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To: Dale Baker who wrote (47688)	2/2/2008 2:08:47 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 541375

Though I can't recall anyone ever refusing to sell us oil - the boycotts have come from our side. You don't recall the gasoline lines of the 70s? Not that I think that that will happen again anytime soon, if ever. I'm glad that que is expressing his perspective here; there are far too few people willing to cross over to a thread where they are a minority. He is saying exactly what McCain and his supporters will say throughout the next year, though, especially if McCain is the nominee. Whether or not voters will buy it (I certainly don't, and this thread apparently doesn't either, but PfP people surely will, whatever their distaste for McCain, unless they are far more cynical and self-serving than I think they are), I don't really know. If the "good news" from Iraq keeps coming, if they kill Osama or Zawahiri, who knows--anything is possible, even McCain as president. However idiotic his arguments are, and however nuts the guy is. Does anyone besides me find calling McCain a "hero" because he was a POW absurd? Perhaps you can call him a hero for being there at all and facing the many dangers that Vietnam posed, but for being captured? So bizarre.... If a Democrat had been a POW, I don't think that that appellation would apply.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (47688)	2/2/2008 2:08:53 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 541375

Brief interruption for something I just heard on the news and rushed to check online to confirm.... surely it couldn't be true- blogs.usatoday.com MIssissippi HOUSE BILL NO. 282 An act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the state department of health; to direct the department to prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese and to provide those materials to the food establishments; to direct the department to monitor the food establishments for compliance with the provisions of this act; and for related purposes. Not serving people who fit their definition of obese? I am sure this will go nowhere, but it sure makes me question the quality (and perhaps sanity) of the people leading us.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (47688)	2/2/2008 3:09:27 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541375

I agree that a multi-faceted approach is needed. We're blessed in this country with such a variety of resources and potential resources, such as sun, water, and wind. I've been reading about England's resistance to nuclear but don't know what else they can do with their weather, i.e. lack of sunshine. I'm not inclined toward nuclear for this country with the 15 year construction period and waste disposal problems. And the horrific cost. But there may be some tech advances I just don't know of going on. Solar stocks have been great trading vehicles this year for me. Other than Sasol and its liquefication of coal technology, I've let myself get kind of stuck in the solar area.