Semantics is not a way to win an argument, period. It's pretty clear from watching the video what the CEO's point was, even if it was paraphrased.

If water wasn't regulated to an extent, you'd have corporations and the wealthy charging high prices for water to achieve a profit.

nothing is more official and final than bodily injury.  no Senate commission is more final than death, mobilization, shutdown, and Friday's lost wages.

as a comment on this fiction/real life dichotomy, the fact that we have 98% of us only experienced this event through smartphone and computer and tv screens, renders that dichotomy an anarchronism, a relic of past time.  everything now is a mix of the fake and the real.

again, I have never tried to comment on any of these issues.  bark up another tree, if you wish.

It is true that experiencing something in person rather than seeing it on television or the computer is more jarring, but that doesn't mean that anything that happened was fake.

I'm really not trying to argue, I'm just making a general point about how ridiculous conspiracy theories are and why many people take issue with them.

nobody exploits the event with greater potency than those who develop the official narrative.

It isn't fiction, it's real life, there is no narrative. So far, we have no clue as to motive or reasoning and nothing is official yet.

And if there was a grand conspiracy, wouldn't the grand conspirators be a lot more, I don't know, secretive? If there conspirators are as devious and powerful as the conspiracy theorists claim, there wouldn't be any "clues" left behind for amateurs to discover.

why are people so sensitive to suggestions of a conspiracy/coverup?  it isn't tantamount to claiming nobody legitimately suffered as a result.

Some people have a low tolerance for craziness and furthermore, a lot of conspiracy theories are made up to get attention and exploit tragedy in the process.

This really was not worth a thread at all, other than to start more arguing over guns. Give it a rest.

New DCCC ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyc0D4tXg5E&feature=player_embedded

This would not have prevented Newton.

It's not Newton, it's Newtown.

Don't you think we should wait to see if what you say caused all of this?

There is nothing to wait and see, a fertilizer plant or any type of plant should never be built near a residential area, period. That's common sense.

There was a fire before the explosion. I'm pretty sure there isn't that much regulation of plants and such in that part of the country, so I think this probably was an accident and not a terrorist attack.

Losing to a Democrat is much more of a blow than losing to another Republican. Sanford has never lost an election as it stands, so I'm sure Jenny wanted it to be as humiliating as possible.

Even if those Democrats had voted for cloture, it would have failed, so the blame rests squarely with Republicans. 6 Republicans in blue/swing states voted no on the amendment, they should be called out more than red state Democrats.

In those places, local authorities don't handle redistricting, which is odd, but that's how it is. Technically, the federal government could draw federal lines, since it falls under their jurisdiction. but that power has been left to the states.

Sanford is a mess. Why is his trespassing on his ex-wife's property?

I'm guessing that this isn't related to the bombings, but it is a possibility that someone who didn't like Wicker's vote for cloture decided to go psycho over it.

Or it simply was was a false positive.  The envelope was reportedly tested three times, supposedly coming up positive once and negative or inconclusive twice.

Plus, the sender is someone who frequently writes to lawmakers, per Senator McCaskill via Politico.  So if real, I doubt this is part of some grand conspiracy or had anything to do with a particular vote.

Just speculating, didn't claim that it was fact it was related to the vote. I never mentioned a grand conspiracy, either.

I'm guessing that this isn't related to the bombings, but it is a possibility that someone who didn't like Wicker's vote for cloture decided to go psycho over it.

Any coverage of the 31 people killed and 200 injured in the multiple bombings across Iraq today?

Guess not, huh?

Not saying it isn't newsworthy, but when it comes to places that have a lot of strife, stories like that tend to get ignored, because they are not really a shock and violence like that tends to be expected.

Feinstein won CA-7, in fact she won all the same districts Obama did. Ruiz actually over performed Obama in CA-36, performing better in more Republican leaning areas. A nearly 5% win over an incumbent makes Ruiz not an easy target.

Bono Mack went kitchen sink on Ruiz at the last minute and really didn't know how to run a close race, plus demographics helped Ruiz some.

Stalin didn't die by the bullet, he died of a stroke.

The Republican registration edge has been falling steadily, it was 5% before last year's primary now it's less than 4%. The Los Angeles County portion is rapidly turning blue and McKeon got his lowest percentage ever against Democrat who had no assistance from the DCCC or PACs.

It still has Santa Clarita and Simi Valley though. Palmdale and Lancaster are changing very fast of course.

I'm aware of what is in the district, I'm right next door to it. It's certainly no slam dunk, but it is within reach for a strong Democratic candidate.

The Republican registration edge has been falling steadily, it was 5% before last year's primary now it's less than 4%. The Los Angeles County portion is rapidly turning blue and McKeon got his lowest percentage ever against Democrat who had no assistance from the DCCC or PACs.

I doubt two Republicans can make the run off this time, Miller is the incumbent and he's sufficiently conservative enough to hold the Republican vote together. Plus, the DCCC and state party will put more money and resources toward the primary that can squash any efforts the GOP might make to ensure an all Republican top two.

You misread what she is saying. Fact of it is, there are people that work hard, but don't have access to necessities and that is a problem. The host didn't even mentioned government or free stuff.

He's looking to squeeze as much money out of his stans as possible, that's all there is to it. It's also downright creepy for a politician with no background as an educator to make up their own curriculum. His stans are out in orbit enough without him encouraging it with things like this.