demfriend's Comments (602)

“Well said Demfriend!”

“I hear this, but the truth is, a shuttle is actually very economical to run. A directly derived vehicle not requiring the shuttles "dead weight" of wings and such could easily be made to lift over 100mT to orbit for a lower cost-per-kg than the best rockets anywhere right now.

Think on it for a bit, the fixed cost for a shuttle is $2.8 billion, weither you launch or not. The fixed cost for the commercial EELV's is $1.5 bilion, launch or not. Add to it the per-vehicle cost, Shuttles is $150 million, EELV's is $130 million. Now, a directly derived will boost the shuttle cost to roughly $180 million per. But now, you are lifting 100mT vs the EELV's 20mT. Even with the heavier infastructure cost, you launch 4 Shuttle Derived vehicles, you come out lower cost per kg to orbit.”

“Dem- you could be right, but can you continue to ignore the trend and label it a mental disorder forever?”

“The first allegiance of a muslim is to Islam and other muslims and not to his/her country.If any,I mean ANY,imam declares death on americans,ALL muslims are obliged to comply on pain of never going to paradiseThat has already declared by radical imams all around the world.Musl­ims in the USA are a fifth column and the Ft Hood massacre is just the first.The next will be in the Minneapolis,Mn area and done by somalies.A­ny religion like Islam that sentences you to death if you convert to another religion is far from a religion of love and understand­ing.No where in the Q'ram is a "love thy neighbor as thy loves thyself".T­he closest is to be kind to the banquish and the slave.No love or understanding to non-muslim­s.Muslims are now the biggest threat to democracies of the West.Islam has surpassed Communism as the biggest threat.”

“Boy was that well said, excellent.”

“Be sure to get on a transplant list as soon as possible. Keep working at it and insist until you are on one. Dialysis is more profitable to some docs than transplants, so they will want to keep you on dialysis to offset the cost of providing care to sicker people. The death rate for dialysis patients is 25% per year although some are endstage illness. You might live eight years on dialysis or twenty eight years with a kidney.
Cadaver kidneys are almost as good as live donor kidneys. Do the rest of you folks hear me?...plan to donate after death. Many people die from lack of a kidney, and they die ten, twenty, thirty years sooner than they would if they had a transplanted kidney.”

“Liberal Myth
We are facing a 20-foot sea level rise because of global warming.

The Facts
This is highly unlikely and not part of any scientific consensus.

The recently released summary of the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report estimates a sea level rise of only 7 to 23 inches over the next century, and there are reasons to believe that even that may be overstating things.

Related Heritage research
Ben Lieberman, “Frequently Asked Questions About Global Warming,” March 21, 2007
Ben Lieberman, “Don’t Rush To Judgment on U.N.’s IPCC Global Warming Summary,” February 7, 2007”

“The Facts
Radical Islamic terrorists: driven by an evil ideology of hatred and loathing.


Their beliefs are based on misinterpretations of Islam.
Their ultimate goal is the destruction of liberal democracy across the world, whether it be in the West or the Middle East, and the establishment of a Muslim Caliphate.
Captured documents from al Qaeda indicate that the terrorist group is fighting in Iraq to establish the country as a base for exporting terrorism—not because the United States is there.
Exploiting frustration
A British government study shows al-Qaeda recruits from disillusioned and angry youth.
American foreign policy is an excuse for radical Islamic terrorism, not a cause.
Not foreign policy
Osama bin Laden has preached his hatred of the United States for more than a decade, regardless of American foreign policy.
Bin Laden attacked the United States for its weakness after it withdrew from Somalia in 1993—and again for its aggressiveness after September 11.
Declarations of war
Terrorist leaders have repeatedly declared war on the United States and its allies because of who they are.

In 1998, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri called on their followers “to kill all Americans and their allies--civilian and military” as “an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it.”
In 2002, radical Islamic leader Abu Bakar Bashir said the families of those slaughtered in the Bali terror bombing should “convert to Islam as soon as possible””

“Global warming is beleived in becuase it is not an accepted fact.

No one can even define a global average temperture or what it means in terms of human existance.”

“Doctors are not hog-tied to write prescriptions!”

“What is it exactly these troops are fighting for?

They aren't fighting to keep the country safe for ordinary citizens , because we've just seen two different presidents ( supposedly on opposing sides) open up the Treasury and hand taxpayer money to criminal banks.
They aren;t fighting for "free markets , because those banks would have been allowed to fail if that were so.
They weren't fighting for justice because very few of the Corporate CEOs who robbed us are even being accused.
They aren;t fighting for the people because the president and Congress have given their consent to evicted us , leave us jobless and go without healthcare so theat corporations can make more profits. They aren't fighting for our land because national parks are being opened up to drilling and logging.
If I recall no one in Iraq or Afghanistan requested our help , our money or our lives.
If these soldiers really wanted to help America they would come home and help put this country right .”

“How many more taxes do you want to pay? I've served my country. The VA health system in essence killed my father-in-law. Between the current entitlement programs and DoD, the majority of the budget is spent. Should we divert funding from Medicaid and Medicare to TRICARE?”

“The VA is great except they don't think vision or dental are health issues.”