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Should Obama call solar the "energy of the future" when the first patent for solar cells was granted in 1883?
12 years before the first patent for the gasoline powered automobile. Seems like someone should've been able to turn this into a viable energy source in the intervening 125 years.
8 AnswersPolitics9 years agoAnti-war protestors - Are there more or fewer U.S. soldiers at war today than when Obama became President?
Here's what I can find:
Beginning of 2009: Iraq - 112,000; Afghanistan - 62,000; Total - 174,000
Today: Iraq - 94,000; Afghanistan - 87,000; Total - 181,000
Anyone else have different numbers?
Sources:
http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/...
5 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoDo you agree with Obama's spokesman that Obama shares no blame for the failures of his intelligence agencies?
See 17:28 of the following video:
12 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoDon't those who know what's best for us deserve to lead a life of luxury?
20 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoCan someone name any part of our lives the government couldn't control if they controlled our health care?
And remember, the government might not always be run by the guys you voted for.
11 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoWhat is reality, really?
8 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoWhy is Obama pretending he didn't announce a comprehensive new strategy for Afghanistan in March?
Here he is in March announcing his new strategy:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/us/politics/27ob...
Here's his right-hand man six months later saying they're starting from scratch:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=109031%C2%A7i...
Does he not know that we have these new things called internets?
10 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoWhy aren't there enough companies making H1N1 vaccines to meet U.S. demand?
Seems with demand this high, pharmaceutical companies would be lining up for the chance to make money.
Also, why is only one of the four companies making U.S. H1N1 vaccine American?
And why did the number of American vaccine producers fall from 26 in 1967 to five in 2004?
And why hasn't the method for making vaccines (using chicken eggs) been improved in decades?
5 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoIs it a coincidence that the massive health care overhaul won't take effect until after the 2012 elections?
"Let's hurry up and pass this thing so we can start to help people four years from now!"
If it's so urgent that we have to pass it immediately, why not put it in place immediately?
Two reasons.
1. So it will still be a theoretical that they can spin however they want when Obama runs for reelection.
2. Because costs are scored over a 10 year period, so Dems can put 10 years of taxes against 7 years of expenses and give Americans a bogus price tag.
9 AnswersPolitics1 decade ago
