Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Government is the problem?

As the self-appointed representative of all the ci...

2008-05-21T10:54:32.552-07:00

As the self-appointed representative of all the citizens suffering under the yoke of Pacific Gas and Electric in neighboring San Jose: Bite me. =]

Damn right about Muni power utilities. I grew up ...

2008-05-19T20:57:19.641-07:00

Damn right about Muni power utilities. I grew up in a small northeastern city with its own power utility. They said we were terribly backwards because it was the 600s and the city still hadn't hooked into the regional power grid. But we had a dam, and a coal plant for backup and top-off power, so there was no need. Well, comes November 1965, and the whole northeastern US gets blacked out. Well, not quite. Holyoke MA didn't black out that night. In factbecause the family ahd been listening to records that night, no radio, no TV, we weren't even aware there had been a blackout until the next morning, when we got the Springfield paper which had been printed on the presses of the Holyoke Transcipt.

Dancing Larry

My hometown in southern Virginia had a municipal u...

2008-05-19T14:02:41.646-07:00

My hometown in southern Virginia had a municipal utility that functioned much as the one in Santa Clara. The big power company serving the rest of the area spent no small effort to subvert the municipal utility. Even southerners in the mid 20th century knew the value of cooperative effort.

"Muncipal power companies, bitches"That was beauti...

2008-05-19T13:35:48.836-07:00

"Muncipal power companies, bitches"

That was beautiful! It brought a little tear to my eye.

The only thing I knew before your post about government run utilities was a commercial about the Alabama Co-Op, because we are so close to them. I (honestly) thought it was just another lying commercial, but now you (who has no reason to lie) says that it MAY be true.

Of course, I don't have that option. I have the option to have a heat stroke or pay the bill, but I appreciate you for educating me on this.

Ahh yesm mb,That's the third time this morning tha...

2008-05-18T13:12:28.434-07:00

Ahh yesm mb,

That's the third time this morning that I've been reminded of the stupidity of American business practices and their short-term thinking, as compared to Indian (Native American, not India) and Japanese.

we the people, indeed. the medical care on the re...

2008-05-18T07:58:07.741-07:00

we the people, indeed. the medical care on the rez is free to apaches. my daughter is spending the last summer of her med school (paid by the tribe) driving in a mobile clinic to the more remote locations to deliver checkups and vaccinations. there is a lot of stuff happening on the rez that made the republicans in phoenix shout "socialism" and get as red in the face as their tacky ties.

the lumber operation, the sawmill, and the cattle co-operative are all administered by the tribal government for the benefit of all. same with the ski resort. the fees paid by the belaangaana who come to hunt trophy elk go into the general fund.

we had our fill of being exploited by the power brokers for our utilities and built our own. now we sell surplus to those same guys.

Grover Norquist loves it here. My bill doubled in...

2008-05-17T22:52:36.609-07:00

Grover Norquist loves it here. My bill doubled in one month in 2000, went down for a bit, & now is back up to the price it was when it doubled. NO central air. No cross-breeze either.

*sigh*

On a happier note, I found just what you need to freeze, and reheat that fabulous chili of yours in Big Lots today for $1.50 each.
"Reynold's cleverware."