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Which is why putting them in tunnels instead of on the surface is a good idea. Then only a few people die.

Hmm, why not use the Deep Bore Tunnel for coal trains? Then only the kids in the rich neighborhoods will die?
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:21:07 -0800 The Stranger
Also keep in mind that 0% is the rate that the Fed has targeted for banks to make overnight loans to *each other*, the so-called federal funds rate. They're going to take on a few percent for a loan they make to someone else, because they have to make a profit. Also, when they give you a fixed rate loan, they're going to take into account the fact that rates will almost certainly go up in the future, and tack on a little to cover that risk.

Posted by Orv]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:13:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by NaFun]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:09:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Orv]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:05:11 -0800 The Stranger
Whether there's really a significant risk of ignition from a spark within the car, I wouldn't be qualified to say. There is always going to be some contamination of the coal by harder rock, I think. Again, it seems at least plausible that that could strike a spark as the load shifts. That would only have to happen once to really suck

You'd certainly want to be very sure that some dipshit wasn't smoking as they removed the covers from the cars! If it's done by machine, that would all have to be non-sparking material and mechanisms.
Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:42:50 -0800 The Stranger
It's no skin off my nose, seeing as I live in Denver these days, but Seattleites shouldn't feel the need to blow minor things out of proportion. (Not that that will stop anyone; there isn't much success in politics without making mountains out of anthills.)
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:40:59 -0800 The Stranger
But, also add the cost of managing the tarps, the time to install, time to remove, store, inspect, maintain... .. unknown consequences like tarps getting jammed into other equipment causing damage or disastors... adhering to ever evolving tarp regulations from the state, the unions... and the precedent it sets for other states to adopt the same.

It will, overall, cost millions (my pulled-from-ass guess). And, while, yes, they could still make profits, and communities would fare better, it would mean that some overpaid executive's position, somewhere, could no longer exist.

Can't you think of the executives' children?
Posted by NotSean]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:26:37 -0800 The Stranger A lot of money, but they'll more than make that up in profits.
It's the cost of doing business, it would keep our environment cleaner, and the coal itself kept uncontaminated and free from rain or snow.


Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:13:06 -0800 The Stranger
@6 Do you really not know the answer? It's because you have a fixed guaranteed rate on a long-term loan. If interest rates go up to 14%, you'll continue to pay 6.8%. But I agree that it sucks. I'm paying one of those, too. High inflation and high interest rates favor those who have long-term debt at fixed rates. Right now, we have low inflation and low interest rates, but in two years things might be different.
Posted by David from Chicago]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:12:29 -0800 The Stranger
Dear Slog.
Please forgive us for feeding the troll.

Posted by TargetRichEnvironment]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:04:21 -0800 The Stranger
thank you for your advice.
you obviously have this whole slog posting thing down cold.....
Posted by Er...ooops....herp....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhaha...]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:01:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:32:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:12:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by NotSean]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:12:35 -0800 The Stranger
@5: The worst part is, during the bailouts, the huge banks were only charged something like .001% percent interest, which is just free money. Businesses have more rights than people in this country, and more protections from the law.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:11:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by TVDinner]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:02:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Gordon Werner]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:35:11 -0800 The Stranger
But!...but!.....President Obama pledged to reinvigorate federal work and make government “cool again”!!

Is there anything that ASSHOLE will not Lie about?
Posted by memo to Liberal American't. Your President Sucks.]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:30:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ....not long enough, probably. GOMMORAH!]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:28:18 -0800 The Stranger
and the kicker is that the guy has EIGHT kids.

only in Liberal American't.......
Posted by A Civilization in Decline]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:26:27 -0800 The Stranger
Because at the age of 44 you still only have the job skills of a 15 year old.

Capitalism sucks, doesn't it, Liberals......

But everything else sucks more.

Too bad there just aren't more gigs making $75 an hour screwing up the manufacture of new cars and smoking pot at lunch.

Unions Forever!!!
Posted by Life is Hard. And then you die.]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:24:39 -0800 The Stranger