A Horse With No Name

Thomas Jefferson understood the danger of putting the power to control the currency of a nation in the hands of a few individuals in the form of a monopolistic central bank. This is why he opposed Alexander Hamilton's scheme to establish the First Bank of the United States. Let me repeat what he said in 1791:"If the American people ever allow the banks to control issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers occupied." Quoted for truth. The whole thing seems to just love wealth from the working classes to the wealthy. Chris

Exactly. GM needs to find the people behind the MINI ad campaign and hire them... Chris

Going to North Carolina to see my parents, taking two of my children. Chris

Actually the Fit is the only Honda I find remotely appealing right now... Chris

http://www.american.com/archive/2008/novem...nergy-delusion/ Chris

http://www.freep.com/article/20081122/BUSINESS01/81122026 Any comments welcome Chris

BTW, tieing it into "change" and Obama is a brilliant idea in one sense, if you could do it without alienating the Republican base that buys GM. But yeah,a campaign for "change" might not be a bad idea. Chris

IMHO, Grey G6 FTW, BTW.

Why not invade France...it's warmer, and you won't have to worry about them defending themselves. Chris

Then if your reading this thread, your in the right place... Chris

I would hate to think of what is in that freezer. One thing for sure, if I ever meet Satty and he offers me a beer from that freezer...I ain't gonna drink it. Chris

Have you considered thearapy, dude? Chris

Given the way things are going right now...the three of us left working in the lower 48 can carpool in the Astra to Wendy's...only to find out we've lost our job to illegal aliens. Chris

Not any more awkward than the discussions we have here at C and G. Chris

An Astra 5 door would make a good, boring family car...and it would be a better 'family" car than a Cobalt methinks. i also think given how badly the Astra has tanked you should be able to buy one in about two years with very low miles for about the price of a good pair of roller skates. Chris/66

Actually, Satty, you do just fine at killing a boner. Because sometimes when I read your stuff I think the human race ought to stop reproducing... (just kidding, bro!) Chris

Only if you don't have a cow... Chris

We need to have another thread about sex, so we can have a thread about getting strange, which would be strange, but not strange by cheers and gears standards. And then we could Polka with Dot, but only if we smelled it first... And then if we smelled it...we would want to go fishing...because everytime I smell fish, I want to go fishing. I'm fishing for strange, by the way, but strangely I'm not fishing for the strange I was talking about when I started this thread. Where were we, then? Chris

+1 Chris

For some reason though the Charger looks a whole lot better as a Police car than the Crown Vic. The PD depts around here have switched to chargers, and they just look right in black and white with a push bar and a gun rack. Chris

...and while were at it, let's not pick on Reno. She's a better man than I am. Hell, I bet she can piss farther standing up than any guy who posts here at cheers and gears. Chris

All I was saying is that it is stupid to hold this womans past against her. Also...she's willing to work for 5 grand a year part time. They ought to be glad they get anyone. Chris

+1 on the shortbed stepside deal. I remember as a kid James Garner used to play Rockford on TV and his TV dad drove one that looked cool. We used to ahve a really nice one in the landscaping company I worked for going through college...but 5 years of plowing snow and 5 Indiana winters took their toll on it. And to carry on discussion of the Astra, it has to be the under-rated car of the decade. It is a huge seller in Europe for a reason. But I digress...I still want a Cooper, yes it is more expensive...but... Chris

The trunk release is a minor issue though. Overall, I like the G8 better than the Charger and really even better than many of the BMW products. Chris

...and I still feel the G8 is a step in the right direction. Chris