In Europe, much the same would happen. Brazil’s ethanol program provides about 20% of the nations automotive fuel needs, including

Although various pistonless rotary engine designs have attempted to compete with the conventional piston and crankshaft design, only

1862 President Abraham Lincoln is the first president to meet with a group of black leaders

1864 The Republican National Convention makes the abolition of slavery a plank in its platform

1868 Oscar J. Dunn becomes Lieutenant Governor in Louisiana (R)

1870 Hiram R. Revels is elected to fill U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Jefferson Davis (R)

1884 John R. Lynch is the first African-American to preside over the Republican National Convention; gives the keynote address

1960 Jackie Robinson, the first black Major League Baseball player, endorses Nixon for President

James B. Parsons is named Chief Judge of the US District Court in Chicago, the first African-American to hold such a position (R)

1980 NAACP President Benjamin Hooks is invited to address the Republican National Convention

President Bush appoints General Colin L. Powell as Chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff

2001 President George W. Bush appoints General Colin L. Powell as the Secretary of State; Roderick R. Paige as the Secretary of Education; Condoleezza Rice as Advisor of the National Security Council; Alphonso Jackson as the Deputy Secretary to Housing and Urban Development; Claude Alien as the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services; Leo S. Mackay, Jr, as the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Larry D. Thompson as the Deputy Attorney General; and Stephen A. Perry as Administrator of General Services Administration

Oh and when MLK regestered to vote because he had a dream about people being judged by the content of their character and not by their skin (see affirmative action)… it was Republican

So that takes the Caucasian, Race and Non tolerant..out. I think maybe you all miss that because we as conservatives and blacks don’t have time to whine and complain and demand other peoples money to appease us….

Overpaid? The richest U.S. Senators are Democrats…

Stupid? The welfare state created by the annointed left… that was stupid… look what it has done to black…

Evangelical? You are so afraid of people of convictions no wonder you wanted Kerry. Never mind the more shrill the extreme left gets, the more evengelicals stand firm… you all made them by virtue of your own intent on imposing your own values and ideas (whatever they are, particualrly the youth) on people via courts not elections via the people.

Vagrant/ Viscious? who was slashing tires of the opposing party’s buses, hitting police officers? Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Patrick Kennedy whose story is modified and gets preferential treatment in 14 hours (never mind his checkered history). What were you all saying about Cheney?

I hate to compare body counts but think before you leap.

Wow, glad you “northerners” have such a high regard of those in the south… hmm must be reflective why kerry couldn’t carry the south. Simply put… southernerns can’t stand vascilators.

Comment by mighty aphrodite — May 4, 2006 @ 1:50 pm

I’m just saying it’s not a very smart BUSINESS decision to drive a gas hog if you log 900 miles a week. If he needs to haul serious cargo that milage then I can see having a big truck but not if he’s just meeting clients and doing home inspections.

The governement’s job isn’t provide passion… if anything they try to stifle it nowadays to make money off of it… I don’t think i would have much passion to do much of anything if you tax the hell out of me. It is never the job of government to fund private industry. Hence the debate of stem cell research. If it is so revolutionary and promising, where is the private funding to do it on it’s own, Mr. Soros? They can encourage quite easily but not taking my money for pork and other peoples mistakes….. Private investors, individuals have been the ones to invent and develop… you stifle those people to take risks today because they have no incentive to do so.

You aren’t going to push down “powerful money” not with the 527’s etc… problem is politicians don’t have to have a complete conscious to the people because they are worried about funds for realection… you want to take the money out of politics… pay politicians more more money… lobbyists would be forced to go under…. Not to mention a regular Jguy could actually run and win, which used to happen in our history.

This morning, I looked at the gauges on our 2003 Prius and smiled. They showed that we had gotten an average 47.3 miles per gallon over the last 215 miles we drove. The average actually rose slightly on the 14-mile round trip to the supermarket.
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A typical refill for the Prius is about eight gallons, which costs less than $24. A typical refill for our SUV, a 1998 Toyota 4Runner, is about 20 gallons and costs nearly $60. Both vehicles go about the same distance between refills.
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Just as this is happening, the news is filled with stories about a slump in hybrid vehicle sales.
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How can this be?

There is a simple answer. With the exception of the Prius, automakers are goosing low-end performance at the expense of fuel economy. The second generation of hybrids actually offers lower average fuel economy than the first.

Doing that is stupid because it destroys the economic benefit of owning a hybrid. Why pay extra if there is no payoff in higher gas mileage?

We aren’t committed yet as a Nation to getting off of our oil addiction. We are not committed to fuel efficient cars or alternative energy. It is our Governments job to provide passion behind the vision and push down the powerful money that is stopping us from making positive progress.

Most of us as individuals can’t afford to just throw money away to buy a fuel efficient car and then have the auto makers and oil industry screw us over by leaving us on the side lines for whatever excuse they feel like coming up with. We want these cars, but consumers are concerned if the Nation isn’t behind the transistion that has to change forever, they’ll be poorer for it (sort of like Santorum not willing to put the money on the line to act ethically). We have to make these fuel efficient cars affordable and be committed to supporting them. This is the way of the future, and the dinosaur oil industry is milking us for every last drop it can.

Hey stupid republicans, get a brain already, we’re losing our patience with you.

Terry – How typically prog-like of you to wonder why someone chooses a vehicle other than the model you would choose. Maybe he hauls kids sports equipment for his childrens teams – maybe he uses the truck for a part-time business. What business is it of yours?

Comment by Terry — May 4, 2006 @ 10:27 am

Because he can? I don’t know. Just the messenger…

Instead of building new refineries force the oil companies to re-open those that have been closed.

I think the whole reason the oil companies want new refineries is because fixing older units would take their money while they will probably get handouts and subsidies to open new ones. Screw them. Politicians need to grow a backbone and put their foot down. Hell, they should take away all the handouts they’ve already given to big oil…but that is another issue altogether.

These small-business owners are not only feeling the pain at the pump, their companies are losing steam.

By Jessica Seid, CNNMoney.com staff writer
May 4, 2006: 6:42 AM EDT

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – With gas prices near record highs, some small-business owners are getting pummeled at the pump.

Roland Kelley, the CEO of Fast Action Moving, a moving and storage company based in San Diego, says it’s been hard to adjust to the cost increases.

Stan Houston runs an insurance agency in rural Enterprise, Ala., where gas costs $2.89 a gallon. Meeting clients and doing home inspections requires a lot of time on the road and Houston averages about 900 miles a week behind the wheel.

To fill the tank of his Ford F-150 costs Houston approximately $70, which he must do at least three times a week, not counting weekends.

“My gas budget has more than tripled and I am now unable to expand my business like I had planned to do.”

http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/03/smbusiness/gas_pains/index.htm?cnn=yes