dean Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Its a tradition in Texas to name some or all of your sons George. Just ask George Foreman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Obama urges alternative energy use CHICAGO - US President Barack Obama flew 947 kilometers alone in his 747 from Washington to Chicago, to deliver a speech on saving energy. Envisioning cars that can go "coast to coast without using a drop of oil," Mr Obama urged Congress to authorise spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars and biofuels to wean automobiles off gasoline. Mr Obama, expanding on an initiative he addressed in his State of the Union speech last month, said the United States must shift its cars and trucks entirely off oil to avoid perpetual fluctuations in gas prices. Citing policies that already require automakers to increase gas mileage, he said he expects that by 2025, Americans will only have to fill up their cars half as often. "We've set some achievable but ambitious goals," Mr Obama said, speaking at Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago "The only way to break this cycle of spiking gas prices - the only way to break that cycle for good - is to shift our cars entirely, our cars and trucks, off oil," the president said. His speech, with its focus on energy, was designed to draw attention to what the White House says is one of Mr Obama's top agenda items for his second term. That focus, however, has been overshadowed as the administration and Congress work on an immigration overhaul, gun legislation and deficit-reduction measures. It was overshadowed today by his decision to fly the largest airplane in the US commercial fleet in order to make the speech. http://www.bangkokpo...tive-energy-use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Should he have driven instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Free video conferencing on the free Google Hangouts platform would have cost him (us) about 75 cents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Yup......good idea. Get rid of airplanes. All of life can take place over video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 ...Prez O had to check on his house, in Chicago, and do a meet/greet with the gang in Chicago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Supreme Court upholds first-sale doctrine in textbook resale case Thai student's book-importing business was not a copyright crime. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/thai-student-protected-by-first-sale-supreme-court-rules/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28Ars+Technica+-+All+content%29#.UUiJRSN3IXs.reddit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I became a victim of theft today. My home security cameras showed the UPS leave a package on my front porch at around 3PM; about an hour later a juvenile grabbed the package and ran with it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Happened to my folks once. My mother ordered a little portable TV (the size of an iPad) to carry in the car. My parents weren't home when it arrived. When they got home, the package was on the porch - torn open and empty! UPS had to replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 We were out of town when it happened. He took a box of medication for athlete's foot. I turned the matter over to the Police -- they were impressed with the videos. Three different video cameras caught him in action. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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