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Merely advocate for how the Chinese or Indian peasantry can be exploited indefinitely for the cheap labor that they provide. Yet throughout our Nation's history their labor was exploited here. Building tunnels while the Trans-Continental Railroad was under construction. We still hire illegal immigrants to do the jobs our youth find offensive. The presence of these illegal migrant day-laborers serves to hold down the prevailing wages in the regions where they're concentrated. Look at California. Arnold Schwarzenegger may as well be El Presidente of Northern Mexico for those people under his care. In the Princeton/Plainsboro area where my sweetie works they have had an influx of foreign nationals invited to come here under the auspices of the H-1B visa program. Many folks have no idea how far down-the-river we have already been sold.

It could start with playing the devil's advocate in favor of continuing our so-called free trade policies. Try seeing it from their pov and build your argument.

Yes. Last Fall there were sizable schools of bunker holding very close to shore on the leeward side of the jetties. Alternately being fed-upon by schools of 18 lb. blues and occasionally (like one-in ten) schools of stripers. One fine day they held in the same spot for hours and all I needed to do was snag a bunker with a 4 oz. Crippled Herring lure then re-hook the bunker just behind the dorsal fin around the spine. This made the ill-fated bunker uncomfortable no doubt but resulted in a near instant hook-up with a bluefish, or later that afternoon, a 22 lb. striper. Wunderbar.

Levelled. Nothing except watermelon-sized to fist-sized chunks of 'crete. Moonscape. Guessing 40-60 acres(?)

"Some Kind of Monster" tells all we need to know about Metallica's driving dynamic. I love these guys as brothers yet resent the treatment shown to Jason. Those delays preceding St. Anger bugged the sh*t out of me as it chilled my own personal Metallica renaissance which began in '98. As a young married man in '83 I was too involved with Family and work to catch the original Metallica-train yet I heard of the buzz surrounding them at the time. This was some time before the Internet of course. Remember there are no rules but Metallica Rules. peace out.

Went by there Tuesday and circled the property. On the NW corner stands 2 Fanuc 'bots and 2 vehicle shells. There was a guard contingent on the property, which being empty, resembles a moon-scape now. The road signs designating GM East Gate and Truck Gate are intact and various ancillary entrance gates are still barring entrance to the property. Barring entrance to people that will come no more. Sad and awesomely poignant. A symptom of our age.

My impression of the system I had too with the exception of switching modes to mute treble sharpness. Best Buy installed it (not a hands-on installer type myself since high school) and they were never able to rid it of low-end fuzz. Since that phase I prefer smooth and sweet over mirror rattling power.

'Viper I think you've hit on something. When my '94 Z28 was brand new the Bose system single CD player sounded sweeter than anything I had heard on/in wheels prior. The memory of how that sounded to me has never been surpassed. I think that as it pertains to 'tweaking' any system now it is about trying to recapture that sweet-spot that I lucked into 15 and 1/2 years ago when first I fired-up that CD.

One need decide whether to swim with the school or alone and unfettered. Had an RF system in my first Camaro which was so intricately woven into the vehicle that when I (stupidly) traded her in less than a year later on an '00 Z28 I left it intact with the trade. The Monsoon made 'em swoon but lacked the overall richness of the RF.

The "melting pot" fable was oversold from the git. More a thickly viscous and oozing badly executed fondue. The 'melting pot' expression might've been cooked up by the victors out of one conflict or another since the victors get to write history. Easy enough to Gooooogle, but I won't. As for uniting as we once did the a la the original patriot movement, Spirit of '76 etc,, rah, rah and other such tepid and easy-to-remember doggerel, the group which 'united' was a rag-tag bunch conscripted by monied landowners to fight. Parallels today's climate somewhat. To paraphrase Gen. George S. Patton: "No man ever won a war by dying for his country. Wars were won by making the other poor bastard die for his." Up until now we've never lacked for cannon fodder to do our Nation's bidding. Maybe the day will come upon us so that something substantive will demand real sacrifice of us. I pray to God that He spares us from what we so richly deserve. My moral being preached here: Don't be so eager to commit yourself to any cause which wants for a clear objective.

Commenting on your overweening projection of insecurity. I feel that you go out of your way in defending your 'choices'. As though being investigated by Interpol or agents of Stasi. With your spittle-flecked, hastily typed-ad hominem diatribes. We get it. 'B'-pillars to you are as Holy Water to Nosferatu. Peace out.

'69 Panther affirms: So let's review: You'll end up paying $32,000 after interest & tax for a FWD, V6 car. I paid $1500 for a RWD, V8 Mercedes that has ABS & an airbag same as your $hitbox, I save 70% on my insurance, excise tax and owe ZERO $ to a bank because my title is in my filing cabinet, not stamped "Leinholder" in some safe three states away.... ...and you're making fun of ME? The lady doth protest too much methinks.

What the rust doesn't get an errant shopping cart or 'Chindian' driver will take care of.

If the 'Central Office' were smart and had any sense of history they'd do exactly as you suggest.

1969 Yenko S/C Camaro "Recreation" - $20995 (C&C Classic Oldies) [link] http://southjersey.craigslist.org/ctd/1018873560.html C & C Auto Sales, Inc. "The Original Home of the Oldies" [link] http://www.ccautosales.com/ All they ask is that you don't slobber on the cars. I went there once last Summer. Like a candy-store to a 5 year-old.

You would have to hollow out the Smart and mount a Recaro where the windshield used to be. The budget for tires alone would be daunting. Need a sponsor.

I think no way. Then I think maybe Vice President Biden might be a gearhead. Maybe President Obama has secretly always wanted a 'Vette. Nothing's impossible.

It's GM's closet. A forest of deactivated robots stand silently in darkness awaiting orders that will never come. Conveyors to nowhere bear mute testimony that Saturn L was once built there. The blood sweat and tears of three generations of workers have melded with the cinder-block walls. It's like a museum. When production resumes, on Monday the 23rd of February, the build-rate will be just 4.5 vehicles per hour. Despite their quirks, the car's a solid build. The hardtop Solstice is blessed with seductive lines. Sure to be a rarity when it all wraps up. The partially finished vehicle, before the sheet-metal is afixed is sturdy enough to be a bulldozer. There I go running off at the keyboard again.

Having more than one boutique operations under one roof seems to be making them squeamish. Perhaps they're anticipating the end of Corvette altogether. Solstice too. Having those two being built in Bowling Green and perhaps one or two more would justify their existence but at present any economy of scale is lacking.

Unfortunate sign of the times 'blu. This winnowing looks to continue well into the future.

I'm stacking Franklins as I type... Be cheaper to steal it, hide it, fess-up, do the time then claim it in 2 years. In fact I'd claim it was stolen from me. How often does a roller pull you over to look at the numbers on your motor?

Great photos. You the man. Thanks for letting us see these in the flesh so to speak. The trunk 'opening" seems more an orifice than a trunk but the core demo won't give a damn about that. My cameras have so many settings to trip-up geezers like me. What you've put up here are fine Teddy.

I got ya. Save some for next time.

Auburn? Without referencing the color chart, was that a lighter color or the classic 'brunette' Auburn? I saw an orange 'Hawk on the Blue Route in July of '02, it piqued my interest and 3 weeks later I had tracked mine down.

2002 . Black