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by Scoota McGee
Mon May 08, 2006 8:22 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: House OKs Energy Price-Gouging Punishment
Replies: 42
Views: 3201

@ 2.43 a Gallon

>>> Crude Oil price = 55%

We can’t affect this a whole lot… OPEC calls the shots.

>>> Refining = 22%

Last time the US built a refinery 1976

In fact… we now have less than 149 refineries actively producing Gasoline. That’s about half as many as we had in 1981 ...
by Scoota McGee
Thu Feb 09, 2006 10:15 am
Forum: World of Warcraft Discussions
Topic: Anyone found anymore of Tig's Easter eggs?
Replies: 18
Views: 3266

Random trash drop in AV BG is an autographed picture of Tig and Rhap.
by Scoota McGee
Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:24 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Child Kills Father Over Grades
Replies: 26
Views: 1539

This is horrible... There is no excuse for something as monstrous as this. No human being should ever be allowed to eat at Taco Bell.
by Scoota McGee
Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:22 am
Forum: Cap's Alehouse
Topic: Hot Stock Pick
Replies: 13
Views: 931

Another good one: HAL

Michael Moore likes it :)
by Scoota McGee
Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:25 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: 1 more missing link - Dinosaurs -> Birds
Replies: 19
Views: 4229

Maybe God put it there just to fuck with your head... She's like that some times.
by Scoota McGee
Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:42 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Pentagon propaganda program in Iraq
Replies: 5
Views: 1369

I think perhaps a pre-requisite for a free-press in a nation is to not be in a state of sever unrest first. Should terrorist insurgent groups be provided a voice in the free-press as well? Should their be a free-press… of course… but people not getting killed in the streets should have priority.
by Scoota McGee
Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:30 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Vienna Cardinal draws lines in Intelligent Design row
Replies: 7
Views: 599

Maybe it was part of God's plan for the bible to be abridged with an addendum with information about his aforementioned plan to create man via evolution? Who are we to say we could know God's plan?
by Scoota McGee
Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:55 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Vienna Cardinal draws lines in Intelligent Design row
Replies: 7
Views: 599

Why can't evolution have been God's plan?
by Scoota McGee
Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:35 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Exxon posts biggest ever US profits
Replies: 37
Views: 2571

Stock tip: Halliburton subsidiary KBR is probably going to be spinning off as an IPO in the not so distant future. And it looks like the US is starting to increase its petroleum production capabilities after 30 years.

http://today.reuters.com/investing/fina ... ANSION.XML
by Scoota McGee
Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:03 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: France Riots
Replies: 35
Views: 2003

It's only a mater of time before France takes decisive action to end the rioting... and surunders.
by Scoota McGee
Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:52 pm
Forum: NT Fitness, Family, Friends Forum
Topic: Avoiding the Flu
Replies: 1
Views: 455

Avoiding the Flu

Helpful tips courtesy of MSN. Take careful note of the last helpful hint.

http://articles.health.msn.com/id/10011 ... 100000000/
by Scoota McGee
Fri Oct 28, 2005 2:46 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: A Separate Peace - WSJ OpEd article
Replies: 15
Views: 3666

As a side note on Clinton... Halliburton is still raking it in from the contract he gave us for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Did you know we still have troops there? Thanks Bill

I do agree with your campaign spending cap idea though. To bad the lobbyists and PACS would never allow such a law to get ...
by Scoota McGee
Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:30 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Mexicans should keep going north past US to Canada
Replies: 13
Views: 1125

This does sound like a good idea. Instead of building a wall America aught to spend that money on bus tickets for the illegals.
by Scoota McGee
Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:09 am
Forum: Cap's Alehouse
Topic: tell me about havin my prostate checked
Replies: 43
Views: 10927

I had to have mine checked before going to dive school in the military. I remember the experience quite vividly. There were four of us waiting outside the doctors office… no one was saying a word or making eye contact with anyone. The guy in front of me went in, the door closed. He came out a bit ...
by Scoota McGee
Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:27 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: 2,000
Replies: 75
Views: 18670

I went to high school in Kuwait before the gulf war because my dad worked for McDonald Douglas on a project to train the Kuwaitis how to fly F-18 Hornets… in hind site it was too little to late. Then I went back to Kuwait and into to Iraq as a troop in the first Gulf War. I went back to that part of ...
by Scoota McGee
Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:56 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Genetic screening
Replies: 14
Views: 1253

Extending genetic screening out to family members probably would be the next step in this, if an employee wanted to provide health care to family members from their employer.

Right now factors like age of people needing insurance, general health, if they smoke or drink are considered in the ...
by Scoota McGee
Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:05 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Genetic screening
Replies: 14
Views: 1253

Probability and actuarial tables already greatly affect your life. They are not based on what will happen, they are based on what is most likely to happen. In example, through no fault of his own an 18 year old boy will pay more for auto insurance than a 35 year old woman. That 18 year old boy could ...
by Scoota McGee
Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:17 pm
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Genetic screening
Replies: 14
Views: 1253

Genetic screening

I read an article in \. today about how IBM has created a policy for thier business that forbids using genetic testing in application screening.

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The more I thought about this the more I'm on the fence about it. If two people are hired for two jobs receiving identical salaries, but one of ...
by Scoota McGee
Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:09 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: The Hybrid Hype
Replies: 11
Views: 782

I wonder what maintenance costs run on a car with multiple power systems?
by Scoota McGee
Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:03 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Bennett's remarks stirs outrage
Replies: 17
Views: 4515

Here's the thing. He was on a radio talk show "Bill Bennett’s Morning in America". A caller had the idea that if no one had had any abortions in the past 30 years, the additional income generated would have preserved the solvency of Social Security. Bennett responded by pointing out that was an ...
by Scoota McGee
Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:13 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Probe of New Orleans Police Conduct Begins
Replies: 7
Views: 655

THey have lots of trunk space too. Perfect for looting... er "Patrolling"
by Scoota McGee
Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:10 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Mexican football
Replies: 3
Views: 1176

Re: Mexican football

Carlos Copernicus, a former college football player in Mexico, smiles as he says no one will care that no Mexicans are playing when the NFL holds its first regular-season game on foreign turf here Sunday. "We're not genetically made to play football, but we love it," jokes the diminutive defensive ...
by Scoota McGee
Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:13 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Race and intelligence
Replies: 151
Views: 37055

Zanchief wrote:And claiming you do makes you racist.

Please point out where I said that I believed black people are stupid.

On what do you base your opinion that black people are not genetically prone to low intelligence?
by Scoota McGee
Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:05 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Race and intelligence
Replies: 151
Views: 37055

So... if we find any race is genetically predisposed to any condition... that's racism?

That was a shot at me for claiming black people aren't genetically stupid.

Seems like the classic definition are argumentative to me.

How do you know that black people aren't genetically stupid? What are ...
by Scoota McGee
Fri Sep 23, 2005 9:53 am
Forum: Current Affairs
Topic: Race and intelligence
Replies: 151
Views: 37055

To repeat: I fully agree that race may play no part in intelligence. Can you say that it might?