I Re-Registered Myself As An Independent, Because I'm Sick Of Both Parties At This Point.

See, it's not even the American people that talk for the government, it's all those huge companies that make their voices heard, and that freaking bugs the crud out of me. Plus it doesn't really help that both parties don't have any kind of strong stand point on renewable energy, I mean like come on, are we slowly going to kill ourselves with our own CO2 emission in the atmosphere?!? I mean I know there is a Green Party in the US, but they have no chance at winning... Also both parties are still not caring about education at all or very little! :/

Sorry, I just went on a rant just right now...

We're corporations as powerful in government as they are today, they would have successfully lobbied against electricity, the automobile, and the telephone to save the lamp oil business, the horse carriage manufacturers, and the telegraph.

Corporate leaders have no real vision. They keep trying to milk the same cash cow, not realizing that a dairy farmer replaces his cows all the time with new, and fresh, cows.

Whichever energy company breaks away from the current monopoly players to pursue renewable energy will be on top of the heap because they did it first. The mountains of Appalachia have provided coal to America for nearly 200 years. Those mountains are perfect location for wind generators. What do you do with the mines? Use the for land fills. Compess and fill the shafts with garbage. Run lines in, and leave them sit for 20 years after sealing, and you have a new source of natural gas, to supplement that field of energy.the workers? Retrain them in the new technologies.

See, why is it so hard to find smart people like you Swiggy1957? :)

We don't get out, much.

That's because we spend so much time reading and observing people. We'll talk the leg off a chair, but when we listen, that tells the speaker they have our full attention. Make a statement, and we repeat it back as a question, and a little differently, to clarify what you said. Dismiss it, and you may see us lose interest.

I think a combination of genetics and home life helped. Dad was dyslexic, but he spent an hour or two reading the paper each night. He fueled my interest in news programs, especially documentaries. We discussed current events. And we try to find people that can hold intelligent conversations where we can look at things from other viewpoints, and still act stupid.

I'm the member of my family that deals in facts as best as possible. Family knows not to forward emails to me because they know I will spend hours researching, if needed, to dispute their claims the email makes.

Ah, do you have a hard time communicating to the outside world?

You know everything you are saying is questionable, but my gullible self tends to take control over it. XD

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I can't remember the last time the issues that actually effected people were talked about. It's like watching a couple of really bad magicians try to distract you with cards while they steal your watch.

Yup that sums it up perfectly.