Scooters and Extreme MPG

With the price of gasoline on a never ending rise up through the stratosphere my driving eyes have noticed more and more people scootering about the area. Don’t ask me why but every time I see one of these people on their scooter all I can picture is one of those die hard environmentalist that recycle everything, eat only organically grown food, and of course separate their two ply toilet paper to stretch the almighty dollar. One does not interact with those kind of people due to the possible fact that at any moment you could be blamed for global warming and every other environmental tragedy going on in the world. That and they just might whack you upside the head with their oversized scooter helmet.

Just for giggles we stopped at a local car dealer that just happens to also sell extreme left wing, environmentally friendly, Ninja like traffic swerving scooters. At first I was shocked at the price at only $1400 for a basic no frills scooter. (An online search found prices as low as $320) Then came the gas mileage, heart warming, environmentalists brain tickler shocker. The damn things get 100 miles per gallon of go-go juice!

Instantly, my wife’s cash saving calculator went off in her head. Having to drive back and forth to work twice per day as a school bus driver with her mini van getting 20 miles per gallon, the fuel savings quickly would pay for the initial investment. Fill up the scooters tank for $8 bucks or the mini van’s for $65, times that by 36 weeks in the school year, deduct 20% for rainy days, another 10% for “Oh crap, I didn’t hear the alarm” days, carry the one and add the square root of errands and the savings are enormous!

We are seriously thinking about buying one but we know there has to be some fine print in this deal? Savings like this always have a catch to it? I’ll keep you posted if I find the clause stating that you must separate at the minimum 500 rolls of two ply toilet paper per year to qualify as a scooter owner.

Papamoka

Hat tip to Diner City Scooter Club (DCSC)

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Is Giuliani G. W. Bush Version 2.0?

Picture courtesy of the Boston Globe

What is the former Mayor of New York City thinking when he continually plays the 9/11 card? America gets it that you were the super hero of New York City and did all the right things post 9/11. You attended many of the funerals for the fallen Fire Fighters, the Police, and any media event you could tack onto your political resume. We get that!

When did he become George Bush version 2.0? What is more important to ask is if he comes with a Dick Cheney version 2.0?

We get that part but Ruddy, you are not the savior for America because you manipulated your way into many families grieving process and ceremonies. I fully apologize to all the families that lost a loved one on that tragic day but this man is abusing the memories of all Americans when he says that he can lead the people with the same message as our current President. Our current President is not leading anything other than his personal agenda of a shiney object over here while he and his friends do as they please over there.

Giuliani is playing the fear card and that is the same set of cards the current President is playing. Unlike the former Mayor of New York City the current President can select the audiences he wants to talk to and have them screened as always supportive to the message. Any dissenting thoughts are not allowed in his holiness presence at the King of the United States appearances.

Over at the Boston Globe they have this to say about the former Mayor and his message of fear…

Giuliani watchers wonder if he will overplay 9/11 card
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff
July 5, 2007

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Rudy Giuliani was just six seconds into his speech when he played his campaign trump card: the memory of the Sept. 11 attacks.

"I'll tell you the reason I wear this flag," the former New York City mayor told supporters at a recent rally here, pointing to the American flag pin on his lapel. "Before September 11, I only wore this flag rarely. But I started wearing it right after September 11. I wear it every day now. Each time I wear it, it reminds me of September 11."

For Giuliani, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and his response to them have become his strongest campaign pitch, as the GOP presidential candidate reminds voters again and again of the role he played when terrorists crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center towers, killing nearly 3,000 people.

It is a message that appears to be resonating among Republicans. They have put the blunt-speaking former mayor at the top of a crowded GOP field in most polls, and his campaign said Tuesday that he raised more money in the second quarter than any other Republican candidate.
Political analysts say Giuliani's pitch is a powerful message to an electorate worried about another assault on US soil, especially after the recent attacks in Britain.

At the same time, many of these analysts question whether Giuliani can ride the anti terror train all the way to the White House. They say Giuliani risks being tagged as a single-issue candidate for his Sept. 11 performance just when his handling of the attack and its aftermath is drawing increasing criticism from his home city of New York. – Boston Globe

If the former Mayor is privy to any information regarding any future attacks on America then why is he not just saying such? Selling fear is what Bush does best, Giuliani is not convincing me one bit. I’m gambling but the next President of the United States will not be a Republican. George Bush burned the office and the trust of the American people. He will continue to do so as long as he is the emperor without a conscience in the Congress.

We can live in fear or we can live free? You decide? There has not been any diplomacy from this nation since W took office and there will be no diplomacy if G takes the highest office in the land.

Fear sells headlines but diplomacy is difficult and takes deep thought. Long term thought for the betterment of many people. Not just on shores here at home but for people in lands most of us will never have to be in unless we are lied to into the situation.

I don’t think that America needs a George W. Bush version 2.0 so the former Mayor can sell his fear somewhere else. What do you think?

Papamoka

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Keith Olbermann Rips Bush on Libby

Picture courtesy of MSNBC

Cruising around on You Tube I found this scathing tongue lashing by Keith Olbermann for President Bush over his commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence this week.

I have to tell you it summed up the entire left side of the political isle thoughts and some of the thoughts of those to the center as well as on the political right. This action by Bush was clearly a slap to justice as we all know it.

Check the link attached to see the video.

As for my opinion.... Ummm, What Keith said!!!

Papamoka

Cross posted at Bring IT ON!

Bush Lied, Cheney Lied and Scooter is Free

There is no proof more positive that this President and his crew are absolutely above the law than this move by President Bush. I. Scooter Libby will serve no jail time for crimes committed against the American people and its government because Bush says so.

Over at the Washington Post they have this to say about our "Does Not Apply to Me" President and his commutation of Scooter Libby for high crimes against America...

President Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence

By Amy Goldstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, July 2, 2007; 7:28 PM

President Bush today commuted the prison sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, sparing him the 30-month term to which he was sentenced last month for lying to federal investigators about his role in the White House leak of a CIA officer's identity.
Bush took the action just hours after a federal appeals court ruled that Libby was not entitled to remain free while he was appealing his conviction on four felonies. - Washington Post

America is officially up for sale when it comes to justice. Corruption in our government is only one simple coupon away from the Vice President's office.

Impeach Bush! Send him back to Texas or Maine or Levenworth. This is not a President but a corrupt corporate manager that just happens to be renting the White House out. This news only prooves that it is for sale to the highest bidder.

If your blood isn't boiling over this issue no matter what political party you belong to then you are not a person that believes in what the true America is all about. Justice is blind but it is not percieved the same way that it should apply to all in the eyes of this President.

This makes me sick!

So what are you going to do about it other than bitch and moan and reading this post? Calling your State Senator or Congressional Representative is a start! Let them know that this has your blood boiling! Get involved in the damn process and fix the wrong. No man is an island and this President is not a King. Although this President would like to think he is running a Monarchy he is not. Make your calls and do your part as a law abiding American citizen. Then bitch about it to your friends, family and neighbors and tell them to do their part!

Papamoka

Cross posted at Bring IT ON!