Defend him?? Screw that — replace his ass. Support a new candidate.

You aren’t missing out :)

It would have been more interesting if you’d picked at CAFE less and developed your alternative more.

If they’ve gotten 30% more efficient and yet mileage hasn’t improved, how is your proposal useful at all, when your proposal won’t even measure it?

The anti-abortionists’ point is that the soul that hasn’t sinned must take precedence over the soul that has.

I think one would need to establish intent, i.e. that they know it is unconstitutional, and that would be a very difficult thing to do.

Thanks to Drumline — band nerds for life! — and Love Don’t Cost a Thing, my first experience with “this is just a remake, why isn’t anyone mentioning this, am I the only one who sees it??” — I will always have a soft spot for Nick Cannon. He’s never not gonna be that guy.

He’s a lunatic in a dolorous mindset. I must admit some affection just on word choice.

Instafap rolls off the tongue more easily.

Even if it wasn’t smutty, a playboy in the sense that spawned the magazine title is problematic.

Remember when hipster was just a certain cut to underwear?

If only people allowing themselves to be art objects was more profitable.

And honestly, people don’t need to understand how CAFE works unless they’re engaging in discussion of policy. I get tired of hearing how complicated CAFE is as if that’s a reason it should be replaced with an easy-to-understand gas tax. CAFE, in its footprint form, is useful complexity that allows for shifts in market…

Overall vs per passenger mile — how does this quibble help your case? It doesn’t, because neither CAFE nor your proposals affect miles driven. I specified per passenger mile because it reflects the useful scope of vehicle design legislation, which isn’t changing the number of miles driven. Broader policies are…

And if it’s not an environmental hazard (eyesores do not qualify; excessive noise and odors do), hazard to public (as in not on his property) safety (e.g. fire or pests), too fucking bad.

This is a good point. What’s to prevent a community from passing a law banning the Juke from driveways?

You’re right; it’s a sad tail.

Those are nice, but I’ve got my eye on a Fnord Fracas hot hatch.

The fact is that concern expressed for a high-powered sports car undercuts any table-thumping admonishments about how bad CAFE is at the real long-term goal of minimizing fuel consumed per passenger mile.

You could argue that the fine Republicans in California, who are living with this treacherous reservoir in their backyards, and not the greedy water-stealing liberals in the cities who benefit from a dangerously-full reservoir, are the ones suffering and the ones who would receive federal assistance.