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". . . the tongue-in-cheek letter says." But I do have to agree with the article description of the letter as a "surreal missive". Then again, if her purpose was to help make people aware of a real-world concern regarding constituents. . . word does seem to be getting out, even if in an unconventional way - guerrilla marketing?

Good for you! We can use more of this kind of hijacking. Thanks

Attention GravityMaster - check out the "cooltoy" photo - you may want to hang onto this for a future disturbing avatar!

Two guys walking down the street come across a dog licking his balls. One guy says to the other, "Man, wish I could do that!" Other guy says, "You probably can - just better pet him first."

Funny. And then there's all the swearing. . .

Hey Mike - thanks for the thoughtful reply. For my G/F, it is a mix of both, but much more the green thing. Standard diesel not an option, but I have read about bio-D and it is certainly interesting and attractive in many ways. Same with CNG (thanks jimbo) - worth a look for sure, but worried about one of the same caveats of bio-D - ready, convenient availability of fuel. I suspect that this buyer will be staying in the "mainstream" of alternative power. But always good to make informed decisions. . .

IVAN! Heeeeerrrrre Ivan. . . .

Look, if God didn't want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of tasty MEAT?

Yeah - doesn't seem to be an uncommon occurance - I'm thinking of adding the attached to all my posts. . .

Comparing TCO with standard cars, I think you are right. But for this owner, the bigger factor is going to be TPO (total pride of ownership), mostly due to environmental considerations. I tried to explain to her that any environmental gains due to low emissions are going to be washed out by having to add all those Duracells and Energizers to the landfill every week, but she won't listen. Women. Seriously, though - thank you all for the input - anybody got anything else to add?

Since Ivan seems to be slacking, I'll have to claim my first repost bust (I know. . . beer), and on a greenie yet. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=941513

Goes to character. He's said that he will restore honor and dignity to the White House, but certainly has a place among the biggest liars in presidential history, and not in unimportant ways like consensual sex, but in ways that are deeply hurting this country. I agree that in a vacuum, this might not matter a whole lot. If he were a good and honest president, I could be more forgiving. But so many people have bought into his and the GOP's shit - I'm glad for anything that might help a few more people question who this person really is, what his party (as it exists now) really stands for, what are the rest of the lies, and whether they should be doing more to get this piece of shit out of office.

That has to be one of the most self-serving, pathetic excuses for ones own beliefs that I have ever seen. No matter the topic. I can't even believe that you even support such absolute BULLSHIT. That's sure a strong opinion there, jose, and golly - I can sure see why! It's pathetic, self-serving attitudes like Bill's that have cost this nation so much of its greatness over the years, damnit! Caving in to the whining of a few has cost us so much! Let's start with the obvious - who did slavery actually hurt? The majority of Americans had no trouble with it for hundreds of years! But eventually, more and more self-servers ruined it for everyone. So much for states' rights! What about genocide of the Indians? That was both profitable AND exciting! I'm just sure the majority of Americans don't give a shit about them, but now they have all these reservations everywhere and casinos and shit and there's not a damn thing we can do. Geez - then there's that whole "civil rights" thing. It's just so swell (not!) that we in the majority have to share our drinking fountains and all now. And how many the hell of them are there, 10 or 12% of the population??? I could go on and on! Irish, Catholics, Chinese, Jews, women, homos! What is next? Bill - you should be ashamed of yourself - that statement truly was BULLSHIT! I think maybe me and jose should move somewhere that pays more attention to the desires of the majority of its citizens. Somewhere that still has a strong religious influence in its society and government. What do you think, jose? Saudi Arabia maybe? Iran?

Doesn't really do that, but I will file this timely news item under Irony and GOP Hypocrisy: Oklahoma City, 2/25/04 State Representative Mike O'Neal charged with (felony) sexual battery. . . http://www.kotv.com/pages/viewpage.asp?id=58518 Hmmm, Mike O'Neal. . . why does that name sound familiar? Hmmmm. . . could it be that he was the GOP SPONSER of the Oklahoma DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT? Edited to add: He's only been charged. Innocent until proven guilty. Still ironic. . . Must go to bed.

Doonesbury creator seeks witness to Bush National Guard duty By MIKE PETERS Dallas Morning News Published on: 02/24/04 "His teeth were there," says the gently mocking Web page. "Was he?" The teeth — and the now-famous dental chart — belong to George W. Bush, who as president continues to fend off questions about his National Guard service. On Monday, Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau offered a $10,000 reward in his syndicated newspaper comic strip for anyone who "personally witnessed" Bush reporting for drills at Dannelly Air National Guard base in Alabama between May and November 1972. Trudeau explains in strips later this week — and on his Web site, doonesbury.com — that the reward money will be given to the USO in the witness's name. "Sounds like a stunt worthy of a comic strip," Republican National Committee spokeswoman Christine Iverson said Monday. Trudeau, responding in an e-mail Monday, said the issue matters. "How well George W. Bush handled his Air National Guard service — and how honestly he answered questions about it — have become frequently asked questions in the 2004 presidential campaign," he said. "It's a legitimate offer," said comics historian R.C. Harvey. "It reminds me of Larry Flynt offering a big prize to anybody who could prove they had sex with a member of Congress," said Harvey. Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, was outraged that "hypocrites" in the House were pushing for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. The offer led to an expose of House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston, who ultimately resigned. "But personally, I think Garry Trudeau will precipitate a rainstorm of fraud," Harvey said. "Hundreds of people will come forward and they will all be fakes and the whole thing will be a huge, marvelous satire." Trudeau is an old hand at mixing it up with issues of the day. The cartoonist not only has broken new ground on the comics pages but also has used his platform to stir debate on hot-button topics. His work has raised questions about whether such material belongs on the comics pages or the editorial pages — or in the paper at all. The political lens he focused on the Nixon White House during Watergate entrenched Doonesbury in political discourse. More recently, he has poked fun at the idealism of Howard Dean supporters with the same ironic malice he has aimed at Donald Rumsfeld's management of the Iraq war. The president's military record has been fodder for the strip since Bush ran in 2000. Critics have questioned whether Bush continued his drills with the National Guard after he transferred from Texas to Alabama in 1972 to work for a Senate campaign there. When Bush's National Guard service recently re-emerged in a lively public debate, the White House responded by releasing the president's military records. Critics focused on the January 1973 dental charts as the only evidence that Bush was in Alabama. Trudeau said that he hopes "to speed the disclosure process along by offering a $10,000 reward to coax a witness to step forward and confirm President Bush's story, thereby putting the whole sordid mess behind us." The reward is Trudeau's most direct attack on Bush's military service record yet — though he insists, with tongue firmly in cheek, that he's tired of "trolling-for-trash journalists" repeatedly probing the issue. The White House and the Bush-Cheney campaign had no comment. Lee Salem, the editor of Doonesbury at Universal Press Syndicate, said the current story line will run through Saturday in about 1,500 newspapers around the country. When told that a scoffing campaign official had suggested Trudeau should be prepared to write a lot of checks, Salem said, "I'm sure he's hoping to do that." Trudeau may be hoping to pay off on the reward, but the Web site makes no secret of his views. The site's straw-poll question Monday was, "What steams you most about the Guard story?" One of the checkable options: "The smelly no-documents thing: As a U.S. serviceman, Bush was embedded in the most extensive bureaucracy in the history of the world — yet at every turn the key information is missing. Dude, where's your paperwork?"

Advice LOL! Why am I not surprised?

Danger Will Robinson! Freely admit that I do not remember ANY details or names. That said, I DO remember some drama on here about someone possibly scamming people by selling custom pullup cords and not delivering. I'm sure there are folks out there that will make custom pullups who are completly on the up and up. Just check it out first.

G/F is buying new car soon - prolly a hybrid. Heard a lot of buzz about the Prius, but less about the Civic. Any advice?

I don't care who said it. Trying to justify the invasion of Iraq by claiming "they started it" and comparing it to the radically different situations of WWII, Korea, etc. is total drivel. It is such a desperate stretch, trying to cover for the lies of the Bush administration, I find it hard to believe that even you good dittoheads are not embarrassed to make it.

Wow - did you put a lot of effort into this? Was it hard to get the wording just right, let alone the complex thoughts behind it? plagiarism n 1: a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work Geez - if you're going to copy something from a GOP website and not credit it, in effect stealing it and passing it off as your own thoughts, shouldn't you at least find something that isn't complete drivel? But then again, I guess you aren't called dittoheads for nothing. . .

Broadband. Broader-band. Right-click on the media file, "Save Target As", save it to your local drive, play it from there (double-click). Don't forget to delete, if desired - they can pile up fast. . .

Not that Liemberg needs or wants my defense, but just for the sake of accuracy, this really wasn't a troll at all, when taken in the context of the forum/discussion it originally came from (though I do admit it sure looks like one).

Or as we would ask Richard, "Got a pencil, Dick?" Lighten up dude!! It was a joke, Smooth! Read that line out loud.

Greenie?

Or as we would ask Richard, "Got a pencil, Dick?"