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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Norbert
Published Letters: 28 Editor's Choice: 2
So who gets the NASCAR vote, as well as most other demographics, would be the party that makes the most belivable case that they will keep gasoline selling for not much more than two dollars a gallon.
Then get a patriotic stress ball.
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I'm a fan of James Kunstler's writings, and read his web site each Monday for the weekly blog. Check out his opinon on Hillary and others for a different perspective.
What we really need is a spinoff show based on that Esurance babe, Erin. Cartoon version first, then a real life actor version spinoff of the spinoff. Or visa-versa.
I seek no compensation for this suggestion, but offer it for the benefit of mankind in the spirit of Jonas Saulk.
Thank you for supporting comic artists, but this one, so far, I'd just as soon be watching Erin in one of those insurance commercials.
Usually not wise to dis cartoonists. But since they probably have no idea what any of you look like, maybe you're safe for now.
FYI: Besides this weekly (weakly?) strip, I've been following Chris Muir's "Day by Day Cartoon" Nice artwork, especially the babes, but too much of a predictably conservative slant compared to Doonsbury which is more subtle in his politics.
Any connections to fellow Arkansa preacher Tony Alamo? I met his wife Susan back in the day when I happened to stop for gas and food at their compound. The Huckster would look quite dashing wearing an Alamo jacket while playing in his band.
For an even more pessimistic view of our current situation, read James Kunstler's always entertaining, dripping with sarcasim, blog.
FYI: Rush Limbaugh wants her to stay in the race. Yesterday he was urging Texas and Ohio listeners to vote in the Dem primary for her. (His show is played in the office most every day, as if being a cubicle dweller isn't bad enough.)The longer and more negative it gets, all the better for conservatives is the theory.
A comment at the office today (not exact quote, but close, from an evangelical Christian): "After having attacked New York on 9-11, I can't believe that one of them towel-heads could be elected President." Would turn-about rumors be fair play? There's http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com/
I don't know if the practice continues, but years ago those wacky Japanese had "sexual harassment" clubs. The girls were dressed as secretaries, and the club was decorated to simulate an offce environment. Instead of lap dances, the customers could wander around with their drinks and grope etc. the office staff.
I refuse to watch anything on the Sci-Fi channel. I love good sci-fiction, but not the excessive amount of commercials that many of the cable channels run. Sci-Fi seems among the worst in that regard.
He saved all those cute little fetuses, didn't he?
Yes, of course, a reprint. I had been wondering about why the face's teeth looked to be from an earlier style of her illustrations.
Whenever possible, advocate for helmet laws as payback for all of the illegally altered Harley exhausts we have to listen to. Don't waste your time trying to get local police departments to do anything. They'd rather not get into confrontations with people much more unpleasant to deal with than those of us that like to hear the birdies sing.
In the 70's I thought Citroens were pretty neat, especially those SM's with the Maserati engines. But I was an intermittantly employed surf bum so I stuck with my Corvair Greenbrier van. Back then Renault tried marketing an electric Le Car. A friend drove one at the lead of a marathon foot race.
At a garage sale, I found a bunch of those wire frame baskets that you find in gyms or swimming pools. The ones with a lid that could be padlocked. I atatched them with small size stainless screw hose clamps (for fuel lines)to the luggage rack. With the lids open, grocery bags. With closed, a level platform for bungee cording all sorts of stuff or a large basket.
A co-worker, engineering department, not an exact quote, but close: " I can't believe that after they attacked New York (9-11) we would elect one of those towelheads president."
But he's a devout Christan evangelical, so no suprise.
I live near downtown Winona, Minnesota's riverfront, much of which is devoted to truck trailer parking. During the evening dog walk, I had let the mutt run loose in the dark for a while. Guess what he found to roll around in? Drivers from India maybe.
BTW: Long ago I worked for a company that developed a closed loop household sewage recycling system. (Large water storage tank, all sewage treated on site and recycled.) They were counting on lack of municiple water/sewer hookups being an impediment to south-western suburban devemopment, but that didn't happen in time to keep the enterprise from "tanking".
I'd like to see any investment in travel infrastructure directed to rebuilding our passenger railroad system. I'm not expecting either party to do that though. They seem committed to bailing out our domestic auto industry. Then the govenment will have even more of a vested interest in perpetuating an automobile oriented system for all but the longest travel distances.
I'd feel slightly better about my tax dollars bailing out Chrysler if their local dealer in my neighborhood hadn't completely paved over the whold block without any landscaping. Heck, I'd be grateful if they would even clear snow off the sidewalks.
I didn't read every letter, but am pretty sure this comment hasn't been made yet:
An early comment was to the effect that the "Q" would be the best thing for short and medium routes. WRONG! That would be high speed rail, or even speeds from our rail system of sixty years ago.
I love flying, used to be a pilot, and favorite two flights as a passenger were on a Viscount and a DC-6 to Europe via Iceland. But our passenger airline system isn't sustainable.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
