Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : weirdwolf
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 01:01:12

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

John Iwaniszek <Not@hotmail.com> wrote in 
news:Xns96C3C6B63BE2Bjoiwhnanri@66.26.32.9:

> 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.) 

 I'm eating home grown tomatoes,Finally, it's been a terrible season in 
the garden, my leeks are the only things that look anywhere near half 
decent.

> (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.) 
> 

 <sigh> like the lotery over here you see people counting out the pennies 
to by a ticket or a card. I would say "stupid tax" but they are 
disproportiantly bought by lower income families that  can least afford 
it and will never get to see the arts programmes that it is spent on.
 Ted



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