en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/3624373 Comments by 4theLoveOfWood http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-Obama-in-part-to-blame-for-gas-prices-142023963.html?clmob=y#IDComment312059484 Why isn&#039;t it out more? Consider who would not want to make this an issue - the oil companies, and the republicans who need the fever over gas prices to feed their campaign. But the word IS getting out - and WILL be noted when the GOP has dug a deep enough hole... Right now, most of the news is the GOP squabbles - it&#039;s what people are tuned into right now. once the conventions happen, and the real campaign starts, facts like this will be used to best effect. Playing politics? Of course it is. That&#039;s the name of the game. And Obama knows how to play the game as well as any of the republicans. And a large part of the game is timing. Let them use up their money, make their statements, and stumble on occasion - it&#039;s just the soup before the main course. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:30:22 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-Obama-in-part-to-blame-for-gas-prices-142023963.html?clmob=y#IDComment312059484 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment312055307 Is that the law? I don&#039;t think so - and that&#039;s still not an issue of the cameras, it&#039;s an issue of proper enforcement of the laws. If it is 3 seconds, than less than 3 seconds is not enough and they should get the ticket. It doesn&#039;t matter if this is seen by a cop or the camera, it is either a violation, or it isn&#039;t. The camera is simply a tool - just more evidential than the observation by a cop from a distance and angle that may not lead to the clearest view of what actually happened. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:21:31 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment312055307 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-Obama-in-part-to-blame-for-gas-prices-142023963.html?clmob=y#IDComment312008912 You can always tell how deep the hole they have dug is by watching how far they are willing to reach to blame someone else for whatever they see as wrong. The price of gas is (so we are told) tied to the price of a barrel of oil - and the price of oil is not something that any President has been able to control. If it were, wouldn&#039;t it make more sense for Obama to keep the price lower than $2 a gallon? All Romney is doing is trying to add to the illusion that he could actually bring back $2 gas...no President can do that. What MIGHT be done to lower the price at the pump would be to do something to reduce the amount of fuel that is shipped OUT of the US by the oil companies. In 2011, the export of fuel from the US was the largest US export. Not only does that reduce the stock of gas for OUR pumps, but it ties up refineries in the US that SHOULD be producing gas for the US markets. The facts are that the production of oil from US wells has increased under Obama. Following the needed shutdown of the Gulf, the production has increased - hopefully with more attention to safety - and new production is in the works in other non-ME areas that will lessen the impact of a risk to oil supplies from belligerent nations. In short, if we had kept what we had when Bush was in office, we would have been in far worse shape than we are now. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 07:42:44 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-Obama-in-part-to-blame-for-gas-prices-142023963.html?clmob=y#IDComment312008912 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Mormon-church-restricts-access-to-Jewish-names-142015893.html#IDComment312002056 You really don&#039;t see the implicit insult in this practice? ESPECIALLY for people who were murdered because of their religion? And sometimes it is necessary to expose mindless actions. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 07:27:30 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Mormon-church-restricts-access-to-Jewish-names-142015893.html#IDComment312002056 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/New-ads-pitch-Marine-Corps-kinder-gentler-side--141986943.html#IDComment311997880 &quot;More sons and daughters would require a higher number of people in the military. That would have nothing to do with the TYPE of people that enter the military. &quot; Following the invasion of Iraq, the military had trouble meeting it&#039;s quotas - and in many cases had to lower standards to meet them. Many of our military - including a record number of National Guard troops - were placed in rotating deployments, with resulting stresses on the individual and their families that many will not easily recover from. Having more troops available would have spread this burden. In addition, while many of those who joined the military did so to serve the country for the best reasons - but a substantial number of young people enlisted because there were no other jobs available, and many did so to get the large educational bonuses. And, having enlisted in the 1960&#039;s, I met a lot of draftees, many of whom were of high character and intelligence and added to the value of my time in the Army. So I don&#039;t see a real threat to the makeup of the military as long as standards are kept at a rational level. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 07:18:58 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/New-ads-pitch-Marine-Corps-kinder-gentler-side--141986943.html#IDComment311997880 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/New-ads-pitch-Marine-Corps-kinder-gentler-side--141986943.html#IDComment311980223 But, if more people&#039;s sons &amp; daughters were subject to being in harm&#039;s way, they might be less eager to start wars on a whim, dragged into it by some crusader&#039;s rhetoric. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 06:40:39 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/New-ads-pitch-Marine-Corps-kinder-gentler-side--141986943.html#IDComment311980223 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311974450 Dog ate your homework again? Fri, 9 Mar 2012 06:28:26 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311974450 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311971571 One pint too far? Fri, 9 Mar 2012 06:22:01 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311971571 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311971239 That...or just another deranged reactionary conservative... Hey, it&#039;s still a free country - you choose. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 06:21:10 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311971239 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311969022 Actually, judging by some of the right wing comments on this forum, 30/State sounds a bit low... Fri, 9 Mar 2012 06:16:29 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311969022 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311967880 In the picture, it looks like his arm spent too much time attached to a buffer... Fri, 9 Mar 2012 06:13:48 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Study-Hate-groups-on-the-rise-nationally-and-locally-142000063.html#IDComment311967880 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311966301 You really shouldn&#039;t strain that hard - didn&#039;t you see the X-files episode where Scully told Mulder that people had actually died from straining so hard for a BM that they caused an embolism? It&#039;s true! They just threw craps, right there on the crapper! &quot;Dr. Bambi raises Mulder&#039;s consciousness toward insects while a guy dies because he strained too hard on the pot.&quot; <a href="http://webspace.webring.com/people/xr/randyflagg/history.html" target="_blank">http://webspace.webring.com/people/xr/randyflagg/...</a> Fri, 9 Mar 2012 06:09:52 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311966301 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/New-bus-ads-draw-the-ire-of-2nd-Amendment-advocates-141688993.html#IDComment311944288 You lack the skills to read the words? &quot;Just a woodturner&quot;...I turn wood into bowls, vases and pens. I love working with wood. The smell of the wood, the feeling as it is cut by the tool in my hand. The way the work takes away all the troubles of the world, at least for a short time. Turning wood, the total concentration needed, is my meditation. I turn some pieces with sides that are 1/16th of an inch thick - you can&#039;t let anything else have your attention to do that and end up with a finished work. The image is of a piece of Spalted Tiger Maple that gives the feeling of looking at a Tsunami towering over some islands - I turned it 2 days after the Tsunami in Japan...to me it&#039;s a very spiritual work. Does that help, or are you still thinking stupid sexual thoughts? Fri, 9 Mar 2012 05:23:17 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/New-bus-ads-draw-the-ire-of-2nd-Amendment-advocates-141688993.html#IDComment311944288 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311939139 If running red lights is still illegal, how do the lights take away some &quot;freedom&quot;? Fri, 9 Mar 2012 05:12:38 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311939139 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/New-ads-pitch-Marine-Corps-kinder-gentler-side--141986943.html#IDComment311936833 If we had a draft, more people would understand that. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 05:07:30 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/New-ads-pitch-Marine-Corps-kinder-gentler-side--141986943.html#IDComment311936833 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Homeless-youth-the-next-battle-for-gay-equality--141910293.html#IDComment311933062 &quot;It is a simple thing as a Christian&quot;... Being Christian has nothing to do with a parent&#039;s love for their child. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 04:59:24 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Homeless-youth-the-next-battle-for-gay-equality--141910293.html#IDComment311933062 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Pat-Robertson-pot-should-be-treated-like-alcohol-141925223.html#IDComment311928275 &quot;locking up young people for MJ use was immoral and against the teachings of Christ&quot; Now THAT&#039;S a sermon I am glad I missed! The late night humorists are going to have fun with this one... Fri, 9 Mar 2012 04:49:44 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Pat-Robertson-pot-should-be-treated-like-alcohol-141925223.html#IDComment311928275 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311926009 But the city cannot &quot;unenact&quot; a State law. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 04:45:27 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311926009 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311924457 Well, something for you to do this summer... Fri, 9 Mar 2012 04:42:04 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311924457 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311923710 Meaning? Fri, 9 Mar 2012 04:40:36 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Wash-high-court-rules-against-Mukilteo-red-light-initiative-141926443.html#IDComment311923710