From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics
Subject: Re: Full Self Driving Air Traffic Control Goes To Mars
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:03:07 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-13 15:59, pothead wrote:
> On 2025-02-13, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>> On 2/13/25 12:06, Skeeter wrote:
>>> In article <vol75e$2vt9q$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>
>>>> On 2025-02-13 07:54, Skeeter wrote:
>>>>> In article <vojlpk$2k2g1$1@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2025-02-12 18:32, pothead wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2025-02-12, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-12 05:40, pothead wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2025-02-10, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:04:14 -0500, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 14:01:45 -0500, -hh
>>>>>>>>>>> <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2/8/25 11:40 AM, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 05:24:24 -0500, -hh says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Compared to Biden's EV initiative where $7.5 billion
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dollars has built ~10 chargers?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you research *why* before making that complaint?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Why?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The chargers were promised... the money was taken.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> WHERE are the chargers?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If you'd done your research, you'd know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Show us (if you can).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The point is in 2021 the money, $7.5 billion, was allocated to build
>>>>>>>>> a charging network across the US. So how many were built in the
>>>>>>>>> subsequent 3 years?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> THAT is the point.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> P.S. This is the kind of waste and government mismanagement that
>>>>>>>>> DOGE is uncovering.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That money was allocated doesn't mean it was SPENT.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That is the point.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did I have claim it was spent?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 'This is the kind of waste and government mismanagement that DOGE is
>>>>>> uncovering.'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That doesn't apply until the money is SPENT and you can look at what you
>>>>>> got for the money.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Read what I wrote.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So again how many chargers did Biden build in ~3 years?
>>>>>> How is that relevant?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How much was actually SPENT to get the chargers that were built?
>>>>>
>>>>> and away he spins again.
>>>>
>>>> Nope.
>>>>
>>>> It's a key part of the discussion.
>>>>
>>>> You agree that if they spend just $10,000 to build 10 chargers that
>>>> would be a bargain, right?
>>>
>>> They didn't and I didn't. How many did they build in 3 years?
>>
>>
>> Looks like a direct reply is appropriate for this *clearly he's never
>> been project manager* poster too:
>>
>>
>> In 1962, JFK promised to land a man on the moon in ten years.
>>
>> By 1967, how many moon landings were there?
>> Zero.
>
> You can't be serious.
> Do you think someone could snap their fingers and send men to the moon?
Are you familiar with the word "analogy"?
> Darn you are scraping the bottom of the barrel.
> This is even low for you hh.
> The process was to take baby steps as they learned.
> To compare that to installing a charger is laughable.
> My local library installed 6 chargers in a day.
So they agreed to do it and it was done the same day, huh?
> Nobody uses them but they are there.
> Oh and my town is insane about rules, zoning, regulations and so forth.
> Everybody has their hand out.
So it didn't take a day, did it?