Reminds me of when i used to walk the aisles of Blockbuster and count how many movies had someone pointing a gun as the main image on the box.

Even on "On Golden Pond" ;-)

What Bull shit.

Which part are you in disagreement with?

Fixed it for you. Just copy/paste when you need to. ~wink~

What Bullshit.

Asking @bobknight33 to engage in some form of cogent argument is as pointless as asking shit to smell nice. Ain't gonna happen.

He comes, he drops a few word bombs, if anyone questions him or attempts any form of intelligent argument he fades into the woodwork. Why? Because he knows if he engages, he loses, because he's got nothing. Just word bombs. To quote the Bard, he is "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

I know, I know, be nice to fellow sifters. @BobKnight will receive a full apology and retraction from me if and when he proves me wrong by presenting a cogent argument instead of his usual disingenuous crap.

Giving up coal is not feasible at this point in time.

There are not better / cheaper alternatives-- otherwise the forces of capitalism would put the death nail into coal.

If it's the forces of capitalism that should run the market, then why encourage government interference? That's the opposite of free-market capitalism.

An independent study published in Nature Energy estimated that half of all US oil production would be unprofitable if not for government subsidies. By your reasoning, shouldn't those ventures be allowed to die a natural death? All Arnold is saying is we shouldn't be INCREASING the subsidies to a dirty industry that's killing people.

In other words, your response is a non sequitur. It literally does not follow.

Aside from all that. IT'S KILLING PEOPLE! Do you really care about profit margins and the forces of capitalism more than human lives? What are profits for if not to improve the lives of people? Money, and the economy have to serve a purpose or they're just numbers.

Obama and Hillary wanted to use government to kill coal-- more government regulations that kill jobs.

The forces of capitalism did put a death nail into coal, Trump is pulling it out and putting coal on life support at our expense.

There are dozens of better, cheaper alternatives. Even natural gas beats it easily, and it's not great.

Sometimes I think Bob is really a Liberal but, he just plays the "bad cop" to trick others into posting the truth because he doesn't quite know how to say it as eloquently others do.

Thank you Bob and newtboy. You make a great "Point - Counterpoint" team.


Love and hate are both passion.

Passion is the cement that keeps people bonded together.

It's a measure of how fucked up the world is that Arnold is now considered a liberal voice of reason.....