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Last October a horrific stretch limousine crash killed 20 people and rocked the state of New York. As a result, Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to introduce a raft of transportation safety reforms including an outright ban on long limos.In an event described by the New York Times as the “deadliest U.S accident in nine years,” 17 passengers in a stretched Ford Excursion limousine, the vehicle’s driver, and two pedestrians died in a crash in the small upstate town of Schoharie, NY. The subsequent investigation revealed that the limo had failed its last safety inspection and should not have been on...

A limousine traveling on a major bridge in the San Francisco area burst into flames, killing five female passengers who were trapped inside and injuring four others who escaped, authorities said today.

Keith raised ‘stink’ E-mails bare ‘Diva’ chauffeur shuffleBy MARC BERMAN Liberal bloviator Keith Olbermann spent his last days at Current TV driving colleagues nuts with rants about “smelly’’ drivers who had the audacity to talk to him, according to startling e-mails obtained by The Post. “The problem is with him . . . the man who professes to be for the 99% doesn’t want any of the 99% talking to him or being near him,” an accounting executive complained in one of the missives. An assistant, who had just about maxed out her corporate card in a desperate attempt to...

Towering hypocrisy right to the end... A number of news reports coming out of North Korea today purport the American-looking cars at the head of the Kim Jong Il funeral procession to be 'Russian limos'... but the first point of note would be that such cars were only manufactured in the Soviet era: the GAZ Chaika has been out of production for decades, and ZiL only recently made/restored a single old-style limousine to custom Kremlin order- an open parade-car looking nothing like the car above. And as one personally familiar with all these designs (have touched and sat in every type...

Unbelievable. The very people who are trying to panic us all about carbon emissions and anthropogenic Global Warming - and would like to stop us all from driving big cars - begin arriving in Copenhagen... in... guess what? Chauffer-Driven Limousines! For those of you who might be unfamiliar with European license plates, BLUE license plates belong to diplomats and official government personnel. The "CD" emblem you see on some cars belong to diplomats.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday that the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) will require ‘black cars’ that service corporate clients to increase fuel efficiency standards to levels currently achievable only by using hybrid technology, though these (25 mpg by 2009, 30 mpg by 2010) could be met by some European diesel cars if they were permitted. The plan to improve the fuel efficiency of the 10,000 black car fleet was envisioned as part of the Mayor's PlaNYC 2030, a set of 127 initiatives aimed at reducing New York's carbon emissions. In December last year, the TLC...

Let them rent limos One of the messages I've been receiving is that those people in New Orleans have only themselves to blame. They should have left when the evacuation was ordered. For some that is probably true. New Orleans is a laid-back city. But for many, being told to evacuate was like being told to flap their wings and fly. Nearly one in four residents is below the poverty line. Many don't have cars. Yet the evacuation plan was based on private autos. There was no mechanism to evacuate those without cars, much less those in nursing homes and...

Adding to the inventory of potential terror tools at inaugural events are vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, acording to a report in Time magazine. These so-called VBIEDs may possibly be disguised as limousines, and the intel behind the latest fear is a document perhaps written by Issa al-Hindi, an al-Qaida operative captured in Britain last year. "Rough Presentation for Gas Limo Project" describes using limousines to deliver bombs equipped with cylinders of a flammable gas. The document specifically mentions that limos "blend in" and "can transport larger payloads than sedans ... and do not require special driving skills." Furthermore, such vehicle...

It's the eve of D-Cup Day. The groundwork has been laid: extra ads, more supervixen staff, full humidors, limos on call. Now, the gentlemen's clubs and the restaurants where waitresses are hotter than the barbecued wings are waiting on the players in town for the Democratic National Convention. The Republicans can claim to be the party of Lincoln; this is the party of Linkin Park. The big tent surely can accommodate Summer and Misti and The Men Who Tip Them Handsomely. At Hooters, a long outlet pass away from the FleetCenter, manager Stephen Caruso anticipates a 50 percent boost in...

http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/yay/bigmidi.html MIDI - GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES All the scum DemocRATS come to Bean Town to meet Al Qaeda's sending money so they won't get beat Better watch out, they’re gonna get you They will take your wallets…you’ll have nothing left by the time they’re through Liars, gays and freaks They fill up the Fleet Center with their grand perversion Liars, gays and freaks If we cannot stop the DemocRATS this time…our nation won’t survive There on the stage, the woman from hell She’s Satan’s daughter, we know her so well People who love her have lost their head And...

I find it hilarious that Clinton is doing light hearted talk shows and concerts like Larry King, Hollywood Squares, Opening for bands...Its proves that now the Adults are in charge at the White House , and Clinton can go play his little kid games. Sometime between the 2000 elections and the 2002 mid terms elections Americans woke up after an eight year nap. Others were awakened to the deceitfulness of a former President. Right around Sept 11 to be exact. While our real President was comforting the victims, and striking fear in the hearts of our enemies, and confounding the...