[Rhodes22-list] Change of subject matter. From taxes to war.

[brad haslett]

Richard,

Just about everyone I've spoken with would like to see
more evidence.  I work with a lot of National Guard,
Navy and Air Force Reserve pilots, some of whom have
already been called up, and they are sceptics as well.
 Several of them have suggested that Bush is "spoon
feeding" the information we have to protect our
sources.  Let's pray they are correct. If a war starts
and it turns out to be nothing but a fight for oil or
vengence I'll be the first to write Sen. Frist and ask
for a vote of impeachment.

You are 100% correct about the need for alternative
energy.  This discussion has continued since 1973 and
no President yet has made it a priority.  I'm no oil
expert but I did a couple of research papers in grad
school on the oil industry.  The Middle East suppliers
definitely control the price through sheer volume.  
If we stay on an oil diet and find vast new reserves
at home the Mid Easterners could severely damage the
project economically by dropping the price of oil. 
The same applies to any alternative fuel project. 
That doesn't mean it can't be done or shouldn't be
done, it just means the battle will take place on two
fronts; technology and economics.

Honda has a hydrogen fuel cell auto in production and
has sold several to the city of Los Angeles.  For that
technology to work on a wide scale we will need a huge
investment of capital in the transportation and
distribution system for the fuel.  A few oil companies
are in the development phase but none have the
resources to take on the project alone.  Now there's a
tax I would vote for!

Brad Haslett
--- Richard and Sherry Day <dayz@lisco.com> wrote:
>   I will chime in with an opinion on this thread
> since I feel this
> supersedes, at the present, any euphoric feelings I
> have of sailing my
> Rhodes. Please feel free to delete.
>   I concur with Rummy.  I too, would like more
> definitive proof of Iraq's
> mass weapons' of destructiveness.  We are on the
> cusp of sending our young
> men and women to war.  I think we and they deserve
> more solid reasons to
> possibly lose their lives.
>   Many explanations can be/will be/are given to why
> this war is necessary.
> I  personally feel that when the onion is peeled to
> the core oil shows it's
> ugly head.
>   When I go with this personal assumption I find it
> terribly sad.  With our
> nation's high degree of scientific know-how and
> "chutzpa to get the job
> done" we have an opportunity for our government to
> set up a full court press
> to develop renewable fuels. This would, I feel,
> allow our nation (with out
> loss of American lives) to tell the Middle East oil
> country's' to eat our
> dust, for we're forging ahead and controlling our
> own destiny.
>   In my mind President Bush has a gift horse in
> front of him.  His legacy
> concerning the nation's push to create viable
> renewable fuels and it's
> ramifications could be compared to John F. Kennedy's
> pledge to put a man on
> the moon and it's spin-off technological benefits
> that followed.  Richard
> Day  s/v Foolish Pleasure
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 6:34 PM
> To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Change of subject matter.
> From taxes to war.
> 
> 
> We've been beating taxes around for several weeks
> now and I think it's time
> to change of subject.
> Our president appears to be on a course to send this
> country to war against
> Irag and I for one don't believe that a good enough
> case has been made to
> justify this action.
> Sure, they tried to assassinate his Father and it
> was his Father that didn't
> finish the job the first time we went in there, but
> is that enough reason to
> go to war?
> If Saddam and Irag have weapons of mass destruction
> as we claim they
> do.......show me before you go to war. I don't think
> the case has been
> proven
> to me or to most of the other countries around this
> planet.
> C'mon George, show me the beef.
> 
> Rummy
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