Speaking Personally Mr. Donnelley went to congress again for money. He drove this time. He arrived at capital hill in GM's plug in electric the Volt...a game changer if there ever was one. Automotive lore is filled with game changers; Ford Taurus, Chryslers's Minivans, Studebaker, Packard, Pierce Arrow, Moon, and Detroit Electric. Sometimes the "game changers" really do change the game but more often they are simply the final move. Whatever happens to Detroit's motor companies the US will need to replace with newer forms of transportation its current fleet of recreational trucks encouraged by exemptions from mandated fuel economy standards.
On Tuesday its snowing in central Kansas -- time to make chili and get ready to install a TV scheduled for delivery late this afternoon. I have been window shopping for over two years. I expected to buy from Sam's but they didn't have the highly rated by Consumer Reports model I want so Sears got the sale.
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Education and income were strong factors in vote against gay marriage New Province, of Something, Begun
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'Say what you will about the Bernanke plan, but at least he is trying to save the economy — not rescue speculators.' 'Baldassare said it's difficult to say from the polling why people with higher incomes and a college degree tend to support same-sex marriage. "It has to do with exposure to different ideas," Baldassare said, struggling to interpret that link. "It's perceptions about lifestyle differences, tolerance for differences, broader view of social trends and issues — all those things tend to come with more education. "I didn't really expect to find this" in the survey, he added. "I hadn't thought about probing it."' http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11131721 'But still the question remains: Of what are they a Province? But of course that does not matter, because the Constitution and Canons, provisional though they may be, make no reference to any point outside the province except to say that they will be in communion with those they wish to relate to, and who will relate to them. There is no mention of the Archbisho
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