Of course I'm cherrypicking.

You mean the biologist, the ecologist, and the news reports that (only presumably, I admit) are based on scientific reports? Those cherry-picked quotes?

Granted, tho I don't know for sure.

Here's the hell of it, though:

I think "Macha" is the feminine form of "Macho". Either not a lot of effort went into creating that name, or (worse yet) maybe it did.

You take that back!

I'm very glad that most of the ideas mentioned didn't make it into the show.

a. Documentation

Okay, further substantive response as my day winds down:

Okay, I have a few minutes:

So, I've read through your series of comments.

I think you are way way misinterpreting my comment. I made no judgment whatsoever about the wars or Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid/health care's relative importance.

I agree that saving is very difficult for working-to-middle class family.

I could not agree more that we're doing something wrong. We just seem to differ on the best solution.

I have heard talk about this reported Republican strategy, too. And insofar as it exists, it's unconscionable. I want to reserve two points, though:

It wasn't taxes??

Your mother in law's situation sounds horrible; I'm sorry it's happening to her and your family.

Hey, again: you're really putting words in my mouth.

Speaking of private versus typically-shoddy government, our own beloved io9 just posted this piece about private space being way more efficient than NASA!

Funny you should mention Sweden's system.