"....with at least two school buses being used to transport students, from Methuen High School and Marblehead Public Schools." ".....Other children were transported by public school teachers in private cars."

It doesn't sound like the kids who attended were of college age to me.

"Dam" in this context is correct. However people who endanger the welfare of minors should be "damned"

You forgot endangering the welfare of a minor

Bingo! Give that man a cigar!

Perhaps capitalism doesn't fill the reservoirs, but it does pay work crews to maintain the water mains, buy spare parts for the water pumps, pays for the water treatment plants, builds desalinization plants, and promotes conservation by raising rates when there's a shortage. But what excuse do the socialists have for power shortages? I know! There's no water going through all the hydroelectric turbines in all the dams in the socialist paradise that is Venezuela.

We need to get the government to start living by the constitution. If it wasn't for all the "social programs" that are not within the purview of the Fed. Govt. (Article 1 Section 8) there would be no deficit, there wouldn't be 100 trillion in unfunded liabilities. If we would only wake up and realize how far we've strayed from the ideals of the founding fathers, we could actually have a smaller, well-functioning, efficient government that focused on their respective jobs as laid out in the constitution.
The problem is the narcissistic, self-absorbed, greedy liars that we call congress. None of them are willing to relinquish one iota of power that they've managed to hoard. The back room deals, the special interests, the lobbyists, they all contribute to the corruption of the idea that was The United States.
If the founding fathers could see what we have become, they would be angry and ashamed that their "great experiment" has been so corrupted, so perverted as to be unrecognizable to them as a "capitalistic republic"
In fact, it is my belief that if the founding fathers could see what this country was to be come in 200 plus years, they may have decided not to rebel against England and King George, They would probably say: "We're not ready for self-rule. Look at what a mess of things our progeny perpetrates on a nation born of our blood, sweat and tears!" "Our struggle for liberty, our suffering for freedom was in vain!"
But all is not lost. There is still the chance we can redeem ourselves in the eyes of the founding fathers. The federal government has too much power. We need good, honest men to serve in congress that can resist the temptation to become self-righteous, power-hungry, professional liars, and truly serve their country to get us back on the right course. Otherwise this "great experiment" of the people, by the people and for the people shall surely perish from this earth.

"Eligible projects would advance economic opportunity and create jobs in areas like technology, education, telecoms, media, business services and clean technology, the White House said. "

Hmmm. Why are they spending money to create jobs in muslim countries and not creating more jobs here? Why are they spending my tax dollars in foreign countries to "facilitate private investment" ?

Mr. James, again, your analogy is comparing apples to oranges.

Mr. James, I'm arguing that the Fed has no right to interfere in health care. The fact that the fed has stepped beyond their enumerated powers in the past does not justify further intrusion. In fact, it is my belief that programs like federal welfare, medicaid and medicare should not be handled by the federal government and should be declared unconstitutional. Like I said before, any power not enumerated in the constitution to the federal government, should be handled by the states or the individual citizen. (in case you're wondering, I was commenting as Brendan, but now I've registered with the website and I'm now brenpd)
Socialism is when the govt. owns and controls the means of production... It's not socialism when the government provides services, like the postal service, or the military, or law enforcement. The govt. is not producing cars... oh wait. Hmmm. perhaps Mr. Obama and liberal democrats are closet socialists?

That's because they are going to the VA for free. It's one of the benefits of service. You should know that Mr. James.