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By: UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST

UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:44:57 +0000

I would like to apologize for the entire state of Indiana.

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By: Squiggy

Squiggy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:12:55 +0000

And these new batteries are AWESOME and safe.

Danzo on July 7, 2009 at 9:15 AM

Crack one and get it wet. Then tell me how “safe” it is.

By: barnone

barnone — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:08:02 +0000

I say subsidize and take their money. After all when Obama nationalizes this industry too, won’t we will need a batter plant?

By: Danzo

Danzo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:15:07 +0000

As memory serves, there are patents being ignored by China and others. Otherwise, the technology is something we can certainly do right here. This isn’t rocket science, this is basic chemistry. And these new batteries are AWESOME and safe.

Let’s ignore the patents too. If they can do it, and somehow its okay for us to buy from them, why not cut out the middle man and cheat upfront.

By: Akzed

Akzed — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:05:41 +0000

O I’m sure they know what they’re doin with all this. After all, they’re the experts.

By: Squiggy

Squiggy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:16:53 +0000

Two things here: one, lithium batteries will explode if they short out, and it can be big (depending on the size of the battery of course). Two, they have a little circuit board inside them which controls the charge and the amp output. This board can cause an explosion any time (it happens when a transistor or a diode shorts out – a fairly common occurrence – just ask Sony about their battery recalls).

If a foreign company put an FM receiver IC (costs about seven cents) they could potentially kill every battery at the same time, which would cripple our battlefield capabilities (even if they didn’t explode – I guess that would be considered gravy by the enemy).

This is the same as giving our enemies control of our military.

Or am I just a fledgling member of the black helicopter brigade?

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:39:55 +0000

Uh….

drill there!

Drill Now!

By: GunRunner

GunRunner — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:33:21 +0000

Hey Max! How many of the Palin ethics complaints were still viable on the day she announced her resignation?

By: GunRunner

GunRunner — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:30:57 +0000

Ed, no one is “moving away from fossil fuels”. No one is GOING to move away from fossil fuels for a long, long time.

Obama is not going to move “us” away from fossil fuels or the military away from fossil fuels, unless jet fighters, tanks, ships (other than Atomic), APCs, trucks, etc are suddenly going to go wind power. I guess we would have a use for the wooden “tall ships”.

By: fullogas

fullogas — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:35:25 +0000

Sorry, but you guys all missed the key point.

This Russian outfit makes lithium batteries.

The kind that keep Michelle Obama’s vibrator going and going and going.

If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy

guntotinglibertarian on July 6, 2009 at 8:31 PM

oops

By: fullogas

fullogas — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:34:46 +0000

thats pretty offensive

By: MaximusConfessor

MaximusConfessor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:42:43 +0000

They are totally against all this because Russia is a Communist country.

The only problem is that you are completely wrong about that and Russia is NOT a communist country!

Russia should be our greatest ally.

They are not communist, they are the largest Christian nation in the world.

Russia is an Orthodox Christian nation.

This is not 1970 people.

Atheism is dead and Orthodox Christianity reigns again in Russia.

Go there first and see for yourself before you believe all of this anti-Christian propaganda from the scaremongers and atheists about russia still being a communist country.

By: Reality Check

Reality Check — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:38:01 +0000

Duh? Because we need supply lines to Afganistan and the Iranians may not hold up their end of the deal once they get the nukes.

By: PattyJ

PattyJ — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:16:35 +0000

Obama has czars and he wants to be an oligarch; this partnership is a match made in ~~heaven~~…hell.

By: LSUMama

LSUMama — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:14:08 +0000

Destruction of American values – check
Destruction of economic power – check
Destruction of strategic alliances -check
Destruction of constitution – check
Adoption of fascist principles – check
Placation of enemies – check

God help us.

HoustonRight on July 6, 2009 at 9:54 PM

Weaken our Military- check

By: patrick neid

patrick neid — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:57:19 +0000

Tell me again why Lugar is such a wonderful republican….

By: HoustonRight

HoustonRight — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:54:39 +0000

God help us.

By: coldwarrior

coldwarrior — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:50:37 +0000

ajacksonian on July 6, 2009 at 9:43 PM

Any connection to the so-called bogus bearer bonds found in Italy a couple weeks ago?

By: ajacksonian

ajacksonian — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:43:51 +0000

Ah... and the man's father got a load of cash from the partial take-over of his papermill by American International Paper Co. What is interesting is that this was done to help end the attempted take-over by Putin's favored Red Mafia man, Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska is noted to have gotten help to get into the US after the FBI stopped him, and then stopped him again once Dole was able to get him entry into the US to go after Yukos assets. So, the question is: who got AIP in to help smooth things out between Deripaska and Zingarevich? That did go through a Swiss firm and that has a few possible outward links, with one of them being Marc Rich's old group... who has ties to various Red Mafia organizations. Then again, with the fluctuating oil market, perhaps Deripaska had bitten off more than he could chew and just needed someone to step in and do some face-saving. My guess is if you look at the earmark, Ener1 and AIP you can find a name or three of interest in all of them. Not that I have a suspicious bent when it comes to the Red Mafia or anything...

By: Loxodonta

Loxodonta — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:39:43 +0000

Why are we giving the Russians money to “invest” in their kleptocratic government/society?

coldwarrior on July 6, 2009 at 9:17 PM

For the kickbacks to our kleptocratic government?

Remember Chicago.

By: chemman

chemman — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:38:35 +0000

guntotinglibertarian on July 6, 2009 at 8:31 PM

Glad I was drinking anything when I read your post. I would have needed to stimulate the computer industry for a new laptop. :)