Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Frozen Sheep and Cheap Ferraris

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

Yeah, I think the "administrative center" for that is currently located just
outside Crawford, TX...
:)
TominTulsa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Frozen Sheep and Cheap Ferraris


> Hi Ken,
> You wrote<<I knew that. Here in TX there is no public land whatsoever>>
>
> Maybe I'm missing something on the above comment -- aren't there any
> National Parks? (like Big Bend) State Parks?  National Forests? or
Military
> Bases in Texas?
>
> Not to be a wise guy but I read somewhere that 40% or more of all land in
> the US is owned by the various Fed or State & lcal gov'ts.   IMHO almost
> *All* land should belong to the people with the exception of Wonders like
G
> Canyon,.Yosimite, Yellowstone, etc.
>
> And couldn;t agree more that people should do what they wish on their own
> property.  Just think if  the oil reserves in Alaska belonged to Billy Bob
&
> Sally Sue - and they chose to lease it to the oil companies?  Instead of
the
> govt mandating new CAFE standards in an attempt to force hybrids on people
> who don't want them, we might produce more of our own oil and stop
depending
> on the arabs and muslims for theirs.  But Ken, you know all that - which
is
> what makes me think I misread your comments --
>
> Just like the Church, the various goverments own way too much land.
>
> Merry Christmas Ya'll!!
>
> Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ken rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>
> To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 7:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Frozen Sheep and Cheap Ferraris
>
>
> >
> > On Dec 22, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Jason Polzer wrote:
> >
> >> Ken it's unfortunately a very socialist climate up here.
> >
> > I'm well aware of it. I was born in MN but my brother was found
> > beneath a cabbage in AB. Still there, along with sundry nephews etc.
> >>
> >> Did you know that:
> >>
> >> Americans are citizens, Canadians are subjects
> >>
> >> The Crown is the holder of public lands as well as the wealth under
> >> the ground and beneath the sea: not the people.
> >
> > I knew that. Here in TX there is no public land whatsoever. The
> > biggest difference between us  I have noticed is property rights.
> > Originally the Declaration of Independence said "Life, :Liberty and
> > Property". A lot of our current dilemmas would be easily resolved if
> > we just adhered to that. For instance I am not a smoker, but have no
> > wish to stop others from doing so. My demanding 'smoke-free'
> > regulations subverts smoker's freedoms. The issue is best solved by
> > property rights. I may choose SmokeLess Airlines - another may
> > frequent Bob's Cigar Bar. Everyone is happy. Each property owner
> > makes his own choices based on what he perceives as best.
> >
> > Aha! Many will say - but now I am taxed to pay for your lung cancer.
> > My answer is - that is not a problem of property rights, that is a
> > problem of socialism. I have no wish to pay for other's health care
> > through forcible taxation, and if not  forced to, then hell you can
> > eat trans-fats all day long! Watch me not care!
> >
> >>
> >> It is the Crown that prosecutes criminal cases not the people.
> >>
> >> It is the Crown that dispenses awards and honors.
> >>
> >> If it gets any crazier up here there will be another exodus and the
> >> only people left will be government employees.  Right now I think
> >> they already make up 1/3 of the workforce....  OUCH.
> >
> > Yes another huge difference - even with our bloated leviathan
> > FedGovCo the US public sector is only about a third of the GNP. To
> > date America remains an ocean of private enterprise with islands of
> > government. In Canada the pyramid is upside down, more than half the
> > GNP is government of all stripes. And FedGovCo consumes, it never
> > produces. Without your vast resources to export you would soon go
> > broke, as it is your economy is much sounder than ours in many ways.
> >
> > Here's the thing I can never understand: in Houston today was typical
> > - about 70^F and sunny. Maybe we are conservative here but there is
> > little evidence of  mass global warming hysteria. One of my nephews
> > lives in Saskatoon - he is freezing his buns off, But up there there
> > is near-panic. Why? Would it be so horrible if all the Warmistas were
> > right and Saskatchewan winters got a bit shorter, spring came in
> > April instead of June? Whenever I hear this stuff I ask them: what is
> > the ideal temperature anyhow? Are you really anxious to be colder
> > than you are now?
> >
> > Another mystery of life. Why did I sell my 328? Why do fools fall in
> > love?
> >
> > ooooo wah, oooooo wah, ooooo wah, oooooo wah,
> > ooooo wah, oooooo wah, Why do fools fall in love
> >
> > Why do birds sing so gay
> > And lovers await the break of day
> > Why do they fall in love
> > Why does the rain fall from up above
> > Why do fools fall in love
> > Why do they fall in love
> >
> > Why do they write songs about Texas, but never about Ontario? Why was
> > my 260 HP 328 GTB so much more fun than my 400 HP 993 Twin Turbo? Why
> > I am rusting on the outside but still a kid under the skin? Hell if I
> > know!
> >
> > My very best
> >
> > ken
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