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fff

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The House seat recently vacated by former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is in danger of flipping to the Democrats in Saturday’s special election, according to a poll conducted this week for Roll Call.

In the poll of 517 likely special election voters, conducted by Survey USA exclusively for Roll Call on March 3 and 4, physicist Bill Foster (D) led dairy company executive Jim Oberweis (R) 52 percent to 45 percent. The poll had a 4.4-point margin of error.

Foster appeared to test particularly well with women and independent voters, who preferred him by a 3-2 margin. The survey also suggested Foster had locked down his party’s base, taking 97 percent of likely Democratic votes and perhaps stealing 10 percent of likely GOP votes.

If this seat flips, it will be a surprise. Bush took this district by a safe margin. Possibly one more vote on the way to overriding a Republican president's veto.
 

aplusmnt

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fff said:
The House seat recently vacated by former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is in danger of flipping to the Democrats in Saturday’s special election, according to a poll conducted this week for Roll Call.

In the poll of 517 likely special election voters, conducted by Survey USA exclusively for Roll Call on March 3 and 4, physicist Bill Foster (D) led dairy company executive Jim Oberweis (R) 52 percent to 45 percent. The poll had a 4.4-point margin of error.

Foster appeared to test particularly well with women and independent voters, who preferred him by a 3-2 margin. The survey also suggested Foster had locked down his party’s base, taking 97 percent of likely Democratic votes and perhaps stealing 10 percent of likely GOP votes.

If this seat flips, it will be a surprise. Bush took this district by a safe margin. Possibly one more vote on the way to overriding a Republican president's veto.

Yep Professional Baseball should be worried. Because they are about the only thing that the Democratic Congress is worried about.

If the Dems are not going to try to spearhead some legislation that means something then why are they concerned about getting another Dem to help their cause.
 

fff

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aplusmnt said:
fff said:
The House seat recently vacated by former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is in danger of flipping to the Democrats in Saturday’s special election, according to a poll conducted this week for Roll Call.

In the poll of 517 likely special election voters, conducted by Survey USA exclusively for Roll Call on March 3 and 4, physicist Bill Foster (D) led dairy company executive Jim Oberweis (R) 52 percent to 45 percent. The poll had a 4.4-point margin of error.

Foster appeared to test particularly well with women and independent voters, who preferred him by a 3-2 margin. The survey also suggested Foster had locked down his party’s base, taking 97 percent of likely Democratic votes and perhaps stealing 10 percent of likely GOP votes.

If this seat flips, it will be a surprise. Bush took this district by a safe margin. Possibly one more vote on the way to overriding a Republican president's veto.

Yep Professional Baseball should be worried. Because they are about the only thing that the Democratic Congress is worried about.

If the Dems are not going to try to spearhead some legislation that means something then why are they concerned about getting another Dem to help their cause.

Each obstructionist Republican that gets defeated is another plus for the progressive Democratic agenda. Think about it. The Democrats holding the House, Senate and the White House. We'll get SCHIP enacted, allow California to put more emission requirements in place, get out of Iraq, rebuild our military, offer proper medical care to our vets, spend some of that $2 billion a week in this country.:D
 

woranch

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The Dems are not going to get the troops out of Iraq . Thats just some of the crap they spread , just like they did on NAFTA.
 

aplusmnt

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woranch said:
The Dems are not going to get the troops out of Iraq . Thats just some of the crap they spread , just like they did on NAFTA.

fff....lives in a fantasy world of Kool Aid drinkers. It is sad how she holds the Dems out to be the saviour of all things. d

Personally I just some Conservatives in office so maybe they will screw things up less. No politician is going to save the planet, save the economy or Stop the war with Radical Muslims. All we can hope for is they don't make it worse.

People like Frankie by into the government being the saviour of all things.
 

Steve

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fff
We'll get SCHIP enacted,

seeing how Schip was enacted 10 years ago under a republican controlled congress your a little late in getting this enacted... :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was created to provide health insurance coverage to children whose families made too much money to qualify for Medicaid but were too poor to pay for private health insurance. The program was created in 1997, and provides federal funds to states, with the states creating and administering individualized programs.
 

Steve

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fff
allow California to put more emission requirements in place

A Clean Air Act amendment in 1965 allowed states to subscribe to either the already-high California standard or the federal model. Canada has also indicated it will adopt the rules.

The EPA stated that it will not regulate carbon dioxide, because it does not consider carbon dioxide a pollutant.

"Ninety-eight percent of C02 is naturally occurring in the atmosphere" ...

but if it is labeled as a pollutant .... what will the true implications be.. will it be banned like freon was?

Carbon dioxide is used by the food industry, the oil industry, and the chemical industry. It is used in many consumer products that require pressurized gas because it is inexpensive and nonflammable, and because it undergoes a phase transition from gas to liquid at room temperature at an attainable pressure of approximately 60 bar (870 psi, 59 atm), allowing far more carbon dioxide to fit in a given container than otherwise would. Life jackets often contain canisters of pressured carbon dioxide for quick inflation. Aluminum capsules are also sold as supplies of compressed gas for airguns, paintball markers, for inflating bicycle tires, and for making seltzer. Rapid vaporization of liquid carbon dioxide is used for blasting in coal mines. High concentrations of carbon dioxide can also be used to kill pests, such as the Common Clothes Moth.

Carbon dioxide is used to produce carbonated soft drinks and soda water. Traditionally, the carbonation in beer and sparkling wine comes about through natural fermentation, but some manufacturers carbonate these drinks artificially. A candy called Pop Rocks is pressurized with carbon dioxide gas at about 40 bar (600 psi). When placed in the mouth, it dissolves (just like other hard candy) and releases the gas bubbles with an audible pop.

Leavening agents produce carbon dioxide to cause dough to rise. Baker's yeast produces carbon dioxide by fermentation of sugars within the dough, while chemical leaveners such as baking powder and baking soda release carbon dioxide when heated.

Carbon dioxide is the most commonly used compressed gas for pneumatic systems in portable pressure tools and combat robots.

Carbon dioxide extinguishes flames, and some fire extinguishers, especially those designed for electrical fires, contain liquid carbon dioxide under pressure. Carbon dioxide also finds use as an atmosphere for welding, although in the welding arc, it reacts to oxidize most metals. Use in the automotive industry is common It is used as a welding gas primarily because it is much less expensive than more inert gases such as argon or helium.

Liquid carbon dioxide is a good solvent for many lipophilic organic compounds, and is used to remove caffeine from coffee. First, the green coffee beans are soaked in water. The beans are placed in the top of a column seventy feet (21 meters) high. The carbon dioxide fluid at about 93 degrees Celsius enters at the bottom of the column. The caffeine diffuses out of the beans and into the carbon dioxide.

Carbon dioxide has begun to attract attention in the pharmaceutical and other chemical processing industries as a less toxic alternative to more traditional solvents such as organochlorides. It's used by some dry cleaners for this reason. (See green chemistry.)

It has been proposed that carbon dioxide from power generation be bubbled into ponds to grow algae that could then be converted into biodiesel fuel.

In medicine, up to 5% carbon dioxide is added to pure oxygen for stimulation of breathing after apnea and to stabilize the O2/CO2 balance in blood.

Carbon dioxide can also be combined with limonene oxide from orange peels or other epoxides to create polymers and plastics.[10]

Carbon dioxide is used in enhanced oil recovery where it is injected into or adjacent to producing oil wells, usually under supercritical conditions. It acts as both a pressurizing agent and, when dissolved into the underground crude oil, significantly reduces its viscosity, enabling the oil to flow more rapidly through the earth to the removal well.[11] In mature oil fields, extensive pipe networks are used to carry the carbon dioxide to the injection points.

In the chemical industry, carbon dioxide is used for the production of urea, carbonates and bicarbonates, and sodium salicylate.

Liquid and solid carbon dioxide are important refrigerants, especially in the food industry, where they are employed during the transportation and storage of ice cream and other frozen foods. Solid carbon dioxide is called "dry ice" and is used for small shipments where refrigeration equipment is not practical.

Liquid carbon dioxide (industry nomenclature R744 / R-744) was used as a refrigerant prior to the discovery of R-12 and is likely to enjoy a renaissance due to environmental concerns. Its physical properties are highly favorable for cooling, refrigeration, and heating purposes, having a high volumetric cooling capacity. Due to its operation at pressures of up to 130 bars, CO2 systems require highly resistant components that have been already developed to serial production in many sectors. In car air conditioning, in more than 90% of all driving conditions, R744 operates more efficiently than systems using R-134a. Its environmental advantages (GWP of 1, non-ozone depleting, non-toxic, non-flammable) could make it the future working fluid to replace current HFCs in cars, supermarkets, hot water heat pumps, among others. Some applications: Coca-Cola has fielded CO2-based beverage coolers and the US Army is interested in CO2 refrigeration and heating technology.

By the end of 2007, the global car industry is expected to decide on the next-generation refrigerant in car air conditioning. CO2 is one discussed option.

Plants require carbon dioxide to conduct photosynthesis, and greenhouses may enrich their atmospheres with additional CO2 to boost plant growth, since its low present-day atmosphere concentration is just above the "suffocation" level for green plants. A photosynthesis-related drop in carbon dioxide concentration in a greenhouse compartment can kill green plants.

Liberals really should do a little research before they get what they ask for..
 

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