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A not-entirely-accurate catchall term for coal in its various grades and petroleum products.

Indeed. We should vote only for those who makes us unhappy!

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." --H.L. Mencken

Well, that's true. Burning fossil fuels has nothing to do with climate.

Why yes, that is how politics works.

Nonsense. "Dumb but polite" is an identity. Sort of.

But if global warming is good for people, sulfur dioxide must be amazing! I offer you Los Angeles as an example. Back in the day, it was shrouded in a permanent cloud of toxic smoke. It was where the term "smog" came from. And those were LA's glory days. Same thing with London (England) in...

I say we burn oil and coal exclusively. And no damn scrubbers.

And a Little Italy? And an Irishtown? And other ethnic areas? All forbidden to homestead?

So? This country is full of people who love where their ancestors came from. Italy, Germany, Ireland, Russia, wherever. You think there's a Chinatown in every city because the descendants of the Chinese immigrants want to forget?

What is it with quarterback names? Bo Levi. Bo Nix. Zack Collaros. Roman Gabriel. Elvis Grbac. Joe Montana. If your name is Bill Johnson or Jim Smith or Bob Jones, better change it if you want a shot at the pros.

Well, if as you say they hate Mexico, it's not really surprising that they live in "American," is it now?

Well, it's a bit hard to get excited about a country whose own people hate it so much.

That's terrible! How many people were killed?

Wow, sounds like Canada is a real cesspool. I think I'll spend my vacation elsewhere.

Yer RAHT, bah Gawd! Warn't no trouble, no never ever, in Engerland 'til them damn Saracens showed up!

Pretty much how we feel about you.

The Honourable Ambassador to Burkina Fatso.

They'd gotten about 175 feet of air under them before they crashed. Either not enough airspeed, or tried to climb too fast, or mechanical failure.

Crashed on takeoff? That's probably not an ATC thing.