I think the OP was trying to point out the hipocrisy of big cities. I would like to think we are all aware of the necessity to do our part for the environment, but for folks living out of big cities, most of us chose to do so to avoid city councils telling us how to live.

@guest Strong words from an anonymous source...

Enjoy your 6 more years of Trump kid. You've failed to make anything of this conversation constructive.

I own my vote. Put Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on a ballot in front of me today and I would still vote Trump. Dcottingham's claim is very direct and leaves zero room for interpretation. If you follow or support Trump, you are an idiot. The only thing you accomplished in your argument sir, is to try and go on the offense. Again, rather than discuss how we will correct this issue, you choose to become hostile. Present an argument where we progress as a society and you will have my attention; quite possibly my vote.

Its folks like you for why he is in power. Are you calling me an idiot because I voted for him? Or am I an idiot because I didn't vote your candidate in? Keep the labels comin folks... "deplorables" worked so well last time... if you want change, you should spend more time showing others why they should vote for your candidate. Not isolating groups by degrading them.

Just to be clear... after all of that... we WON! USA! USA!! USA!!!

I did... I expected Hillary to win... :p

Next fast and furious plot? They gotta be running low on ideas at this point...

LOL I enjoyed your post. Despite the impending down votes... someday people are gonna realize some of us live for the down vote. ;)

You mean do their job right?

http://time.com/4855567/antarctic-iceberg-glacier-larsen-c-climate-change/
You didn't Google very hard...

Please don't touch me with a stick you just pulled out of your butt...

The mystical downvote... no real rhyme or reason to it... Just sort of spontaneously occurs. I feel your pain Rosebud.

I agree with guest. I think calling this woman a hero is a disservice to those that truly do heroic things. If she had jumped on the burning bus to save a kid, that would be heroic. Instead, she just opened the door to the bus and told everyone to get off. She stayed calm, she kept the kids calm, but there was no real imminent danger at that time, just smoke. Doesn't make her a hero, just makes her a good school bus driver...

You have yet to identify why these brave men and women do not deserve the benefits they were promised.

@German_satan well done sir

Ultimately it is us who pick our leaders. We can only blame ourselves.

Love the backlash at pokethebear... he points out the hypocrsy of calling out one religion over another and people go on the offense. Where is the outrage over the OP's use of Christianity? In response to Melisa62943's argument of the OP's use of a "personal example", what's to say that the Jewish faith isn't Pokethebear's personal example?

Folks just further proving your point Pokethebear... I see what you meant and I think the fallout speaks volume to the point you were trying to get across.

If you hate who you are... I would suggest a change. I for one, am proud to be an American.

@Captionmajestic That is a fair point. We both graduated 6 years ago. Tuition at the time was about $5400 per quarter. I'll give you that one. Still, those students caps read $47k in the hole? I'm still struggling with that figure.