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Dave
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Posted: Sun Jul 6th, 2008 10:24 am |
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No one wants to do anything for the immediate future. That's the part I don't understand. Everything that they seem to come up with, won't bear any fruit for 5 - 10 years.
We need someone to do something that will affect things (in a positive way) TODAY...
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 03:20 pm |
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the preacher wrote: and there is the Democrat telling us we can't get the oil we need by drilling for more here rather than buying it from people who want to kill us...oh, yeah, I forgot...we should all eat lots of beans and save the gas to run our bikes on.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE MORONS? I agree if we got it lets go get it! Use whats ours and be our own patrons... my 2 cents....
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the preacher
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 02:38 pm |
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and there is the Democrat telling us we can't get the oil we need by drilling for more here rather than buying it from people who want to kill us...oh, yeah, I forgot...we should all eat lots of beans and save the gas to run our bikes on.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE MORONS?
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marc
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Posted: Sat Jul 5th, 2008 01:41 pm |
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Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer 41 minutes ago
Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide.
No more. Record crude oil prices are fueling support for oil and natural gas exploration off the nation's shores. In Florida, movement was underway even before President Bush called on Congress last month to lift a federal moratorium that's barred new offshore drilling since 1981.
The early activity here stems from a 2006 Congressional compromise that allows drilling on 8.3 million acres more than 125 miles off the Panhandle — an area that had been covered by the moratorium, which was enacted out of environmental concerns. In exchange, the state got a no-drilling buffer along the rest of its beaches.
Florida may turn out to be a prelude for other coastal states. If oil or natural gas deposits are found in the newly opened region, experts say it could further the push to explore other once-protected areas everywhere. It also could be a rallying point for critics, who say the new exploration isn't a license to expand exploration.
With gas topping $4 a gallon, recent polls show Americans, Floridians included, more supportive of drilling in protected areas. Some politicians — including Gov. Charlie Crist — have switched sides.
"We think the public is way out ahead of the politicians on these issues. People are more open to (offshore drilling) now," said Tom Moskitis, spokesman for the American Gas Association, a trade group.
At the same time, oil companies, driven by the record energy price, are more willing to risk $100 million or more to begin exploring new regions. The Interior Department estimates there could be 18 billion barrels of oil and 77 trillion cubic feet of natural gas beneath the 574 million acres of federal coastal waters that are now off-limits.
Drilling activity off the Florida Panhandle has started and sputtered for decades. Some companies had leases to drill off the Panhandle before the 1981 moratorium. They were grandfathered in when the moratorium passed because they were already actively exploring in their lease areas. They continued their activity off and on into the early 1990s.
In March, four companies — Australia-based BHP Billiton Petroleum Deepwater Inc., Houston-based Anadarko E&P Co., Shell Offshore Inc. and Italian oil and natural gas company Eni SpA — purchased leases on 36 Gulf of Mexico tracts under the 2006 compromise.
Jeb Bachmann, an analyst with New Orleans energy consultant Howard Wiel, said the four understand the shifting political and financial realities.
"It gives you an indication that some of these companies believe there is some light at the end of the tunnel," Bachmann said. "There is higher pricing and a belief that higher prices are going to ultimately drive some changes."
Anadarko bought seven of the recently opened tracts south of Pensacola because of their proximity to its Independence Hub, a major natural gas field off Alabama that supplies 1.5 to 2 percent of the natural gas consumed in the U.S. every day, said Stuart Strive, the company's vice president of exploration for the eastern Gulf. The newly leased tracts are between 50 and 75 miles east of the Independence Hub.
But finding and producing natural gas in the new site will be expensive. Three-dimensional mapping of the ocean floor, which must happen before any drilling, could take up to two years, Strive said. If a promising site is found, engineers must drill up to three miles below the ocean surface to extract the oil or natural gas.
And it will take years before the company begins producing anything at the site — and there is no guarantee of success. A company can have as much as $4 billion invested and a wait of up to five years before seeing any return on the investment, Strive said.
"We typically will have $100 to $200 million invested in a project before we know if it is an economic venture or not," he said. "Then, if you know you have made an economic discovery, you spend a billion dollars or more on a facility."
The 1981 moratorium — enacted out of environmental concerns in response to a massive oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast a decade earlier — has prevented the Interior Department from spending money on offshore oil or gas leases in virtually all coastal waters outside the western Gulf of Mexico and in some areas off Alaska.
But politicians who once supported the ban are changing their minds.
U.S. Sen. John McCain supports lifting the ban and allowing states to decide whether to approve drilling of their shores. Crist, Florida's Republican governor and a possible vice presidential candidate, reversed his long-standing opposition to lifting the ban last month.
The ban won't be lifted without a fight.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, who has led opposition to offshore drilling among the state's Congressional delegation, criticized the governor for reversing his position, accusing Crist and McCain of putting oil company profits before protecting the state's $65 billion annual tourism industry.
"Oil companies and their allies are using the shockingly high price of oil and gasoline, which largely is the result not of a supply problem but speculative fever, to scare the public into thinking coastal drilling offers a real solution to our dependency on oil," he said in an e-mailed statement.
The 2006 Senate compromise opening up the Panhandle tracts made sense and should be honored by the oil companies, said Dan McLaughlin, Nelson's spokesman. Instead, the companies and Congressional Republicans are pushing to open more acreage, he said. Nelson helped broker the compromise.
"It was a compromise allowing them to go where they wanted to go, where there were some proven reserves, while also keeping them at a distance to save the economy, the environment and protect our military training areas," McLaughlin said.
"That compromise closed the door and kept the moratorium in place. Now you see the governor doing an about face, but we are confident we are going to fight it back again."
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Dave
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Posted: Fri Jul 4th, 2008 01:24 pm |
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weasle wrote:
LOL dave , the one i got is to lazy to fix her own dinner .  I don't know Weasle, you might wanna sleep with one eye open from now on.
Can't trust them weenie-dogs...LMAO
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weasle
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Posted: Fri Jul 4th, 2008 01:21 pm |
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| LOL dave , the one i got is to lazy to fix her own dinner .
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zippo
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Posted: Fri Jul 4th, 2008 01:07 pm |
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| Simple, the dog liked sweets and wanted the toe jam
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Fri Jul 4th, 2008 12:52 pm |
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| Now thats true love! LMAO.........
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Dave
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Posted: Fri Jul 4th, 2008 11:26 am |
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Hey Weasle, you got a weenie-dog, be careful!!
Lapdog Gnaws Off Sleeping Owner's Toe
ALTON, Ill. — A disabled Alton woman is mourning her beloved miniature dachshund, "Roscoe," even though the 1-year-old dog is believed to have gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep.
Linda Floyd, 56, who has no feeling in her toes because of nerve damage from severe diabetes, discovered the toe was missing after awaking from a nap Monday afternoon. She called one of daughters, who then called 911.
While she was being treated at Saint Anthony's Health Center, Floyd decided to have "Roscoe" euthanized for the safety of others.
Nonetheless, she told The (Alton) Telegraph on Wednesday that she still loved and missed the little dog.
A veterinarian said the toe had been bandaged because of a healing hangnail and that may have somehow attracted the dog.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376281,00.html
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Dave
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 08:35 pm |
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Some weird stuff goin' on out there...
Man Allegedly Strolls Highway Wearing Thong, Fake Breasts
Man Charged With Disorderly Conduct
POSTED: 12:14 pm PDT June 30, 2008
UPDATED: 12:50 pm PDT June 30, 2008
MANCHESTER, Conn. -- A Connecticut man has been arrested after he allegedly strolled along Interstate 291 wearing nothing but a thong, fake breasts and a wig.
Police said they received several calls about the man, which prompted an hour-long search over the weekend.
Police said they found David Gebhardt, 42, Saturday, fully clothed and collecting cans behind a business in Manchester. Police said they also found a wig and fake breasts in the man's car.
Gebhardt is charged with disorderly conduct and simple trespass. He is free after posting $2,500 bail.
http://www.knbc.com/news/16749785/detail.html
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weasle
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 07:42 pm |
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thats a serious beer drinker right their. 
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Dave
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 07:10 pm |
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Go Granny, Go! LMAO!!
Driver arrested after vehicle plows into Norwalk liquor store
By Kelly Puente, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 06/30/2008 09:26:18 AM PDT
NORWALK - A 74-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Sunday after crashing her Cadillac through the front window of a liquor store, authorities said.
Lynne Rice crashed her 1988 Cadillac into the front window of Joe's Food Mart, 10641 E. Imperial Highway, at 6:10 p.m., causing about $8,000 in damages, said Lt. Jenny Ha of the Norwalk Sheriff's Station.
The crash apparently didn't slow her down.
After plowing half-way through the store, Rice got out of the car, walked over to the cooler and pulled out a six pack of Budweiser, said the store owner, who gave his last name, Awada.
"I don't know how she managed to walk," Awada said.
Rice went up to the counter to make her purchase, but when the cashier refused to sell to her, she pushed him, Awada said.
The cashier called 9-1-1 and police arrived minutes later.
No one was injured, but Rice was transported to a hospital for a pre-existing medical condition, Ha said.
She was later arrested for suspicion of DUI.
Awada, who has owned the store for 18 years, said the crash destroyed two 6-foot-wide panels of glass. The store was still open for business Monday, he said.
Awada said he actually wasn't too shocked when he saw the car come through the front because a similar incident happened when he owned a store in Lakewood.
"We've been through it before," he said.
http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_9743966
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marc
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 03:00 pm |
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Romney tops McCain veep list
Mike Allen1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Surprising many Republican insiders, Mitt Romney is at the top of the vice-presidential prospect list for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). But lack of personal chemistry could derail the pick.
“Romney as favorite” is the hot buzz in Republican circles, and top party advisers said the case is compelling.
Campaign insiders say McCain plans to name his running mate very shortly after Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) does, as part of what one campaign planner called a “bounce-mitigation strategy.”
The Democratic convention is in late August, a week ahead of the Republicans convention. That means McCain can size up the opposing ticket before locking in his own.
One of the chief reasons the Massachusetts governor is looking so attractive is his ability to raise huge amounts of money quickly through his former business partners and from fellow members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons.
McCain sources tell Politico that they believe Romney could raise $50 million in 60 days. One close Romney adviser said it could even be $60 million.
Romney’s other advantages, according to people involved in McCain’s screening process:
—Squeaky clean, and fully vetted by the national media.
—Has presidential looks and bearing, and immediately would be a strong campaign who could be trusted to stay on-message.
—Family’s Michigan roots would help in a swing state that went Democratic in 2004 and is.
But there’s one big problem: Despite the buddy-picture choreography of a McCain-Romney campaign swing, McCain remains far short of enamored of Romney.
And McCain sources say he’ll pick his vice presidential candidate based more on ability to govern than ability to help in the election.
So two other names are in the top tier:
—Rob Portman, a former congressman from Ohio, member of House leadership, U.S. Trade Ambassador and White House budget director.
—Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who would delight conservatives and is at the top of the list of the party’s prospects for the presidential race in 2012 or 2016. He was described to Politico by a McCain confidant as a possible “compromise” if the senator can’t stomach picking Romney.
Then there’s a second tier of candidates who are less likely, but possible: former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, who dropped out of the top tier because of recent revelations about his lobbying; Florida Gov. Charlie Crist; Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; and Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), who is one of McCain’s most energetic and successful fundraisers.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is frequently included in veep news stories but was not mentioned by McCain insiders. Their view is that his youth would accentuate, not mitigate, the age issue.
Especially if McCain is far behind later this summer, he could do something truly unorthodox like pick his strong supporter Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who was the Democrats’ vice presidential candidate back in 2000.
Party leaders don’t expect that. But McCain remains, after all, a maverick.
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weasle
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 07:57 pm |
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| geeze zippo yer retired , theirs probably some illegal needs that job worse than you . LMAO.
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zippo
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 07:31 pm |
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Dave wrote: We get folks all the time that do that sort of thing...
Get a decent retirement and then come back as a "Consultant". Making great money, no idea how much personally. But, heard rumors of upwards of $200.00 an hour...
Oh, but no benefits... Also they have to pay both ends of the social security tax, income tax and here at least I would have to pay a gross receipts tax because I would be a business. I just did an interview with the state for a part time PM gig. I would be subcontracting thru my old company. I asked mfor 65 an hour and would probably clear just a hair over 20 an hour.
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GOC
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 10:35 am |
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the only benefit I will have when I retire is the benefit of not going to work!
My 401K vanished in 2000, I have no pension, basically little to nothing saved. Retirement is not far away...........but the way things are going, both OL and I will each have two part time jobs until we die.
I am an optimist, things will get worse.
I wanted a civil service job, but could not decipher the secret handshake.
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Dave
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 10:24 am |
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We get folks all the time that do that sort of thing...
Get a decent retirement and then come back as a "Consultant". Making great money, no idea how much personally. But, heard rumors of upwards of $200.00 an hour...
Oh, but no benefits...
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zippo
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Posted: Thu Jun 26th, 2008 11:33 pm |
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| Absurd! But the Abq cops are doing the retirement thing and coming back to work too. But I don't blame them they are so poorly paid for what they do,
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marc
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Posted: Thu Jun 26th, 2008 09:57 pm |
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From Chuck Shepherd's "News of the Weird" week of June 22nd
The longtime elected clerk of court in Pasco County, Fla., Jed Pittman, admitted to WTSP-TV in May that he rarely comes to work and in fact has researched state law to learn that as long as he shows up once every 43 days, he can't be fired. (The law provides for removal by the chief judge only if the clerk is absent for "44" consecutive days.) Pittman's salary is about $136,000 a year, but he exploited another loophole in state law to "retire" in 2004, and then un-retire the next day, which brings him an additional $75,000 a year (besides the $362,000 lump sum he received on the day he "retired").
They should hang him by the short and curlies...
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Jun 26th, 2008 04:33 pm |
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The NRA will file lawsuits in San Francisco, Chicago and several of its suburbs challenging handgun restrictions there based on Thursday's outcome.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a leading gun control advocate in Congress, criticized the ruling. "I believe the people of this great country will be less safe because of it," she said.
What an idiot. She has a CCW too...
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