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It seems and independent organization looked at what was going on and found that even though BP might have had poor safety enforcement protocols the blow out preventer that would have taken care of that problem failed to work properly due to a design issue. Stuck pipe contributed to Gulf oil...

How is "other work" defined by Social Security. Can they really expect a former VP of widgets to go work at McDonalds because they can stand up and say, "Do you want f-f-f-fries with that?" Or do they do it similar to unemployment where "other work" is work at a similar level?

Well the ground work happened faster than I expected. In the stimulus package there are provisions for government bureaucrats to dictate what treatment is the best and which treatments will be provided, instead of letting practicing doctors dictate treatment. It isn't a far step for the...

The financial meltdown started me thinking. In my opinion the markets were going to crash anyway. The fuel for the crash would be the dieing off of the boomers. Since much of our economy was/is built on the use of credit when the boomers start kicking the bucket in large numbers the economy...

I currently have a balance in a Florida State retirement account. I am contemplating taking the money out of that account and purchasing several years of military time for the federal government. Florida retirement has two different type of programs. The first is your typical pension where...

The thread about the US energy policy got me thinking about solar energy. Many electric companies offer incentives to home owners to switch to solar and most will buy the excess electricity generated. How big of an array is needed to run a typical household?

I found this article interesting, especially the portion about the IPCC. I do realize it is only a couple peoples opinion of the whole thing. Something else I find a bit interesting is the media normally accused of being left leaning and in blind support of the liberals developed and printed...

http://snopes.com/katrina/politics/carcrush.asp http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070129/ap_on_re_us/katrina_hearings He complains because he doesn't receive enough help from the government, but turns down an offer but a private company to pay 5 mil to the city for the wrecked and unclaimed cars...

All of the recent talk about health care has raised a few questions in my mind. I'm not attempting to bait anybody into a fight, I'm just curious. I've heard it repeated several times on this forum that a large percentage of our health care spending is from heroic end of life treatments. I'll...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_go_co/congress_terror_11 Did anybody ever tell these people 100% security is never cost effective, but 70% is very effective at a fraction of the cost? 100% security is reserved for very high value/very destructive resources, like last line nuclear...

I was doing my normal job seach and noticed a couple interesting Federal Jobs listed. The pay is about the same, but the main deciding issue is retirement. Currently I plan to retire with approx 44% yearly earnings. The position listed is currently a non-Law enforcment Officer Police officer. I...