Comments for Dash of Calabash http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org Hawaii's free-market blog Thu, 15 May 2008 19:12:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Oh Oh! by Wendy F http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2008/04/30/oh-oh/#comment-15628 Wendy F Mon, 12 May 2008 20:14:14 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/?p=474#comment-15628 People can get used to anything. I am sure we can tolerate even more treatment. Just wait until those anatomically-sort-of-correct full body scans become commonplace. Travelers just want to get to their destination. When is the time to protest? How? People can get used to anything. I am sure we can tolerate even more treatment. Just wait until those anatomically-sort-of-correct full body scans become commonplace. Travelers just want to get to their destination. When is the time to protest? How?

]]> Comment on The Truth About “Alternative Energy” by joelsk44039 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2008/04/07/the-truth-about-alternative-energy/#comment-15575 joelsk44039 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:52:25 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/?p=465#comment-15575 Mr. Innes ignores biomass as a source for power. My company can produce power competitively priced from biomass and will be doing so within a year at two sites in Ohio. By including manures, wood waste, crop wastes, MSW and ASR in the mix, it is possible to meet the proposed 100,000 MW of installed capacity handily by 2020. Why are solar and wind the only forms of renewable energy everyone talks about? Mr. Innes ignores biomass as a source for power. My company can produce power competitively priced from biomass and will be doing so within a year at two sites in Ohio.

By including manures, wood waste, crop wastes, MSW and ASR in the mix, it is possible to meet the proposed 100,000 MW of installed capacity handily by 2020. Why are solar and wind the only forms of renewable energy everyone talks about?

]]> Comment on The Conspiracy to Deny the Poor Mobility – and Opportunity by GRIH http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2008/02/14/the-conspiracy-to-deny-the-poor-mobility-%e2%80%93-and-opportunity/#comment-15437 GRIH Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:16:44 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2008/02/14/the-conspiracy-to-deny-the-poor-mobility-%e2%80%93-and-opportunity/#comment-15437 Barun Mitra of the Liberty Institute has also written about India's $2,500 car and the related issues. See his article in Hawaii Reporter or at www.indefenceofliberty.org. Barun Mitra of the Liberty Institute has also written about India’s $2,500 car and the related issues. See his article in Hawaii Reporter or at http://www.indefenceofliberty.org.

]]> Comment on Sept Letters to Advertiser and Star Bulletin supporting Superferry by GRIH http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/09/10/letters-to-the-editor-the-honolulu-advertiser-91007-4-to-1-supporting-superferry/#comment-15272 GRIH Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:09:42 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/09/10/letters-to-the-editor-the-honolulu-advertiser-91007-4-to-1-supporting-superferry/#comment-15272 You are right Eli. We are not sure what the numbers show. We just don't have anything else to measure. Would a poll be better or just measure people interested in calling in or reflect the bias of the question writer? Do the newspapers have a responsibility to let us know how the letters are running? How do they pick the letters that are printed anyway? You are right Eli. We are not sure what the numbers show. We just don’t have anything else to measure. Would a poll be better or just measure people interested in calling in or reflect the bias of the question writer? Do the newspapers have a responsibility to let us know how the letters are running? How do they pick the letters that are printed anyway?

]]> Comment on Grab Your Popcorn and Watch “The Great Global Warming Swindle” by GRIH http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/12/18/grab-your-popcorn-and-watch-the-great-global-warming-swindle/#comment-15209 GRIH Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:05:04 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/12/18/grab-your-popcorn-and-watch-the-great-global-warming-swindle/#comment-15209 Really worth watching, even though it is long. Highly recommended. Really worth watching, even though it is long. Highly recommended.

]]> Comment on In China, a Man’s Home is his Castle Too by GRIH http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/12/03/in-china-a-mans-home-is-his-castle-too/#comment-15208 GRIH Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:58:11 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/12/03/in-china-a-mans-home-is-his-castle-too/#comment-15208 This story was so interesting I tried to find out more information online. It was apparently the wife who kept the protest going for years. Shortly after this article appeared the couple settled for more money and the house was demolished. Many other property owners accepted what was offered in this case and others across China. This story was so interesting I tried to find out more information online. It was apparently the wife who kept the protest going for years. Shortly after this article appeared the couple settled for more money and the house was demolished. Many other property owners accepted what was offered in this case and others across China.

]]> Comment on Banning Gun Bans by Dash of Calabash » Blog Archive » DC is Murder http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/11/29/banning-gun-bans/#comment-15135 Dash of Calabash » Blog Archive » DC is Murder Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:01:20 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/11/29/banning-gun-bans/#comment-15135 [...] Dash of Calabash Hawaii’s free-market blog « Banning Gun Bans [...] [...] Dash of Calabash Hawaii’s free-market blog « Banning Gun Bans [...]

]]> Comment on Government Math by Richard O. Rowland http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/09/18/government-math/#comment-14531 Richard O. Rowland Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:06:58 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/09/18/government-math/#comment-14531 Gosh,why not decide what functions government really needs to do[core functions] and reduce down to that level. One rule: if it is listed in the phone book with private companies doing it why should government do it? Gosh,why not decide what functions government really needs to do[core functions] and reduce down to that level. One rule: if it is listed in the phone book with private companies doing it why should government do it?

]]> Comment on IPI SoundByte - How Do You Destroy a Program for Poor Uninsured Children? by Richard O. Rowland http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/09/14/ipi-soundbyte-how-do-you-destroy-a-program-for-poor-uninsured-children/#comment-14529 Richard O. Rowland Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:55:49 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/09/14/ipi-soundbyte-how-do-you-destroy-a-program-for-poor-uninsured-children/#comment-14529 When dealing with the government, no good deed goes unpunished. When dealing with the government, no good deed goes unpunished.

]]> Comment on Education Pop Quiz - Progressives Should Follow Rawls’ Advice on School Choice by Richard O. Rowland http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/09/14/education-pop-quiz-liberals-should-follow-rawls-advice-on-school-choice/#comment-14507 Richard O. Rowland Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:16:20 +0000 http://dashofcalabash.grassrootinstitute.org/2007/09/14/education-pop-quiz-liberals-should-follow-rawls-advice-on-school-choice/#comment-14507 The key is to make parents into customers. Right now the government is the customer because it sends in money. If it sent none, giving each child's share instead to the parent, power would be in the hands of the responsible party and school administrators/teachers etc would perk right up and perform or lose the kids, which would mean money$ and consequently their jobs. The key is to make parents into customers. Right now the government is the customer because it sends in money. If it sent none, giving each child’s share instead to the parent, power would be in the hands of the responsible party and school administrators/teachers etc would perk right up and perform or lose the kids, which would mean money$ and consequently their jobs.

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