loquacious
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Like I have stated before in other threads, Ron Paul is the new Ralph Nader only not as smart or charming! By the by, Ralph led a lot polls several different times.
Yep. I've looked into it. Was considering doing a solar grow in the winter, then concentrating on OD in the summer and selling my power back. It was about 5 years ago so I can't recall my exact sources, but yes. PGE + southern edison rammed an initiative that made it impossible to wholesale power back using their lines. They can legally only zero out your electricity bill for the year (not including fees ofc), and on Jan 1 any extra energy they've gotten from you becomes their property and you've got to start paying again.No shit? Just another reason to GTFO here imo.
Paul is a progressive. There is no rule saying you can't be both a progressive and a conservative. After all the founder of the progressive movement was a republican. Contrary to popular belief, progressive doesn't mean liberal. It means being open to think different, not accept the status quo, and be open to new ideas as you get new information. Paul's platform is certainly progressive.I stumbled across a Glenn Beck video on youtube... the Beck nutjobs are calling Ron Paul a progressive..... they are sincerely angry at him for saying he would vote for Paul over Gingrich...
Excellent. I always encourage people to be involved in democracy even when I disagree with their views.I'm on it..
That's fucking legit. Well done man. +repBuilt and installed most of it myself over the last 5 years. Started small with a 1000 watt setup that ran me about $5000. Over the years i probably got $70,000 into it. The panels are the cheaper of the parts needed for a grid tie system with backup. I got batteries and they all need to be replaced every 5-10 years or so depending on how many cycles they get on them, i have 8 big deep cycle Absorbed Glass Matt batteries, they cost $1100 a piece. The batteries have to have a charge controller hooked up to each pair, so i have 4 of those, they cost $550 a pop. i have 3 big 6,000 watt inverters that cost 3 grand a piece. Now you got inverters to turn your PV array into 120v power but you gotta have more inverters to be able to turn the PV array power into 24 volt power for the charge controllers power too, so there goes 2 more inverters ( you don't need as big of ones because power use at night isn't as much, so it doesn't take that much out of the batteries) just to keep the charge controllers happy.Then there are the diagnostic stuff that alerts me to things like under-voltage, over-voltage, battery problems, PV array problems, Stuck trackers, ammeter, wattmeter, lots of big fuses anf fuse holders under plxi and lots of big fat wires, plus trenching and installing the pipe to the array etc etc. Oh yeah, the panels behind the house ( I live on a farm) are all on 2 axis sun trackers that keep the panels at the optimum angle to the sun all day, all year. The panels at $300 a pop for me to make are the cheapest parts, but its all built to go for 30 years, cept the batteries.
Mine is about twice that size and spread out amongst 10 trackers, then there are 10 panels on my south facing roof.
I get a check from the utility company every month, my meter runs backwards 99% of the time.
You really haven't been following the news so stop acting like you have been....Ron Paul is the only one that stands a chance actually...it will be a tight race at best..Like I have stated before in other threads, Ron Paul is the new Ralph Nader only not as smart or charming! By the by, Ralph led a lot polls several different times.
I didn't say primaries, I was just pointing out the similarities and the fact that polls are worthless.uh..not the Republican or Democrat Primaries...this is totally different.
Polls taking right now don't accurately show who's going to win on election day. Their purpose is to show voter trends.I have to agree they are...the polls should all actually read Ron Paul 50%+ if they were any indication of reality...Assuming half of republican voters have googled it, maybe thats a bit generous.
Potentially, he has the tea party. They've got more power than you'd think. Establishment republicans and democrats alike are terrified of them. As they should be. Those people are f-king nuts.whatever he stands for he wont win. he dosent have the inside connections to win.
My advice to you and people like you would be not to do that. There are specific messages candidates like to put out/hold back in every area code. If you start talking to people about aspects of Ron Paul you like even if you make a good case, that can do harm to the candidate. You could hurt his campaign by doing that.Can I start calling random Iowa phone numbers and asking the people who answer to please go vote and to vote for Paul?
best i dea i have heard, if you can get access to a plotter you can have it write all the letters for you with a ball point pen, looks like you spent hours crafting each letter perfectly, leaves a nice impression on the paper and you can even configure it to exactly plot your own handwriting with differing pressures and everything. Send 100,000 of those babies out to every county and see how effective it is. Of course if you can write really well and use plain ole appeal to peoples emotions and common sense you could create a killer letter that convinces most to vote for RP!My advice to you and people like you would be not to do that. There are specific messages candidates like to put out/hold back in every area code. If you start talking to people about aspects of Ron Paul you like even if you make a good case, that can do harm to the candidate. You could hurt his campaign by doing that.
In places like Iowa they poll issues by zip code and ONLY mention specific issues in specific places. Unless you have access to that information you shouldn't do it.
But don't worry, there IS something positive you can do from your house that would be extremely helpful and you can do it right now.
Letter writing campaign. I know a couple congressmen, and I know for a fact that these letters do get read and taken very seriously. Generally the only people who take the time to write a politician a letter are people who vote.
The key is to make sure it looks like a real letter and not junk mail. Hand write as much as possible. If it's a hand written envelope with a return address, it'll get opened. If you've got good enough hand writing, hand write the letter. Otherwise type and hand sign it.
Write letters asking people to endorse Ron Paul. He needs endorsements more than anything else right now IMO. Romney has got Christy's endorsement. Newt is about to get Trump's. Ron Paul doesn't have any names that ring out like those.
Write a letter to elected officials in your state, Iowa, New Hampshire, and anyone else you feel like. If it were me, I'd organize a group and all write letters to the mayor of every town in Iowa and their congressmen too. Also to your local congressmen since you vote in his district.
This sounds dumb, but it really is effective. In fact, it's effective because it sounds dumb. Because it sounds dumb, not very many people do it. With few people doing it, your voice carries more weight. I doubt Mitt Romney supporters are doing this.
Good idea. If you have access to a plotter, that would work.best i dea i have heard, if you can get access to a plotter you can have it write all the letters for you with a ball point pen, looks like you spent hours crafting each letter perfectly, leaves a nice impression on the paper and you can even configure it to exactly plot your own handwriting with differing pressures and everything. Send 100,000 of those babies out to every county and see how effective it is. Of course if you can write really well and use plain ole appeal to peoples emotions and common sense you could create a killer letter that convinces most to vote for RP!
Paul's support is even stronger among the youngest voters — the latest Granite State poll found Paul in first among New Hampshire primary voters under 35, with 32%, and whopping 56% of those voters said they had a favorable view of Paul.
The Paul campaign has effectively harnessed this support, building up a massive ground operation of energetic young voters who are eager to spread Paul's unorthodox gospel. Since September, the campaign's Youth for Ron Paul initiative has amassed more than 15,000 volunteers in 307 chapters nationwide.
The campaign is kicking its youth outreach into high gear for a final push before voting starts. Paul will host two big campus rallies in Iowa this week, and later this month, 500 college kids will descend on Iowa and New Hampshire to canvass for Paul during their Christmas vacations.
(To qualify to "Spend Christmas Vacation With Ron Paul," applicants had to fill out an online questionnaire agreeing or disagreeing with statements like "after a complete audit of the Federal Reserve, the Fed should be abolished," and "cannabis should be legalized for recreational use.")
Maybe people watched the debate and picked up on the fact that they have a choice between Ron Paul and War with Iran and Syria and a loss of freedom and rights along with increacing debt and lower standard of living.Paul is now polling in the double digits nation wide for the first time.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx
Nah. Republicans hate Paul's views on foreign policy and the military. He'd serve himself well to not talk about that as much.Maybe people watched the debate and picked up on the fact that they have a choice between Ron Paul and War with Iran and Syria and a loss of freedom and rights along with increacing debt and lower standard of living.
I hate how partisan all these idiots areNah. Republicans hate Paul's views on foreign policy and the military. He'd serve himself well to not talk about that as much.
IMO it's more about Republicans hating the alternatives. Either way, if either Romney or Newt makes a mistake, Pauls numbers will shoot up and he'll be the front runner.