[DeTomaso] Cubic inches to cost cubic money?

Thu Feb 28 11:05:02 EST 2008

More nukes is the way to go for sure.

So is drilling for oil in Alaska, we have bigger deposits up there
than many of the places we buy from, but heaven forbid that a caribou
should be displaced.

I wish I could afford a Tesla for my around town car, I'll be as green
as I can afford to be
( I even take my own bags to carry stuff home from the supermarket (
plus their bags suck )

If I was king, the entire middle east would be a glassed over ( as in
blasted away ) and uninhabitable for the next 100 years, those people
have done nothing but fight for 5,000 years, it's still amazing to me
that these are the descendants of the builders of the pyramids.
Cause they still poop in a hole in the floor and wipe their butts with
their hands and practice a religion that makes Scientology look
intelligent and are the biggest hypocrite's in the world.
(ever seen the liquor cabinets on their Gulfstream jets...I have)

If ever there was a reason to believe in E. T., modern Middle Eastern
history should be proof, there just ain't no way THESE People came
from those people unless Alf got there first.

I just don't want to pay $100.00 to fill up the Pantera so I can go to
a cruise in or $200 for race gas for a track day because everybody
else is stupid.
We can all do better, but like in life, when I go to vote, I listen to
the morons in line with me that I know will cancel me out, yet I stand
there anyway!

Michael in Savannah

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Michael,
>
>     Presently our country is paying a huge cost in both the lives of our
> young men and the monetary cost of attempting to stabilize Iraq.  I believe
> that these cost would not exist (or be greatly reduced) if we were not
> pumping oil $s into the middle east.  The price of oil based products here
> does not reflect these cost, and as a result they are externalized costs
> which results in inefficiency.  I just think that the people using the oil
> should shoulder the cost.
>
>     But I also completely agree with your position on overall taxes, and if
> a large import tax was applied to oil, I think there should be an equal
> across the board tax cut.
>
>     Or maybe we could use the tax $s to build more nuclear power plants so
> we could quit burning fossil fuel to make electricity?  Even the French have
> figured that one out.
>
> Ken
>
>
> "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
> While I agree with you in principle, the idea of giving the US Govt.
> more money to waste ( sending out checks is a GREAT Example ) isn't my
> idea of reform.
>
> How about this.
>
> You don't work, you don't eat
>
> You aren't a legal resident, we ship you home.
>
> You want a nice house, you save up a sizable down payment to buy it with.
>
> Stop looking for a hand out, a hand up and stand on your own two feet.
>
> Institute a flat tax of 15% on everybody and every business.
>
> No property taxes, No gas taxes, no liquor taxes. No personal property
> taxes ( which burns me up, I already paid taxes on the money to buy
> the stuff, now I have to pay taxes to keep it, what BS )
>
> We are freaking taxed to death
>
> With regards to your daughter, if she is working and paying her own
> way, then how she chooses to waste her dough is her business,
> hopefully you will by example show her the way.
> If you're paying the bills, then the answer is simple, you cut them
> off and suddenly, priorities get shifted and they find their way (
> although from experience, it ain't always pretty to watch ).
>
>
> Michael in Savannah
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Ken Green wrote:
> > Dave,
> >
> > Both my daughters have cars with small motors, but drive so many pleasure
> miles and with such poor driving habits that they burn a lot more gas than I
> do, and they could care less how much gas they burn. As much as people don't
> want to hear it, a higher gas tax would directly address the issue.
> >
> > My personal issue is that to me, every barrel of oil we import equals
> bullets and bombs used against our boys in Iraq. We have become fat, dumb,
> and happy, and are coasting downhill on a heritage paid for by our fathers.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
>
> > Dave Doddek wrote:
> > Rate Schedule
> > Up to 1.9 $0
> >
> > Good news for us MG drivers. :>
> >
> > But in reality, this is the most effective way to get people to drive more
> > fuel effecient less polluting cars. It is better than just banning the
> > large CID engines from the road.
> >
> > Dave "1375 twin su" D
> >
> >
> > At 09:44 PM 2/26/2008 -0800, you wrote:
> > >This is from another mailing list, anyone in Washington state aware of
> > >this ?
> > >Rick
> > >1582
> > >
> > >Coming to WA state soon and then YOUR town next!
> > >Subject: Car Tabs Increase
> > >
> > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> > >
> > >Vehicle License Fee Bill SB6900 Hello, There is a bill that the
> > >Washington State
> > >Legislature is trying to pass in Olympia that, if successful, will
> > >directly add
> > >huge costs to our vehicle license fees. Everyone needs to know about so
> this
> > >situation so that you can contact your representatives and voice your
> > >objection.
> > >The bill is SB 6900 and it adds an "engine displacement" fee to the
> > >vehicle license
> > >tabs upon renewal. The fee has a varied amount depending on the size
> > >of the vehicle's engine:
> > >Rate Schedule
> > >Up to 1.9 $0
> > >2.0 - 2.9 $70
> > >3.0 - 3.9 $225
> > >4.0 - 4.9 $275
> > >5.0 - 5.9 $325
> > >6.0 - 7.9 $400
> > >8.0 or over $600
> > >For each car & truck that you own, calculate the rate by matching the
> > >engine size in liters to the dollar amount. Add the amounts for each
> > >vehicle and you'll see that the average two car family will be paying
> > >$500+ every year in "displacement fees" on top of the normal license
> > >fees. If you have three vehicles, you'll be paying even more. The
> > >average family is already struggling with the high cost of gasoline,
> > >electricity, food and everything else, and our lawmakers want us to
> > >pay more, thinking we have unlimited deep pockets. This will do great
> > >damage to the budgets of retirees on fixed incomes as well. Now is the
> > >time to be very vocal against this bill. I have contacted all of our
> > >representatives, and I would encourage everyone reading this to do the
> > >same. Here's the web page for the bill where you can read the text:
> > >
> > >http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6900&year=2007
> > >
> > >Here's the link for contacting your representatives:
> > >http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx
> > >
> > >If we don't threaten mass rebellion over this, they'll pass this bill
> > >and we'll be
> > >paying huge fees every year on top of their increase in the gas tax.
> > >They have to
> > >know that we won't stand for any more taxes or increase in licensing
> > >fees. I've
> > >told my representatives that I will actively work to see that any
> > >lawmaker that
> > >supports this bill is replaced at election time. Please contact your
> > >legislators,
> > >then copy the text of this e mail, and forward it to as many people as
> > >possible that
> > >you know in Washington State, and encourage them to contact their
> > >representatives and strongly voice their objection to this bill.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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