HULK SMASHED

GravatarUm, the Dem rules committee is meeting...


GravatarIn other words, Objection, relevance.


GravatarI'm not calling sheets, either.


GravatarBut it is your blog.


GravatarCrazy talk, it's everywhere!


GravatarJohnson County: One of the richest, most backward-ass counties in the whole country.


GravatarToyota will just buy the system and destroy it you know.
/snark


GravatarHey, I used to live in Overland Park and the folks there are nice people!

Just a little slow, that's all.


GravatarDevelopments in mass transit in the midwest: expect a herky-jerk crabwalk executed in glorious ignorance of what works in other cities around the world.


GravatarIn class the other day we did some back of the envelope 'ciphering'. If you take the $3 trillion cost of the wat, divide it by the number of gallons of oil imported from the Persian Gulf the last 5 years, you would have to add about $210 to each gallon of gas/fuel oil.
Makes this Kansas plan look a little less nutty.


GravatarI look forward to Krauthammer's next column where he argues that light-rail transit systems are really a Commie plot to discredit freedom-loving SUV owners.

Or something.


Gravatarsadly, tubino's probably right, though I gather they've done okay in utah


Gravatara 119-mile network of light rail and streetcars in city streets,

Which BTW, was the exact design mechanism that destroyed LA's Red Line.


GravatarBoy, there's nuthin' like a Saturday Morning Rules Committee meeting! On CNN and MSNBC!

Rivitin'!!



Of course it is boring, no way for it not to be. But it may be important and I'm really amazed that it IS on tv. However, this florida dude has a droning voice.


Gravatar"The word is, 'WHITEWASH'."

"Can you use it in a sentence please?"

"The Dems have allowed this lame-ass Harry Reid clone to challenge the Florida delegates in a blatant example of 'WHITEWASH'."

"Whitewash."

"D-N-C"

"Whitewash."


GravatarNonSimels reaction to Krauthammer (reposted).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp...6_Comments.html
If it's Friday, it's Chuckles day at the WAPO.

By all means, let's build nuclear. First plant at Crawford, TX. Second plant at Kennebunkport, ME.
Of course, the sole source bidder should be Halliburton with Cheney in charge and the remnants of Enron as consultants and Bush as the decider.
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how can you ask for further research when it's completely clear the already massive body of evidence is doing nothing to push you off your ideological plinth? surely any further research will be refuted by such deniers in similar terms, unless of course it's research from the climate change skeptic margins, in which case you're all ears. the views of a tiny minority of skeptics (and there are skeptics on every issue - look at that 911 conspiracy nonsense) are not going to change the net position of the entire scientific establishment.

the truth is, krauthammer doesn't want more research, he wants more climate change denial. for someone who talks about free market solutions, he can't see the benefit of positive growth in the energy sector, and would rather it wind down on its dwindling base of resources.

neoconservatism is over as a political body of thought - bush's reign of ignorance has seen to that - and krauthammer is one of its trademark proponents of hate speech. such a backwards way of dealing with an issue deserves to be discredited at every opportunity.
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The Green movement is most certainly one of the False Religions described in the bible. For those readers of this who are Christian, and think cutting down trees is against "nature", ask yourself "What was Jesus Christ's occupation for most of his adult life?" Yes, he was a carpenter.

The earth is here for us during this age. It doesn't really matter if it is warming or cooling now. The Bible tells us that it will be replaced by a new earth. Worship the Creator, not the creation!


GravatarOf course it is boring, no way for it not to be

I disagree. I find it fascinating. Things are only boring if you want to look at life like that.


GravatarYou kids and your mass transit.


GravatarI'm not calling sheets, either.
noblejoanie | 05.31.08 - 10:29 am |



Gravatar Worship the Creator, not the creation!

Noted below that this little bit of codespeak is usually used against Pagans who view divinity as immanent. Guess now it's being used against Greens, as well. There's a lot of overlap.


Gravatar"But most authorities agree that trolleys bit the dust in LA and elsewhere not because of a conspiracy but because they were slow and inconvenient compared to autos, and in the long run just couldn't compete. Los Angeles is typical in this respect. It has neither the high population density nor the concentrated downtown necessary to support rail transit. The PE, which was owned by the Southern Pacific railroad, made a profit in only 8 of the 42 years it was in business under its own name. The problem was exacerbated by the fact that many PE lines in LA proper operated on city streets, and as more cars crowded those streets, service got progressively slower. (The average speed on the run to Santa Monica was only 13 MPH.) "

Link


Gravatar[Looks around for Jay]


GravatarRALEIGH - Citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, Wake County prosecutors dropped charges Friday against a pair of Raleigh men charged with having sex in private.

Nelson Keith Sloan, 39, and Ryan Christopher Flynn, 25, were each charged with crimes against nature last Saturday after Sloan called police to report that he was assaulted by Flynn.

No sexual assault charges were filed, but Flynn did face a second charge of simple assault for biting Sloan on the lip.

Assistant District Attorney Adam Moyers concluded that any acts between the men were consensual and private.

"I am grateful that the DA's office has a better understanding of the Constitution than the Raleigh Police Department," Sloan said in a prepared statement Friday. "However, as long as this law remains on the books, it is a crime punishable by an arrest, a stay in jail, media attention and a fine of $450."

Sloan had to pay $450 to get released from jail.

In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that made homosexual acts a crime.

Sodomy laws remain on the books in North Carolina, Moyers said.


So dense it takes years for the news to get through.


GravatarAtrios, quite the bitch-slap your boy Jay got last night...


GravatarYou kids and your mass transit.

Sorta like a GM executive in the late 60s: "You kids and your VWs with the flowers on them! When you grow up you'll buy Chevies just like your folks did!"

Yep.


GravatarCraaaaaaaazy.


Gravatar The PE, which was owned by the Southern Pacific railroad, made a profit in only 8 of the 42 years it was in business under its own name.

Oh, well, if it couldn't make a profit, then we should just forget it. BTW, how much profit do the police force, the crossing guards, and the firemen make?


GravatarLiveblogging the DNC’s Rules & Bylaws Committee

http://firedoglake.com/


GravatarIn class the other day we did some back of the envelope 'ciphering'. If you take the $3 trillion cost of the wat, divide it by the number of gallons of oil imported from the Persian Gulf the last 5 years, you would have to add about $210 to each gallon of gas/fuel oil.
Makes this Kansas plan look a little less nutty.
tomdurk


Do you mean gallons or barrels? Even if it is barrels it still triples the price of the oil.


GravatarHey, I used to live in Overland Park and the folks there are nice people!

Just a little slow, that's all.
Sufferin' Blessed Succotash


My brother works there. He is kinda slow!

Actually, he is a college exec.


Gravatarhow much profit do the police force, the crossing guards, and the firemen make?

Um, so my transportation needs are the governments resposibility now?


GravatarEvery pagan I know is a vegan...


Gravatar Worship the Creator, not the creation!

Well, that certainly gets it ass-backwards.


GravatarI spell funny


GravatarDidn't know you were a Patsy Cline fan, NTodd...


GravatarTrolley and streetcar lines generally began losing money after about 1915, not surprisingly because of the affordable automobile and very cheap oil.


GravatarUm, so my transportation needs are the governments resposibility now?

No, you're absolutely right. And so the government should stop building roads, too. And, while we're at it, why are your personal safety needs the government's responsibility? Go hire your own for-profit policeman.


GravatarEvery pagan I know is a vegan...
Elias |


I don't see much of a correlation between the two.


GravatarEvery pagan I know is a vegan...
Elias |

I don't see much of a correlation between the two.
racymind


Yeah, well, he likes grasping at straws and tenuous connections.


GravatarDidn't know you were a Patsy Cline fan, NTodd...
Elias


Willie Nelson wrote it.


GravatarThe ones I know, {a married couple} worship animals...


GravatarAnd so the government should stop building roads, too.

Um, but I pay a use tax in the form of gas taxes.


GravatarEvery pagan I know is a vegan...
Elias |

I don't see much of a correlation between the two


There isn't any. Elias just doesn't know more than one Pagan. Lots of Pagans are omnivores.


GravatarYeah, well, he likes grasping at straws and tenuous connections.
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Better than looking for stupid reasons to have an argument...


GravatarPagans are going to Christian Hell.

Every pagan I know is a vegan. - Elias

Therefore vegans are...


Gravatarpigboy--I wasn't really being snotty about calling sheets. Had to leave for a few.


Gravatarwhile we're at it, why are your personal safety needs the government's responsibility? Go hire your own for-profit policeman.

And get yourself your own outhouse,too.

Sewage treatment is another way for left wing intellectuals to control our lives.


GravatarUm, but I pay a use tax in the form of gas taxes.

And you can pay a tax to support streetcars. Think of it as a use tax for clean air. Which we all use.


GravatarNice to see you slept it off, so now you can check my post just before your last...


GravatarBetter than looking for stupid reasons to have an argument...
Elias


You are quite accomplished at that, too... don't sell yourself short.


GravatarEverything's up to date in Kansas City.
Yes, they've gone about as fur as they can go.


GravatarReligious worship is something I've never been able to figure out.

Why worship anything or anyone? What kind of an entity would demand worship? An asshole, that's what kind...


GravatarSewage treatment is another way for left wing intellectuals to control our lives.

I pay for that service directly.


GravatarHecate, I can't find your email addy anywhere. I wanna send you a message.

Hook me up at:

my handle at gmail.com

Thanks. It will be later today. I am sure you will find it interesting.


Gravatardead threaded..
OT proud auntie post
My nephew is a lefty pitcher for the Bucknell Bisons. His mom writes:
Dave said the atmosphere (and mostly pro-Seminole 10,000 + fans) was super intense andthe whole Bucknell bench was hanging on every pitch and screaming their lungs out.

They blanked Florida State 7-0 and go the the Super Regionals.


GravatarYou are quite accomplished at that, too... don't sell yourself short.
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I try...


Gravatar I pay a use tax in the form of gas taxes.

But what if your gas tax dollars pay for roads that you don't use?
Isn't that, well, kinda like socialism?


GravatarIt can be Done!


GravatarFrankly, all this mass-transit stuff is so much chin music.

We need a Manhattan Project-scaled initiative to develop cheap, affordable jet-pack technology for the masses.

If we can fit eight great tomatoes into that little bitty can, there's no reason that we all can't have jet packs by the next decade.


Gravatar...so my transportation needs are the governments resposibility now?

I think I'll save a lot of time if I just killfile this idiot now...


GravatarHi, racy.

Hecatedemetersdatter at hot mail dot com


GravatarIf we can fit eight great tomatoes into that little bitty can, there's no reason that we all can't have jet packs by the next decade.

Always wanted to have a Contadina jet pack.


Gravatarsadly, tubino's probably right, though I gather they've done okay in utah
Atrios
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I want light rail for my area, especially since the powers plan to collect a few billion by selling a toll road.


GravatarGallons. We took the # of barrels (current usable mix of 19 gallons of gas & 10 gallons of diesel per barrel per US Energy site) and multiplied it by 29. I have simplified it, but it made for an interesting 5 minutes of class.


GravatarBut what if your gas tax dollars pay for roads that you don't use?
Isn't that, well, kinda like socialism?


I don't mind a little socialism. And I only use my share of the roads.


GravatarTotally OT, and I mentioned this last night, but it behooves repeating.

I finally figured out just what bugged me about the Sex and the City movie, apart from the fact that it was about three whores and their mother, that it was painfully unfunny, and that it just generally sucked.

It's like watching DYNASTY. Which is to say, it's a creepy Reagan-era consumerist fantasy dropped from the sky into a different world, i.e. the 21st century. It's bizarrely dated, yet it's being treated like it's totally hep and now.


GravatarLots of Pagans are omnivores.
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Lots of animistic ones aren't...


GravatarTrolley and streetcar lines generally began losing money after about 1915, not surprisingly because of the affordable automobile and very cheap oil.

The times they are a-changing back.


GravatarI think I'll save a lot of time if I just killfile this idiot now...

Wait a minute, I thought the purpose of coming here was to waste time?


GravatarThe problem was exacerbated by the fact that many PE lines in LA proper operated on city streets, and as more cars crowded those streets, service got progressively slower.

Interesting. The infrastructure for the automobile is heavily subsidized, leading to more people buying cars, and then we get rid of the trollies as their problems are made worse because "more cars crowded those streets."


GravatarYou are quite accomplished at that, too... don't sell yourself short.


That's my boy. heh.


GravatarYou know if all the cities pooled their rescources for a massive nation wide public transit buy, economy of scale could really drive implementation costs down.

Especially with encouragement from the federal government.

Jimmy Carter, what opportunities we missed by not listening to you.


Gravatar"The PE, which was owned by the Southern Pacific railroad, made a profit in only 8 of the 42 years it was in business under its own name."

How much profit does each state DOT make? The anti MT folks conveniently ignore the complete subsidization (is this a word?)of the road and highway systems.


GravatarLink
cahuenga
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modern day difference:
cost of oil even with murderoudly huge subsidy and WAR for oil.


GravatarWhen I first started my present job I was sharing a house that was less than a mile from a Metro station. My office was in a building that I could reach from the Metro without even going outside. Mass transit made sense for me.

When I went to buy a house, the only house I could afford was about 15 miles away. By getting up very early I can drive for less than one hour total both ways. I can still take mass transit if I want, bus, Metro, second Metro, shuttle bus thenreverse the process in the afternoon. That takes well over an hour each way. Maybe one and one half hours depending on connections. Until recently, gas plus parking was not that much more than total fares. Even now, if I put very much value on my time driving still makes sense.

WE have built ourselves into a spread out suburbia. In the short and medium term the solution is going to have to be solar and wind providing electricity to electric cars. Biomass can probably provide fuel for trucks and trains. More of our electric power is going to be coming from nuclear.


Gravatarbeverage to Hecate


GravatarUm, so my transportation needs are the governments resposibility now?
cahuenga | 05.31.08 - 10:43 am | #


Perhaps not, but I suspect some remdial education in Civics 101 might be.


GravatarThe times they are a-changing back

Don't be so sure. As I pointed out a day or two ago, Atrios's beloved SEPTA requires $635 million per year in subsidies to remain above water.


GravatarSo, any Atriots involved in this political sausage making at the DNC?


GravatarEspecially with encouragement from the federal government.

too bad our government doesn't even encourage the concept of federal government...


GravatarThe Garden State Parkway in NJ has been collecting tolls for decades, and STILL manages to lose money.


GravatarPerhaps not, but I suspect some remdial education in Civics 101 might be.

I love you.


GravatarThe times they are a-changing back.

Funny how wingers tend to think of mass transit as something that's somehow un-American. Especially since this country was one of the pioneers in urban mass transit (horsecar rails below street level, NYC 1851; first electric streetcars, Richmond 1887).


GravatarDon't be so sure. As I pointed out a day or two ago, Atrios's beloved SEPTA requires $635 million per year in subsidies to remain above water.

Every transit system needs massive influx of cash to remain above water.

How much did Pennsylvania shell out for highway repair and maintenance last year?


GravatarMore of our electric power is going to be coming from nuclear.
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that is if Yucca Mountain is viable...McCain wants an international nuke waste depository...lemme see, the Sudan?


GravatarUm, so my transportation needs are the governments resposibility now?

Always have been -- or do you drive off-road cross-country?


GravatarI love you.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 05.31.08 - 10:57 am | #


The feeling is mootual.


GravatarEvery transit system needs massive influx of cash to remain above water.

Until we figure out a better way to charge users for their use of the "commons", air, water, etc., we need to employ the public purse to make needed systems work.


GravatarFunny how wingers tend to think of mass transit as something that's somehow un-American.

I'm about as far from a "winger" as you can get. IMHO the car will be with us for the foreseeable future. It will evolve.


GravatarMcCain wants an international nuke waste depository...lemme see, the Sudan?

Dumbest idea ever. McCain thinks Siberia's a perfect spot. He really is the old man yelling at the cloud.


GravatarAlways have been -- or do you drive off-road cross-country?

No, I pay about 50 cents a gallon in taxes.


GravatarI'm about as far from a "winger" as you can get. ...
cahuenga | 05.31.08 - 10:59 am | #


Dear Penthouse Forum:

I never thought that I, an average college student, would be writing to you...


Gravatarhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/ 20...e_n_104345.html

Good mrning Atriots!

Does anyone see the scotty mac thing getting to hearings? That'd be so much fun! The difference between scotty and other whitehouse miscreants is that scotty wants to testify. That might be tough to stop.


GravatarAlways have been -- or do you drive off-road cross-country?

We've been over that. A gastaxisausersfeesoit' snotreallybiggovernmentblahblahblah. I've got an in-law who delivers the same spiel.


GravatarDumbest idea ever. McCain thinks Siberia's a perfect spot. He really is the old man yelling at the cloud.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator


Well, whenever I'm confused, I just check my underwear. It holds the answer to all the important questions.

--John McCain--


GravatarMost of pennsylvania's state highway funding is covered by gas tax and other driver fees. But the rest of the roads in the state are not repaired by magic fairies.


GravatarBetter than looking for stupid reasons to have an argument...
Elias | Homepage | 05.31.08 - 10:47 am | #

Wow. Irony is daid.


GravatarSo, it just deadends at Stateline Road?


GravatarBut the rest of the roads in the state are not repaired by magic fairies.


Are too.


GravatarI'm about as far from a "winger" as you can get. IMHO the car will be with us for the foreseeable future. It will evolve.
cahuenga


The fact that we are a nation of cars isn't some act of nature. It's the result of conscience decisions to destroy public transit to maintain auto/oil industry profit. The same conscious decision-making can reverse this madness.


GravatarGood morning.

We finally got the funds here to build the second light rail line in town; connecting Mpls. & St. Paul. Though it won't be completed until 2014.

We've come a long way, baby.


GravatarAs Vicki reminded me, this hearing is really, really important. So I take it back about it being boring. I promise to try to focus more and follow it better, and also to keep up with the liveblogging at fdl.

Thanks Vicki.


Gravatarrest of the roads in the state are not repaired by magic fairies.

And all this time I thought that gaii Socialists were responsible for road repair..


GravatarElias, you need to double-up on the meds.


GravatarThe fact that we are a nation of cars isn't some act of nature. It's the result of conscience decisions to destroy public transit to maintain auto/oil industry profit. The same conscious decision-making can reverse this madness.
Elias


Why is everybody trying to take cahuenga's car away? (Pssst! We meet behind the fountain in an hour with the tow truck! I know where the car is! Don't be late! The revolution will not be motorized!)


GravatarNot to pick nits, but the lighting in this RBC hearing is unflattering.


GravatarMost of pennsylvania's state highway funding is covered by gas tax and other driver fees. But the rest of the roads in the state are not repaired by magic fairies.
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In Ohio, they're not repaired, period.
Plus, you guys have what must be some of the highest toll fees anywhere, right?


GravatarWe've come a long way, baby.


[hands Zap Virgina Slim]


GravatarRmj

Can I keep my car if it's electric?


Gravatar"3 trillion dollar wars are fine. transportation is Marxism"-repubs


GravatarWhy is everybody trying to take cahuenga's car away?

Because I'm a left-wing intellectual DFH Osama-lover who hates cars!


GravatarNot to pick nits, but the lighting in this RBC hearing is unflattering

It's a plot to make [insert name of your candidate] look bad!

/Kidding!


GravatarIMHO the car will be with us for the foreseeable future. It will evolve.

I agree that the car will be with us for the foreseeable future, but as a means of moving the masses, the car will always suck for one simple reason -- improve the speed and convenience of auto travel and people spread out. Having a totally electric vehicle or one that gets 3000 miles to the gallon does not change this. People spread out until gridlock is once again achieved. The trolly achieved only 13 mph on its run -- many mornings and afternoons on the 101 Freeway, 13 mph seems like an unattainable dream. It isn't gas or whatever else that powers it that is the car's Achilles heel, it is the roadway. My father spent 30 years in highway planning with the TN DOT and every road they ever planned with their 20 year projects was jammed within 5 years of construction.


GravatarOh shit...is the RBC hearing on c-span?

I just went to their website to see if I could stream it, but it appears to have been Atrios'd.


GravatarHow much did Pennsylvania shell out for highway repair and maintenance last year?
Not enough apparently.


Pennsylvania's deteriorated urban roads cost drivers $3.1 billion


GravatarDumbest idea ever. McCain thinks Siberia's a perfect spot. He really is the old man yelling at the cloud.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator


I didn't understand why he thinks Siberia is safe. Hasn't he been reading about effects of global warming on the environment up there? Does he think, "Well, it will do for awhile?" Does he think at all? What?

So stupid.
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GravatarFlorida Senator Bill Nelson wastes no time descending into speechifyin' bullshit dramatics.


GravatarElectric smart cars will survive.


GravatarNot to pick nits, but the lighting in this RBC hearing is unflattering.
noblejoanie | 05.31.08 - 11:05 am | #


Wait till you see the Sex and the City Movie. Sara Jessica Parker looks like she was lit by Stevie Wonder....


GravatarLight rail is needed, but Funkhouser has no leadership skills, few social skills, and a host of problems, most in the form of his "co-mayor" and wife, who was responsible for the appointment of a nutcase member of the Minutemen to the prestigious Parks Board--huge controversy ensued, embarrassing to the city. Then, his co-mayor called a black staff-member "Mammy" on more than one occasion, resulting in an EEOC complaint being filed. Then, in retaliation, the staff member was demoted, then fired. Funk's a mess.


GravatarMy hippy dippy town got terrible marks for its carbon footprint the other day. In part it's because we have to heat homes in cold winters. But the fixable piece is our lack of decent regional mass transit. I'm rooting for higher gas prices. It's what it will take to wake up those who moved to the far- flung subdivisions.


GravatarHe thinks, "It's Russia, who cares if it leaks out?"


GravatarNever mind...streaming it now.

(note to self: stay away from Taylor Marsh's site today)


GravatarI didn't understand why he thinks Siberia is safe. Hasn't he been reading about effects of global warming on the environment up there? Does he think, "Well, it will do for awhile?" Does he think at all? What?

So stupid.
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Sparkle Plenty


The nuclear waste will act as a protective shield to stop the methane gas from the melting permafrost tundra fields from escaping into the atmosphere.

Duh.


GravatarYou are quite accomplished at that, too... don't sell yourself short.

Indeed. Like, say...something about pagans and vegans...


GravatarPhoenix Light Rail system will be in operation at the end of this year, with expansions beginning immediately to take it out farther both east and west.  Oddly, the light rail follows exactly the same route as did the trolley system which was in place from shortly after statehood until the '50s.  Geography - what a nut!


Gravatarthe car will always suck for one simple reason -- improve the speed and convenience of auto travel and people spread out.

But you just disproved your theory... If spreading out eventually leads to gridlock.


GravatarSara Jessica Parker looks like she was lit by Stevie Wonder....


[waves at stevie]

[/ bootsy]


GravatarIt's on MSNBC.


GravatarIt's what it will take to wake up those who moved to the far- flung subdivisions.

Meaning you're against lawns.
Still more evidence that leftist intellectuals hate America.


GravatarSara Jessica Parker looks like she was lit by Stevie Wonder....

I think if she played Annie now, small children would projectile vomit.


Gravatar
Wait till you see the Sex and the City Movie. Sara Jessica Parker looks like she was lit by Stevie Wonder....
steve hüssein™ simels


LOL!

Barbara Streisand always controls her own lighting. Now I understand why!


GravatarWell, whenever I'm confused, I just check my underwear. It holds the answer to all the important questions.

--John McCain--
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god, where did I hear that 'at least with Clinton we know it's briefs' Matthews'?


Gravatarnoblejoanie ~

Your area is notably spaced out, too. I don't mean that in a drug addled way, but small town...farm community...drive drive...small town...farm community...drive drive.

Beautiful, but it's a long way to nowhere. MI is like that, too, north of Grand Rapids.


GravatarThis rules meeting is fascinating. I'm actually catching a glimpse of something senatorial from Bill Nelson.
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GravatarI didn't understand why he thinks Siberia is safe. Hasn't he been reading about effects of global warming on the environment up there? Does he think, "Well, it will do for awhile?" Does he think at all? What?

Precisely. And, we know the Russians do such a good job taking care of stuff like nuclear fuel. So the whole world should just pay them a gazillion dollars to take everyone else's nuclear waste, they'll take care of it for us, and presto, Bob's your uncle! What could go wrong?


GravatarMeaning you're against lawns.
Still more evidence that leftist intellectuals hate America.
Sufferin' Blessed Succotash


Why yes I do, at least those Chemlawned!
http://www.organicgardening.com/...77- 1698,00.html

Oh wait, you knew that.


GravatarBut what if your gas tax dollars pay for roads that you don't use?
Isn't that, well, kinda like socialism?
Sufferin' Blessed Succotash


Isn't that why the Creator sends us roadkill?

Mends potholes and good eatin' too.


GravatarWait till you see the Sex and the City Movie. Sara Jessica Parker looks like she was lit by Stevie Wonder....
steve hüssein™ simels

Sara Jessica Parker looks like a foot!


GravatarMegan Foster, Mary Mooney...


GravatarI'm rooting for higher gas prices. It's what it will take to wake up those who moved to the far- flung subdivisions.


Respectfully, the people who moved out there aren't the real enemy.

and any postive side effect of higher gas prices is dwarfed by the much larger negative burden we all carry.


GravatarSex and the City NYT had Parker previews that made her sound uber idiotic. Her new clothing line 'was populist cuz it went to size 22' or some shit. I like her hubby, tho.


GravatarMends potholes and good eatin' too.

Another Hiaasen buff...


GravatarIt's too nice a day to watch this hearing. But I'm mesmerized. (BTW, Dr Mesmer was one of the first to use hypnosis.)


GravatarI didn't understand why he thinks Siberia is safe.

For the same reason it was "safe" to test atomic bombs in Nevada and the south Pacific rather than in the Paris suburbs or Connecticut.


GravatarHow much did Pennsylvania shell out for highway repair and maintenance last year?
Not enough apparently.
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Here's how stoooopid our local pols are. Last summer they put forth plans to spend millions to convert the main downtown blvd into traditional slanted parking spaces that would add, maybe, 2 dozen new spaces.

The 3 main arteries connecting the various suburbs to downtown are nearly impassable as they look like those rice paddies in Nam after B52 strikes.

We had the biggest turnout in city hall, people standing in the hallway to voice outrage. They relented and changed the plan, the streets are still shit, but people feel a bit more empowered...


GravatarDear Kieth Olberman, I love ya man, but you missed the most important fact about Dunkin Donuts and MM Malkin -

Dunkin Donuts is owned by the e Carlyle Group.

Doesn't that change the story just a little bit pal?

Follow the money.


GravatarRespectfully, the people who moved out there aren't the real enemy.

and any postive side effect of higher gas prices is dwarfed by the much larger negative burden we all carry.


I didn't mean to dump on those who moved there, often to escape the high prices of the homes in town. But the political will has been missing to find regional solutions and high gas prices will drive us toward that. Indeed, I think many will welcome it.


GravatarWhat could go wrong?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
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no one could possibly predict...


GravatarDear Kieth Olberman:

Meet the Carlyle Group

http://www.hereinreality.com/car...om/ carlyle.html


GravatarPeople who were born during the last Lakers-Celtics championship series, will be drinking in bars on their 21st birthday celebrating it.

It makes me feel old. I remember the line ups.

Dennis Johnson, Danny Ainge, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, Larry Bird.

Magic Johnson, Byron Scott, James Worthy, Kurt Rambis, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

I am feeling like Simels today. Well, like he did 80 years ago.