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To: tejek who wrote (640251)	12/28/2011 12:00:15 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578445

6000 per year for the next 20 years? That's a pretty big assumption. It was just a little over 10 years ago that Toyota introduced its first Prius in the US. As of April, 2011, Toyota has sold a million Priuses in the US. Given that number, I think the assumption that only 120K Volts will be sold over a 20 year period is a pretty conservative one. Yes, there were a million Prius vehicles sold over about a 12 year period. Can you explain to me how that justifies, in any way, shape, or form, the massive amount of money American taxpayers have spent in subsidies for that vehicle, and then how it makes sense to spend EVEN MORE to subsidize the Volt, which is a failure if ever there was one? Even assuming the Volt is a wild success, why in HELL would taxpayers want to buy them for people? It really is just stupid. Which is the reason you cannot explain why it makes sense. It doesn't.

To: tejek who wrote (640251)	12/28/2011 8:16:59 AM
From: puborectalis	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578445

As Iowa voters prepare to caucus next week, it's not hard to see why they still may be harboring doubts about who Mitt Romney really is. After all, throughout the course of his political career, Romney has been taking reckless positions and supporting failed policies that demonstrate he could not be more out-of-touch when it comes to understanding what it takes for middle-class families to survive in America. So while Romney may try to use his personal fortune and massive war chest to keep hardworking folks from learning the truth about his record and his continued lack of vision for helping the middle class get ahead, ultimately it will be up to voters in Iowa and across America to decide what lies beneath the surface of Mitt Romney's candidacy.

To: tejek who wrote (640251)	12/28/2011 1:07:19 PM
From: longnshort	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578445

Noted economist Michelle Obama has a better vacation wardobe than you do Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you’re having a lovely vacation. Because I’m not actually on vacation. Unless you consider drinking coconut coffee from the Keurig while I work in my office a vacation. Because I don’t. At any rate, I saved the US taxpayers nearly $4 million by not being First Lady and flying off for a 17-day vacation in Hawaii on the taxpayers dime. You can thank me later. Michelle Obama, noted supporter of the 99% and champion of the poor, on the other hand, is reportedly draining taxpayer funds to finance a massive year-end festival of relaxation on the sunny shores of Oahu while the rest of us slave away so that we aren’t unemployed come her husband’s fourth year as President. And don’t think she’s dressing like a regular tourist while she’s there, either, you peons. As she accompanied Barack and family to church services on the Kaneohe Bay Marine Base on Sunday, Michelle sported a Resort Collection Sophie Theallet sundress (thumbnail), which, at the time it was purchased in late 2009, cost between $1K and $2K. Similar dresses from the Resort 2012 collection sell for that much and more. But fear not, oh children of the proletariat. Should you like to dress like the First Lady, but fear having to go on food stamps after wasting your entire unemployment check on a sundress, you can rent a Sophie Theallet dress from internet retailer Rent the Runway (you have to give it back), for around $125. You might, however, be able to cash in your monthly allotment for her bargain basement skirt. In this ubiquitous politician-phot0-with-a-baby-on-Christmas (ever more important considering that Barack can magically speak to babies), Michelle Obama is sporting a Comme des Garcons, 3/4 length printed skirt with a bag waist. This skirt is typical for CdG, and can retail anywhere for up to $1K, with similar items for sale at SSense – an internet designer outlet – for $450 (down from a peak of $950). Or, if you’re like me and can occasionally shop in the kids department because you were born without any shape whatsoever, you can snag a similar skirt from Comme des Garcons kids collection for $495 new. Unfortunately, since the skirts are limited edition and only available to busy and important people, you’ll have to pre-order yours for delivery in March. It will however, look better on someone who isn’t drawing the waist of the skirt up to the bottom of their boobs. And frugal fashionistas can obviously thank Al Gore for saving us from global warming, thus allowing them to wear their extravagant purchase year round. And, come to think of it, is making this “vacation” sort of like Hawaii. Sort of. nakeddc.com