The politicians are yelling about it for one simple reason: The President exceeded his authority. Normalizing relations is a good thing and it is about time but it is not in his authority to take it upon himself to make this deal.

As far as tourism goes, Cuba has been the number one destination in the Caribbean, for the rest of the World, for several years and has a thriving tourism industry. You can travel as a U.S. citizen if it is for educational reasons. An organization brought to my attention by Jerry, Road Scholar, has regular tours to Cuba for Americans.

Outstanding!!

You tap dance around the issue. Your response seems to say you are willing to sit back and whine while someone else comes up with a solution. Why not clean up the mess we can see and touch in the Pacific? Should we sit back and let the patch grow with no effort to clean it up?

As far as man being the worst polluter your fellow whiners would disagree.

http://www.ibtimes.com/cow-farts-have-larger-greenhouse-gas-impact-previously-thought-methane-pushes-climate-change-1487502

When did the EPA gain control of the Pacific Ocean? All of that garbage is not coming solely from the U.S.

Perhaps you can do more. Stories about the Great Pacific Ocean's Garbage Patch go back at least ten years that I can remember and yet no one has done anything to clean it up. The so-called scientists seem to do nothing but study it. Why not lobby your congressmen to do something about it?

You could try this site for a start:

http://tonybritton.smugmug.com/Other/Canon-SX50-HS-Hints-Tips/

I assume that wasn't written by the Wyoming Tourist Bureau. :)

I could not see the point either. Thank you for your explanation. I can see this being very useful for night photography. I have had some issues aiming my camera in night photos using the view finder.

Can you use the laser to aim and then switch it off to take the photo? That would resolve the red dot in the photo issue.

The story is true and can be verified by multiple sources. The place for your political rant is in the "Attic" not here.

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/photographing_the_eiffel_tower_at_night_deemed_illegal

The iPhone is already over priced. Making it here would raise the cost to ridiculous.

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/ive-always-wondered/how-much-would-all-american-iphone-cost

You just described the method many people use to solve any problem. Right now there is a discussion about the small pre-packaged laundry soap packets. In a population of 3 million plus a couple of hundred toddlers tried to eat the soap pods and got sick. Now there is a group that wants to ban them so no one can have them.

I have been treated poorly by a fast food worker and I have been treated quite well by other workers. It has nothing to do with the wage and everything to do with the attitude of the worker.

The electronic systems mentioned do not run on one circuit. They all have different protocols and circuits to control them. I suppose it is possible that a single blast could shut them down but it seems highly improbable. A directed EMF pulse would do the job but the ship would need to be towed home. It would not sail away after the attacker left the area. What would be the point, in a war, to shut down the ship temporarily?

I quoted what you wrote. If you want to see a real whiner look in a mirror.

This is not personal and I was at no time referring to you.

I have a neighbor who makes well over $3,000 a month from welfare, unemployment, food stamps and other payments for her and her three kids. She gets several thousand in tax refunds even though she pays no taxes. The local McDonalds has workers putting in double shifts everyday because then can't find anyone willing to work. They offer $10 an hour to start. The local ACE Hardware only offers $9 to start.

I know a 25 year old man in West Virginia who voluntarily took drugs and became an addict. He also developed an attraction to alcohol. Now he is declared totally disabled and receives 100% disability payments from Social Security. Because he could not work he collected over 90 weeks of unemployment from his last employer in addition to his disability. I only know what he told me. The tax payers are footing the bill for his bad behavior. Is that fair? That is what the Republicans want fixed.

I have never collected unemployment or welfare so I can only speak about what I am told by people who have and what I read. Payments vary from State to State and even in counties, so I am not familiar with your area. I am very familiar with Philadelphia and the methods people use to c***t the system.

I am also older than you so I am very familiar with the age discrimination you refer to.

At least I can construct a sentence and do not need to call people childish names to bolster my ego. I am going to v**e for the first politician that will declare a holiday the first time something intelligent comes out of your mouth. I expect that to be the day hades has a freeze.