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To: i-node who wrote (578619)	7/30/2010 2:46:26 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1571939

Nissan Leaf Rollout Plan Has Some Surprises By JONATHAN SCHULTZ (They'll probably sell them in redneck Arkansas in 2015!) Just hours after confirming that its coming Leaf would match the Chevrolet Volt’s eight-year, 100,000-mile battery warranty, Nissan disclosed the rollout schedule for the brand’s fully electric compact car. There was at least one surprise in that the Leaf would not be available in New York until the latter half of 2011. Nissan North America’s executive vice president, Carlos Tavares, revealed on Wednesday at the Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, Calif., that initial Leaf markets would be California, Washington State, Oregon, Arizona and Tennessee, where dealers will receive cars in December. Nissan noted that more than 55 percent of all Leaf reservations, which were accepted online over the last year via a refundable $99 fee, originated in these states. Customers in the initial markets can place firm orders beginning in August. A charging-infrastructure plan, designed in conjunction with California-based firm Ecotality and partially funded by a $100 million Energy Department grant, is also being rolled out in those five markets in what Nissan calls the E.V. Project. According to an Ecotality statement, the plan calls for about 12,500 220-volt charge points and 250 quick-charge systems to be installed in major metropolitan areas to support Leaf drivers. The second Leaf wave hits Texas and Hawaii in January 2011, followed by North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina, Alabama and the nation’s capital next April. Remaining markets receive Leafs beginning fall 2011. The composition of Nissan’s initial rollout deviates markedly from that of Chevrolet’s Volt plug-in hybrid, which — in addition to California, Michigan and Washington — targets the densely populated tristate region of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. According to Nissan, 75 percent of all Leaf reservations came from residents of single-family homes, where power sockets are readily accessible for overnight battery charging, a process that would be complicated for metro-area apartment dwellers. But infrastructure readiness also informed Nissan’s actions. “We have seen some good consumer interest in the New York area, particularly Long Island,” said Katherine Zachary, a Nissan spokeswoman, in a phone interview. “But we’ve had a memorandum of understanding in place with the State of Tennessee for 18 months, and other states like Oregon have worked hard to ease the permitting process for home charging, and some legislatures have greatly helped streamline policies to support E.V.’s,” she continued. Earlier this month in Midtown, Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced the first of 100 planned E.V. charge points for New York City. Ms. Zachary knew of the initiative, but said that consumer demand was not sufficiently robust to include New York in the Leaf’s initial wave. “When we decided on this strategy we looked primarily at two things: market readiness and where the customers are,” she said. “New York will see the Leaf by the end of next year.”

To: i-node who wrote (578619)	7/30/2010 6:37:53 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1571939

You remember how you use to tell us that liberals would forget the heroes of 9/11. Well you were wrong.........AGAIN. Here is the list of Congressmen who voted against helping those who responded to the 9/11 disaster. Notice that most of the letters by the names are Rs. You all should be ashamed. Republicans to 9/11 Responders: Die, and Die Quickly AL-1 Bonner, Jo [R] AL-2 Bright, Bobby [D] AL-3 Rogers, Michael [R] AL-4 Aderholt, Robert [R] AL-6 Bachus, Spencer [R] AZ-2 Franks, Trent [R] AZ-6 Flake, Jeff [R] AR-1 Berry, Robert [D] AR-3 Boozman, John [R] CA-2 Herger, Walter [R] CA-3 Lungren, Daniel [R] CA-4 McClintock, Tom [R] CA-21 Nunes, Devin [R] CA-24 Gallegly, Elton [R] CA-25 McKeon, Howard [R] CA-26 Dreier, David [R] CA-40 Royce, Edward [R] CA-41 Lewis, Jerry [R] CA-42 Miller, Gary [R] CA-44 Calvert, Ken [R] CA-45 Bono Mack, Mary [R] CA-46 Rohrabacher, Dana [R] CA-48 Campbell, John [R] CA-49 Issa, Darrell [R] CA-50 Bilbray, Brian [R] CA-52 Hunter, Duncan [R] CO-5 Lamborn, Doug [R] CO-6 Coffman, Mike [R] DE-0 Castle, Michael [R] FL-1 Miller, Jeff [R] FL-4 Crenshaw, Ander [R] FL-5 Brown-Waite, Virginia [R] FL-6 Stearns, Clifford [R] FL-7 Mica, John [R] FL-9 Bilirakis, Gus [R] FL-12 Putnam, Adam [R] FL-13 Buchanan, Vern [R] FL-14 Mack, Connie [R] FL-15 Posey, Bill [R] FL-16 Rooney, Thomas [R] FL-18 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R] FL-21 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R] FL-25 Diaz-Balart, Mario [R] GA-1 Kingston, Jack [R] GA-3 Westmoreland, Lynn [R] GA-6 Price, Tom [R] GA-7 Linder, John [R] GA-9 Graves, Tom [R] GA-10 Broun, Paul [R] GA-11 Gingrey, John [R] HI-1 Djou, Charles [R] ID-2 Simpson, Michael [R] IL-6 Roskam, Peter [R] IL-8 Bean, Melissa [D] IL-13 Biggert, Judy [R] IL-15 Johnson, Timothy [R] IL-16 Manzullo, Donald [R] IL-18 Schock, Aaron [R] IL-19 Shimkus, John [R] IN-4 Buyer, Stephen [R] IN-5 Burton, Dan [R] IN-6 Pence, Mike [R] IA-4 Latham, Thomas [R] IA-5 King, Steve [R] KS-2 Jenkins, Lynn [R] KY-1 Whitfield, Edward [R] KY-4 Davis, Geoff [R] KY-5 Rogers, Harold [R] LA-1 Scalise, Steve [R] LA-4 Fleming, John [R] LA-5 Alexander, Rodney [R] LA-6 Cassidy, Bill [R] LA-7 Boustany, Charles [R] MD-6 Bartlett, Roscoe [R] MI-3 Ehlers, Vernon [R] MI-4 Camp, David [R] MI-6 Upton, Frederick [R] MI-8 Rogers, Michael [R] MI-11 McCotter, Thaddeus [R] MN-2 Kline, John [R] MN-3 Paulsen, Erik [R] MN-6 Bachmann, Michele [R] MS-3 Harper, Gregg [R] MO-6 Graves, Samuel [R] MO-7 Blunt, Roy [R] MO-8 Emerson, Jo Ann [R] MO-9 Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R] MT-0 Rehberg, Dennis [R] NE-1 Fortenberry, Jeffrey [R] NE-2 Terry, Lee [R] NE-3 Smith, Adrian [R] NV-2 Heller, Dean [R] NJ-5 Garrett, Scott [R] NY-26 Lee, Christopher [R] NC-5 Foxx, Virginia [R] NC-6 Coble, Howard [R] NC-9 Myrick, Sue [R] NC-10 McHenry, Patrick [R] OH-2 Schmidt, Jean [R] OH-3 Turner, Michael [R] OH-4 Jordan, Jim [R] OH-5 Latta, Robert [R] OH-7 Austria, Steve [R] OH-8 Boehner, John [R] OH-12 Tiberi, Patrick [R] OH-14 LaTourette, Steven [R] OK-1 Sullivan, John [R] OK-3 Lucas, Frank [R] OK-4 Cole, Tom [R] OK-5 Fallin, Mary [R] OR-2 Walden, Greg [R] PA-5 Thompson, Glenn [R] PA-6 Gerlach, Jim [R] PA-9 Shuster, William [R] PA-16 Pitts, Joseph [R] PA-19 Platts, Todd [R] SC-1 Brown, Henry [R] SC-2 Wilson, Addison [R] SC-3 Barrett, James [R] SC-4 Inglis, Bob [R] TN-1 Roe, Phil [R] TN-2 Duncan, John [R] TN-5 Cooper, Jim [D] TN-7 Blackburn, Marsha [R] TX-1 Gohmert, Louis [R] TX-2 Poe, Ted [R] TX-3 Johnson, Samuel [R] TX-4 Hall, Ralph [R] TX-5 Hensarling, Jeb [R] TX-6 Barton, Joe [R] TX-7 Culberson, John [R] TX-8 Brady, Kevin [R] TX-10 McCaul, Michael [R] TX-11 Conaway, K. [R] TX-12 Granger, Kay [R] TX-13 Thornberry, William [R] TX-14 Paul, Ronald [R] TX-19 Neugebauer, Randy [R] TX-21 Smith, Lamar [R] TX-22 Olson, Pete [R] TX-24 Marchant, Kenny [R] TX-26 Burgess, Michael [R] TX-31 Carter, John [R] TX-32 Sessions, Peter [R] UT-1 Bishop, Rob [R] UT-3 Chaffetz, Jason [R] VA-1 Wittman, Rob [R] VA-4 Forbes, J. [R] VA-6 Goodlatte, Robert [R] VA-7 Cantor, Eric [R] VA-10 Wolf, Frank [R] WA-4 Hastings, Doc [R] WA-5 McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R] WA-8 Reichert, Dave [R] WV-2 Capito, Shelley [R] WI-1 Ryan, Paul [R] WI-5 Sensenbrenner, F. [R] WI-6 Petri, Thomas [R] WY-0 Lummis, Cynthia [R] crooksandliars.com