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2008-04-02 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Shameless pr!cks.

Posted by gorb 2008-04-02 00:49|| 2008-04-02 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for the heads up. When I drive to L.A. this summer, I'll be sure to fill up just before I cross in to L.A. county.

Posted by AuburnTom 2008-04-02 00:58|| 2008-04-02 00:58|| Front Page Top

#3 The state is running a massive deficit. Arnold has sworn there will be no tax increase.

"We can't reduce spending! Think of the children!" (I am and there are 50% illegals in some schools)

This message has been approved and brought to you by your California State Donk legislature.

Posted by USMC6743 2008-04-02 01:53|| 2008-04-02 01:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Bill Mexico for the illegals and they can stay. That ought to fix the problem.

Posted by gorb 2008-04-02 03:07|| 2008-04-02 03:07|| Front Page Top

#5 How about a political scalp tax to fight government fleecing?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-02 07:34|| 2008-04-02 07:34|| Front Page Top

#6 The perrsons of Caliphornia deserve what they elect.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-02 08:15|| 2008-04-02 08:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Meanwhile, independent truckers are calling for work stoppages if they don't get fuel cost reduction, including fuel tax reduction.

Posted by Darrell 2008-04-02 09:12|| 2008-04-02 09:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Lower Alabama got purdy cheep gas thar Tom.

Posted by Zebulon Angavick7428">Zebulon Angavick7428 2008-04-02 09:43|| 2008-04-02 09:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Kansas State Motor Fuel Tax (gasoline) 2000: $0.20/gallon - 2008: $0.25/gallon

California State 2000: $0.18/galllon 2008: $0.455/gallon

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-04-02 11:09|| 2008-04-02 11:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Zebulon, that's true. Unfortunately, my "Auburn" is in upper California, not lower Alabama.

Posted by AuburnTom 2008-04-02 13:00|| 2008-04-02 13:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Ima sad for you. I can has no tractor jokes?

Posted by Zebulon Angavick7428">Zebulon Angavick7428 2008-04-02 13:05|| 2008-04-02 13:05|| Front Page Top

#12 If you accept that man produced levels of CO2 cause gerbil worming (which BTW I don't) then you can only re-internalise the CO2 by hypothecating any tax into CO2 sequestration etc.

General taxation will be extorted from one group, but spent by another and in a less efficient way. This will tend to increase CO2 emissions.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-04-02 13:14|| 2008-04-02 13:14|| Front Page Top

#13 I watched a NOVA program last night on "global dimming"...no, it wasn't about liberal brain activity, but easily could have been.

The premise was that airborne pollutants are causing a 10% or so reduction in the amount of sunlight reaching the earth. This creates a cooling effect, which, surprise, surprise, offsets the warming effect of greenhouse gasses.

So you see, all climate effect is manmade. If we were to radically reduce airborne particulates, as has been done in North America and Europe with scrubbers, catalytic converters and oxygenates in fuel, then we would REALLY see the effects of global warming.

So the temperature is not going up. It is man's fault that it is not going up. The temperature should be going up due to man's faults/actions, but it is not.

Of course there was not mention of the widespread plant die-off due to the reduction in sunlight energy (which you would expect, no?)...I guess it didn't fit with their scare program. What rubbish!

Posted by Remoteman 2008-04-02 13:28|| 2008-04-02 13:28|| Front Page Top

#14 Politicians and people complain of the high profits that oil companies make - typically about 8 cents a gallon of gasoline, IIRC. (Of course, when they sell billions of gallons gasoline, they make lots of profits.) This is evil.
Governments make 45 cents/gallon. If they really cared about people having to pay high prices for gasoline, they would reduce taxes.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-04-02 13:53|| 2008-04-02 13:53|| Front Page Top

#15 "If they really cared about people having to pay high prices for gasoline"

There's yer problem right there, Rambler....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-02 19:35|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-04-02 19:35|| Front Page Top

#16 Ima sad for you. I can has no tractor jokes?

ZA7428 (#11): I'm an Auburn Univ. alum. You can proceed with your tractor jokes. Be aware, though, that I'll turn them right around to be Univ. of Alabama jokes, tee-hee.

Posted by BA 2008-04-02 21:41|| 2008-04-02 21:41|| Front Page Top

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