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| HILL DRIVE FOR '55' |
| 2006-05-24 |
| By IAN BISHOP May 24, 2006 -- WASHINGTON - 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. I can't drive 55. "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. Before sounding off on the benefits of a lower speed limit, Clinton called for a combination of tax incentives, the use of more ethanol-based fuel and a $50 billion fund for new energy research to cut the consumption of foreign oil 50 percent by 2025. We are now importing most of our ethanol at over $2.00 per gallon partly because of tarrifs imposed by Congress. She also pushed for half of all the nation's gas stations to have ethanol pumps by 2015, and for every gas station to have them by 2025. And she wants TWO ponies. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #7 Stewie rules. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-05-24 21:29 |
| #6 A vote for Hillary is a vote for Corn, or at least HARVEST HOME?, or a FAMILY GUY episode, where baby Stewie ends up in NEBRASKA yokel diner. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-05-24 21:28 |
| #5 Sniff, sniff, we luv ya SAMMY - iff only he and the rest of VAN HALEN can get along. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-05-24 21:23 |
| #4 55 is for the little people. Hillary will be flying in a 757. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-05-24 21:19 |
| #3 Nanny State's best pupil can't resist the urge - Campaign managers pull their hair out, but she reverts to the old form. We know better than you litle people, as she jets from place to place... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-05-24 21:17 |
| #2 Let's see if she self-imposes 55 mph on her campaign vehicles. Better yet, she and Al can walk the country together. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-05-24 21:14 |
| #1 Boy howdy, this'll make her popular. ROFL!! Go, Hillary! We need more |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-05-24 21:07 |