3 republicans and a democrat are at a restaurant

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Tuesday November 06, 2012 · 3:08 PM PST

2012/11/06 · 15:08

every year my wife takes me, our stepson and his fiancee out to dinner to celebrate our stepsons and my shared birthday. we all get dressed to the nines and go to a really upscale restaurant, and we always have a great evening. so between salads and entrees the conversation turns to today's election. i, being the lone democrat, had been hoping to avoid the topic. much to my surprise my wife starts out by saying how Romney's attitude towards women really disturbs her ( yeah pro choice republican) and how she really doesn't like his attitude on lgbt issues ( pro marriage equality republican). our stepson's fiancee agrees with her and says shes voting for Obama, and her parents (also republicans) are voting for Obama because they really don't like Romney. then our stepson (free market republican) says he doesn't like Romney and he might just hold his nose and vote for Obama. i was stunned. to keep the domestic tranquility i tend to keep political discussions light. my wife claims to be socially liberal and fiscally conservative. she's voting for Obama for social issues, hopefully she'll come around to seeing that republicans are not fiscally conservative. anyhow that's 5 republicans here in central Pennsylvania voting for Obama. pretty cool.

rope a dope

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Thursday October 04, 2012 · 7:03 AM PDT

2012/10/04 · 07:03

rope a dope, sandbagging, sucker 'em in, let 'em win a few then run the table.

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Wednesday July 20, 2011 · 3:46 PM PDT

2011/07/20 · 15:46

in 1995 honda sold the civic vx. the vtec e engine used variable cam timing and a hydraulically actuated secondary intake valve. coupled with a 5 speed manual transmission and a nifty shift light it got 56 mpg or better. it had more horsepower than the standard dx model and almost as much as the hot rod si version. with a hatch back and fold down rear seats you could haul 8 foot long 2 x 4s. due to lack of sales the vx was not brought back in 1996. we bought a vx new in 1995, in 2006 handed it down to our son. this year it was finally retired with 185000 miles needing repairs for state inspection that were too expensive to justify. 56 mpg with technology from 16 years ago. anyone who thinks fuel efficient cars are too expensive or too complex to build need simply to look at whats already been done.

my parents fears are now my own

rhyfx

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Tuesday August 29, 2006 · 3:02 PM PDT

2006/08/29 · 15:02

as the father of a teenage son i now understand my parents fears when i was a teenager.
as i approached driving age we watched the price of gas go from @.25 cents a gallon to @$1.00 a gallon. we worried if i would be able to afford to drive. since we lived in the boondocks there were not any options. as my son approached driving age we watched the price of gas go from @ $1.25 a gallon to @ $3.00 a gallon. we worry if he will be able to afford to drive. since public transportation is a joke around here there are not many options.
as i entered my teen age years we were entrapped in the viet nam war. my mom's younger brother volunteered and did 2 tours in nam and 1 in thailand. nothing scared her more then the possibility of me being drafted. Read More

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3 republicans and a democrat are at a restaurant

rope a dope

56 mpg been there done that!

my parents fears are now my own