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Pushing your luck. As the economy falters, people are getting creative in their pursuit to save money, including exchanging home-packed lunches for eating out. Another, less practical method seems to be testing their luck. June marked the 11th consecutive record year of sales for the Maryland State Lottery. James Trela, graduate department chairman of sociology and anthropology at University of Maryland Baltimore County, said the economy will eventually dampen lottery sales. How long will it take for the people driving those sales to realize luck won’t fill up their gas tanks or pay for their air-conditioning?
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Examiner Reader said:
You? Pretty ignorant I would say. This article is so dead on, that it's hard to believe Americans have not figured this out on their own. Sure, we should develop solar and wind power, BUT we should also develop oil, gas and nuclear energy at the same time. We should immediately start to drill for new oil & gas reserves and start immediate construction of nuclear power plants as well as new refineries. You dumb-ass Democrats just don't get it!! Go live in the 3rd World if you don't like the continued industrialization of this nation. Try living where they don't have running water, electricity and person transportation. You clowns are driving this economy into the ground with all the BS environmental regulations. The tide has turned and Americans are waking up to the cold, hard reality - we need to stop trying to "save the world" and focus on saving our country!!!
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Examiner Reader said:
Who is this guy? He has succinctly hit it right on the head. Socialists do not understand how capitalism works. Whatever they were taught in school has nothing whatsoever to do with what will bring the price of gas down. This is the one question that is never driven home to Democrat politicians. They love higher oil prices because it is an automatic tax increase they didn't have to vote on.
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Examiner Reader said:
This article is a prime example of how the API (American Petroleum Institute) has successfully brainwashed the public into believing that offshore drilling will help our energy crisis, rather than tapping the abundant wind and solar energy resources that we have in this country. What a shame! One week after the API bombarded the public with their misleading ad campaign, McCain and Bush came out in favor of lifting the ban on offshore drilling! Whew, crisis solved now! No need to REALLY solve our energy crisis by developing the wind and solar to compete with oil and gas!! How ignorant can we be?
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Gary Gross said:
What a false premise. The question isn't whether we prevail on the CR. The question is whether we'll keep talking about this issue. Shutting down the government is risky business. It isn't risky business to hold this issue over the Democrats' heads through Election Day.
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Ivan Fail said:
As a 2 time defendant in malicious, frivolous law suits, 1 by mob enforcer contract killer and loan shark Harold "Kayo" Konigsberg)I can speak from experience about what society is letting the lawyers get away with. The lawyers are getting away with it because of the divisive, turf protecting "clique system" mentality of Big Business which portrays Itself as the sole and exclusive victim of the frivolous lawsuit industry. That exclusionary arrogance coupled with the fact that Big Business itself all too ofen plays "fast and loose with ethics" via a "rip off, run around and rotten service" attitude toward the "jury pool electorate" erodes a lot of public support for effecive legal reform. That is because for the reasons cited many Americans consider the stand off between Big Business and the Trial Lawyers as just another case of "The Pot Calling The Kettle Black". And all 50 state "fox guarding the chicken house" Attorney "Disicpline" Bureaucracies have to be reformed FIRST!
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Concerned Taxpayer said:
It's strange how Bush seems to believe that SPECULATIVE coastal drilling is an answer to the gas prices - which could produce 2 barrels of oil in, say, 20 yrs from now. The questions I would be asking, instead, would be: 1) how come oil/gas prices soared during the Bush admin? 2) how come BIG OIL still received taxpayer subsidies despite CONSECUTIVE RECORD PROFITS? 3) how come I'm left eating PB&J for lunch, when I used to have much more of a choice several years back because I could afford more?? Mr. President, how come?
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Examiner Reader said:
"It's very third world"????? In what context and in what situation is a statement like this acceptable???
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Examiner Reader said:
I find it interesting how Peter Hutt is so concerned about non-profits and "mom and pop" businesses when he's probably never represented anyone less than a millionaire in his entire life.
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Examiner Reader said:
Imagine .....??? This is the best argument you have? You mean there are NO REAL EXAMPLES OF THIS EVER HAPPENING? OK, let's imagine. Let's imagine space aliens coming down from Mars. Let's imagine the ocean was full of grape Koolaid. In the world of NOT IMAGINATION, the False Claims Act has returned over $20 billion stolen by liars, cheaters and thieves working for the kind of corporations that Mr. Hutt defends. Funny that is not mentioned.
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George H. Parker, Esq., Colorado attorney said:
The Bill does not threaten anyone unless they "knowingly" commit fraud on the United States government. The amendments do not punish "accidental mistakes" as alleged by the mega-defense firm attorney. The reason for the new Bill is that federal courts are confused about many of its issues, and an Arkansas federal court has specifically asked for clarification from Congress of what it intended the law to mean. Can a government employee qualify as a "whistleblower"? Some courts say yes, others no. The Bill says "yes, and puts an end to the confusion. Is the statute of limitations 6 years or 10? Courts are split on this too. The Bill says 10 years. One of the main wrongs the Bill does is removes the "public disclosure bar" as a tool for corporations committing fraud to escape justice, a tool abused by defense lawyers. By the way, the Bill has bipartisan support from senior Democrats and Republicans. The only ones against this bill are large corporations and their attorneys.
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