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Posted on September 2 at 10:44 p.m.
I agree completely. It was one of the best political forums that I have ever seen. The format was far better than the typical soundbyte-laden gabfests that pass for debates nowadays. The questions were very good as well. I hope the media was paying attention, and it will be a format that we will see in future elections.
Posted on August 22 at 11:46 a.m.
UCM --
Wow... good response. Replying to my questions by impugning my intelligence and motives without addressing a single one of my points.
Actually, based on your previous post, that was exactly the kind of response that I was expecting from you. Perhaps in the future when referring to others as "weak-minded" you should be a little more sure about the soundness of your own argument.
Posted on August 22 at 1:18 a.m.
UCS,
1) If our knowledge is ever evolving (which it is -- no theologian worth his salt would ever argue that our knowledge of God or anything else is "complete"), and there is "no final understanding", then how can you conclude that there is no God, or that the Christian view of God is a concept that should be outgrown, as you put it? Further, your statement that "we are God" contradicts your edict that there is no final understanding, does it not?
2) You say that "odds are, life is energy and has always existed". So you don't object to the idea of something that has always existed, so long as that something isn't God? That aside, you're skirting the question about how life got here... the existence of the impersonal "eternally-existing life-force" that you describe does nothing to explain the origin of the complexities of biological life. I guess it's true what they say about atheism requiring more faith than theism.
Posted on July 17 at 11:26 a.m.
Mr. Quirie is assuming that the reason people buy on the Internet is to avoid paying sales taxes, but the reason people shop online is mostly for convenience. Also, in many cases, people shopping online pay shipping charges, which winds up making the product more expensive than what they would've paid at a local store. I don't think tacking a sales tax 4% higher than locally-purchased goods will cause people to flood back into local stores like he seems to think it will.
Posted on July 8 at 11:51 a.m.
The paving that has been done and the trees planted have helped the appearance a little, but I still don't see much hope for making those buildings look like anything. It looks to me like they have a long way to go to be able to finish that many units by end of September.
Posted on July 8 at 11:40 a.m.
The town is paying for police protection. The county is providing the personnel, etc., but Pendleton is reimbursing the county under the contract.
I believe the question about revenue from fines came up when the arrangement was first implemented, but unfortunately, I don't recall what the answer was.
Posted on June 30 at 1:07 a.m.
Bad, bad, bad, BAD idea! Remember the long gas lines in the 1970s, and how the gas stations would run out before the end of the line? That was because of exactly the same policy that this letter is proposing for diesel. Capping prices below the market price only creates shortages. A few truckers would be able to save money by paying less for diesel (aside from the fuel they'd waste waiting to get to the pump), but just as many would be hurt by not being able to get any fuel at all.
Posted on June 24 at 11:19 p.m.
Congratulations, Bob! Anderson County is back under the control of the people!
Posted on June 22 at 11:06 p.m.
Dr. Menees has an excellent grasp of economic development theory. Unfortunately, the jargon probably left a most readers with the same question as flashback... I guess the bottom line would be: "Don't panic; we've (sort of) been through this before."
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Posted on September 16 at 3:01 p.m.
It *is* strange architecture. Granted, it does look better than it did -- much better -- but I'm still skeptical that it's ever going to fit in with the rest of the town.
On Pendleton Station is gone, replaced by The Villages