ClimbingPanther

"My theory is that everyone is a potential murderer"

Something tells me the fact that we spend more per capita than any other country is due in large part to our tendency to get medical care for our problems. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of our treatable illnesses & inconveniences go untreated in other countries.

"Luckily I was able to interpret these feelings correctly"

I was worried about losing a sporting club where traffic and crowds aren't issues at the games, but it sounds like that void will be filled!

maybe a tad obscure, but one of the best film noir flicks out there. classic music! "And remember, this gun is pointed right at your heart." "That is my least vulnerable spot."

but make sure you don't still have the gas when you get the women, or you won't have them for long

Can you post that picture of me on the summit of Storm King for the 16th time for me? It just gets funnier with every repetition. Oh wait, I forgot. You've got me on ignore. i'm just here to lend a helping hand

gas tax

2001 a space odyssey "Victims? Don't be melodramatic. Look down there. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you 20,000 pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep my money? Or would you calculate how many dots you could afford to spare? Free of income tax, old man, free of income tax. The only way you can save money nowadays." or "In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed - but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long, Holly."

sweet indeed, however my personal favorite is "To war!" needs a pic of Saruman's crazy face to go with it though.

It's a wonderful life. by Clarence

Yet another reason to lay off the sugar... http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/consumer/orl-acne1607oct16,0,5930596.story

ooh, good one!

awww, are we being intolerant of polluters now?

The problem would be solved if everyone acted responsibly, right? Companies strived to produce more efficient cars, people drove less and bought locally produced stuff, etc. What you're saying here is that people aren't adequately policing themselves to abide by an ethic you believe is right and necessary. So the government should do it for them. Hmmm, sounds like the same reasoning that would enrage you, were the subject abortion, gay marriage, etc. I know rationing is ridiculous, but I don't believe tax is the solution either. Yes, of course, it is A solution, and it will work, but the poor are hit the hardest while the rich never skip a beat and continue to drive their hummers. Looking at the whole picture, we need a different solution, one that adequately controls emission without putting an undue burden on those least able to bear it. Come on, people, be liberals and care about the poor AND the environment. I know you can find a way... right?

there's other ways. the average liberal mind can grasp that gas tax is regressive and works against their supposed concern for the poor. keep it simple. everybody gets the same ration.

I can just see it now... you get out of your car, swipe your national ID card with all of that IRS, commercial/private, etc. information and the pump flashes the price you get for your gas. Either that or save all your gas receipts for your IRS return... ugh.

wow, that hair transformation... JFK --> a wig on consignment at my grandpa's thrift store

Where's the next stop for the gas-tax bandwagon? Time for all y'all to get off it.

look in the mirror

one word: rationing

tvash, did you forget your meds today?

"you have a freak flag, you just don't fly it" grrr, ivan, i know your last one.... give me a minute

Hi, I just clicked on the "Forum List" link on the top of the page in order to find the "Newbies" section and post this, and I was wondering if you guys have a "Search" function? I decided not to keep looking at the rest of the links on top of the page because it was just getting overwhelming.