Green Builders Blog

God BLESS America asked:


On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly _$900 billion_ stimulus bill that is being debated:

• $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.

• A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.

• $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.

• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship) (global warming equipment?)

• $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland
Security headquarters.

• $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.

• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.

• $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s.

• $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.

• $125 million for the Washington sewer system.

• $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.

• $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.

• $75 million for “smoking cessation activities.” (what’s that?)

• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.

• $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.

• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction. (I thought they were exempt from the Fed. government)

+500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.

• $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.

• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings.

• $500 million for state and local fire stations.

• $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.

• $1.2 billion for “youth activities,” including youth summer job
programs. (Obama’s youth?)

• $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.

• $412 million for CDC buildings and property.

• $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health
facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.

• $160 million for “paid volunteers” at the Corporation for
National and Community Service. (paid volunteers?)

• $5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the
Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.

• $850 million for Amtrak, a business that’s been losing money for the past 20 years. ( I think Amtrak should be revamped)

• $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.

• $75 million to construct a “security training” facility for State
Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.

• $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.

• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for
use on military installations. (but O wants to cut our nukes by 80 percent?)

*If you were voting to spend _our_ money, is this how you would be doing it under the guise of “stimulus”?*

*Kentucky wisdom: “If it smells like a pig, and squeals like a pig, and
eats any slop that you serve it, then it is certainly a politician that is
pushing pork into what they would argue should be a legitimate bill.*

*Note: House Republicians have identified the above as wasteful.

What do you think?***

Ollie

qwe asked:


I am having a tough time deciding which cad software to get to design a flying machine or some other cool stuff, backpacks, arm bands, basically anything that might be useful for human life.

I use sketchup pro but really it isn’t easy to make accurate detailed drawings (where the h*ll is array hatch or mirror!!), I love the shortcuts for speed over a command line. But I’ll probably just use sketchup to present and make things pretty. There’s only so far Sketchup’s intuitiveness can help otherwise the red green and blue lines hurt more than help, and I cant keep the same view so I don’t know where or how far a line extends. The only other cad I’m used to is autocad 2004, but they’re up to 09? I used autocad 2004 almost completely for 2d though, so is it good for what I want? What else might be easy to learn with many many tutorials on youtube and some built in?
wow thanks guys, I’ve struck gold in the answers community! keep the answers coming. Right now it’s sort of tied. I’ve heard great things about inventor and will at least look on youtube at it.
I forgot how huge these kinds of software were… The have a CD for a trial of inventor right?

Lincoln

Shay asked:


My husband and I purchased our home last summer. I love the home and location but **** the kitchen and bath. Our home was built in 1957 and I have hardwood floors throughout the house. When we get more settled financially, we plan to remodel both. We have narrowed it down to the following designs. We are not sure which color the kitchen will be painted but the bath will be paint either a sage green or a creamy yellow color. Choose which kitchen & bath you like best.

Kitchen

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/5025kitchen.jpg

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/964kitchen.jpg

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/903kitchen1.jpg

bath

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/964bath.jpg

http://www.dongardner.com/images/plans/interiors/746bath.jpg
Oh and could you explain why you chose the picture. Thanks

Beth

greendancingshooz asked:


I’m out of town and forgot my pill pack at home. I need to get a new one, but I don’t know how or where to use my CA Health Access card. Any ideas of what to do? I usually go to Planned Parenthood for my pills, but I’ve already gotten my year’s supply and the PP I go to is very far from here. Help!
There isn’t a phone number on the back of the card to call.

Barbara

???lf?1????? asked:


When I grow vegetables in the Summer, I refuse to use pesticides. I’m tired of buying veggies in the store and they are coated with a thick layer of grease, pesticides, and other unknown substances.

Are there any benefits of eating fresh home grown veggies instead of those found in stores? Is there a benefit to eating them raw? ….. I like eating raw veggies

Cristina