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To: Road Walker who wrote (289663)	5/31/2006 1:18:53 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572942

Interesting article in the Seattle Times about gas consumption in general and in the state......can't find the article on line but catch this one.........Norway is the third largest oil exporter and yet, its price of gas sold at the pump is one of the highest in the world. The intent: to reduce the demand for cars in the country. Now that's thinking the neocon right will never understand in a million years. In addition, Gore's film is opening this weekend in Seattle. Apparently, this is a test......if tickets don't sell in the eco-capital of the country, then they probably won't sell anywhere.

To: Road Walker who wrote (289663)	5/31/2006 1:26:35 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572942

All this, for what? W rectifying dad's "mistake"... Al

To: Road Walker who wrote (289663)	5/31/2006 1:34:38 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572942

Bush is 'renegade rightwing extremist' guardian.co.uk Al Gore has made his sharpest attack yet on the George Bush presidency, describing the current US administration as "a renegade band of rightwing extremists". In an interview with the Guardian today, the former vice-president calls himself a "recovering politician", but launches into the political fray more explicitly than he has previously done during his high-profile campaigning on the threat of global warming. Denying that his politics have shifted to the left since he lost the court battle for the 2000 election, Mr Gore says: "If you have a renegade band of rightwing extremists who get hold of power, the whole thing goes to the right." But he claims he does not "expect to be a candidate" for president again, while refusing explicitly to rule out another run. Asked if any event could change his mind, he says: "Not that I can see." Mr Gore, who appeared at the Guardian Hay literary festival over the bank holiday weekend, is promoting An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary and book detailing the climate change crisis that he warns "could literally end civilisation". The new levels of attention he is receiving have led some Democrats to call on him to run again for president, while others have responded with anger that Mr Gore did not show the same level of passion in the 2000 campaign. He has since acknowledged that he followed too closely the advice of his consultants during that campaign, and - before he started to scoff at the idea of running again - swore that if he ever did so, he would speak his mind. continued.............

To: Road Walker who wrote (289663)	6/7/2006 5:01:37 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572942

re: These guys must have snapped...it's why war shoud be the last resort, not just rethorically, I mean really the last resort... It's like I said before, if they hadn't been put in the pressure cooker that is war they probably would have been fairly normal kids. Maybe jerks, maybe a few bar fights and stuff like that. Now they are murderers; their lives over. There are probably at least 100 others who did the same type of stuff, but never got caught. It doesn't help that its 100º and they are carrying 70 lbs of equipment. And of course, they have to watch their back with everyone.....that means both the insurgents and Iraqis alike.