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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: So Cal Rocket; doug from upland

PING! Your services are needed in this thread, sir.


61 posted on 05/24/2006 3:41:50 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: george76
She is stuck in the 1960's. There is no "there" there in her intellect.

Every time she makes a pronouncement, it is as though we travel backwards in some sort of evil time warp.

I keep expecting that some tattered diseased and long lost group of Yippies will surface squealing about "rights".

This is a very shallow woman indeed.

62 posted on 05/24/2006 3:42:19 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: george76

Didn't they just raise the speed limit in West Texas to 80mph?


63 posted on 05/24/2006 3:43:02 PM PDT by Crawdad (Hey, baby. Can I hijack your thread?)
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To: Cincinna

Oh boy, I want to see Hitlery in a camoflage suit ala Kerry, duck hunting to prove she's a real man, er, woman...


64 posted on 05/24/2006 3:43:20 PM PDT by hardworking (Me? I just work to earn a living, pay taxes, educate my kids...so what could I possiblty know?)
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To: george76

Hillary the genious does not seem to understand that that technology applies to the pre 90's technology. The new cars have a different gearing to engine ratio so they can run at 2000 rpm at 75 miles an hour. The gas loss comes from city driving so the 55 number means nothing. What a dope.


65 posted on 05/24/2006 3:43:53 PM PDT by jetson
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To: CFC__VRWC
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66 posted on 05/24/2006 3:44:27 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Yeah, force me to drive slower to work and play so Hillary and her liberal friends can feel good about themselves. It has nothing to do with conservation or saving lives; its about showing us they can run our lives and we can do nothing about it. Hillary is showing us her true liberal colors. We've all been warned.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

67 posted on 05/24/2006 3:44:31 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: george76

The link.

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/69045.htm


68 posted on 05/24/2006 3:46:20 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: obnogs

Well, it could have been the Ford years, but I'm pretty sure it was in the Carter years.


69 posted on 05/24/2006 3:46:45 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (The MSM is "the propaganda arm of our enemies." - Jack Kelly)
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To: george76

Does anybody have pictures of Hillary in her various modes of transportation, such SUV, limousine, airplane.

And we are the ones that have to save gas! What a f*n joke.


70 posted on 05/24/2006 3:47:13 PM PDT by seawolf101
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To: george76

Um, this has been tried and failed miserably. I remember speed limits going down to 55 but it didn't take long to go right back up. No one is going to go 55 on the expressway. Geez, barely anyone goes the posted speed as it is.


71 posted on 05/24/2006 3:47:26 PM PDT by imskylark
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To: george76

For someone that is suppose to be a political genius with one foot in the white house door(according to the MSM), Hillary seems to be making a lot of down right stupid political mistakes. I have a feeling that just like last week where she said young people were shiftless and lazy, then quickly backtracked, she will also be quickly backtracking when she finds out how unpopular this idea will be.


72 posted on 05/24/2006 3:47:29 PM PDT by apillar
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To: george76
This worked out so well for Jimmy !

FYI: Nixon created the double nickel speed limit.

Still, I can't drive 55, and I don't see the need to make CB's, Radar detectors, and hair trigger braking a necessity on the nations highways.

Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow....

73 posted on 05/24/2006 3:48:03 PM PDT by AFreeBird (your mileage may vary)
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To: george76

SCREW THAT!!!!

i can't even slow down to 65!!

:)


74 posted on 05/24/2006 3:48:15 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq)
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To: george76

Man, those are some ugly legs.


75 posted on 05/24/2006 3:48:45 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (The MSM is "the propaganda arm of our enemies." - Jack Kelly)
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To: maggief

Good idea.

"all congress critters fly commercial coach?!? "


76 posted on 05/24/2006 3:48:49 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I moved out to New Mexico last year, I didn't realize that the stated speed on the highways is 75 MPH. Of course, if you go 75, you will get run off the road by all those doing 90+.

If she pushed this as a presidential candidate, you can color this tossup state red.....


77 posted on 05/24/2006 3:48:49 PM PDT by machman
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To: ErnBatavia
but I'd have loved to have gotten up there once in awhile.

Hey, I live in the mountains. 40 MPH is pushing it on most portions of the Rim of the World Highway.

78 posted on 05/24/2006 3:49:24 PM PDT by socal_parrot (Pass)
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To: george76
Stick with me here, because I am going to do a little math.

If you drive 55 instead of, say, 65 mph, it will take you an extra 10 minutes to drive 60 miles. Assuming that your gas milage goes from 20 to 22.5 miles per gallon, you will also have saved 0.3 gallons of gas. At $2.75 a gallon, that gas would be worth 82.5 cents. So, if you save 90 cents by spending and extra 10 minutes on the road, you are saving money at a rate of $4.95 for every hour wasted driving 55. This is slightly less than the minimum wage.

This is what Hillary! thinks your time is worth.

79 posted on 05/24/2006 3:49:24 PM PDT by jebeier
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To: george76

Great. Same old recycled nonsolutions to bring revenue to the government.


80 posted on 05/24/2006 3:49:30 PM PDT by mysterio
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