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Old May 21st 04, 12:01 PM
Veeduber
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Default The answer to the gasoline problem

The answer to the gasoline problem is as close as your nearest bus stop. Or
bicycle. Or pair of walking shoes.

Yeah, I know... none of that applies to YOU. You have all kinds of good &
valid reasons to keep doing nothing at all.

The truth is, the ultimate answer to ALL of our nation's ills is no farther
away than the nearest mirror because our society is a reflection of us all.

Don't like the high price of gasoline? Then don't buy it. Not the nation,
YOU. Our courts have repeatedly pointed out that the responsibilities of
citizenship reside in the individual, not in some agency or branch of
government. Good citizenship REQUIRES you... YOU... to step in and personally
take charge when things begin to go awry. And yes, doing so can be a risky
business involving our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. But that too
is part of the price of citizenship.

People tend to forget that governments don't create themselves. People create
governments to collectively achieve what they can not individually accomplish.


And having created a government, when it begins to spin off-course it is YOUR
responsibility to step in and sort things out. You. That face in the mirror.

But you won't. You're too fat and too lazy and when it comes right down to it,
you're too ignorant. Not stupid. Ignorant; uneducated. Yeah, I know...
Batchelor of this... Master of that... Beginning in the mid-1950's the
educational content of the typical BA has been in steady decline to the point
where a college graduate of 2004 will come away with an education roughly
equivalent to a high school diplma, circa 1937. The best evidence of that is
seen in the statistics associated with this idiotic 'Gas Out' on May 19.

Odds are, if you're the typically ill-educated American you still think we are
a representative democracy, unaware that the number of Representatives is now
fixed and no longer reflects the nation's population. Since each State
automatically gets at least one Representative it doesn't take a rocket
scientist to figure out that by the Census of 2070 the majority of
Representatives will come from just four States. Hardly a 'representative'
Democracy, eh?

But don't tell anyone. The typical American still thinks a budget surplus is
something good. (It means you've been over-taxed.) And that the major cost of
transportation is buying gas. (Fuel is typically less than 10% of the total
package.)

As William Lederer said, we've become a nation of sheep. Someone recently
expanded on that by pointing out that today the flock is owned by pigs. And
herded by wolves.

-R.S.Hoover
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Old May 21st 04, 01:47 PM
jls
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"Veeduber" wrote in message
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The answer to the gasoline problem is as close as your nearest bus stop.

Or
bicycle. Or pair of walking shoes.
[...] As William Lederer said, we've become a nation of sheep. Someone

recently
expanded on that by pointing out that today the flock is owned by pigs.

And
herded by wolves.

-R.S.Hoover


Good then. I'll ride my bike the 50 miles to the airport where my
ethanol-powered puddle-jumper is hangared.













Just kidding.


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Old May 21st 04, 04:47 PM
Dillon Pyron
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On 21 May 2004 11:01:45 GMT, (Veeduber) wrote:

The answer to the gasoline problem is as close as your nearest bus stop. Or
bicycle. Or pair of walking shoes.

snip

Odds are, if you're the typically ill-educated American you still think we are
a representative democracy, unaware that the number of Representatives is now
fixed and no longer reflects the nation's population. Since each State
automatically gets at least one Representative it doesn't take a rocket
scientist to figure out that by the Census of 2070 the majority of
Representatives will come from just four States. Hardly a 'representative'
Democracy, eh?


We have the best representitives (both parties) that money can buy.


But don't tell anyone. The typical American still thinks a budget surplus is
something good. (It means you've been over-taxed.) And that the major cost of
transportation is buying gas. (Fuel is typically less than 10% of the total
package.)


Do the math, a car driving 60 mph that gets 20 mpg is burning 3
gallons per hour. A car driving 20 is burning 1 gph. Not much gas in
either case. Most people don't do those calculations.


As William Lederer said, we've become a nation of sheep. Someone recently
expanded on that by pointing out that today the flock is owned by pigs. And
herded by wolves.


As usual, your "common sense" is very uncommon. And very "sensical"
(is that a word?)


-R.S.Hoover


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dillon

When I was a kid, I thought the angel's name was Hark
and the horse's name was Bob.
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Old May 22nd 04, 06:15 AM
Bernardo Melendez. Jr.
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Dillon Pyron wrote in message . ..
On 21 May 2004 11:01:45 GMT, (Veeduber) wrote:

The answer to the gasoline problem is as close as your nearest bus stop. Or
bicycle. Or pair of walking shoes.

snip

Odds are, if you're the typically ill-educated American you still think we are
a representative democracy, unaware that the number of Representatives is now
fixed and no longer reflects the nation's population. Since each State
automatically gets at least one Representative it doesn't take a rocket
scientist to figure out that by the Census of 2070 the majority of
Representatives will come from just four States. Hardly a 'representative'
Democracy, eh?


We have the best representitives (both parties) that money can buy.


But don't tell anyone. The typical American still thinks a budget surplus is
something good. (It means you've been over-taxed.) And that the major cost of
transportation is buying gas. (Fuel is typically less than 10% of the total
package.)


Do the math, a car driving 60 mph that gets 20 mpg is burning 3
gallons per hour. A car driving 20 is burning 1 gph. Not much gas in
either case. Most people don't do those calculations.


As William Lederer said, we've become a nation of sheep. Someone recently
expanded on that by pointing out that today the flock is owned by pigs. And
herded by wolves.


As usual, your "common sense" is very uncommon. And very "sensical"
(is that a word?)


-R.S.Hoover

Michael Savage calls them "Sheeple", followers and those incapable of
thinking for themselves.
Bernardo Melendez, Jr.
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Old May 22nd 04, 08:58 PM
Boo
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"Bernardo Melendez. Jr." wrote in message
om...
Michael Savage calls them "Sheeple", followers and those incapable of
thinking for themselves.
Bernardo Melendez, Jr.


But those who parrot that psycho are brilliant. Right.


 




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