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To: Road Walker who wrote (301113)	8/23/2006 2:40:45 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579026

JF, Remember we produce ~40% of the oil we use. That's cool, let's open up more of the Gulf Coast and Alaska for oil exploration and drilling. Add conservation technologies and a push toward mass transit and carpooling, and we'll probably reduce our foreign oil dependence to 30%. I'm all for that, but I'm wondering if we're hoping for too much with "energy independence." It's a noble goal, but pragmatically what's that going to get us? Tenchusatsu

To: Road Walker who wrote (301113)	8/23/2006 3:12:52 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1579026

Another reason to leave your cellphone at home while traveling........and if you must bring your cell, never let anyone else borrow it............. Police arrest 12 passengers from Northwest flight that returned to Amsterdam airport By Associated Press Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - Updated: 02:00 PM EST AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Dutch F-16s escorted a Northwest Airlines flight bound for India back to an airport here Wednesday after the pilot radioed for help, and police arrested 12 passengers who had aroused suspicions, authorities said. <snip> A U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the subject, said crew members and air marshals observed the passengers trying to use cell phones and passing them among themselves while the airliner was taking off. “It was behavior that average passengers wouldn’t do,” the official said. continued................ news.bostonherald.com