Comments chugach3dguy has made

  • Right....

    So, I guess we also need to be alarmed about the glaciers that are advancing in the northern hemisphere too? Or, wait- the Antarctic Ice shelf is growing rapidly in some places! Quick- get into your cold-war style shelter and prepare for the worst! I guess us folks up here in the northern hemisphere don't want our ice going south. Seriously though, I think articles like this don't do much to help the cause of environmentalists.

    "A layer of water half a mile thick over Washington DC"?

    You people DO realize how small Washington DC is, right? How much of an ocean level increase will that water cause on a global scale? (Note: The earth is just a smidge larger than Washington DC) I guess it has a better ring to it than saying "A layer of water over .25mm thick over the entire state of California!"

    I'm totally for cleaning up our planet and being responsible residents, but shock-jock grade articles like this only turn me further away from the whole argument. Everyone tells me I cannot deny the FACTS. Well, ok- but when I can go and find facts to counter your facts, they suddenly cease to be facts! This whole global warming craze only proves to me that 1: someone somewhere figured out a way to make a boat-load of money off of it, and 2: we are an incredibly arrogant species that only deserves what we have coming. On Greenland ice sheet is meeeelllting, it's meeelllting! posted 1 year, 11 months ago 3 Responses

  • I disagree...

    There are homeless people out there who are really down on their luck, and they need help. These kinds of people are rarely seen on the street, and if they are, only for a short period of time. Why? Because they're busting their humps trying to get back on their feet- and I applaud those efforts. I will give respect where it is due. But respect is earned- not given.

    The undesirable portions of society I speak of are the homeless-by-choice people who reek of alcohol and human waste. These are the SAME people I see every single day as I go to and from work. They're the SAME people, sitting in the same places, drinking the same booze, smoking the same dope, ALL the time. It took 2 years before one guy finally understood that I would not give him money to buy alcohol- and only after insulting me. These are the people that get drunk and high and pass out in the parking lot of where I work. These are the people that leave piles of broken liquor bottles and vomit in the doorway. These are the same people that I see urinating and defecating in the landscaped garden of the place where I work- while there is a public restroom NOT 100 FEET from where they decided to lose a little more of their nearly non-existent self respect.

    So no, I will not respect these people. They ARE undesirable, and they are a drain on my community- and your community. They are the people that refuse to be helped- and it's their choice. However, I'm getting tired of their "choice" to make all of our surroundings a giant toilet bowl and garbage dump. And it's this last bit, their total lack of respect for not only the community I share with them, but themselves. This is why they're called "undesirable portions". At least animals don't defecate where they eat.On So That's What Those Trains Are For posted 2 years, 3 months ago 8 Responses

  • One person in China can't speak for the world...

    "It's very convenient, actually, it's no more trouble than taking the car." Hear that, world?


    Oh, I hear that. And I disagree. Public transportation here in Alaska is dismal- at best. Never mind that I live in the mountains- 10 miles from the nearest bus stop, but my daily commute time would at the very minimum DOUBLE if I were to rely on public transportation. Besides, standing outside in the elements, waist-deep in snow is not the preferred method to start my day.

    Would it cost me less to just suck it up and take the bus every day? Sure! It would cost a few dollars less per day than what I currently pay for gasoline. However, all that money saved by using public transportation gets blown right out the window because of all the extra time I spend commuting.

    I suppose I could just live in town and not have a car at all, but that's where I won't budge. I moved up here from Chicago a couple of years ago. If I wanted to maintain the whole "urban experience", I would've stayed in Chicago. I rent a very TINY but gorgeous studio in the mountains so I can at least have a great view.

    And as for Chicago, I think they're public transportation system is no better. Sure, they have all the buses and trains that stop every 100 feet, but that also added to my commute. Even though I lived IN the city, I still had to leave my place by 6am to get to where I needed to be by 8am. No wonder people are so miserable! And didn't even get to the part where the undesirable portions like to use these buses and trains as a mobile hotel. And bathroom. Ain't nothing like standing on the train all the way in to the city because the only free seats are covered in urine and feces. Way to go, humans.

    As far as solutions to this problem with public transportation, I'm open to hearing suggestions. But when all the municipal developers and planners are chomping at the bit to expand highways, build more 4-lane "sidestreets", and more overpriced cookie-cutter housing 30 miles outside of town, it only makes it easier and more logical to just drive your own car.On So That's What Those Trains Are For posted 2 years, 3 months ago 8 Responses