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I wish they would just build/expand that Kinder Morgan leg instead of taking and risking US lands.

Have any evidence to back either of these statements?

I can't recall saying that. Did I?

What's the issue? Intentional vs. accidental?

Other than the former being significantly more dangerous?

So it wouldn't offend you if you were talking about how many police officers die on duty and someone said "yeah, but how many of those were due to their own stupidity?" I'd be surprised if that's accurate.

Not to mention that it's quite a bit more punitive . . .

I agree that I'm every bit as stubborn as you but do you have the same answer for each of those questions? Again . . . I do have the same answer for each . . . but you seeming to take offense at my hypothetical question and not walksalone's makes me wonder if you agree.

Are you somehow saying that being threatened by people all over the country is worse than being killed at a higher rate? You need not read between the lines when you have someone who can tell you that what you're saying is unequivocally wrong. Period. Not sure how that is relevant but let me ask you a simple question: when discussing how dangerous a job is do you think it is offensive to ask how often (1) police are killed due to their own stupidity, (2) those in the military are killed due to their own stupidity, or (3) linemen (or insert some other line of work here if you prefer) are killed due to their own stupidity. I have the same answer for each of those questions. Do you?

Wonkblog was fantastic. I wonder if Vox is struggling to hit certain reader numbers and that's what's driving the low end content?

Name some s****y beers. T_O_B This is a good start: http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/TheWorstBeers.asp Olde English 800 3.2

Krug Park. So I heard. Do they still have the entire OB lineup on tap?

+1

There are a lot of dangerous jobs that people choose to do. Re-read what I wrote. There wasn't a bold statement by me. There was a bold and arguably quite offensive statement by walks . . . but that one doesn't seem to bother you for some reason. Is it because you're an officer and not a lineman? Or am I missing something else?

Your numbers don't mean much without the context of how many linemen are employed compared to the number of police officers or servicemen/women. Edit: Looks like there are around 100,000 linemen in the US. It looks like 30-50 linemen die on the job in a given year. So the chance of death is somewhere between .03% and .05% Looks like there are around 1.1 million officers employed full time with about 765,000 of those as sworn officers. If we use the lower number of 765,000 and 130 deaths that gives any officer about a .017% chance of being killed in a given year. So basically . . . linemen risk their lives to do their jobs at a rate somewhere between 2-3 times higher than police. What's that mean? Not much. Linemen have a tough and dangerous job that they choose to do and we all benefit from it. Similarly, police officers have a tough and somewhat less dangerous job that they choose to do and we all benefit from it. I wouldn't be happy with people diminishing the risks taken by either.

I have a feeling that you would be offended if I said the same thing about police officers or the military. That would be a pretty dumb statement to make IMO, officers and military aren't being stupid when some a-hole jumps out of a car and decides to open fire, they're just doing their job. I guess I want to see the statistics on lineman killed every year and see how it compares to officers before I believe it's more dangerous than being a police officer. I'm assuming uncontrollable accidents can occur to lineman, but I imagine their mistakes are what cause them to die. Me simply turning on my lights and stopping someone can cause me to die though, that's not a mistake, that's me doing my job. So am I supposed to not do my job because of that inherent danger? I don't think so......... That's why I wouldn't say it. Asking how often the death of a lineman is due to their stupidity is every bit as dumb.

lol. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/01/15/keystone-kops-obama-administrations-jobs-deniers/?intcmp=ob_homepage_opinion&intcmp=obnetwork

I have a feeling that you would be offended if I said the same thing about police officers or the military.

because power lines don't sneak up on you and empty a pistol into you, like the two cops in Brooklyn... And yet it's still more dangerous to be a lineman.

Dales Pale Ale. I'll probably be drinking that for the next month or so. Ecstatic that it's finally available in NE. Also need to get my hands on some Ten Fidy. http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2681/34483/

Does that you lead you to believe that changing the school might change the community around it? You seemed skeptical on that point.

You didn't read it?

That's up to you.

Makes me wonder if Romney still has trouble with basic levels of truthfulness . . . http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/09/politics/romney-tells-donors-considering-2016-bid/