Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:28:13 -0500, HK
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:57:58 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote:

...and get smart enough to drill for the oil in our back
yard, before
China
does.
Ah, no. Better to drain the foreign reserves dry before
hitting our own.
We know what we've got here and when the crunch comes it'd be
far better to
have our own to fall back on while the rest of the world panics.
OK, as long as we quit making bull**** posts like this:

"Norway has what the sick world needs, a metanoia, a
conversion, a
reappraisal of our whole attitude towards life, accompanied by a
fundamental change in the climate in which people and things are
appraised. We need to radically change our culture to reject the
dehumanization of man so implicit in what "drives" our society
in this
country today."

As if you had even the slightest idea what I meant.

Not much in the way of intellectual prowess is needed to figure
out what
you mean, Harry.


Oh, I dunno. I was intellectual enough to figure out that the Army
was a dumb deal for a career.

Is the Marines a better choice?



You never know. The Marines might have turned an a**hole like you
into a man.

Harry,
You seem to enjoy throwing barbs at everyone, especially the
military. While the military would not be my choice of a career, I
would never call it a dumb deal for someone else.


As I stated, the Marines might have done you some good, turning you
into a man, instead of the cowardly pussy you are.

Harry,
Let's get together for a beer one day.

Only if you bring a legitimate photo ID that belongs to you.

HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:28:13 -0500, HK
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:57:58 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote:

...and get smart enough to drill for the oil in our back
yard, before
China
does.
Ah, no. Better to drain the foreign reserves dry before
hitting our own.
We know what we've got here and when the crunch comes it'd be
far better to
have our own to fall back on while the rest of the world panics.
OK, as long as we quit making bull**** posts like this:

"Norway has what the sick world needs, a metanoia, a
conversion, a
reappraisal of our whole attitude towards life, accompanied by a
fundamental change in the climate in which people and things are
appraised. We need to radically change our culture to reject the
dehumanization of man so implicit in what "drives" our
society in this
country today."

As if you had even the slightest idea what I meant.

Not much in the way of intellectual prowess is needed to figure
out what
you mean, Harry.


Oh, I dunno. I was intellectual enough to figure out that the
Army was a dumb deal for a career.

Is the Marines a better choice?



You never know. The Marines might have turned an a**hole like you
into a man.

Harry,
You seem to enjoy throwing barbs at everyone, especially the
military. While the military would not be my choice of a career, I
would never call it a dumb deal for someone else.


As I stated, the Marines might have done you some good, turning you
into a man, instead of the cowardly pussy you are.

Harry,
Let's get together for a beer one day.

Only if you bring a legitimate photo ID that belongs to you.

Of course, I always show people my ID when I meet them for a beer.

Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:28:13 -0500, HK
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:57:58 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote:

...and get smart enough to drill for the oil in our back
yard, before
China
does.
Ah, no. Better to drain the foreign reserves dry before
hitting our own.
We know what we've got here and when the crunch comes it'd
be far better to
have our own to fall back on while the rest of the world
panics.
OK, as long as we quit making bull**** posts like this:

"Norway has what the sick world needs, a metanoia, a
conversion, a
reappraisal of our whole attitude towards life, accompanied
by a
fundamental change in the climate in which people and things
are
appraised. We need to radically change our culture to reject
the
dehumanization of man so implicit in what "drives" our
society in this
country today."

As if you had even the slightest idea what I meant.

Not much in the way of intellectual prowess is needed to figure
out what
you mean, Harry.


Oh, I dunno. I was intellectual enough to figure out that the
Army was a dumb deal for a career.

Is the Marines a better choice?



You never know. The Marines might have turned an a**hole like you
into a man.

Harry,
You seem to enjoy throwing barbs at everyone, especially the
military. While the military would not be my choice of a career, I
would never call it a dumb deal for someone else.


As I stated, the Marines might have done you some good, turning you
into a man, instead of the cowardly pussy you are.

Harry,
Let's get together for a beer one day.

Only if you bring a legitimate photo ID that belongs to you.

Of course, I always show people my ID when I meet them for a beer.



In fact, you'd have to send me a scan of it beforehand. I'd want to
check you out on the national crime database.

HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:28:13 -0500, HK
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:57:58 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote:

...and get smart enough to drill for the oil in our back
yard, before
China
does.
Ah, no. Better to drain the foreign reserves dry before
hitting our own.
We know what we've got here and when the crunch comes it'd
be far better to
have our own to fall back on while the rest of the world
panics.
OK, as long as we quit making bull**** posts like this:

"Norway has what the sick world needs, a metanoia, a
conversion, a
reappraisal of our whole attitude towards life, accompanied
by a
fundamental change in the climate in which people and
things are
appraised. We need to radically change our culture to
reject the
dehumanization of man so implicit in what "drives" our
society in this
country today."

As if you had even the slightest idea what I meant.

Not much in the way of intellectual prowess is needed to
figure out what
you mean, Harry.


Oh, I dunno. I was intellectual enough to figure out that the
Army was a dumb deal for a career.

Is the Marines a better choice?



You never know. The Marines might have turned an a**hole like you
into a man.

Harry,
You seem to enjoy throwing barbs at everyone, especially the
military. While the military would not be my choice of a career, I
would never call it a dumb deal for someone else.


As I stated, the Marines might have done you some good, turning you
into a man, instead of the cowardly pussy you are.

Harry,
Let's get together for a beer one day.

Only if you bring a legitimate photo ID that belongs to you.

Of course, I always show people my ID when I meet them for a beer.



In fact, you'd have to send me a scan of it beforehand. I'd want to
check you out on the national crime database.

It sounds like you are being very cowardly.

Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:28:13 -0500, HK
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:57:58 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote:

...and get smart enough to drill for the oil in our back
yard, before
China
does.
Ah, no. Better to drain the foreign reserves dry before
hitting our own.
We know what we've got here and when the crunch comes it'd
be far better to
have our own to fall back on while the rest of the world
panics.
OK, as long as we quit making bull**** posts like this:

"Norway has what the sick world needs, a metanoia, a
conversion, a
reappraisal of our whole attitude towards life,
accompanied by a
fundamental change in the climate in which people and
things are
appraised. We need to radically change our culture to
reject the
dehumanization of man so implicit in what "drives" our
society in this
country today."

As if you had even the slightest idea what I meant.

Not much in the way of intellectual prowess is needed to
figure out what
you mean, Harry.


Oh, I dunno. I was intellectual enough to figure out that the
Army was a dumb deal for a career.

Is the Marines a better choice?



You never know. The Marines might have turned an a**hole like
you into a man.

Harry,
You seem to enjoy throwing barbs at everyone, especially the
military. While the military would not be my choice of a career,
I would never call it a dumb deal for someone else.


As I stated, the Marines might have done you some good, turning
you into a man, instead of the cowardly pussy you are.

Harry,
Let's get together for a beer one day.

Only if you bring a legitimate photo ID that belongs to you.

Of course, I always show people my ID when I meet them for a beer.



In fact, you'd have to send me a scan of it beforehand. I'd want to
check you out on the national crime database.

It sounds like you are being very cowardly.



No, I just think it important the people one meets are who they claim to
be. Since you have claimed so many identities here, it would be prudent
to check you out first.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
...
On Nov 21, 10:38?am, "BillP" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

...





Even those of us who usually burn B20 are still using 80% dino-diesel.
Most of the crude oil the refiners use to create gasoline and diesel
comes from places that are explicitly unfriendly to the US, (and
according to the following article the Bush Administration is
concerned that some of those sources are bankrolling huge amounts of
capital for an eventual destabilizing financial assualt on the US
economy. It's not too late for Russia or China to win the final battle
in the Cold War).

However, also acording to the following article there is a source for
crude oil that takes a very enlightened approach to using its oil
wealth. The citizens of this country earn a per capita income (not
"family income", but per capita) of $65,509 per year, spend a maximum
of $200 per yar for health care, are in better physical shape and
enjoy a longer life expectancy than most Americans.

I hope that the next time I buy fuel, the crude oil comes from Norway.
(Probably won't, though).

In real purchasing power per capita (PPP) Norway is $42,364 as compared to
the US at $41,399 (2005)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_capita_income- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Very good research!

So my supposition that the generally higher taxes collected from
generally higher incomes in Norway still leave a decent amount of net
spendable income in place appears to be well founded.

Meanwhile, the Norwegians enjoy $200 per year health care expenses,
public retirement villages in warm weather climates, and other social
advantages we choose not to fund.

To repeat: I'm happy to live in the US, but I'd rather send my fuel
money to Norway than to the Arabs, the Chinese, or the Russians.


But, they only have about 4.4 million people (low population density), not a
lot of illegal immigrants, and lots of natural resources. About what we had
50 years ago.

CalifBill wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
...
On Nov 21, 10:38?am, "BillP" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

...





Even those of us who usually burn B20 are still using 80% dino-diesel.
Most of the crude oil the refiners use to create gasoline and diesel
comes from places that are explicitly unfriendly to the US, (and
according to the following article the Bush Administration is
concerned that some of those sources are bankrolling huge amounts of
capital for an eventual destabilizing financial assualt on the US
economy. It's not too late for Russia or China to win the final battle
in the Cold War).
However, also acording to the following article there is a source for
crude oil that takes a very enlightened approach to using its oil
wealth. The citizens of this country earn a per capita income (not
"family income", but per capita) of $65,509 per year, spend a maximum
of $200 per yar for health care, are in better physical shape and
enjoy a longer life expectancy than most Americans.
I hope that the next time I buy fuel, the crude oil comes from Norway.
(Probably won't, though).
In real purchasing power per capita (PPP) Norway is $42,364 as compared to
the US at $41,399 (2005)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_capita_income- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Very good research!

So my supposition that the generally higher taxes collected from
generally higher incomes in Norway still leave a decent amount of net
spendable income in place appears to be well founded.

Meanwhile, the Norwegians enjoy $200 per year health care expenses,
public retirement villages in warm weather climates, and other social
advantages we choose not to fund.

To repeat: I'm happy to live in the US, but I'd rather send my fuel
money to Norway than to the Arabs, the Chinese, or the Russians.


But, they only have about 4.4 million people (low population density), not a
lot of illegal immigrants, and lots of natural resources. About what we had
50 years ago.



My Norwegian friends, all of whom are working men with reasonable but
not tremendous incomes, and their families live very well. If it weren't
for the climate and the language barrier (Norwegian is a difficult
language to learn, let alone pronounce), it would be on the list of my
"bug out" countries.

"HK" wrote in message
...
CalifBill wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
...
On Nov 21, 10:38?am, "BillP" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

...





Even those of us who usually burn B20 are still using 80% dino-diesel.
Most of the crude oil the refiners use to create gasoline and diesel
comes from places that are explicitly unfriendly to the US, (and
according to the following article the Bush Administration is
concerned that some of those sources are bankrolling huge amounts of
capital for an eventual destabilizing financial assualt on the US
economy. It's not too late for Russia or China to win the final battle
in the Cold War).
However, also acording to the following article there is a source for
crude oil that takes a very enlightened approach to using its oil
wealth. The citizens of this country earn a per capita income (not
"family income", but per capita) of $65,509 per year, spend a maximum
of $200 per yar for health care, are in better physical shape and
enjoy a longer life expectancy than most Americans.
I hope that the next time I buy fuel, the crude oil comes from Norway.
(Probably won't, though).
In real purchasing power per capita (PPP) Norway is $42,364 as compared
to
the US at $41,399 (2005)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_capita_income- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Very good research!

So my supposition that the generally higher taxes collected from
generally higher incomes in Norway still leave a decent amount of net
spendable income in place appears to be well founded.

Meanwhile, the Norwegians enjoy $200 per year health care expenses,
public retirement villages in warm weather climates, and other social
advantages we choose not to fund.

To repeat: I'm happy to live in the US, but I'd rather send my fuel
money to Norway than to the Arabs, the Chinese, or the Russians.


But, they only have about 4.4 million people (low population density),
not a lot of illegal immigrants, and lots of natural resources. About
what we had 50 years ago.

My Norwegian friends, all of whom are working men with reasonable but not
tremendous incomes, and their families live very well. If it weren't for
the climate and the language barrier (Norwegian is a difficult language to
learn, let alone pronounce), it would be on the list of my "bug out"
countries.

What does that have to do about my statement?

"HK" wrote in message
...



My Norwegian friends, all of whom are working men with reasonable but not
tremendous incomes, and their families live very well. If it weren't for
the climate and the language barrier (Norwegian is a difficult language to
learn, let alone pronounce), it would be on the list of my "bug out"
countries.


Food for thought. If anyone attacked the US, we'd receive the fallout a
couple days later.
My wife's father came over from Norway during WW2... I wonder if that would
help us slip in..

"HK" wrote in message
...
CalifBill wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
...
On Nov 21, 10:38?am, "BillP" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

...





Even those of us who usually burn B20 are still using 80% dino-diesel.
Most of the crude oil the refiners use to create gasoline and diesel
comes from places that are explicitly unfriendly to the US, (and
according to the following article the Bush Administration is
concerned that some of those sources are bankrolling huge amounts of
capital for an eventual destabilizing financial assualt on the US
economy. It's not too late for Russia or China to win the final battle
in the Cold War).
However, also acording to the following article there is a source for
crude oil that takes a very enlightened approach to using its oil
wealth. The citizens of this country earn a per capita income (not
"family income", but per capita) of $65,509 per year, spend a maximum
of $200 per yar for health care, are in better physical shape and
enjoy a longer life expectancy than most Americans.
I hope that the next time I buy fuel, the crude oil comes from Norway.
(Probably won't, though).
In real purchasing power per capita (PPP) Norway is $42,364 as compared
to
the US at $41,399 (2005)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_capita_income- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Very good research!

So my supposition that the generally higher taxes collected from
generally higher incomes in Norway still leave a decent amount of net
spendable income in place appears to be well founded.

Meanwhile, the Norwegians enjoy $200 per year health care expenses,
public retirement villages in warm weather climates, and other social
advantages we choose not to fund.

To repeat: I'm happy to live in the US, but I'd rather send my fuel
money to Norway than to the Arabs, the Chinese, or the Russians.


But, they only have about 4.4 million people (low population density),
not a lot of illegal immigrants, and lots of natural resources. About
what we had 50 years ago.

My Norwegian friends, all of whom are working men with reasonable but not
tremendous incomes, and their families live very well. If it weren't for
the climate and the language barrier (Norwegian is a difficult language to
learn, let alone pronounce), it would be on the list of my "bug out"
countries.

You won't want to be there after the oil runs out (it's already peaked).