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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

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To: george76

This might sell in the tree hugging world, but for the vast majority of people who actually have to drive this will go over like a mandatory root canal. Keep talking Hill:).


381 posted on 12/21/2006 2:52:49 PM PST by redangus
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To: mewzilla
No controlling legal authority
382 posted on 12/21/2006 2:53:07 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
No controlling legal authority

You ain't kidding...

Injured Hillary Cop Silenced?

383 posted on 12/21/2006 2:57:22 PM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: redangus

Truckers will love hearing Hillary wonderful plan...

/s

( The Teamsters may even support us ! )


384 posted on 12/21/2006 2:57:43 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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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.

I recall a Clinton '96 Campaign worker laughingly recalling for me how they'd take the bus convoy 80+ miles per hour at times. "We'd close off the freeways and drive like a bat outa hell from town to town" is how he put it.

This was all done at the direction of the Secret Service of course.

385 posted on 12/21/2006 3:00:12 PM PST by Ghengis (Of course freedom is free. If it wasn't, it would be called expensivedom. ~Cindy Sheehan 11/11/06)
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To: mewzilla

The People President Clinton Didn't Have to Pardon...

Because They're All Dead-

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/clintonfriends.htm


386 posted on 12/21/2006 3:02:40 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ..."We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."


387 posted on 12/21/2006 3:10:08 PM PST by Gone_Postal (There's plenty of room for all God's creatures..right next to the mashed potatoes)
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To: Melas

Not exponential, though, it's a simple speed-squared (drag) or speed-cubed (power required) relationship. So doubling speed will result in 4 times the drag, and 8 times the power required to go that speed. Going 75 mph rather than 60 results in the aerodynamic drag being (75/60)^2 = 56% higher, and 93% more power required to overcome the aerodynamic drag.


388 posted on 12/21/2006 3:23:03 PM PST by -YYZ-
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To: RobRoy

"I drive a Chrysler 300m, which has a very low drag coefficient."

For a second there I thought you must be on drugs or something, until I noticed it was a 300M you were talking about, not a 300C. I can't see that big tall grille and hood, and squared off tail on the 300C being very slick aerodynamically. But the 300M had a much smoother shape.


389 posted on 12/21/2006 3:32:33 PM PST by -YYZ-
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To: hardworking

I can see Hillary doing her fireside chats right now.
390 posted on 12/21/2006 3:37:54 PM PST by Ghengis (Of course freedom is free. If it wasn't, it would be called expensivedom. ~Cindy Sheehan 11/11/06)
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To: Vinnie

"I recall truckers complaining that their rigs got worse mileage at 55 than 65 because of the gearing."

That doesn't make sense. Trucks have tons of gears, closely spaced. If 55 was too low for top gear they could easily drop down a gear or two and be running the same rpm as at 65.

"I know my Honda Pilot shifts into 'high' at 62 mph.
At 55 I would be stuck in a lower gear and likely burn more fuel."

Weird. The 5 speed automatic in my Accord has switched up to 5th and the torque converter locked up by the time I reach about 45 mph, if just cruising on a level road.


391 posted on 12/21/2006 3:39:49 PM PST by -YYZ-
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To: george76
Geez, are Hilliary's handlers on Christmas break? I am surprised there weren't any Dem operatives there to wrestle her to the ground before she damaged herself some more.
392 posted on 12/21/2006 3:40:37 PM PST by Plutarch
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To: conservative in nyc
RAISE the speed limit in wide open West Texas to 80

Exactly. Why should it be assumed that 70 or 55 is the right speed limit anyway. We should be trying to push speeds higher as technology safely allows. I hope my great grandkids don't have to settle for sub-100MPH travel. Thank goodness we don't have to settle for horse and buggy speed today. I'm not saying make it 100MPH tomorrow, but there should be national leadership on the topic of building cars and roads that can handle faster and faster travel, and do it safer that today.

393 posted on 12/21/2006 3:43:57 PM PST by JTHomes
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To: Gone_Postal; monkapotamus

ht monk


394 posted on 12/21/2006 3:47:56 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: goldstategop; potlatch

We need the " Hillary stealing the silverware inside of her coat " picture , please.


395 posted on 12/21/2006 3:50:53 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Hehe I forgot about that one.


396 posted on 12/21/2006 3:52:46 PM PST by monkapotamus
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To: devolve; george76
Here you are!


397 posted on 12/21/2006 3:53:18 PM PST by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: Plutarch
This reminds me of a similar event...


398 posted on 12/21/2006 3:54:06 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: potlatch

Thank you.

You do excellent work !


399 posted on 12/21/2006 3:56:59 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: devolve; george76

Thank you george. I didn't make the silverware one, no name on it.


400 posted on 12/21/2006 3:58:51 PM PST by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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