Gas Tops $4 A Gallon - Page 6

Wags · 04-30-2008, 11:36 AM

Folks, a little prayer never hurts and it can make one's soul feel a little bit better.

GOD BLESS US ALL

**Khan** · 04-30-2008, 01:29 PM

Why don't they pray for their cars to run on water?

FUEGO · 04-30-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Wags

Folks, a little prayer never hurts and it can make one's soul feel a little bit better.

Unless those prayers are uttered by 19 islamic fundamentalists prior to crashing a couple of jumbo jets into a couple of buildings. Then a little prayer can (and did) hurt.

Or in the case of the 11 year old girl in Wisconsin that was essentially prayed to death (preyed on?). CNN FOX NEWS

Or thousands (or millions) of other examples of unnecessary death and suffering by the hand of religious zealots.

But, GOD BLESS US ALL

, wink wink nod nod and all that.

Milton · 04-30-2008, 02:39 PM

You've been reading Christopher Hitchens, right?

Don't be too hard on Wags; we all have our own way of looking at things.

RetiredGypsy · 04-30-2008, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by newguy888

Head for the left side of the beer isle. The schlitz 1.99 a 6 pack the pabst the cheap brews in 16oz cans!!

$1.99 a 6 pack? Not anywhere I've been to. The cheapest they carry is bud, $4.95 a 6 pack.

FUEGO · 04-30-2008, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RetiredGypsy

$1.99 a 6 pack? Not anywhere I've been to. The cheapest they carry is bud, $4.95 a 6 pack.

You should hit up walmart. 30 pack of miller high life cans for $12.00! Woo hoo! Or the 12 pack of bottles for $6

RetiredGypsy · 04-30-2008, 03:41 PM

Mmmmm. You're making a good case for buying a really old beater to make beer runs on. I wouldn't trust a 30 pack of anything on the back of my motorcycle. I don't even know if that would be legal.

FUEGO · 04-30-2008, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RetiredGypsy

Mmmmm. You're making a good case for buying a really old beater to make beer runs on. I wouldn't trust a 30 pack of anything on the back of my motorcycle. I don't even know if that would be legal.

As long as you leave 26 to 27 of the cans unopened in the case, it should be legal. I guess .08 is still the legal limit for motorcyclists, the same as for drivers of passenger vehicles.

Wags · 04-30-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by FUEGO

Unless those prayers are uttered by 19 islamic fundamentalists prior to crashing a couple of jumbo jets into a couple of buildings. Then a little prayer can (and did) hurt.

Or in the case of the 11 year old girl in Wisconsin that was essentially prayed to death (preyed on?). CNN FOX NEWS

Or thousands (or millions) of other examples of unnecessary death and suffering by the hand of religious zealots.

But, GOD BLESS US ALL

, wink wink nod nod and all that.

The Game or Fuego, how about this one?

Bush: God told me to invade Iraq - Americas, World - The Independent

GOD BLESS US ALL

FUEGO · 04-30-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Wags

The Game or Fuego, how about this one?

Bush: God told me to invade Iraq - Americas, World - The Independent

GOD BLESS US ALL

That's pretty wacky. He should have at least said "the devil made me do it".

Unfortunately it isn't the first and won't be the last occasion of a country or people attacking or invading another country or people in the name of their god or gods as fictitious or real as they may be (the god(s), not the countries).

Milton · 04-30-2008, 04:54 PM

Good one, Wags.

Although the alleged comment can't be proven beyond dispute, it certainly seems plausible. See generally Domke and Coe on Bush's use of religious rhetoric in his inauguration and State of the Union addresses -- Beliefnet.com, and Faith Central - Times Online - WBLG: The Word according to Dubya: 50 religious insights from George Bush.

RetiredGypsy · 04-30-2008, 05:02 PM

"Religitoriously speaking, Americans are the most blessed person in America. The world doesn't know this yet, but we do, and now the rest of America knows it too."
-Bush

TromboneAl · 05-01-2008, 12:39 PM

We've been discussing "Peak Oil" for a few years, and making predictions of high oil prices and volatility, but you don't hear people say "well, it's come to pass."

Do you think that we are seeing the effects of peak oil?

Wags · 05-01-2008, 12:39 PM

Mr. McCain and Mrs. Clinton to the rescue with their proposal of the suspension of the 18.4 cent (a gallon) federal gas tax for the summer.

CBS News/Wash Post - Economists Knock Proposed Gas Tax Break
Washington Post: Experts Say Plan Supported By McCain, Clinton Would Bring Little Savings, Cause Other Problems

Economists Knock Proposed Gas Tax Break, Washington Post: Experts Say Plan Supported By McCain, Clinton Would Bring Little Savings, Cause Other Problems - CBS News

A quick fix gimmick for votes which will cost us more in the long run.

GOD BLESS US ALL

TromboneAl · 05-01-2008, 12:46 PM

Here's an example of something that high oil prices buy us:

Demand for Small Electric Cars Drives Growth -- Nikkei Electronics Asia -- May 2008 - Tech-On!

unclemick · 05-01-2008, 01:49 PM

Hmmm - speaking tongue in cheek - when is the steam locomotive and a coal fired 'Stanley Steamer' gonna make make a comeback?

The pollution acceptable versions of course.

heh heh heh -

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maddythebeagle · 05-01-2008, 02:33 PM

Gas went down a nickle a gallon at the local station...now a bargain at 3.60/gallon....stronger dollar and less demand...I hear the oil bubble popping already...

Zathras · 05-01-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TromboneAl

We've been discussing "Peak Oil" for a few years, and making predictions of high oil prices and volatility, but you don't hear people say "well, it's come to pass."

Do you think that we are seeing the effects of peak oil?

I think we are seeing effects of peak oil. Although currently, I feel, it is more of political peak rather than geological.

The problem right now is that we are in a plateu with very little spare capacity. So any disruption or even threat of disruption in supplies sends the oil market spinning.

Milton · 05-01-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TromboneAl

We've been discussing "Peak Oil" for a few years, and making predictions of high oil prices and volatility, but you don't hear people say "well, it's come to pass."

Do you think that we are seeing the effects of peak oil?

We are probably seeing the beginning. I suspect that it will be a gradual process that will take years, and will not be obvious until after the fact (it's not like there will be a specific moment in time where we will all have some sort of epiphany).

Milton · 05-02-2008, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Wags

This morning I came about this information on a water powered car.

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04-30-2008, 11:36 AM	#101
Wags Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 961	Folks, a little prayer never hurts and it can make one's soul feel a little bit better. GOD BLESS US ALL __________________ *War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. -* *Martin Luther King Jr.* Seek peace, and pursue it. - Psalms 34:14 Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most - by Ashleigh Brilliant.

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Khan Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Greater Dayton area Posts: 3,415	Why don't they pray for their cars to run on water? __________________ "Candle wax and red wine can do interesting things to a keyboard."

04-30-2008, 02:39 PM	#104
Milton Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,000	You've been reading Christopher Hitchens, right? Don't be too hard on Wags; we all have our own way of looking at things. __________________ "There is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labour" - Albert Camus

04-30-2008, 04:54 PM	#111
Milton Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,000	Good one, Wags. Although the alleged comment can't be proven beyond dispute, it certainly seems plausible. See generally Domke and Coe on Bush's use of religious rhetoric in his inauguration and State of the Union addresses -- Beliefnet.com, and Faith Central - Times Online - WBLG: The Word according to Dubya: 50 religious insights from George Bush. __________________ "There is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labour" - Albert Camus

05-01-2008, 12:39 PM	#113
TromboneAl Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,332	We've been discussing "Peak Oil" for a few years, and making predictions of high oil prices and volatility, but you don't hear people say "well, it's come to pass." Do you think that we are seeing the effects of peak oil? __________________ - Al -- Always serious, never joking. No, wait. Never serious... Always... I forget.

04-30-2008, 03:41 PM	#107
RetiredGypsy Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sandy Eggo Posts: 257	Mmmmm. You're making a good case for buying a really old beater to make beer runs on. I wouldn't trust a 30 pack of anything on the back of my motorcycle. I don't even know if that would be legal.

04-30-2008, 05:02 PM	#112
RetiredGypsy Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sandy Eggo Posts: 257	"Religitoriously speaking, Americans are the most blessed person in America. The world doesn't know this yet, but we do, and now the rest of America knows it too." -Bush

05-01-2008, 12:39 PM	#114
Wags Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 961	Mr. McCain and Mrs. Clinton to the rescue with their proposal of the suspension of the 18.4 cent (a gallon) federal gas tax for the summer. CBS News/Wash Post - *Economists Knock Proposed Gas Tax Break* Washington Post: Experts Say Plan Supported By McCain, Clinton Would Bring Little Savings, Cause Other Problems Economists Knock Proposed Gas Tax Break, Washington Post: Experts Say Plan Supported By McCain, Clinton Would Bring Little Savings, Cause Other Problems - CBS News A quick fix gimmick for votes which will cost us more in the long run. GOD BLESS US ALL __________________ *War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. -* *Martin Luther King Jr.* Seek peace, and pursue it. - Psalms 34:14 Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most - by Ashleigh Brilliant.

05-01-2008, 12:46 PM	#115
TromboneAl Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,332	Here's an example of something that high oil prices buy us: Demand for Small Electric Cars Drives Growth -- Nikkei Electronics Asia -- May 2008 - Tech-On! __________________ - Al -- Always serious, never joking. No, wait. Never serious... Always... I forget.

05-01-2008, 01:49 PM	#116
unclemick Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: north of Kansas City Posts: 5,647	Hmmm - speaking tongue in cheek - when is the steam locomotive and a coal fired 'Stanley Steamer' gonna make make a comeback? The pollution acceptable versions of course. heh heh heh - .

05-01-2008, 02:33 PM	#117
maddythebeagle Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,443	Gas went down a nickle a gallon at the local station...now a bargain at 3.60/gallon....stronger dollar and less demand...I hear the oil bubble popping already... __________________ - Hurry! to the cliffs of insanity!

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