SodaHead - BillySteve's Questions

Joe Wilson - Out of LIne?

2009-09-10T04:33:50Z

Joe Wilson - Out of LIne?

19 answers, +2 raves

Representative Joe Wilson, during President Obama's speech, became upset when the President claimed that "No Illegal Aliens will be covered under this plan". In response Mr. Wilson yelled, "You Lie!" Later he apologized for "Letting my feelings get the better of me"

Representative Wilson was wrong to insult our President!	26% (5 answers)
What Representative Wilson did was in poor taste, however I agree that President Obama has been less than candid about this plan.	11% (2 answers)
About time someone called that Flim Man what he is; a Liar!	47% (9 answers)
I think.....	16% (3 answers)

Do you support a Buycott for Whole Foods?

2009-09-05T01:57:23Z

Do you support a Buycott for Whole Foods?

4 answers, +1 raves

CEO John Mackey claims that there are alternatives to President Obama and the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party's prescription for Statist "health care". He lays out his case in the Wall Street Journal. He also walks his talk at Whole Foods, where nine out of ten employees have medical benefits and enjoy a higher pay and better working conditions than others in the industry. Mackey agrees that the system is broken, and gives a wholistic set of solutions, rather than the plodding and stupid "One Size Fits All Answer" from DC. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342...

Yes. An alternative to "Progress", one that will work.	50% (2 answers)
Another CEO who think that he or she knows what is best. All this person wants to do is protect their "bottom line"	0% (0 answers)
They're good ideas, just not enough to make things happen today. John's heart is in the right place but there are too many forces at work. We need to get the government on the case.	0% (0 answers)
I think.....	50% (2 answers)

Are the wealthy beginning to resist Obama? What do you think?

2009-08-10T02:03:20Z

Are the wealthy beginning to resist Obama? What do you think?

1 answers, 0 raves

Most in media do not understand the reality of this deliberately reduced and postponed spending as a political resistance movement. But that’s what it is. I’ve talked to many affluent entrepreneurs and professionals who have worked hard for years to finally reach their present income levels. They are intentionally refusing to spend money as a means of protest. Business owners, CEO’s and entrepreneurs are resistors too. Fred Smith at Federal Express has outright stated his company’s order for a fleet of jets is pending and subject to cancellation should the speed-to-unionization scheme Obama supports be enacted – in effect, another epic tax on businesses like his. More CEOs need to step up and make similar threats. If the President will threaten business, why shouldn’t business threaten back http://townhall.com/columnists/DanKennedy/2009/08/09/wealthy_...

Yes!! There ain't no free lunch, baby! Show these socialists who really runs America. The rest of can stand a little pain today for more freedom tomorrow!	100% (1 answers)
The wealthy made thier money from the community. It's time for them to give some of it back.	0% (0 answers)
Business people are greedy - they always want more and will resist for long. They're just angling for a special advantage.	0% (0 answers)
None of the above..	0% (0 answers)
I think...	0% (0 answers)

Does the US need to regulate the Commodities Markets?

2009-08-08T16:28:54Z

Does the US need to regulate the Commodities Markets?

4 answers, 0 raves

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner wants to impose new regulations in the US Commodities Markets. Meanwhile China's Dalian market trades more Soybean futures than the Chicago futures market. China is using more and more commodities.

This is a stupid idea! "Clamping down" on US Commodities Markets will drive them overseas! We have reasonable regulation today, so let's keep Commodities Markets a US thing by continuing to be reasonable.	100% (4 answers)
We need to prevent spikes in prices, such as the price of oil in 2008. The US is still the largest econonmy in the world so we need to set a leadership role.	0% (0 answers)
I think.....	0% (0 answers)

A researcher in the EPA is told to stop working on work that refutes global warming. What do you think?

2009-06-29T23:15:37Z

A researcher in the EPA is told to stop working on work that refutes global warming. What do you think?

2 answers, 0 raves

Per CBS .... The Environmental Protection Agency may have suppressed an internal report that was skeptical of claims about global warming, including whether carbon dioxide must be strictly regulated by the federal government, according to a series of newly disclosed e-mail messages. http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/26/politics/politicalhot... Here is the document in question.... http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/26/politics/politicalhot...

Ahh! Another right wing hysteria piece - it'll turn out to be a scam.	0% (0 answers)
Typical lefties - when you don't agree with them they censor you.	0% (0 answers)
Even if Carbon Dioxide isn't a threat there isn't an endless ocean of oil and coal. We have to start conserving energy now!	50% (1 answers)
None of the above	0% (0 answers)
I think....	50% (1 answers)

Is your pocket knife a switchblade?

2009-06-14T02:27:10Z

Is your pocket knife a switchblade?

6 answers, +2 raves

Custom's bureau is re-defining the meaning of "switchblade" to include many common pocketknives made today. This change came about due to new Obama appointed staff. CBP's proposal which would have effects far beyond that suggested in the title of the proposal, "Proposed Revocation Of Ruling Letters And Revocation Of Treatment Relating To The Admissibilty [sic] Of Certain Knives With Spring-Assisted Opening Mechanisms," which would be bad enough even if it only did that. However, this proposal would make it illegal for the estimated 40 million law-abiding Americans who own and carry pocket knives to do so. http://www.kniferights.org

Oh great, another trap for the average American! Now we can be felons because someone called our pocket knife a switchblade!	67% (4 answers)
Why does anyone need a pocketknife?	0% (0 answers)
This is another right wing hype piece. Pay it no mind.	0% (0 answers)
None of the above	33% (2 answers)

Did you know that Teddy Kennedy helped to Create HMOs back in the 1970s? Why should we trust someone who created such a hated institution as an HMO to guide Medical Policy today?

2009-06-11T01:16:52Z

Did you know that Teddy Kennedy helped to Create HMOs back in the 1970s? Why should we trust someone who created such a hated institution as an HMO to guide Medical Policy today?

2 answers, 0 raves

"S.14 Title: An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide assistance and encouragement for the establishment and expansion of [b]health maintenance organizations[/b], and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 1/4/1973) Cosponsors (16) Related Bills: H.R.7974 Latest Major Action: 12/29/1973 Public law 93-222." Per Thomas.... http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d093:SN00014:@@@L&sum...

I'm not surprised that Teddy Kennedy created HMOs and today wants to give American something even 'better" - Government "health care"	50% (1 answers)
This is Right Wing Propoganda - Everyone knows that New Gingrich helped to create the Thomas Site. It's another Right Wing Lie!	0% (0 answers)
Teddy is just doing what's best for America at the time.	0% (0 answers)
None of the Above	50% (1 answers)
I think.....	0% (0 answers)

What do you know about Smart Grids?

2009-06-07T21:41:48Z

What do you know about Smart Grids?

3 answers, +1 raves

You're told that they're a key to our energy future... The primary problem with today's electricity distribution system is that wall sockets are the power equivalent of dumb terminals connected to a mainframe computer. What's needed are access points that can be identified, much like how every computer device on the Internet has an Internet address, said Robert Howard, vice president of gas transmission and distribution at PG&E;, who spoke on the utility panel. With a smarter two-way communications mechanism between a power consumer and provider, both parties get far more control over consumption, he said. PG&E; could draw energy from the 15,000 solar installations in its regions rather than firing up an auxiliary power plant in the middle of a hot day, for example. Plug-in hybrids, which are hybrid cars with larger battery packs, can store about 10 kilowatts of power. Because the average home consumes about 2 kilowatts in an hour, that means a car battery could fuel a home for about five hours. "Every device can be identified, not anonymous, and be addressable. Then the utility is fundamentally transformed," said Howard. "We can merge transportation with the utility network and fundamentally change the way we live and work." http://news.cnet.com/Will-anyone-pay-for-the-smart-power-grid...

Oh, great! That's just what we need, our Utilty company being able to control our consumption..	0% (0 answers)
Smart Grids will make America more energy efficient. A llittle privacy lost is worth saving the planet	0% (0 answers)
Big Brother is not only watching you, he's throttling back on your lifestyle	67% (2 answers)
Undecided	33% (1 answers)
None of the above	0% (0 answers)

"Those who bless Israel I shall bless,those who curse Israel I shall curse" What does it mean?

2009-06-06T15:27:41Z

"Those who bless Israel I shall bless,those who curse Israel I shall curse" What does it mean?

6 answers, 0 raves

Quote from the Bible, which "justifies" a blind support for the State of Israel, the "Holy Land"

This is God's word, which applies to the State of Israel. We must seek God's blessings by helping them.	0% (0 answers)
The Bible does not ask us to bless a secular State but the Jewish people as a whole	33% (2 answers)
Since when does the Bible dictate US foreign policy?	50% (3 answers)
Undecided	17% (1 answers)
None of the above	0% (0 answers)

Obama selling ambassadorships. This isn't much of a change from the past.

2009-05-30T16:19:28Z

Obama selling ambassadorships. This isn't much of a change from the past.

3 answers, +1 raves

Even with his pledges to change government, Obama is following the tradition of his predecessors by offering some ambassadorships to top campaign backers, including four of the 12 nominations this week. The president acknowledged in a news conference in January that donors might get plum postings. “The practice of rewarding donors is a remnant of the spoils system that we abolished in the civil service,” said career diplomat Ronald Neumann, president of the American Academy of Diplomacy and a former ambassador to Afghanistan. “It is a dismal testimony to the importance of money in our electoral system.” http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid;=a...

Here is the new boss, same as the old boss. Hope and Change are words, selling Ambassadorships is the reality	33% (1 answers)
Obama has to reward those who helped him. If we had real campaign finance reform he would not have to do such a thing.	0% (0 answers)
Undecided	33% (1 answers)
None of the above	33% (1 answers)