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    No one wants to discuss Fallujah?

    Or the current protests in Iraq?<br /><br />This was not the dancing in the streets that Cheney had envisioned, I think.<br /><br />And we are going to turn over control of this country in 90 days? To whom, I wonder?<br /><br />What a mess! And all too predictable, sad to say.<br /><br />And...
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    Softwood comment for Toad

    Toad,<br /><br />The effects of the countervailing duty against Canadian softwood lumber mills on US consumers has been complex and confusing at best.<br /><br />The duty itself varies from company to company but averages around 30%, and the US historically imports about 35% of its lumber...
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    Bsuh on meet the press on Sunday

    This should be interesting. I hope Russert will be able to elicit something a little deeper than the normal cliche answers we have come to expect.<br /><br />I especially got a kick recently when Bush was asked how he can expect to cut the deficit in half while making permanent the tax cuts...
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    Martha Stewart

    As much as I don't particularly like this woman, I have to feel a bit of sympathy for her.<br />The justice department is going after her like a pit bull, but can't make a case for insider trading, so they are going for obstruction. How can you obstruct justice, when no chargable crime has...
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    On to the moon and mars!

    I do get a kick out of this President. He is the master of the bait and switch.<br /><br />We are going to the moon and mars, and we are going to spend the princely sum of 1 billion over 5 years to do it!<br /><br />That ought to be enough!<br /><br />Most estimates make the amount closer to a...
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    Paul O'Neil

    Apparently Paul O'Neil is going to be on 60 minutes tonite, and has written a new book, and has, among other things, suggested that attending a cabinet meeting with Bush was like watching a blind man talk to a bunch of deaf people.<br /><br />While I think it is probably reasonably accurate...
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    Bush finally gets it!

    It seems Bush finally has realized that there was absolutely no evidence of any connection between Saddam and 9/11. Even Rummy has. We are still waiting on Cheney, but then he is slow on the uptake.<br /><br />I still don't understand why he is still giving speeches suggesting that we no...
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    Skinny--Socialism vs liberalism vs conservatism

    Awhile back, you asked how I saw these various idealogies, and it is a fair question, so I thought I would give it a shot. I've got a little bit of free time this morning.<br />I can best portray them with some specific experiences.<br /><br />I was the manager of an operation in Northern...
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    Yet another frivolous lawsuit

    Seems Fox News launched yet another frivolous lawsuit against Al Franken for using the term "fair and balanced" on the cover of his new book.<br />Thankfully the courts threw it out as being wholly without any merit. An author has the right of satire, and always has had that right.<br /><br />I...
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    Iraq

    So no one wishes to talk about Iraq, or Osama Bin Forgotten?<br /><br />65 American kids have been killed since the end of hostilities. It seems that Iraq is becoming a magnet for every terrorist everywhere these days.<br /><br />We can't get power and water restored, and can't keep oil...
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    Forest Initiative

    I watched the pres give a speech this am on his new forest initiative. (Gawd, it is painful to watch him speak).<br /><br />Now here is an issue close to my heart.<br /><br />I guess it is impossible for him to give a speech with any sort of detail and explaination in it. What would be so...
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    Finally back!

    Well, what did I miss? I've spent almost the entire last month trying to get a plywood mill going in Northern Michigan, and fighting with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources securing a wood supply, so I suspect I will be a touch docile for a little bit, at least
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    Duct tape and plastic

    Glad to see we are getting our money's worth with the Department of Homeland security! That duct tape and plastic advice has to be worth at least a few billion.<br />It is the same thing that our dear Portland mayor Vera Katz suggested about a year ago, but she kind of got laughed out of town...
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    Terror alert

    Seems like they are going to raise the terror alert to "orange" from yellow! I am sure that means I should do something--just not sure what.<br /><br />Maybe it is time I finally dig out that walk in closet that is buried in junk, so that I have a proper place to cower and hide.<br /><br />I...
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    Last LV race

    Sloopy, you asked in a different area whether I saw the last LV race, and yes I did. Thought I would move this here.<br /><br />Yet another penalty by Oracle. Too bad. In the prestart. Another foolish error. They looked so under control against One World, and the wheels just came off...
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    America's Cup-Paul Cayard

    I have just started watching the Cup, and have heard no mention of Paul Cayard. Is he not on a boat this year?? Other than Russel Coutts, he is the best. Those two, on equal boats, would give each other a tussle.<br />Been a lot of tactical errors the last couple of days. I can't believe...
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    1984 50 hp narrwowing the problem

    My motor won't get to full power--made suggested checks, and all seemed ok, took it out yesterday, and tried hitting the fuel primer button on the ignition while at full throttle, and engine immediately responded to full power. To me, at least, this suggests it is a fuel problem and that I have...
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    1984 50 hp johnson won't get to full power

    My 84 johnson 50 hp won't get to full power. It will plane my 17' aluminum boat, but not without a struggle, and I don't have a tach, by my guess is it is getting to about 3k to 3500 RPM max.<br />This just happened suddenly, as I was cruising along just fine when the power dropped (?)<br...
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