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Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party

Date	2014-04-25 17:02 -0600
From	GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party
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On 4/25/2014 4:20 PM, Silver Slimer wrote:
> On 2014-04-25 2:59 PM, GreyCloud wrote:
>> On 4/25/2014 12:15 PM,  flatfish+++ wrote:
>>> On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:48:39 -0600, GreyCloud wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/25/2014 10:09 AM, Goblin wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, 25 April 2014 16:48:15 UTC+1, Silver Slimer  wrote:
>>>>>> On 2014-04-25 12:41 AM, Snit wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <http://goo.gl/ectqNh> [Weather.com]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       -----
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       Anyone living in Oklahoma planning to power their home using a
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       rooftop solar panel will soon be charged a fee for the
>>>>>>> right to do
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       that while still being connected to the local power grid.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed the "solar surcharge" bill
>>>>>>> into
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       law on Monday, permitting utilities to charge an extra fee
>>>>>>> to any
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       customer using distributed power generation, such as
>>>>>>> rooftop solar
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       or a small wind turbine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       -----
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is right: if you produce your own energy, and do so in a way
>>>>>>> which has
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *less* impact on your neighbors and is better for the
>>>>>>> environment, you now
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> have to *pay* others for, um, not harming them as much. If you
>>>>>>> provide more
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> energy than you use and put it into the grid for others to use,
>>>>>>> you are
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> charged to help maintain the grid *others* are using.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is insane. And which party is backing it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not that the Democrats do not back insane things - they do - but
>>>>>>> more often
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> than not when one party or the other is backing something which
>>>>>>> is just
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> black and white bat-shit crazy you can bet it will be the
>>>>>>> Republics backing
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dumbass, you know that there are ore than just two parties and that
>>>>>>
>>>>>> anyone with a brain realizes that Republicans and Democrats are two
>>>>>>
>>>>>> different names given to people on the same side of the spectrum?
>>>>>> What
>>>>>>
>>>>>> do Libertarians believe, out of curiosity?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Silver Slimer
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wikipedia & OpenMedia Supporter
>>>>>
>>>>> And the circus was on its way out of town.....then you had to run
>>>>> after it and bring it back again.
>>>>>
>>>> Yep.  But snit has been trolling everybody for attention running around
>>>> like a panicky chihuahua looking for a home.
>>>
>>> Yep.
>>> He claims he just wants to discuss Linux and operating systems but
>>> when his posts get ignored he starts starting all kinds of off topic
>>> threads just to get attention.
>>>
>> I know.  He's started most of the OT posts that has nothing to do with
>> Linux or any other ones.
> 
> Well I have to admit that I'm guilty about posting off topic threads as
> well. I'll stop if it's that much of a bother.
> 
Not a bother at all.  It's a service trying to wake up the sheeple.
A difficult task tho.

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OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-24 21:41 -0700
  Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-25 11:48 -0400
    Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 09:06 -0700
      Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 12:42 -0700
    Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Goblin <bytes4free@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 09:09 -0700
      Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 09:22 -0700
      Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-25 12:23 -0400
        Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 09:32 -0700
      Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-25 13:17 -0400
        Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-25 13:23 -0400
          Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 12:31 -0700
        Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 12:38 -0700
          Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 12:46 -0700
      Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-04-25 11:48 -0600
        Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party 	flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2014-04-25 14:15 -0400
          Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-04-25 12:59 -0600
            Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 12:33 -0700
            Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-25 18:20 -0400
              Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 15:31 -0700
              Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-04-25 17:02 -0600
                Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 16:14 -0700
                Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-25 21:15 -0400
                Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 18:55 -0700
                Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-04-25 19:59 -0600
                Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 19:09 -0700
                Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Silver Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2014-04-25 22:13 -0400
                Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 19:15 -0700
                Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2014-04-25 21:52 -0600
          Re: OT: The U.S. crazy party Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2014-04-25 12:35 -0700

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