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...And people ask me why I drive a fifty-four year old Studebaker.We had high winds today and a tornado warning. I didn't hear where it was but the warning was in Adrian where I was at the time. Tommorows winds are supposed to be worse.
We used to have vans too. We had a 74 Chevy full sized van. We all loved it cause the engine made so much noiseand sounded powerful.
THe next van was an 82 GMC, a real piece of junk. I bought it primarily for my wife to haul the kids around in and our vacations and family doings, but the thing developed a problem not long after we had it. The carb kept backfiring and and the engine would stall almost every time you tried to take off. You had to have an extra saftey distance when taking off from light or you would get broadsided. I ended up driving it cause it was so unafe, and I always drove with the seatblet off and my hand on the door handle so I could bale out if it started on fire.
When I took it into the dealer, which is where it spent most of its time, the mechanic took the carb apart and said you've had this on fire, which surprised me not a bit. After another year and many attempts to get it fixed we got rid of it.
The next van was a Chevy Astro van. My wife loved it but I hated it. It was a gas hog and reaquired lots of maintenance and was so hard to work on. We finally got rid of it when it went through 8-10 quarts of oil to every fill up on gas. Of course my wife wanted another van but I said no way.
Well this conversation could go on all night as I had a bunch of truely junk cars/trucks. We finally both bought Hondas and end of problem. We got rid of my Honda when I lost my job, it was pretty full of miles anyway. We now have a Ford truck and really love it, but its had a lot of electrical problems too
Das ist wahr. Can't stand the stuff.
I don't know how much the US media is covering this, but I suppose you all know that France has outlawed the muslim niqab (full, face covering burqa). It seems that the ultra liberal idealism of being tolerant of what's seen as a serious threat to western freedom is experiencing a reality check.
It's being reported that Italy is considering following France in restricting islamic behaviors that are in opposition to cultural norms and in parts of Germany, local citizens are concentrating their efforts to stop mosque building and what one man described as a takeover of German way of life.
It's about time and hopefully this is a sign of things to come that will spread. Western governments need to stop being blind to the fact that many of these so-called refugees do indeed intend us harm if by no other means than refusing to acclimate to our culture.
What, if anything, has been reported in the US or Canada?
I don't know how much the US media is covering this, but I suppose you all know that France has outlawed the muslim niqab (full, face covering burqa). It seems that the ultra liberal idealism of being tolerant of what's seen as a serious threat to western freedom is experiencing a reality check.
It's being reported that Italy is considering following France in restricting islamic behaviors that are in opposition to cultural norms and in parts of Germany, local citizens are concentrating their efforts to stop mosque building and what one man described as a takeover of German way of life.
It's about time and hopefully this is a sign of things to come that will spread. Western governments need to stop being blind to the fact that many of these so-called refugees do indeed intend us harm if by no other means than refusing to acclimate to our culture.
What, if anything, has been reported in the US or Canada?
Federalist 51 said:It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part. Different interests necessarily exist in different classes of citizens. If a majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure. There are but two methods of providing against this evil: the one by creating a will in the community independent of the majority -- that is, of the society itself; the other, by comprehending in the society so many separate descriptions of citizens as will render an unjust combination of a majority of the whole very improbable, if not impracticable. The first method prevails in all governments possessing an hereditary or self-appointed authority. This, at best, is but a precarious security; because a power independent of the society may as well espouse the unjust views of the major, as the rightful interests of the minor party, and may possibly be turned against both parties. The second method will be exemplified in the federal republic of the United States. Whilst all authority in it will be derived from and dependent on the society, the society itself will be broken into so many parts, interests, and classes of citizens, that the rights of individuals, or of the minority, will be in little danger from interested combinations of the majority.
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