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7 | § ¶Strategic Oil Reserve - Fill er Up!
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Presidential candidate Kerry said today that as president he would
temporarily stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease oil
prices. What I think happened here is that he forgot about the
purpose of the reserve: in case some hostile country or entity
blocked our access to oil.
Our petroleum reserves are not to control oil prices, they are to save our country:
to allow emergency personnel, goods, and services to continue moving in
the event of hostile action. Don't reduce our national emergency
preparedness level to shave off a few cents of each gas gallon.
This is just another case of senator Kerry telling the people a nice story -- not necessarily a sensible one.
4 5 | § ¶(some) Flight Attendants are Useless
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Have you thought about the value added by a Flight Attendant on your
average short haul (less than 3hr) domestic flight? I have, and I
see almost none.
They are supposed to be there "primarily for your safety, but will try
to make your flight more enjoyable". Do they really accomplish
this?