ABecause Fox's ratings are dropping dramatically and they're trying to use the Republican play book to run their business. It will fail as it did for the general election. Fox News is useless.

ABecause he's an idiot.He is the reason engineers decide where to build plants, not community college flunkouts.

Ahello sean, painter here, i don't recommend using a power painter.. they are very messy, clog profusely and ones that are good are not cheep. they also require a technique that takes training and experience to produce an appealing finish. a brush and roller is what you should use for sure.. and if your ceiling is a heavy texture (deeper than 3/8") use a 1/2" roller cover. (vs the 3/8" roller cover you should use on your walls) power painters work best on exterior stain projects, yet still not as good as a good old fashioned brush.hope this helpslj

AFirst, D2, turn your caps lock off. Typing in caps is like yelling, not polite, hurting my ears . . I mean eyes.Now the question at hand. No, it is not possible that you are paying for more power than you are using because your load is not balanced. The power to your house is single phase, usage for each pole is metered and added to arrive at a total usage for the billing period.Because residential service is single phase, the power company does not experience any type of imbalance on the line due to your unbalanced load. The transformer will handle the imbalance without any problem.I suppose it is worth clarifying before someone hits the thumbs down -- residential service is indeed single phase. There are two poles, but this is not the same thing as two phases.Having said that, there are some billing methods in use that can cost you some money depending upon when you use power. Demand metering is becoming more common on residential accounts as many states deregulate their electric utilities. Under this method, you are billed a smaller amount for the amount of electricity you use, but you are also billed an additional fee based upon the largest amount of demand you experience during the billing cycle. If you have two cooling units and both come on at the same time, this would cost you more for the whole month than if the units each ran the same amount of time but they were not running at the same time. Another method is differential billing, you pay a different amount for your usage depending upon what time of day or day of the week it is. If you use most of your electricity during peak demand times it will cost you more than if most of your usage is at off-peak times.Another side effect of deregulation is the unbundling of charges. In the past you may have been billed a single amount per Kwh of usage, now you may pay a smaller amount per Kwh for generation, another amount for transmission and a fee for billing. In theory the total of these should be about what you would have paid under the older billing methods, but in practice they are often more.The only real source to clarify your situation would be your power company. They probably will not have the first clue about your balanced load question, but again it is not possible that it is an issue. They may be able to give you some idea as to why you are seeing a higher bill than expected. If you think your meter is recording more than you are using, the ask about having your meter checked. Most will do this once without a charge -- at least they used to. Deregulation could change that as well, if you are in a state that has gone that way.

AGod Bless Our Cops, because without them, God only knows where we would be, at the hands of thug's I dare say.

AThey are furious. It KILLS them that they have to push McCain and that at the end of the day they might still lose the election to the liberals.Frankly, it may be seen as a lose-lose more scenario for them --- especially if Obama picks richardson and they go after Texas. Losing Texas would reduce the GOP to a fringe party --- likely for 16 years.

Awell i prefer to vote him rather than some other who politicians that's promising bullshii for nothing and i guess as a popular musician it's some kind of guarantee that he'll do his job maybe not 100% but lil bit is still worth it better than what others did so far. but now that you're saying he can't speak french um mm well that's another topic lol or maybe it would be just fine and who knows maybe they'll switch to english :P

ANow if a Republican said that about Clinton oh jeez. It would hit the fanJust like the movie depicting Bush's assignation

Asounds like a well meaning question to me. you guys flaming are jerks.we need to start ignoring extreme 'shock jock' style talking heads. their words have power and for all the wrong reasons. do you see how confused the guy writing this question is? lolhonest answer. the repubs are banking on obstructionist tactics and half truths to pan out a chance in the 2012 election. which won't work. notice how 'bama's ratings are still high even with talking heads spitting their acid. let me tell you how obama can lose. letting the promise of an investigation into bush and co war crimes drop and allowing the precedent stand. bleeding heart libs would spew green vomit and rotate our heads 360 degrees.

ABert and Ernie