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: John Steck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:19 PM
To: Vortex-L
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 wou
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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
difference. Bullshit.
Individuals are the _only_ ones that ever make a difference.
K.
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From: Horace Heffner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 2:36 PM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: Gas Tax
When are people going to stop complaining and arguin
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
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 t
--- "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 alre
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
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 arm
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. ;-)
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A slightly curved sword, with its convex edge sharpened,
used since the Ashikag
>
> 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".
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. ;-)
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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 a
RC Macaulay wrote:
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.
Which beast do you mean? Saudi Arabia or the U.S. Federal
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
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 to
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