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Dave
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Posted: Sat Aug 2nd, 2008 02:51 pm |
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empty wrote:
Synthetic is better than dyno.  Usin' it in the trans, feels like it shift easier...
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empty
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| Location: | Plano, Texas USA |
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Posted: Sat Aug 2nd, 2008 02:47 pm |
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| Synthetic is better than dyno.
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Fritz
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Posted: Sat Aug 2nd, 2008 02:40 pm |
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From our local paper
Mountain Home:
No matter what, a lie's still a lie
In response to B.J. Brown's July 26 criticism of Mr. Edsel Inberg's July 12 letter wherein he called George W. Bush a liar, I have a few words to add.
The dictionary defines the word "lie" as making a statement that one knows to be false. The only reason to lie is to deliberately mislead others, to steer them away from the truth because they have a personal agenda to protect. The Bible tells us in John 14:6 that Jesus Christ himself is the way, the truth and the life, and no one can come to the Father except through him — through truth.
Therefore, by my reasoning, there can be no "good lies." Truth, like Christ, cannot be bartered, spun or changed in any way. Truth is truth, nothing less. The more it is hidden, the more it will be revealed. Also, read John 3:19-21.
I agree with Mr. Inberg that we were deliberately led into war in Iraq. There is just too much evidence to dispute that fact. Big Oil (Exxon-Mobil, Texaco, BP and others) are over there now negotiating no-bid contracts for Iraqi oil. That is the reason this current administration is anxiously pushing Iraq officials to allow permanent American bases there. America's sons and daughters will have to "guard our interests," of course.
And, by the way, I heard Wolf Blitzer report on CNN recently that the White House is offering lobbyists a one-on-one meeting with either Secretary Rice or the other "Big Oil" guy, Dick Cheney, for a $200,000 or $250,000 donation to W's "lie-brary" planned to be built down there in Dallas.
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marc
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Posted: Sat Aug 2nd, 2008 02:24 pm |
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| Same is going to happen in New York real soon...Wall Street is not making the $$ it use to and that is where a lot of NY's tax $$ comes from...There even talking about selling/leasing part of the road system to private enterprise...
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Dave
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Posted: Sat Aug 2nd, 2008 02:16 pm |
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Hey Preacher, guess that pretty much explains how your life is getting better with Democrats in control.
And Pelosi has a big enough sack to call Bush a loser...
Did I mention that Arnold is in deep shit with the people here in California? He layed off 22,000 state employees because we don't have a budget? It's only about 6-weeks over-due.
Guess where our state legislators are?
On Vacation!!! They'll be back next week!
But, Arnold is the bad guy...
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the preacher
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Posted: Sat Aug 2nd, 2008 01:41 pm |
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Dave:
Yep, let us never forget the "tax cuts for the rich" BS, and the fact that everything that has happened, including Katrina, is Bush's fault...
then again, what else have they got? Can't blame anything on Congress, their 9% approval rating is not their fault, they inherited it from Bush and his Republicans..
I guess the Republicans are the reason the Dems turned the lights out and went home for a 5 week vacation in the middle of a debate yesterday about how to help with oil prices too, huh?
Oh, well,
pretty soon we will have a no experience, not qualified, 143 day senator who is basically a socialist in charge, and I am sure everything will get better immediately...and he will have 4 years to blame Bush for everything...
ROFLMBO
Hey Dave...did I tell you my Blue Cross just went up almost 100.00? Was 316.00 a month, now 406.00. ( I guess I am the filthy rich who can afford my own insurance, last year with 2 jobs, I made 28K) So I deserve the increase, right? The paperwork said, quote, "The increase is not due to your usage, but due to medical costs incurred by those who do not have insurance"..
yep, I think I win, I got the first taste of Universal Health Care...as they say, where "those who have, are going to have to give up a little for those who do not have"...can't WAIT till the Dems start telling me what doctor I can go to and when..
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Dave
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Posted: Sat Aug 2nd, 2008 01:29 pm |
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Executive Branch
The power of the executive branch is vested in the President, who also serves as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The President appoints the Cabinet and oversees the various agencies and departments of the federal government.
Legislative Branch
The legislative branch of the federal government consists of the Congress, which is divided into two chambers -- the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each member of Congress is elected by the people of his or her state. The House of Representatives, with membership based on state populations, has 435 seats, while the Senate, with two members from each state, has 100 seats. Members of the House of Representatives are elected for two-year terms, and Senators are elected for six-year terms.
Article I, Section 1, of the United States Constitution, provides that:
* All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Article I, Section 7, of the Constitution provides in part that--
* Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the President of the United States.
If the President approves the bill, he signs it and usually writes the word "approved" and the date. However, the Constitution requires only that the President sign it.
Veto Message
By the terms of the Constitution, if the President does not approve the bill "he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it". A bill returned with the President's objections, need not be voted on at once when laid before the House since the vetoed bill can be postponed, referred back to committee, or tabled before the question on passage is pending. A vetoed bill is always privileged until directly voted upon, and a motion to take it from the table or from committee is in order at any time.
Once the relevant Member moves the previous question on the question of override, the question is then put by the Speaker as follows: "Will the House on reconsideration agree to pass the bill, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding?" Under the Constitution, a vote by the yeas and nays is required to pass a bill over the President's veto. The Clerk activates the electronic system or calls the roll with those in favor of passing the bill answering "Aye", and those opposed "No". If fewer than two-thirds of the Members present vote in the affirmative, a quorum being present, the bill is rejected, and a message is sent to the Senate advising that body of the House action. However, if two-thirds vote in the affirmative, the bill is sent with the President's objections to the Senate, unless that body has acted first, together with a message advising it of the action in the House.
The procedure in the Senate is the same as a two-thirds affirmative vote is also necessary to pass the bill over the President's objections. If the Senate joins the House and votes two-thirds in the affirmative to pass the bill, the measure becomes the law of the land notwithstanding the objections of the President, and it is ready for publication as a binding statute.
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html
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Dave
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Posted: Sat Aug 2nd, 2008 01:03 pm |
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| Here we go again...
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Fritz
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Posted: Sat Aug 2nd, 2008 01:51 am |
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| Bush has made no impact whatsoever. After all he's just the President and head of the Republican party. So what if they cut rich people's taxes and then spent more money than any governemt since WW2. The Dollar is now called the American Peso by much of the world. Mexico even owns some of our debt.
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the preacher
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Posted: Fri Aug 1st, 2008 10:43 pm |
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and, as we all know...
It is all Bush's fault...were someone else in charge, nothing would be wrong.
RSDF
p.s., just thought I would put that in here so no one else would have to waste time posting the obvious...lol
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Fri Aug 1st, 2008 09:39 pm |
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This news don't sound so good as far as jobs go....
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/08/01/unemployment-july-update-markets-economy-cx_mp_0801markets10.html
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marc
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Posted: Fri Aug 1st, 2008 09:03 pm |
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| I nominate him for the Dumb Fuck of the year award...
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Dave
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Posted: Fri Aug 1st, 2008 04:34 pm |
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Darwin strikes again...
Arkansas Man Dies Tampering With Electric Meter After Service Shut Off
Thursday, July 31, 2008
CONWAY, Ark. — A Conway-area man died from electrocution while he was using jumper cables to hook up power to his house after his electricity was shut off.
Authorities say 33-year-old Lonnie Montgomery was found dead Wednesday outside his home on Skunk Hollow Road. He was still clutching one end of a set of jumper cables. Officials say the other end was connected the electricity meter box.
Faulkner County sheriff's Lieutenant Matt Rice says it appears that Montgomery tampered with the meter box and a plastic cover installed by Entergy Arkansas after service was cut due to nonpayment.
Sheriff's Major Andy Shock says Montgomery was attempting to adjust or remove the jumper cables when he was electrocuted.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395663,00.html
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Dave
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Posted: Fri Aug 1st, 2008 11:20 am |
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First suspect, then victim: shooting said self-defense
By Lori Consalvo, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 07/30/2008 11:07:49 PM PDT
POMONA - In a span of two days, Brett Nichols went from being accused of attempted murder to becoming the victim in the same incident.
The 48-year-old Phillips Ranch resident was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of attempted murder. Police said he had shot a man and dumped the body in the hills near his home.
But Nichols was released from jail Wednesday afternoon after police determined he was acting in self-defense when he shot David Rotela, a 22-year-old Rosemead resident who survived the ordeal, authorities said.
"It was a dumb move for me to do that, to dump his body, but I didn't know what to do," said Nichols outside his Edgebrook Drive home.
Sgt. Robert Baker said "The (Los Angeles County district attorney) declined to prosecute for that incident."
"Nichols is no longer a suspect," Baker said.
According to Nichols, the shooting evolved from a home invasion robbery about 1:30 a.m. Monday.
Five people live in the house owned by Nichols, who said he was waiting for his girlfriend to come home when he heard a commotion in a bedroom.
He armed himself with a gun, "just in case something got out of hand," and went to find the source of the noise, Nichols said.
Nichols said he discovered a man holding a shotgun and wearing a ski mask who ordered him and three other residents to lie under a mattress.
Rotela and a second man took cell phones, cameras and car keys from the residents, authorities said.
As the men left the room, Nichols followed them. When Rotela got to the front door, he swung around and pointed his shotgun at Nichols.
Nichols fired at Rotela who then fell back onto the front walkway while the second man escaped with the stolen goods, authorities said.
Nichols, with a felony drug conviction from the 1990s and no license for the gun, said, "I thought, `A felon with a gun, this isn't good."'
He said he took Rotela and drove him to the hills adjacent to his home and left him there.
"He was paralyzed - he knew it. He said he didn't want to live like that, so I took him out and laid him under the stars like he wanted," Nichols said.
Afterward, Nichols said, he went to 7-Eleven to get a drink and cleaned his truck and the walkway of his house. He also cut out the blood stains from the carpet, leaving square holes, he said.
Police came to the house six hours later to talk to Nichols about a report of shots fired, and he led them to Rotela, who was still alive. Rotela was flown to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. He was listed in critical condition.
Baker said the the investigation is still ongoing, but Rotela could face charges.
Nichols said he had never had contact with Rotela before and did not intend to shoot him.
"I was protecting my home," he said. "If he hadn't turned on me, I probably wouldn't have shot him."
http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_10050854?source=rss_viewed
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marc
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 05:06 pm |
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US judge: White House aides can be subpoenaed
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago
President Bush's top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in an unprecedented dispute between the two political branches.
Congressional Democrats called the ruling a ringing endorsement of the principle that nobody is above the law. They swiftly announced that the Bush officials who have defied their subpoenas, including Bush's former top adviser Karl Rove, must appear as part of a probe of whether the White House directed the firings of nine federal prosecutors. Democrats announced plans to open hearings at the height of election season.
The Bush administration was expected to appeal.
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge John Bates said there's no legal basis for Bush's argument and that his former legal counsel, Harriet Miers, must appear before Congress. If she wants to refuse to testify, he said, she must do so in person. The committee also has sought to force testimony from White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten.
"Harriet Miers is not immune from compelled congressional process; she is legally required to testify pursuant to a duly issued congressional subpoena," Bates wrote. He said that both Bolten and Miers must give Congress all nonprivileged documents related to the firings.
The ruling is a blow to the Bush administration's efforts to bolster the power of the executive branch at the expense of the legislative branch. Disputes over congressional subpoenas are normally resolved through political compromise, not through the court system. Had Bush prevailed, it would have dramatically weakened congressional authority in oversight investigations.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called it "very good news for anyone who believes in the Constitution of the United States and the separation of powers, and checks and balances" and said the ruling applies as well to Rove, who like Miers and Bolten has been cited by the Judiciary Committee for contempt.
"This decision should send a clear signal to the Bush administration that it must cooperate fully with Congress and that former administration officials Harriet Miers and Karl Rove must testify before Congress," Pelosi said.
White House spokesman Tony Fratto and Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said they were reviewing the opinion and declined immediate comment.
The House Judiciary Committee's senior Republican, Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, said he was pleased the court ruled in Congress' favor, but he cautioned that an ongoing showdown in federal court could ultimately curtail Congress' powers, and he urged Democrats and the White House to strike an agreement.
"Unfortunately, today's victory may be short-lived," Smith said in a statement. "If the administration appeals the ruling, our congressional prerogatives will once again be put at risk."
The chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees quickly demanded that the White House officials subpoenaed appear before their panels.
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, signaled that hearings would commence in September on the controversy that scandalized the Justice Department and led to the resignation of a longtime presidential confidant, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
"We look forward to the White House complying with this ruling and to scheduling future hearings with Ms. Miers and other witnesses who have relied on such claims," Conyers said in a statement. "We hope that the defendants will accept this decision and expect that we will receive relevant documents and call Ms. Miers to testify in September."
"I look forward to working with the White House and the Justice Department to coordinate the long overdue appearances," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
Bates, who was appointed to the bench by Bush, issued a 93-page opinion that strongly rejected the administration's legal arguments. He noted that the executive branch could not point to a single case in which courts held that White House aides were immune from congressional subpoenas.
"That simple yet critical fact bears repeating: the asserted absolute immunity claim here is entirely unsupported by existing case law," Bates wrote.
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marc
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 01:20 pm |
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Exxon has record profit again on soaring oil prices
32 minutes ago
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) said on Thursday soaring oil prices pushed its second-quarter earnings up 14 percent, again breaking its own record for the highest-ever profit by a U.S. company.
Net income in the quarter rose to $11.68 billion, or $2.22 a share, from $10.26 billion, or $1.83 a share, last year.
Exxon -- the world's largest publicly traded company -- previously set the high-water mark for quarterly earnings in the fourth quarter of last year, when it brought in $11.66 billion.
Despite the new record, Exxon's results lagged behind analyst expectations.
The company posted operating earnings of $2.27 a share in the quarter, which exclude a $290 million charge related to the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Exxon Valdez case. Analysts, on average, had expected the company to earn $2.53 a share, according to Reuters Estimates.
Revenue in the quarter rose about 40 percent to $138.07 billion.
Exxon both produces oil and refines it to make gasoline, and profit margins for gasoline were weak during the quarter, holding back earnings slightly.
The company said earnings from its exploration and production business rose about 68 percent to $10.01 billion. But its refining and marketing earnings fell about 54 percent to $1.56 billion.
U.S. oil prices averaged slightly less than $125 a barrel in the quarter, nearly double prices from a year earlier. Gasoline prices only rose 25 percent during that same period, resulting in weak profit margins for the fuel.
Shares of Exxon Mobil fell 2.2 percent in pre-market trade after its earnings were announced. Through Wednesday's close, they were down about 10 percent this year, underperforming the Chicago Board Options Exchange's oil index (.OIX), which has fallen about 5.2 percent over the same period.
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 12:42 pm |
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Vero Steve wrote:
Randy in Pensacola wrote: damn, crime is that slow that they gotta shoot each other now? LMAO
Well they can't use the black targets anymore some maybe its a new form of firearms training......LOL
I'm just trying to figure out why an LAPD cop was walking around Long Beach with his gun drawn???
It turns out, the guy was carrying a shotgun. Supposedly, he pointed it at the Long Beach cop and got shot for it...
The whole story on this one is sorta sketchy...
And they can't shoot blacks for sport anymore. Too much of that seems to have happened here lately. Lots of noise in the local press. So, yeah, I guess they gotta start shootin' each other now...LOL
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Vero Steve
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 11:44 am |
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Randy in Pensacola wrote: damn, crime is that slow that they gotta shoot each other now? LMAO
Well they can't use the black targets anymore some maybe its a new form of firearms training......LOL
I'm just trying to figure out why an LAPD cop was walking around Long Beach with his gun drawn???
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 11:35 am |
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| damn, crime is that slow that they gotta shoot each other now? LMAO
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Jul 31st, 2008 11:11 am |
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Police: LAPD Officer Shot By Long Beach Police
POSTED: 8:20 am PDT July 30, 2008
UPDATED: 6:01 pm PDT July 30, 2008
LONG BEACH, Calif. --
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Wednesday that one of its officers was shot and wounded by Long Beach police.
LAPD Officer Sam Park said the officer was shot early Wednesday in Long Beach. The wounded officer was identified as 26-year-old Jason Geggie, a Long Beach resident.
The Long Beach Police Department said the wounded officer is in stable condition.
The Long Beach department said the 26-year-old man was shot at 12:30 a.m. after officers responded to a call of a man walking on the street with a firearm. The reporting party said the man was brandishing a firearm near Termino Avenue and 4th Street.
"Officers responded to a report of a man walking down the street with a firearm," said Zapalski, speaking from the scene of the shooting. "They contacted the man and an officer-involved shooting occurred."
The shooting occurred in the 200 block of Mira Mar Avenue. Geggie was shot in the arm and torso, according to a news release from the Long Beach Police Department.
Geggie was booked for "exhibiting a firearm in the presence of a police officer in a threatening manner" and "exhibiting a firearm at any person in a threatening manner," according to the news release.
Long Beach police said in a news release that their department and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office are conducting investigations.
Long Beach police will conduct a criminal investigation, according to the release. The LAPD will conduct an administrative investigation, according to the release.
The department did not release the name of the officer who fired on Geggie.
http://www.knbc.com/news/17037559/detail.html?dl=mainclick
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