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  I know that Obama runs the most sciencey administration EVER.  So I was pleased to see that Van Jones is a FELLOW at the prestigious Institute of Noetic Sciences.  Now that sounds really sciencey and all.

  Noetics is . . . oh nevermind. 

  Is there still room under that bus?

   

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  For a defense of GM and the others involved in the NCL affair, read Tom Rubin's excellent article in EV World at: http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=881 If anything GM and the oil companies are the heroes in this story for buying up near bankrupt transit companies and replacing them with more efficient and cheaper technologies.On Will Glenn Beck bring down Van Jones after all? posted 2 months ago 47 Responses

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  "American automakers and oil companies were convicted of conspiracy in a court of law for destroying transit systems" - No they weren't, they were actually acquitted of this. GM was found guilty only of monopoly sales of buses. You must be referring to the "National City Lines" myth where a subsidiary of GM and others were charged with conspiracy to destroy transit systems. In fact, NCL was engaged in buying electric trolleys and replacing them with buses. So at worst GM, tire, and oil companies were guilty of wanting to replace one form of mass transit with another one.On Will Glenn Beck bring down Van Jones after all? posted 2 months ago 47 Responses

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  OK, then what about Van Jones support for convicted cop killer Wesley Cook (aka Mumia Abu-Jamal)?  Every day it looks more and more like Jones is a resident of crazy town. 

  Shouldn't all of this have come up at his confirmation hearing . . . oh, nevermind.

  Good thing that President Obama still has some sane voices left in his administration like, John P. Holdren . . . he wrote, what???  . . . nevermind again.

   

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  Caniscandida - Please get some help

  I hope you were kidding about infanticide. But even then you need to get some help for even harboring such thoughts.

  That nobody on this blog has even called you on it speaks volumes about the posters here. Jokes or suggestions about parents killing their own children crosses a line into anti-social behaviour.

  Please for your own sake speak with a professional mental health provider, priest, rabbi, or someone who can help you.  Such thoughts are not normal.  On Revisiting Malthus posted 1 year, 4 months ago 21 Responses