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Posted by Mike (WA) on September 23, 2005 at 08:08:14 from (209.213.153.116):
In Reply to: Update, Update! posted by Allan in NE on September 23, 2005 at 06:27:34:
Up here in the beautiful Pacific NW, we get all our oil from tankers or from Alaska- refine everything locally- no connection whatsoever to the south- except our prices go up right along with everybody elses! But nobody's price fixin', of course. . . Have been doing some thinking about the other posts regarding weather risks whereever you are. Maybe this area is about the only exception. I don't mind paying for bail outs under most circumstances, except for something so idiotic as living 15 feet below sea level. There oughta be a line drawn somewhere. 12% of our electric bills go to helping salmon in our state, soon to go up to 15%. With all this concern for wetlands and habitat, maybe we ought to just give New Orleans up as a bad job and let the sea reclaim it. One of the concerns now is that they'll rebuild and nobody will come back- fully 50% of the "refugees" have decided not to return. Seems like there is plenty of handwriting on the walls for the politicians to heed. This just in- radio news just said that water is again flowing over the levees and into New Orleans. Film at eleven.
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