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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (36332)	7/24/2008 8:46:58 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 224748

The arrogance of him acting as if he were elected! So he takes a trip to the Middle East and then Europe. Sleep over at each place I am then he is qualified as in international expert.

To: MJ who wrote (36332)	7/24/2008 10:24:14 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

Thought you'd enjoy this new VA resident's comments--he wants 65mph speed limits and doesn't appreciate Sen Warner: 1970’s nostalgia: double-nickel speed limit coming back? By see-dubya at michellemalkin.com • July 24, 2008 I love everything about my new state of Virginia so far, except for Gerry Connolly, the mosquitoes, and the absurdly molasses-like speed limits. I swear, well-maintained, limited-access four-lanes that would get a 65-mph sign in California get a 45-mph rating here. Mrs. See-Dub announced her general Virigina driving rubric: if you think you’re driving at a reasonable and prudent speed, you should immediately cut it back by 10 mph. They make you sweat it, too. I understand that not only are the speed limits insanely low, but the penalties for exceeding them are insanely high. Someone told me a speeding ticket could run you over a thousand bucks. (I don’t know whether to believe that or not). Meanwhile everyone complains about the traffic. You know, if they actually let people get to where they’re going at a reasonable clip, maybe the roads wouldn’t be quite so jammed up. Where was I going with this? Oh, right. This Virginia slow-down policy has picked up an advocate for taking it national once again–Virginia’s Senator John Warner, who for some reason everyone claims is a Republican: Earlier this month, Mr. Warner suggested a return to the federal 55-mile-per-hour speed limit on America’s highways, as a way to save on national gasoline consumption. “I drive over 55 miles an hour, . . . sometimes 65,” he said on the Senate floor. “But I am willing to give up whatever advantage to me to drive at those speeds with the fervent hope that modest sacrifice on my part will help those people across this land . . . dealing with this financial crisis.” Why, you pompous old gasbag. Sacrifice yourself, then. Drive–er, tell your driver to drive–55 and stay out of my way. If he doesn’t get you to the Senate floor in time to deliver another self-important gust of condescending green piety, the country will just be that much better off. The rest of us, however, have actual work to do. Leave us alone.<