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From: larry moe 'n curly on 13 Mar 2010 11:13 Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B 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
From: Canuck57 on 13 Mar 2010 11:24 On 13/03/2010 9:13 AM, larry moe 'n curly wrote: > > > Hachiroku ハチロク 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 Bet he votes for Obama/democrat too. With all that debt, debtors love company. -- -------------- Politicians don't provide anything, the tax payers do.
From: dr_jeff on 13 Mar 2010 11:56 larry moe 'n curly wrote: > > Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B 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.
From: PeterD on 13 Mar 2010 17:49 On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:34:41 -0800, Conscience <nobama@g�v.com> wrote: >On 2010-03-13 08:24:40 -0800, Canuck57 <Canuck57(a)nospam.com> said: > >> On 13/03/2010 9:13 AM, 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 >> >> Bet he votes for Obama/democrat too. With all that debt, debtors love company. > >But, but, but, the world OWES him something. Ok, six months in jail should just about cover it... uo
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 13 Mar 2010 21:06
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:56:22 -0500, dr_jeff wrote: > larry moe 'n curly wrote: >> >> Hachiroku ハチロク 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. |