"There are 2 gas taxes in CA: Federal and State.
The Federal Gas Tax pays for federal roads and highway repair. But a major problem now is that because high gas prices are causing people to drive less, we're collecting less gas taxes and have less money to repair critical transportation infrastructure.
The State Gas Tax should only go for transportation repairs, but now some people think it should be used to shore up California's growing budget deficit." - justin hamilton
"Right now, oil companies hold the leases to 68 million acres of federal property, believed to contain enough oil to fuel the country for 14 years, yet they are not drilling on it. We're telling them to "use it or loose it": start drilling now, or you lose the lease.
Gas Tax revenues pay for the nation's highways and infrastructure." - justin hamilton
"Just going by the color scheme, I'm not sure its quite fair to make David All the Captain while making Patrick Ruffini the Klingon and Rob Bluey the woman. That is just plain not nice." - justin hamilton
nice to see you duri g your casual Sunday stroll. That was a really nice camera. But I think you should only use machine gun mode for supermodel shoots, not still life. - justin hamilton
Party of the beauty of this incredible invention is the complexity involved in using it. It seems so simple and so cheap, but only the most elegant and graceful people can truly focus on their hors d'oeuvres whilst appearing to listen to other party people speak. - Andrew Baron
Until someone asks you what time it is... - Victor Ryden
John McCain's supporters believe Barack Obama is the candidate with new ideas (58% to McCain's 24%). McCain voters also say Obama is more likable (45% to 34%). - justin hamilton
The salient fact here is not necessarily that Obama is perceived as more moderate than he once was; that's pretty much what you'd expect. Rather, it's that he's somehow managed to make McCain seem more conservative. - justin hamilton
"Now you need to enable "friendfeed" comments left on blog posts to show back up on the originating blog as comments or trackbacks. You could also add an optionthat allowed someone to CC their blog comment on friendfeed." - justin hamilton