On 5/5/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 08:39 AM Friday 5/4/2007, Julia Thompson wrote:
May the Fourth Be With You!
Julia
It's a big week for special days.
[snip]
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise and
were eagerly awaiting its delivery,
On 5/4/07, jon louis mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=663tstamp=200705
it seems like most countries are more concerned about
balance of trade policies than in protecting the
environment. governments tend to operate to favor
you are absolutely right mauro, i didn't think it
through. it is unfortunate that the higher the price
of petrol the higher the profit margin. can you think
of some way to tax the oil profits without passing it
on to the poor, or put a cap on profits? what if gas
were rationed and those poor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I'm arguing for is a hard nosed cost/benefit analysis. I don't see
that in the POP site that I quoted. The fact that there are problems with
using DDT doesn't make overstating the risks valid. It's the mirror image
of if a little is good, a lot is better
Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
BTW, I'm not of Mexican descent, but I do love food from all around the
world, and I celebrated Cinco de Mayo by eating at a very good authentic
Mexican restaurant. The cook was from Nuevo Vallarta, near Puerto Vallarta
around Banderas Bay on the west coast of Mexico,
Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
That's why I'm also not a big fan of Dan Minette's plan to raise gasoline
taxes by 50 cents per gallon every year for the next 10 years, unless there
was some offset in place for the working poor. People below certain income
levels can qualify for programs like food
i agree with your model for mass transit, max. i
would definitely prefer our tax revenues subsidized
cheap and rapid alternative transportation from
ranging from electric jitneys to intercontinental
bullet trains, rather than wars. anyone using
vehicles that pollute should pay a tax to clean up
Max Battcher wrote: Remind me sometime to talk about
my crazy idea for air travel...
Catapults?
-- Ronn! :)
do stratospheric rockets do less damage to the ozone
layer and conserve less fuel? jlm
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jon louis mann wrote:
Catapults?
Luxury Zeppelins. I think it's high time we had nice luxury zeppelin
travel. Floating 5-star bars in the sky with ample leg room and good
views. No airports, no TSA, no rush, under the radar for the most
part... just debarking from private fields and
