Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John Iwaniszek
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 00:32:05

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

weirdwolf <Hooowl@hoowl.com> wrote in
news:Xns96C44B4F8262r73u67jw56nas@80.5.182.99: 

> John Iwaniszek <Not@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:Xns96C3C2C014DBAjoiwhnanri@66.26.32.9: 
> 
>> weirdwolf <Hooowl@hoowl.com> wrote in
>> news:Xns96C47B7FFC8r73u67jw56nas@ 80.5.182.99:
>> 
>>> Tyler Trafford <ttrafford+usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:3nmr2uF2bb0mU1@individual.net: 
>>> 
>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>>>> Tyler Trafford <ttrafford+usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:3nmkgoF2a1tqU1 @individual.net:
>>>>>
>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>> Steve Brooks wrote:
>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Which should lead to the development of brown field innercity
>>>>>>>>> sites and the development of better mass transportation.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Why should there be any move towards better mass transportation
>>>>>>>> when petrol is a mere $4/gallon?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm an advocate of increasing fuel prices to the consumer, might
>>>>>>> stop people driving the 15 minute walk to the shop.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Wouldn't that just increase cost-of-living and just cause
>>>>>> inflation? 
>>>>>
>>>>> Shipping this week has a 50% increase in fuel surcharge.  last
>>>>> week it was 20 cents a mile.  This week it's 30 cents.
>>>> 
>>>> Ah, interstate commerce, I completely forgot about that
>>>> consequence. 
>>> 
>>>  one that will encourage locally grown produce, a movement which is 
>>> rising in this country.
>>>  Ted
>> 
>> And one which I am totally bought into.  Reference my rants/bragging
>> about the local Farmer's market.  Which, by the way, has a huge
>> wholesale division that supplies local area retail outlets.  BUT,
>> agriculture requires fuel and our Gov was talking gas rationing this
>> afternoon.  NC is a big state, and "local" is a relative term.
> 
>  Which is why it needs to be one of a slew of measures, we aren't just
> talking about increasing gas prices, although in this country farmers
> get diseil at a reduced price, it's about efficiency. Importing kiwi
> fruit by plane is a hell of a lot different from getting your potatoes
> from a farmer across the state when he uses a train to transport them.
>   Which reminds me have you got your numbers picked out for the
>   lottery, 
> I asked earlier but didn't know if you saw the message and wanted your
> opinion on the latest "poor tax."
>  Ted
> 

(I'm currently making peach jam with locally (NC) grown peaches, if that
helps.) 

(and, no: I am not gong to spend a single penny on the lottery.  I was
against from the start.  Unfortunately, our governor and the political
heavyweight Marc Basnight muscled it through.  With Democrats like them,
we don't need Repblicans.)

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