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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
....Set an example Hillery. Take a long walk...

Off a very short pier.

21 posted on 05/24/2006 3:31:52 PM PDT by GunsareOK
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To: GunsareOK
And we can bet they go a lot faster than 55 when directed to do so by Her Majesty.

They go faster than 55 when Her Majesty directs them to blow through security gates injuring the guard...

22 posted on 05/24/2006 3:32:22 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (Freerepublic - The website where "Freepers" is not in the spell checker dictionary...)
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To: george76

Hillary is an idiot.


23 posted on 05/24/2006 3:32:41 PM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: GunsareOK
And we can bet they go a lot faster than 55 when directed to do so by Her Majesty.

Yep, when she is on her way to the airport. Speaking of which, does anyone remember when Hillary held an AA flight on the ground for 40 mins while she was giving a speech? Boarded up and fueled, the frigging thing sat on the gate waiting for her heinous to arrive. When she got there, she blamed it on the TSA..

24 posted on 05/24/2006 3:32:48 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Kerry-Mcarthy in 2008!)
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To: george76

She's too perfect! Let this woman win the Democratic nomination in 2008!



25 posted on 05/24/2006 3:33:30 PM PDT by CheyennePress
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To: george76

Wow. Hillary figures out perhaps the one thing that would force me to vote for McCain..


26 posted on 05/24/2006 3:33:39 PM PDT by AntiGuv ("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
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To: george76
The oil companies need to tap Hillary's inexhaustible gas supply.
27 posted on 05/24/2006 3:33:45 PM PDT by demlosers
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To: socal_parrot
I can't drive 55.

When I was commuting from Newhall to Santa Monica, via the Sepulveda Impasse, I couldn't either....but I'd have loved to have gotten up there once in awhile.

28 posted on 05/24/2006 3:34:02 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Meep Meep)
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To: GunsareOK

Her jet goes more than 55 mph.

I wonder how many gallons of fuel she burns in the jet per mile ?

Or pounds of jet fuel per hour ?


29 posted on 05/24/2006 3:34:24 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: cardinal4
Hillary, you disgusting piece of filth just go away, just friggin GO AWAY!!!

There I feel better now..

30 posted on 05/24/2006 3:35:07 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Kerry-Mcarthy in 2008!)
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To: IslandJeff

'Cause there's too much traffic

I can't pass...

31 posted on 05/24/2006 3:35:15 PM PDT by SIDENET (I like liberals...they taste like CHICKEN.)
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To: george76

One foot on the brake and one on the gas!
Well, there's too much traffic, I can't pass!
So I tried my best illegal move
A big black and white come and crushed my groove!

Go on & write me up for 125
Post my face, wanted dead or alive
Take my license n' all that jive
I can't drive 55!

So I signed my name on number 24!
Yeah the judge said, "Boy, just one more
I'm gonna throw your @zz in the city joint"
Looked me in the eye, said, "You get my point?"
I said "Yeah!, Oh yea!"

Write me up for 125
Post my face, wanted dead or alive
Take my license, all that jive
I can't drive 55!

When I drive that slow, you know it's hard to steer.
And I can't get my car out of second gear.
What used to take two hours now takes all day.
Huh - It took me 16 hours to get to L.A.!

Go on & write me up for 125
Post my face, wanted dead or alive
Take my license n' all that jive
I can't drive 55!


32 posted on 05/24/2006 3:35:45 PM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
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To: george76
What a winning issue!

She should stick with it.

33 posted on 05/24/2006 3:36:26 PM PDT by SIDENET (I like liberals...they taste like CHICKEN.)
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To: george76
Liberals have been screaming about this ever since the 55 limit was lifted back in '92 (or '94 maybe? I don't remember). The 55 limit was a joke to begin with .. almost nobody ever payed attention to it, not even the cops. An average of 65-70 on the Interstate's was always the norm around here, and still is (in NY at least, where the limit was raised to 65). The 'norm' is even higher in Western states, where 80+ is the average.

It's pointless, Hillary, to bring this outmoded debate to the table once again. It ain't gonna win her any political points with anybody except amongst the loony left fringe.

34 posted on 05/24/2006 3:36:38 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: george76

Just think of all the revenue we'll get from speeding tickets! </sarcasm off>


35 posted on 05/24/2006 3:36:43 PM PDT by Mazda3Fan
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To: george76

Hitlery wants 55, I want 110. Let's split the difference and add 10. 92.5 mph is fast enough for me on most roads.


36 posted on 05/24/2006 3:36:52 PM PDT by meyer (Permanently boycott all businesses that close for the May 1st illegal alien march!)
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To: george76

She forgot the part about lowering the thermostat also


37 posted on 05/24/2006 3:36:57 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: elhombrelibre

I thought of the Carter years also. Wasn't it Carter that implemented conservation plans like the 55 mph speed limit and the the paper conservation plan to "use both sides of the paper when you wipe" plan.


38 posted on 05/24/2006 3:36:59 PM PDT by GoforBroke
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To: elhombrelibre
Wasn't the 55 limit passed during the Nixon years?
39 posted on 05/24/2006 3:37:04 PM PDT by obnogs (We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. -Albert Ein)
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To: IslandJeff

Well I have part of the song down.. lol

"Gonna write me up for driving the speed I should.
Take things way for the "common good"
Hillary Clinton, she's gonna connive
But I can't drive 55! Oh No!"

:)


40 posted on 05/24/2006 3:37:30 PM PDT by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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