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From: clare on 13 Mar 2010 22:47 On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:06:41 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:56:22 -0500, dr_jeff wrote: > >> larry moe 'n curly wrote: >>> >>> Hachiroku ???? wrote: >>>> TheTibetanMonkey" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>> news:63afaded-a68d-4313-9f8e-034da9e19ad8(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >>>> >>>>> EL CAJON, Calif. - A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a >>>>> runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the >>>>> car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP >>>>> said. >>>>> >>>>> Prius driver James Sikes called 911 about 1:30 p.m. after accelerating >>>>> to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 near La Posta and finding that >>>>> he could not control his car, the CHP said. >>>>> >>>>> "I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of >>>>> funny... it jumped and it just stuck there," the 61-year-old driver >>>>> said at a news conference. "As it was going, I was trying the >>>>> brakes...it wasn't stopping, it wasn't doing anything and it just kept >>>>> speeding up," Sikes said, adding he could smell the brakes burning he >>>>> was pressing the pedal so hard. >>>>> >>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_runaway_prius >>>> Funny how he was able to stop the car once a police car got in front of >>>> him. >>> >>> It's also funny that the driver, realtor James Sikes, had declared >>> bankruptcy, was $700,000 in debt, owed $19,000 on his Prius, and was >>> going to be sued for $20,000 on the sale of a defective house: >>> >>> http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,589090,00.html >> >> Let's not jump to conclusions without the facts. Obama did that with >> Gates. Let's not repeat his mistake. > > >The only mistake Obama has made so far has been getting elected. Who in their right mind would want the job of trying to run the US of A????
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 14 Mar 2010 21:59
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:47:42 -0500, clare wrote: > On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:06:41 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:56:22 -0500, dr_jeff wrote: >> >>> larry moe 'n curly wrote: >>>> >>>> Hachiroku ???? wrote: >>>>> TheTibetanMonkey" <comandante.ban...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:63afaded-a68d-4313-9f8e-034da9e19ad8(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... >>>>> >>>>>> EL CAJON, Calif. - A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a >>>>>> runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the >>>>>> car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the >>>>>> CHP said. >>>>>> >>>>>> Prius driver James Sikes called 911 about 1:30 p.m. after >>>>>> accelerating to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 near La Posta >>>>>> and finding that he could not control his car, the CHP said. >>>>>> >>>>>> "I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of >>>>>> funny... it jumped and it just stuck there," the 61-year-old driver >>>>>> said at a news conference. "As it was going, I was trying the >>>>>> brakes...it wasn't stopping, it wasn't doing anything and it just >>>>>> kept speeding up," Sikes said, adding he could smell the brakes >>>>>> burning he was pressing the pedal so hard. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_runaway_prius >>>>> Funny how he was able to stop the car once a police car got in front >>>>> of him. >>>> >>>> It's also funny that the driver, realtor James Sikes, had declared >>>> bankruptcy, was $700,000 in debt, owed $19,000 on his Prius, and was >>>> going to be sued for $20,000 on the sale of a defective house: >>>> >>>> http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,589090,00.html >>> >>> Let's not jump to conclusions without the facts. Obama did that with >>> Gates. Let's not repeat his mistake. >> >> >>The only mistake Obama has made so far has been getting elected. > Who in their right mind would want the job of trying to run the US of > A???? The same type that would want Gordon Brown's job! ;) |