Hi All.
If Horace is still out there, I thought he would get a big kick
out of this proposal.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/4/26/152946/325
It's a non-starter for a couple reasons; but it is somewhat more
feasible than a simple tax.
K.
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From: Keith Nagel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:05 PM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: Another Challenge/ was RE: Gas Tax
Hi Horace,
Well, lets see. I've spent a better part of my adult life trying
to do something about this. Early on, my mentor and I founded
a 501
Subject: RE: Another Challenge/ was RE: Gas Tax
Hey Keith, set up a paypal account for donations. This might be a rag-tag
group, but I bet $20 here and there from the active and lurkers alike would
give you some operating capital with no strings attached.
Personally I like to understand what I am
When are people going to stop complaining and arguing and actually DO
SOMETHING about energy. The following was a reasonable starting point when
posted here over two years ago, and it is still a good way to use the
modest gas tax proposed, or even a much larger gas tax, which is now much
more
, April 15, 2005 2:36 PM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: Gas Tax
When are people going to stop complaining and arguing and actually DO
SOMETHING about energy. The following was a reasonable starting point when
posted here over two years ago, and it is still a good way to use the
modest gas tax
The way I see it is this: if there is no high gas tax, demand continues to
grow which increases gas prices anyway--the price increase ends up going to
the refiners and the people owning the oil wells.
If there is a high gas tax, demand is reduced (well, hopefully) and the
money goes
Stephen Lawrence suggestion on gas tax presupposes integrity in government
which cannot exist because the political animal cannot be tamed or constricted
by money. Money unleashes the beast. The beast must be starved.
Last year a seemingly nebulous bill passed as an " adder" t
hey, your speaking to the katana of reasoned discussion here.
hehehe
On 4/14/05, Jed Rothwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
RC Macaulay wrote:
Stephen Lawrence suggestion on gas tax presupposes integrity in government
which cannot exist because the political animal cannot be tamed
At 08:19 am 14-04-05 -0700, you wrote:
hey, your speaking to the katana of reasoned discussion here.
hehehe
Since I had no idea what katana meant I thought I would
give the definition for any other Vorts who are equally
orientally challenged. ;-)
From: Grimer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Since I had no idea what katana meant I thought I would
give the definition for any other Vorts who are equally
orientally challenged. ;-)
Not if they saw Kill Bill Vol. I.
Grimer wrote:
Since I had no idea what
katana meant I thought I would
give the definition for any other Vorts who are equally
orientally challenged. ;-)
---
A slightly curved sword, with its convex edge sharpened,
used since the Ashikaga
no, even in modern japanese, a katana is a particular kind of sword.
other notable japanese swords, the dai-katana (think greatsword made
like a katana), the tachi, an even larger version, used from
horseback, the ninja-to, a shorter, straight blade weapon, with a
chisel point for penetrating
leaking pen wrote:
no, even in modern japanese, a
katana is a particular kind of sword.
Not according to my 1954 edition Kenkyusha' Japanese-English dictionary.
Under katana it says sword; blade. See also:
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/wwwjdic/
Maybe things have changed since 1954.
Note also
--- Stephen R. Lawrence
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe higher transport costs will change all this,
but at the moment I
don't quite see the mechanism.
From: Stephen R. Lawrence, 8 Supanee Court, French's
Road, Cambridge,
England, CB4 3LB. Tel/Fax +44 1223 564373
Ah, so you already live
better yet. raise it for the corporations that use most of the gas in
their trucking fleets. in addition, start billing them for road
usage, instead of the citizens.
On 4/14/05, Kyle Mcallister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Stephen R. Lawrence
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe higher transport
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