The Oracle Of Portland Maine

I recently read an article in a popular auto magazine about one of my favorite cars, the Volkswagen Squareback. I found out that even in the late 1960's. This car got around 33 mpg. Then I realized that is about what cars get today. I wondered why, with all of the advances in technology. Why has this not improved? My question was answered today. Click on the link and educate your mind. It all boils down to the Government, Lobbyists, and the protection of Union Auto Workers jobs. Are we not intelligent enough to think our way out of the box?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071201/ap_on_go_co/co...

Don't designer's pay attention to their rivals designs anymore?

Now that he's taken his soft core exploitation porn video's to their logical conclusion. He's now planning on opening a restaurant chain. He says that there will be no toplessness, nudity or filming. I think that he means "during normal business hours". After the last customer has left and the "Closed" sign has been displayed, anything is possible.

My vote is for scumbag. If I had found out that he or one of his crew had coerced my daughter (whether she's a responsible adult or not) into exposing herself. I would have personally castratted him. It would have then been put out on a video called "Dads Gone Wild."

She gives women a bad name. She gives intellectual people a reason to form a lynch mob against her. She's been given open license to publish and I have to ask...WHY? If this person can publish her opinions before she actually thinks them through. Then everybody should be invited to speak at a Washington D.C. press conference. For those important people out there that have chosen Ann Coulter to speak at one of your functions. I have to ask you these questions. Was she the best you could do? And, Was she your last choice?

Morgan gave one of Arsenal's players a nasty punch to the back and got away with it during Saturday's game (12.30.2006). It was definitly worthy of a Red Card. But, he got away with it because the referee's head was turned away. I know he's an antagonist. Why are losers like this allowed to play?

One of the oldest rivalries in college football is happening on Nov. 18th. What can the Michigan defense do to stop or contain Troy Smith? Maybe, take a page from the New England Patriots from a few years ago. They used a 3-4 defense that constantly rotated it's coverage package. Could this work against OSU?

The things that I read on dating sites - "looks aren't as important as personality", "looks don't matter to me", "I'd rather have someone with a wonderful personality then great looks". Looks & appearance are what we as himans judge on all first impressions. We approach people that we are attracted to based on that first impression. That person could be a psychotic axe murderer or a sexy black widow. You can't find out someones personality on a first impression from across a room or a club. It seems that women & men are willing to date people that are negative and totally wrong for them. But, because they look hot and sexy. They'll except some abuse to be with a physically attractive person.

Shouldn't that have gone to the team that had won the most Super Bowls at the time that the name was given? It's not because of the star on the helmet is it?

They just don't seem to have that fire that they've had in the past. Don't tell me it's because they're in a new stadium and wearing new kits.

When news about T.O. overshadows other sports. When the commentators feel that they have to talk about T.O. during a baseball game. The man was injured and temporarily out of the game for a few days. And, for some stupid reason. He was the top news story. We should all thank ESPN for making him (T.O.) even bigger then he should be. Maybe they should change their name to ETOSPN. Even the radio sports shows are getting sucked into it. I was listening to one show on friday. Tony Bruno was having a T.O. Free Show. He couldn't shut up about the subject.

I myself will never spell the word "to" the correct way again. I'm going to use "too" whether it's correct or not.

There are other technologies out there. If we can develope them then we're killing 2 birds with one stone. 1. We free ourselves from the grip that OIL has had over us for decades now, and 2. It helps to clean our air and our world around us can begin to right itself.

I'd like to dress it up a little and give it some style. Just don't know if anyone is making things for it.

The media coverage is most always focused on the other team. Do they really have to win a Super Bowl to get noticed?

It seems to me that women enjoy "equal rights" when they're on the receiving end of it. But, when it comes time to give it (i.e. asking a man out on a date etc, etc), then it gets turned around and we (men) hear this "it's the man's responsibility" or " a real gentleman would...".

I consider myself a decent mix of old fashioned gentleman and 21st century open minded thinker. I'm also a hell of "Devil's Advocate". So, let me hear it from both sides. What do you think? What's going on out there?

Please, stay with the question on this one. I don't want to hear about the past 200 years of suffering & injustice. I'm all for equality on every damned level. Tell me what you think, right here, right now, today.

Give me what you feel are the odds that Seattle will win.