Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Scott Stroz
You are just lucky I did not have to pull out the dictionary...that would have annoyed the piss out of me.:D On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Actually I'm a bit familiar with that part of West Virginia, so you realize > I'm just joking. Its a very lovely area. For drivin

RE: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Roberts
You are right...it doesn't guarantee a job, but if an employer had to choose between 2 people and the only diff was one had a degree and the other didn't...I bet the one with a degree would win out. -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March

RE: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Roberts
Sorry...but that isn't what I was looking for...unless, of course, this overdose happened as a result of someone loading a shotgun with Tylenol and shooting someone... -Original Message- From: Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions [mailto:ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com] Sent: Thursday,

RE: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Roberts
That has more to do with them being adults than whether they are paying for it or not. -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:39 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life. I will ad

RE: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Roberts
Simple...vouchers don't work. That has already been shown every time vouchers were implemented. -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:27 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

RE: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Roberts
It's not the state's "responsibility" so much as it is the smart thing to do. An educated nation is a much more prosperous nation. Look at the late 40's, 50's and into the 60's...when education was actually valued and not considered elitist. Look at the technological jumps we made and look at t

Coworking - Was Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
What ya think? I might be a telecommuter for life. Should I start a Coworking environment? I think there are enough cool spaces around town to do It, just wondering If anyone on the list has participated In any? ~| Order the Ado

SHERIFF JOE: 'PROBABLE CAUSE' OBAMA CERTIFICATE A FRAUD

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
It's official, Sheriff Joe has jumped the shark. SHERIFF JOE: 'PROBABLE CAUSE' OBAMA CERTIFICATE A FRAUD PHOENIX – An investigative “Cold Case Posse” launched six months ago by “America’s toughest sheriff” – Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County – has concluded there is probable cause that the

Re: It must be the global warming

2012-03-01 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:51 PM, PT wrote: > > We matched the record for all time high on this day today in SC. Sunny, > clear and 79. > > We had no winter. Seriously. I think we had frost maybe 5 times. The > bugs are going to be terrible. Time to put up some bat houses. > > Still snowing I

It must be the global warming

2012-03-01 Thread PT
We matched the record for all time high on this day today in SC. Sunny, clear and 79. We had no winter. Seriously. I think we had frost maybe 5 times. The bugs are going to be terrible. Time to put up some bat houses. ~|

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Actually I'm a bit familiar with that part of West Virginia, so you realize I'm just joking. Its a very lovely area. For driving some of the roads around towns like Fairmont, Gratton or Pendleton County are great for driving. Lots of hairpin curves (route 50 from Romney March through the moutains

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I agree, especially if you've ever been to that part of West Vriginia. On Thursday, March 1, 2012, GMoney wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > >> >> The biggest workout my car gets is from April to October. Once a week >> I have my golf league match, but I live on the

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Scott Stroz
I said 'my car', not me :D We have another car that is used for most of our travel. But my car, which would be used for commuting, gets used very little. And I am going to spend more on gas this year, I just filled up my car..cost me $69.72. holy shit. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:06 PM, GMone

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Medic
That's the way I used to feel about my slammed civic. I haven't had a chance to put this car through it's paces with the summer rubber yet. Another few weeks and I can take the snows off and start pushing it harder. Can't wait. Though I can likely blow $80 in a single joy ride. ha. On Thu, Mar 1

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread GMoney
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > The biggest workout my car gets is from April to October. Once a week > I have my golf league match, but I live on the golf course, so I still > don't leave my development. :D > You never drive anywhere...ever? Never leave your city, state?

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Scott Stroz
The biggest workout my car gets is from April to October. Once a week I have my golf league match, but I live on the golf course, so I still don't leave my development. :D On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:53 PM, GMoney wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > >> >> For my car, I

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread PT
On 3/1/2012 3:31 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > It said the best bang for your > buck if you are going to hire someone is from a technical school. These > usually have co-op programs and more classes designed to teach skills. What > a person majors in matters. If I wanted a code monkey worker drone,

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread GMoney
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > For my car, I think I spent maybe $100 in gas last year. > > Working from home rules! > I will spend nearly $150 this weekend alonedriving to St. Louis and back. -- All will be well You can ask me how But only time will tell ~~~

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Scott Stroz
For my car, I think I spent maybe $100 in gas last year. Working from home rules! On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > I often talk about living in the city and how I choose to live close to my > work.  Some people just don't want to live intown, and that's > understand

George Clooney rules

2012-03-01 Thread GMoney
http://blog.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2012/02/george-clooney-doesnt-care-if-people-thinks-hes-gay/ I just love his take on responding to rumors that he's gay. Wish more celebs thought and acted this way. His last paragraph is brilliant as well: "One day the marriage equality fight will look as arch

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread GMoney
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > If a state is running in the black and wants to use it excess to fund > education, it should. Should it stress fields where the graduates can > actually contribute after graduation. In my opinion yes. > > Naw. I mean, *I* personally would

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread PT
Jeez, Jerry. Did a nun beat you half to death with a ruler when you were in grade school? Such venom towards education. =-p There is a hypothesis that people with fewer resources available to them regarding education will learn at a slower rate than those more privileged. Socioeconomic sta

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"But but I think it's true that education is the single most important thing to help a society. Why should the government subsidize education? Because it is so damn important. If you raise my taxesand i know that my "investment" (which is what it becomes) is going to be spent so that more of m

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
You'd have to pry this car out of my cold dead hands first. Best road car I've driven. The advertising tag line is "with go-kart handling" is an understatement. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Medic wrote: > > Good thing, as I don't want you trying to take my car ;) > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12

Re: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I don't think they release those until later in the year - FBI stats at least. They have release the preliminary statistics but these are usually revised as more data comes in from the reporting agencies. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/preliminary-annual-ucr-jan-jun-201

Re: The US - world's largest democratic surveillance state?

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I don't even want to go there. There are some images that cannot be unseen..." A good example: http://www.mediaite.com/online/eric-massa-describes-his-naked-shower-encounter-with-rahm-emanuel/ J - To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disb

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Medic
Yeah, they're pretty hot cars. I drove a 2012 X1 with the four banger. Lots of power but not that awesome low throaty torque sound of the 6. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Vivec wrote: > > It costs me about 30USD to fill my tank. (BMW 320i) > > As for fuel consumption in the BMW, the new 201

Re: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-03-01 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > Do they have 2010 stats to compare with what weposted? http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/tylenol.html Studies indicate that acetaminophen overdose results in over 56,000 injuries, 2,500 hospitaliza

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Vivec
It costs me about 30USD to fill my tank. (BMW 320i) As for fuel consumption in the BMW, the new 2012 328i with the 4 cylinder twin turbo engine has more power and better mpg than the older models. I think it's pushing over 245hp with a sub 6 second 0 - 60mph time. ~~

RE: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Roberts
Do they have 2010 stats to compare with what weposted? -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 9:57 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar "I'd pre

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > I just filled up this morning...$75. My fill ups are $50 on average - will generally last me a couple of weeks. 3-4 weeks if I am only driving to/from work and nowhere else. -Cameron ... ~~~

RE: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Roberts
Exactly. I fI lived in Chicago proper, I would never need a car...unless I was going to the burbs. Get outside of suburban Cook County and it just fall off a cliff as far as public trans. The only reliable and useful public trans out in the burbs is the Metra train system, but that is only for

RE: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Roberts
I just filled up this morning...$75. -Original Message- From: Medic [mailto:hofme...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 9:44 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates I just bought a gently used 2007 BMW 325i with the 3

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Medic
Good thing, as I don't want you trying to take my car ;) On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > I still prefer my MINI. > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Vivec wrote: > > > > That's an awesome car! 0_0 > > > > On 1 March 2012 11:44, Medic wrote: > > > >> > >> I just boug

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Medic
Yes, I love it to bits. Those Germans think of everything, it's a pretty intelligent machine. She's thirsty though... very thirsty. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Vivec wrote: > > That's an awesome car! 0_0 > > On 1 March 2012 11:44, Medic wrote: > > > > > I just bought a gently used 2007 B

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Exactly there have been plenty of research done on this but it boils down to this. For early childhood education alone, every dollar invested in quality early care and education saves taxpayers up to $13.00 (web.mit.edu/workplacecenter/docs/Full%20Report.pdf). And that ratio increases the further

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I still prefer my MINI. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Vivec wrote: > > That's an awesome car! 0_0 > > On 1 March 2012 11:44, Medic wrote: > >> >> I just bought a gently used 2007 BMW 325i with the 3 liter 6 banger. >> It only takes 94 octane and costs me $82.00 to fill, which is 60 L, or >>

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread GMoney
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "The overwhelming refusal of some to acknowledge that funding education is > the best investment we could make astonishes me." > > I call bull shit. > > If your state is lacking in skilled people and it is not running a deficit, > it might

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Vivec
That's an awesome car! 0_0 On 1 March 2012 11:44, Medic wrote: > > I just bought a gently used 2007 BMW 325i with the 3 liter 6 banger. > It only takes 94 octane and costs me $82.00 to fill, which is 60 L, or > about 13 gal. > Lasts me about a week just driving to and from work. > Ouch. > > ~

Re: The US - world's largest democratic surveillance state?

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I don't even want to go there. There are some images that cannot be unseen... On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > >> then why aren't they surveilling Congress? > > > I don't think cable operators can handle the nu

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Its quite a lot more now, as Sandy mentioned. So you end up balancing you commute with how much you can afford. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > That seems pretty damn affordable, actually. > > -Cameron > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: >> >>

Re: The US - world's largest democratic surveillance state?

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > then why aren't they surveilling Congress? I don't think cable operators can handle the number of CSPAN channels that would be required to cover all the backrooms. -Cameron ... ~

Re: The US - world's largest democratic surveillance state?

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"then why aren't they surveilling Congress?" Congress ultimately signs the check for full body scanners, drones, wiretapping, etc. People tend to not bite the hand the feeds them. J - When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of In

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
I will add to this fascinating discussion that I have noticed a pattern among my students. The ones who try the hardest, don't complain, and are generally a pleasure to work with are the ones paying for their education themselves (most adults returning for additional education). Those that don't

Re: The US - world's largest democratic surveillance state?

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
then why aren't they surveilling Congress? On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > This article seems to be about the NYPD.  Last time I checked, New York is > only a small part of the USA. > > ...and if a statistically significant number of criminals come from any > specif

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I think it's a sense of entitlement. " We have a winner. J - The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. - Alexis de Tocqueville ~| Order the Adob

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"The best way they can get out of their situation, is by getting an education." Really? How many people has the DC or Detroit school system educated out of poverty? The best way to get out of the situation is to get a vocation that pays. An education in of it self means nothing. It's being ab

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Try a dislike of the right wing." That fits in with everything else he posts. Ironically, Larry loves to challenge others for facts when they make broad sweeping allegations. Here's one Larry: If Democrats love educations so much, why don't they support vouchers? The answer is obvious: Got

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"The overwhelming refusal of some to acknowledge that funding education is the best investment we could make astonishes me." I call bull shit. If your state is lacking in skilled people and it is not running a deficit, it might be worth while to help educate people in certain fields. There is n

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
That sounds more in line with my expectations. -Cameron On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Sandra Clark wrote: > > Its a lot more now. I live 30 miles NW of DC and rent a 3br townhouse for > $1850. Looking at listings, a 3 br downhouse in Capital Hill is $2,900. ~~~

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Sandra Clark
Its a lot more now. I live 30 miles NW of DC and rent a 3br townhouse for $1850. Looking at listings, a 3 br downhouse in Capital Hill is $2,900. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > That seems pretty damn affordable, actually. > > -Cameron > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10

Re: Republican Party to poor students - Welcome to life.

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"So what are the people who cannot afford an education supposed to do?' First, this doesn't answer the question. Why is it the state's responsibility to pay anyone's tuition. Second off, do what people have done for years and continue to do: get a job join the military join the military and do

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"That's because gas prices in this country are not based on the usual dynamic of supply and demand." So true. Interesting that it has happened under two consecutive administrations ran by opposing parties. "the usual culprit blamed for price hikes is 'speculation'." It certainly is the boogey

Re: The US - world's largest democratic surveillance state?

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"More than anything else a surveillance state and a police state instills a climate of fear in citizens." And the rate of surveillance is growing. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EANQ76_GVrY/T00pjNtrerI/AAABRhI/8tW0j158cC4/s400/Droen.jpg Note that the image above is not a sanctioned sign. It is

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
That seems pretty damn affordable, actually. -Cameron On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > I think its really dependent on where you live. For instance here in > the DC area, housing costs rise quite sharply the closer in to DC you go. > When we first moved to this area we

Re: The US - world's largest democratic surveillance state?

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
This article seems to be about the NYPD. Last time I checked, New York is only a small part of the USA. ...and if a statistically significant number of criminals come from any specific civic organization, I would certainly hope that law enforcement would pay MUCH more attention to them. This jus

Re: New Hampshire man arrested for firing gun into ground while catching suspected burglar

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I'd prefer relatively neutral sources for the data, like the FBI Crime Stats for firearm stats or the NITSA or NIIHS for the vehicle information." Cool. Here are some FBI numbers from 2005. The seven least violent states are all shall-issue right-to-carry (RTC). Of the seven most violent sta

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I think its really dependent on where you live. For instance here in the DC area, housing costs rise quite sharply the closer in to DC you go. When we first moved to this area we looked at townhouses that were fairly close to the DC area to right on the edge of the region. Prices for rentin a 3br

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
That's awesome! I wish Atlanta had better public transit. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > $143.68 > > My father's van, sister's car, Home Depot truck, rental car, and my truck. > Once each. > > Taxicabs. Amtrak, Commuter Rail, and my unlimited public > transportatio

Re: Stromer Electric Bike (gas prices)

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
Actually, the A2B bike has a 40 mile range is you buy the second battery (look at the specifications page). http://www.nycewheels.com/a2b-electric-motorbike1.html I just don't like that one because only one of the batteries is removable for charging. The other's fairly permanent and only remova

Re: Chevy Volt ready for California HOV access, extra $1,500 in rebates

2012-03-01 Thread Medic
I just bought a gently used 2007 BMW 325i with the 3 liter 6 banger. It only takes 94 octane and costs me $82.00 to fill, which is 60 L, or about 13 gal. Lasts me about a week just driving to and from work. Ouch. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:31 AM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > I just spent $66 to fill u

Re: Stromer Electric Bike (gas prices)

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > My issue is that from where I live the Metro is about 18 miles away. > More since I would not be able to go on the Interstate. Yeah - not everyone lives close to their work. You're *almost* close enough for a 20 mile charge. The bike ca

Re: Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
$143.68 My father's van, sister's car, Home Depot truck, rental car, and my truck. Once each. Taxicabs. Amtrak, Commuter Rail, and my unlimited public transportation pass were a lot more than that. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > I wonder - what did you pay for

FW: Koch brothers launch court fight over Cato Institute

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Hmm it looks like they're starting to eat their own. - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73494.html Exclusive: Koch brothers launch court fight over Cato By: Mike Allen March 1, 2012 09:48 AM EST Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch, the deep-pocketed conservative activi

Average Annual Spend on Gas

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
I often talk about living in the city and how I choose to live close to my work. Some people just don't want to live intown, and that's understandable. But frequently I hear someone say that it's unaffordable. Thing is, I think the living expenses intown are offset (to some extent) by fuel savin

Re: Andrew Briebart dies

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I won't speak ill of the dead. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > Karma sucks, doesn't it? > > -Original Message- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:25 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Andrew Briebart dies > > >

Re: Stromer Electric Bike (gas prices)

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
My issue is that from where I live the Metro is about 18 miles away. More since I would not be able to go on the Interstate. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: >> Unfortunately that wouldn't work for me. > > I'm gue

Re: Santorum offers to die for the fight against same sex marriage

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I always liked Dief. But Trudeau had style. On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Medic wrote: > > Trudeau was the best leader Canada has had in modern times. Hands down. > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > >> >> Trudeau knew what he was doing. About a year later he married

RE: Andrew Briebart dies

2012-03-01 Thread Eric Roberts
Karma sucks, doesn't it? -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:25 AM To: cf-community Subject: Andrew Briebart dies This just came in over the wire and confirmed: Conservative journalist Andrew Brietbart died unexpected

Re: Stromer Electric Bike (gas prices)

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > Unfortunately that wouldn't work for me. I'm guessing it won't work for most people, unless your home and office are close together. -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Cold

Re: Santorum offers to die for the fight against same sex marriage

2012-03-01 Thread Medic
Trudeau was the best leader Canada has had in modern times. Hands down. On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Trudeau knew what he was doing. About a year later he married a hottie over > 20 years younger than himself. > > I have a lot of respect for Trudeau. His son looks

Re: Andrew Briebart dies

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Typo it should read Thursday not Friday. Conservative journalist Andrew Brietbart died unexpectedly early Thursday morning in Los Angeles of natural causes, according to an obituary posted on Big Journalism, one of Breitbart’s websites. He was 43 years old. His death was confirmed to POLITICO by

Andrew Briebart dies

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
This just came in over the wire and confirmed: Conservative journalist Andrew Brietbart died unexpectedly early Friday morning in Los Angeles of natural causes, according to an obituary posted on Big Journalism, one of Breitbart’s websites. He was 43 years old. His death was confirmed to POLITICO

Re: Santorum's outbursts - insight into what he truly believes?

2012-03-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I think if he got the message to the electorate and it was viable, those making policy would have no choice but to respond." You have a lot more confidence in the electorate than I do. In my opinion, they seem more impressed with sound bites than content. J - "I refuse to leave our children

Re: Stromer Electric Bike (gas prices)

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Unfortunately that wouldn't work for me. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Most of the electric bikes I've found have a 20 or so mile range. > Some also have removable batteries, which will let you bring it inside > with you at work/home for charging. > > -Cameron > >

FW: Mustache Act puts Roscoe Bartlett in hairy situation

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Mustache Act puts Roscoe Bartlett in hairy situation WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman from Maryland is in a hairy situation over a proposal to give tax breaks to Americans with mustaches. The American Mustache Institute claimed Tuesday that Rep. Roscoe Bartlett had lent his support to

The US - world's largest democratic surveillance state?

2012-03-01 Thread Vivec
More than anything else a surveillance state and a police state instills a climate of fear in citizens. http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2012/feb/29/ muslims-say-nypd-surveillance-already-changing-behavior/ ~| Order the

Re: Stromer Electric Bike (gas prices)

2012-03-01 Thread Cameron Childress
Most of the electric bikes I've found have a 20 or so mile range. Some also have removable batteries, which will let you bring it inside with you at work/home for charging. -Cameron On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > I wonder what the range is for these. If it could go 4

Stromer Electric Bike (gas prices)

2012-03-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I wonder what the range is for these. If it could go 40 miles w/o a charge I might consider it. On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Erika L. Rich wrote: > > > http://compare.ebay.com/like/290656393913?var=lv > > ~