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HILL DRIVE FOR '55' ( National Maximum Speed Limit )
New York Post ^
| May 24, 2006
| IAN BISHOP
Posted on 05/24/2006 3:25:12 PM PDT by george76
- In a surprise move yesterday, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called for "most of the country" to return to a speed limit of 55 mph in an effort to slash fuel consumption...
"The 55-mile speed limit really does lower gas usage.
And wherever it can be required, and the people will accept it, we ought to do it," Clinton said at the National Press Club.
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To: Cincinna
Looks like she thinks the Algore movie will have an effect. Or at least she wants to head it off at the pass.
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posted on
05/24/2006 4:24:01 PM PDT
by
AmishDude
(Everybody loves AmishDude)
To: daviddennis
If she runs for President on this platform, she might carry New York. And Massachusetts (remember Ted swims :-))
To: ASA Vet
She had been out for a swim...
To: Sacajaweau
Didn't he pull off some big oil deal with a foreign country?Don't recall that, but I do remember him doing the guidance systems and MIRV nuclear warhead deal with a foreign country.
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posted on
05/24/2006 4:29:22 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
To: Paladin2
Trying to raise the speed limit on the West Texas interstates to 80 mph from 70 mph. The two-lane state and federal highways in the area are already 75 mph so you can go faster on the two lane roads. I travel them all the time -- set speed control to 80 and try to listen to talk radio. Two lane roads in other parts of Texas are 70 mph.
145
posted on
05/24/2006 4:34:33 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Sleeper trolls are like cicadas - emerge in the heat and contribute nothing but loud annoying noise)
To: george76
"And wherever it can be required, and the people will accept it, we ought to do it,"...Hillary Rodham Clinton
How typical
To: george76
Please post a link to this article. Thanks.
To: george76
148
posted on
05/24/2006 4:44:46 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: Lead Moderator
Note: the link is already @ #68
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posted on
05/24/2006 4:46:19 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: george76
Oh, man, not this crap again!
To: colorado tanker
The video of this will make a great SBV-like ad.
151
posted on
05/24/2006 4:52:27 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: jwh_Denver
Isn't that some tortured syntax? Takes work to do that. Figure that nobody will accept it as a premise and the sentence starts to make sense. It's a classic political rhetorical device - only two choices are possible, and both false, but be sure to pick the "correct" one. Same with anti-tobacco legislation or anything else.
To: george76
I thought we got rid of the stupid double nickle when the pubs took over in '95.
Hey Hillary, you drive 55 mph. I'll keep up with the traffic flow at about 75 mph.
And trying to slow traffic on highways that are already totally overwhelmed is gonna get a lot more cars through.
Right?
Right, Hitlery?
To: george76
"The 55-mile speed limit really does lower gas usage.
And it really does increase time spent on the road thus increasing the likelihood of tiredness and accidents.
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posted on
05/24/2006 4:57:39 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Paladin2
This idea sure won't go over well in the Red States, but Hillary may not care much about our votes.
To: Lead Moderator
156
posted on
05/24/2006 5:04:18 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: obnogs
Wasn't the 55 limit passed during the Nixon years?I believe it was passed about '73 or '74 as a result of an Arab oil crisis. I think it was a Nixon abomination.
To: colorado tanker
She likely cares about Ohio.
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posted on
05/24/2006 5:09:50 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: Ole Okie
Actually a 30 mph rate gets the most vehicles past a given point per unit time.
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posted on
05/24/2006 5:11:20 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
To: george76
Sure Hill I'll think about it as long as I can put a "Run, Hillary, Run" on my FRONT bumper.
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posted on
05/24/2006 5:14:43 PM PDT
by
mafree
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