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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Arnott" data-source="post: 23990" data-attributes="member: 304"><p>Re: hyper inflation in the USA?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Wow JR. I am going to have to call traveling on you. You saw a hole open up, headed for the basket with such enthusiasm you forgot to dribble. Or even breath. </p><p>Seems months of not getting to vent on anything Political, Economical, or Religical have built up enough reserves that you saw one opening, and suddenly unburdened every thing on your chest. </p><p>Now through some weird trip in your head, environmentalists cause hyper-inflation. </p><p></p><p>I love that you went to the Rush Limbaugh/Tea Bagger non-sequitur of "Environmentalists are the only people who are happy that........"</p><p>(You are wrong because this week the answer is "The Nuclear Power Plants in Japan are melting down.")</p><p>(Liberals and Environmentalists are technically interchangeable in this argument form.) (Which breaks at least two rules of logic.)</p><p>(And is some sort of weird anti-Jewish mother amalgamation.)</p><p></p><p>I am not making this up. Rush used this very line this week. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, the environment is that which surrounds us. Or, what we live in. </p><p>So, if I am an environmentalist, are you anti surroundings?</p><p>You don't care about the place you live in?</p><p></p><p>And technically, the countries that care the most about the environment are much healthier than we are. </p><p>We (Americans) have about the 35th highest lifespan of countries in the world. Not too impressive. </p><p>In countries that are more concerned about the environment not only are the lifespans longer, but the disparity between the rich and the poor are much lower. </p><p>There is much less poverty. Arguably better quality of life. Maybe not as many i-pods, big screen TVs, hollywood stars, or line arrays. But they eat better, live longer,</p><p> have a higher relative wealth in the community, and are better educated. </p><p></p><p>We have fallen off sharply in education too recently. Discounting those over 40, meaning having been out of college for a while and in the work force, the US is not even in the top 25 in </p><p>those that are college educated. It used to be under Mao the Chinese were famous for rote memory. Now, with no child left behind, and test scores being the single most driving part of</p><p>our education that has become us. We are no longer encouraging creativeness. Which is important in many forms of problem solving and innovation, not just entertainment. </p><p>In a weird switching of places the Chinese are now using creative methods in their schools, and it is one reason that they are passing us up in education. </p><p></p><p>I would agree with Marjan. We have a lot to get in order in our own house. We don't need to be poking our noses in everybody else's business to tell them how to run their affairs. </p><p></p><p>Regards, Jack</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack Arnott, post: 23990, member: 304"] Re: hyper inflation in the USA? Wow JR. I am going to have to call traveling on you. You saw a hole open up, headed for the basket with such enthusiasm you forgot to dribble. Or even breath. Seems months of not getting to vent on anything Political, Economical, or Religical have built up enough reserves that you saw one opening, and suddenly unburdened every thing on your chest. Now through some weird trip in your head, environmentalists cause hyper-inflation. I love that you went to the Rush Limbaugh/Tea Bagger non-sequitur of "Environmentalists are the only people who are happy that........" (You are wrong because this week the answer is "The Nuclear Power Plants in Japan are melting down.") (Liberals and Environmentalists are technically interchangeable in this argument form.) (Which breaks at least two rules of logic.) (And is some sort of weird anti-Jewish mother amalgamation.) I am not making this up. Rush used this very line this week. Anyway, the environment is that which surrounds us. Or, what we live in. So, if I am an environmentalist, are you anti surroundings? You don't care about the place you live in? And technically, the countries that care the most about the environment are much healthier than we are. We (Americans) have about the 35th highest lifespan of countries in the world. Not too impressive. In countries that are more concerned about the environment not only are the lifespans longer, but the disparity between the rich and the poor are much lower. There is much less poverty. Arguably better quality of life. Maybe not as many i-pods, big screen TVs, hollywood stars, or line arrays. But they eat better, live longer, have a higher relative wealth in the community, and are better educated. We have fallen off sharply in education too recently. Discounting those over 40, meaning having been out of college for a while and in the work force, the US is not even in the top 25 in those that are college educated. It used to be under Mao the Chinese were famous for rote memory. Now, with no child left behind, and test scores being the single most driving part of our education that has become us. We are no longer encouraging creativeness. Which is important in many forms of problem solving and innovation, not just entertainment. In a weird switching of places the Chinese are now using creative methods in their schools, and it is one reason that they are passing us up in education. I would agree with Marjan. We have a lot to get in order in our own house. We don't need to be poking our noses in everybody else's business to tell them how to run their affairs. Regards, Jack [/QUOTE]
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