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• Woman Wins Case Against Honda Over Misleading Hybrid Fuel Economy

  February 2, 2012 at 11:40am

  @Mort
  I assume you bought a used Prius so of course you are not going to get a tax credit and from the sounds of it you are above average on replacing any parts on it. Good for you and everyone else who drives a hybrid or electric car. The question I have is: If these things are so great, why does the government still need to give you a tax credit in order for any cost conscious person to buy one? Sure green loving people will buy them because they have been sucked in by the global warming hype even though their Prius gas engine is dirtier than a good ol Ford engine.
  Drive what you want but stop making me and other tax payers pay for your toy when there are cheaper alternatives out there.

  As for GOJ wanting a Tesla – I‘d like a solid gold toilet seat but I don’t see that happening. If you want a Tesla, pony up the money and get one and don’t ask the government to give you a tax credit.

• Woman Wins Case Against Honda Over Misleading Hybrid Fuel Economy

  February 2, 2012 at 9:06am

  @Georgewashintonslepthere
  So you spent $23,000 to save money on gas or diesel? How much gas or diesel could you have bought for the $23,000? Oh sure you got a “tax credit” for buying a car no one else would buy without the credit but that is a topic for another time If you drive 100 miles a day, you will hit 100k miles in 3.8 years and your Prius will have needed either new batteries or a drive train, or possibly both by that time and it is more expensive to fix the car than to just dump it and buy a new one. No real savings and your chance of dying in a car crash went up exponentially.

• Does Electronic Device Use During Takeoff and Landing Really Matter?

  December 27, 2011 at 10:14am

  @ Bubbacoop

  Where have the clouds ever been 200′ off the ground? No where that’s where. Fog yes, clouds no. Even if the airways are 8 miles wide, a jet traveling at 600 mph has less than 45 seconds to avoid anything if the object is stationary. If it is moving towards the plane at 600 MPH, well then there’s less time to avoid a collision.

  Regardless, as others have said, if you can’t shut the phone off for 2 hours you have a problem. Read a book or go to sleep.

• Who‘s Footing the Bill for the Obama Family’s Estimated $4 Million Hawaii Vacation?

  December 19, 2011 at 9:02am

  You, me, and the rest of the US are supposed to recycle materials to create presents for our loved ones (according to Michelle) but this arrogant jerk and his family get to spend over $4 mil of taxpayer money to go on vacation. Way to show sacrifice. Oh yeah and especially after signing the “no unnecessary travel” order a month ago.

• AP Fact Check: Gingrich Was ‘Off’ on Budget History & Bachmann Has ‘Worst Record of Accuracy’

  December 16, 2011 at 11:59am

  @JROOK- “She should be removed from the intelligence committee as she brings none and, makes statements that are damaging to both our security and national interest.”

  While I’m not a huge Bachmann supporter, are you in favor of impeaching Obama for the statements he makes that are damaging to our security and national interest? How about for all the other lies this guy tells? If Bachmann is not telling the whole truth 73% of the time, it is still better than Obama lying 100% of the time.

• Minn. High School Apologizes for ‘Incest’ Prank Involving Blindfolded Kids Kissing Their Parents

  December 15, 2011 at 3:34pm

  Glad my education dollars here in MN are being well spent.

• House Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension With Keystone Pipeline Provision

  December 14, 2011 at 9:23am

  CATBPJ- “The Keystone pipeline jobs are also mostly temporary. I think that more studies need to be done to find alternatives to this pipeline. A 3-foot diameter above-ground oil pipeline spanning some 1,700 miles is a terrorist target, Al Qaida or homegrown, with a bullseye every inch of the way. ”

  Every construction job is temporary because once the project is complete, you’re out of a job. This project will takes years to complete and will be funded with private money which is the difference between government jobs and private jobs. As for it being a terrorist target, how about the Alaskan pipeline? That not a target? Again, if we are not going to build something because we are afraid of “what if”, we might as well just pack it in and go back to horse and buggy and candle light. Reminds me of Phil Hartman’s Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer character on SNL “Your flying machines frighten me”. The worlds a scary place so learn to live in it.

• House Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension With Keystone Pipeline Provision

  December 14, 2011 at 9:00am

  P—REVERE “Should it become polluted with oil, there will be mass starvation, and most farms and ranches that rely on this will be finished,”

  Yep and if every project throughout time that could have had devastating effects on man or the environment been shelved because of concerns such as this, we’d still be living in dirt huts and burning whale oil for light. I suppose you said the gulf would never survive the Horizon oil spill too. While I don’t condone dumping oil, chemicals and the like willy nilly, and I believe we need to take ever precaution to prevent leaks and ruptures to pipelines, stopping a privately funded project that will create 10′s of thousands of jobs just because “something” could happen is ridiculous. The only reason BO is stopping it right now is that he needs the environut money and vote and once he’s re-elected (sadly it’s going to happen folks), he’ll sign off on the project.

• These Are the 10 States That Give the Most Money & Benefits to Their Residents

  December 7, 2011 at 1:25pm

  Yea! We’re number 2. Oops, this is a ranking where you want to be last. Here in MN, we just increased the budget by $4 billion and the libs said that we are going to starve children and old people because it didn’t go up by $7 billion. Maybe if we stopped being so generous with other people’s money, those in need of “assistance” would stop coming and we could cut the budget.

• Firefighters Let Home Burn After Owners Didn’t Pay $75 Protection Fee — Again

  December 7, 2011 at 10:06am

  I don’t mind a fee for service but then do people get a break on their taxes or does the government just find other ways to spend the tax money being collected? I think we know the answer to that one.
  The County or Township in which these people live should be contracting with the City to provide the fire protection service and then that fee could be added to the property tax so everyone is covered. That way you don’t have trucks and people showing up, getting paid, and then watching the house burn anyway because everyone would have paid the fee.