02-04-2007, 08:53 PM
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#211 (permalink)
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donquijote1954 wrote:
> On Feb 3, 6:46 pm, "chadsee...@gmail.com" <chadsee...@gmail.com>
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>> Reading the thread I have to laugh it's funny how cyclist of all
>> abilities and location on Earth are generally thinking the same. Here
>> is my take on the financial side of this war and global warming.
>> First lets take the billions of dollars invested in this war and buy
>> these people bikes. A) It will help reduce stress and then maybe they
>> can look at this dispute in a new light. B) By taking the money we
>> are spending on this war we could supply people all over the world
>> with nonpolluting means of transportation that would lower carbon
>> dioxide levels around the world. Okay so this is a thought of
>> eutopia. However, if you can't dream it you can't be it. At over 1
>> million dollars a day earning for exon I wonder what there take is on
>> this idea. A famous quote goes "I wait for the day when government
>> has to have a bake sale to build a bomb, and schools have money to
>> educate their children properly" or something like that.- Hide quoted text -
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> Yep, but the hungry lions make history, and they can't bet on vehicles
> that feed them with "peanuts" --the bike. They want juicy steak...
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> 'Yes, we need to fight a war, but no, the enemy is not Iraq... The
> enemy is oil with 65+ percent of the known oil reserves in the
> politically unstable, "Death to America"-chanting Middel East. Imagine
> the advances the United States could make to world stability and
> developing domestic employment opportunities if it spent the $79+
> billion Congress recently approved for Bush's Iraq war on alternative
> energy subsidies and investment. Might this be a better way to fight
> terrorism, support our troops, and regain world favor?'
> -Jay Lustgarten (Source: World Press Review, letters). See this
> solution... http://www.joinfoil.org/index.html
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$79 billion is nothing compared to the total cost so far. It is more
like half a trillion. A trillion. Try to even count that high. Bush must
be counting on the average person not being able to understand how MUCH
that is.
Bill Baka
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