The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Ah, yes. I remember that famous JFK quote: "Ask me not what I can do for my country, because that shit ain't my problem, man."

“Don’t make your problem, my problem” is the most American attitude ever and the reason why we have so many unsolved issues today.

So apparently "DON'T TOUCH THE THERMOSTAT" is a father tradition since the invention of the device

Funny how oil companies don't have to jump through these legal hoops when they're cutting through Native reservations and federal land

Maybe you can make a specific team designed to repair the grid and call them the Power Rangers :)

I will never understand how the US is spending a ridiculous amount of money on its defense but lets stuff like the electric infrastructure be this dated and prone to failures.

This is kinda off topic, but that “home on electric” commercial finally explained my grandpa’s rabid insistence that no one touch the thermostat. It was a mystery I didn’t know I needed solving.

My uncle was actually a police officer on duty inside a court room when lights went out once in outside of dallas, he said 'as soon as the lights went out, the guns came out'. Which, sounds like an overall fun night for everyone doesn't it?

"Don't make your problem my problem." That one quote sums up everything that is wrong with America and why progress has been so hard to come by.

"Mr. Johnson, would you mind letting us know your current salary?" "About a hundred seventy thousand a year, but why do you-" "What is the return of our investment?" "Well, the work I do in Congress to represent-" "I didn't ask what you do. I'm asking you what is the return of our investment?" "Well if you let me finish, the bills I've helped pass have-" "It's a simple question sir. Just say the number in dollars and cents. What is the return of our investment?"

‘While things are bad now, they could get a lot worse in the future.’ That should be this show’s motto.

Q: whats the return on investment? A: not freezing to death because your politicians get their wallets lined up by oil and natural gas companies.

"Why would I buy food? That's a terrible return on investment." -Bill Johnson

“Don’t make their problem our problem” America in a nutshell

18:44 the ROI for me is that maybe my grandma won’t be without power for days on end like with the winter storm in Texas. My ROI is not having the lights flicker when you’re doing laundry, heating your home, and having a couple lights on at once. My ROI is knowing the nearest hospitals, which my area btw is closer to the outer edges of the city (almost to the boonies), won’t be without power needed to literally keep people alive. That’s a great ROI to me.

The balloon explosion at the end was perfect and John's reaction was incredible. Thank you

"the man's pride of the house, the weather center" ah yes, the original 'hands off my thermostat' dad

"Return on investment" needs to start being chanted to defense contractors. "OK, I get you're selling these fighter jets for 52 million. What do Americans get out of this besides a fancy jet, and an excuse to kill people?"

Reminds me of the incident with two linemen from Comcast. One died and the other severely injured to the point of amputation. There was a fault in the pole that Comed knew about since the 60s and that day Comcast linemen were up there working it decided to fail completely and sent massive amounts of voltage through the guy in the bucket. The man at the bottom managed to call the police and was alive when they arrived, sadly he didn’t realize a line came down and activated the truck. He touched it and was shot across the street and burst into a ball of flames. State of Illinois jumped on Comed for that before Comcast could even get the team ready. We got to learn that during our safety training.

Love the idea people CHOOSE to live places. A lot of people happen to be born and raised somewhere and can't afford to move anywhere else, nor have support system anywhere else, by support I mean mental support and social, as often financial support isn't likely as those people are also poor. Life is full of forced "choices." It doesn't have to be but that's the way things are run and the end outcome.