’s just like all the other “free” services Obamacare forced down everyone’s throat. The insurance companies don’t pay for these services out of their profits! The “free” coverage is paid for in the ever rising monthly premiums!!!

• Media Claim Fact Check: Santorum‘s Tax Plan Will ’Blow a Hole in the Budget’ & Give Most Tax Cuts to the Wealthy

  January 20, 2012 at 3:58pm

  Lower tax rates tend to change the way people and especially businesses behave and in turn stimulate economic growth, which creates more, not less, tax revenues. This is not opinion; it’s FACT! Just look how revenues increased following the Kennedy Tax Cuts (1964), Raegan Tax Cuts (1981), and Bush Tax Cuts (2003). Tax revenues correlate with economic growth, not tax rates. It should also be noted that capital gains tax cuts create far greater economic growth than income tax cuts.

• Rapper Jay-Z: ‘Most People With a Conscience’ Shouldn’t Have a Problem Paying More Taxes

  December 9, 2011 at 4:28pm

  Jay-Z should be promoting support of charity which allows you the opportunity to support things that really matter to you. If you want to support education donate to literacy programs or straight to schools or universities. If you would prefer to support people in poverty donate to a food bank or Salvation Army. If you’d rather make medical care more accessible to someone support a free medical clinic. At least it’s your choice and you support only the charities you choose.

  I think donations would nose dive if there was some national bank of charity that all donations went to where some random person got to distribute the money how they see fit (ie. government).

• Wall Street ‘Heroes’ to Hold ‘Occupy a Desk American Job Fest’ at Zuccotti Park

  December 9, 2011 at 2:21pm

  In reply to kcinco.

  REALINDEPENDANT, I don’t at all believe most families have two parents working because of low wages. In my humble opinion, most families wish to live above their means requiring both parents to work to make ends meet. I know our family could live on one income if we wanted to but we wouldn’t have many of the luxuries we enjoy today (nice home, new cars, cell phones, internet, cable tv, etc.). I’m not sure how old you are but back in 1980 when I was a child the average home was 1,740 sf and in 2010 the average home is 2,392 sf (from census dot gov). That alone is likely one of the biggest factors requiring two wage earners for a family. With a larger home comes higher mortgages, taxes, and utilities.

  Fortunately, we live in the greatest country on Earth and each family gets to decide what their top priorities are. If you want to have a parent stay at home to raise the children then you will have to live on one income. That’s your choice. I shouldn’t have to supplement you so you can have your cake and eat it too.

  Also, the businesses participating with the job fair are most likely supporters of OWS movement or actually need to hire workers and figure starting with a group of educated but unemployed people is a good idea. Either way, good for them.