AK Steel Blast Furnace Could be New Green Energy

Well written Tony! I agree that a lot of what you say is true. The comment "a true "genius" knows how profoundly ignorant he truly is." is my personal main stay. That seems odd given my boldness here, but if one is in France, one needs to speak French. I am simply adapting my linguistic approach to the audience I have. Being modest would only inflame most of those on here into thinking they were indeed effectively rebutting my argument. You may well be an adversary worth debating with. You were way off course with your “dig at those who don't share your political affiliation” assumption however. My dig was at small minded people who wouldn’t know a Watermelon from an ear of corn if some Political Pundit didn’t tell them the difference. It was a dig at inexcusable ignorance.

"I'm also struck by your assertion that you are a "real" conservative."

Why is that? Could your contemporary concept of conservatism be wrong? I think so. Words get changed meanings over time. My Grandmother would routinely use the word “gay” to describe someone energetic and playful, with no sexual connotation. Could your idea of “conservatism” be equally altered contemporary just as “gay” was?

My conservatism recognizes that Human beings need time to adjust to change. That applies to economic theory as well, since without human beings there is NO economics at all, let alone theory. To insure a stable, gradually adjusting economic system, we have to rely on consistent economic Policy and gradual change. Your assertion that free markets reign is an example of how neo conservatism is a contemporary ideal and not traditional conservatism.  I actually think this neo con idea that free markets are so great is a quite stupid idea.

Free Markets do have a place in an overall economic Policy. However, they are just as flawed as any other economic idea that one could come up with. Look at the ungoverned portioned of Africa and you will see what unrestrained Free Markets are about. Anyone wanting that has to be crazy. Free Markets only work when government is there to keep them civilized and prevent the creation of lawless Boom Towns that we saw in our own history in the old West, when the abundance of natural resources overwhelmed our then immature Government.

Tony, you mentioned the consumerism that has driven our economy. I am pleased you see that. Tell Paccy and the other knotheads that don’t realize that the Middle class has to be economically successful for the general economy to prosper.  Mr Kaisch and his cronies are trying very hard to continue the idiocy that brought about the decline of the middle class and the resulting decline in our economy. Most of the people of this site promote those ridiculous ideas without realizing that their own personal decline is the RESULT of those policies. THAT is the brainwashing I am fighting on this site.

 As to my solutions for Middletown, I will repeat them AGAIN. ACCEPT the decline. It is demographic in nature and no one’s fault. That fault lies in spending money to try and bring back what will NEVER come back.  Cut Staff by 30%. ALL Staff.  For God sakes, quit subsidizing things like the Golf Course. Sell the damn thing!!  Don’t do MiddFest, we can’t afford it. We have no money for any thing!  I disagree with Josh usually, but support his Infrastructure Budget proposal as we have no choice but to keep the roads.

Now to Kemp/Roth….that was 30 years ago and Tax structure was pretty much opposite of what it is now. At that time, it was an appropriate action and needed to be done. Cutting taxes now for the wealthy is absolute stupidity and the support for it we see on sites like this is nothing more than validation of my “brainwash” theory.

You all emotionally react to me defending the Unions against such things as SB5. That is because you are NOT adults and just want to whine! I never said the Unions shouldn’t have to take cuts. It is simply THEIR decision, by virtue of legal contracts, as to HOW those cuts take place. Management has the right to control levels of employment but not the right to change the terms of contracts that they have already agreed to.  Your whining about the Medical benefits and your REFUSAL to discuss the concept of TOTAL COMPENSATION proves my point about childishness. I am NOT against cuts to the Union, I AM against childish attacks on their contract.

Anyway, any more from me would require you all to pay tuition, LOL.

If that pisses you off, then you have no sense of humor in addition to being childish.

 

lrisner wrote: Well, DICK, I haven't heard from you on this issue till now. Did it take you that long to come up with something at least symbolically witty?

Well, IRIS, if by “this issue” you mean AK’s blast furnace gas project, I refrained from commenting because the two posts you made relating to that subject contained at least bits of accuracy and I saw no need to correct you on a rather esoteric subject.

If by “this issue” you mean your irrational braggadocio, I refrained because you were doing such a good job of making a fool of yourself that I felt you were in no need of assistance in doing so.