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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax tax
tax tax tax tax tax.................etc. ad infinitum.... 
the mantra of the liberal left...let guvmint fix it.....who else is sick of that song besides me.
good luck on a $5 tax on fuel beyond what they already get....unless you are willing to move to Europe and other socialist bent countries.
taxes are the the restraints to innovation, free enterprize and balanced market forces. Prosperity has been more negatively affected by ridiculous
guvmint controls and tax policy than other means - just look at lifestyles of the post war in America before the advent of "the Great Society" of
Johnson and later Carter.
what this country needs is a return to Reagan values and the resolve of those who were a part of the [our] greatest generation who climbed out of the
great depression and vaulted us into the salvation of the free world during WWII.
oh...and the plane is still missing..... |
Reagan equals Amnesty
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dtbushpilot
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Mike, don't argue with an idiot or confuse him with the facts, his mind is made up. Try to have some compassion, imagine what it must be like to be
him....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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capt. mike
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"capt cracker barrel-gut"
go ahead...stoop to personal attacks   since you don't have the acumen to
argue from a basis of strength of position. What you have is innuendo and emotion without intelligence.
dt is so right - you are simply one over which to take pity....much like an addled marooon searching through a circle K dumpster for his intake -
both food and media.....twinkies and People magazine likely.
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Cypress
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Since we're talking aboul govt. regs etc. How 'bout the enforced use of ethanol, a form of alcohol made from corn. Ethanol costs more to produce than
it's worth, damages engine components, and is taxed also. Gasoline must contain 10% ethanol under current standards, soon to be increased to 15%.
Another misguided govt. boondoggle. We'd be better off swapping the corn directly for fuel/fuel credits.
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capt. mike
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and of course food prices are going to go up!!
that is the equilvalent of a regressive tax on the poor.
13. Ethanol boom sharply cuts US corn surplus: USDA
06/10/10
Reuters
The resurgent U.S. ethanol industry will use an additional 250 million bushels of corn through the next 15 months, dramatically reducing the corn
surplus despite record crops, said the government. Traders said the forecast of higher demand would boost corn prices. They had expected modest
reductions in the corn stockpile instead of the Agriculture Department's large cuts.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6593MJ20100610
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oldlady
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajamatic
"We are one of the cleanest countries"
FACT - The US is the SECOND most polluting country in the world, right behind China. So before you go calling out the liberals for false accusations
you should probably put down your loyalist blinders and go read something for yourself. Knowledge is power.
[Edited on 6-9-2010 by Bajamatic] |
Well applied knowledge certainly can be power. What is the US doing with all that pollution? THE key and most used metric is GDP, so take a look,
globalists across your landscape at China's GDP vs US. (You won't like the answer)
Also put into perspective that that the major and minor struggling economies are looking to the US as the engine that will possibly pull the rest of
the planet from massive deflation or being whip- sawed into inflation.
So, greenies, you've had 40 years to develop energy sources and policies that would have made a difference, that would have been competitively priced
with fossil fuels.
So, live for one month with out using ANYTHING that uses fossil fuels, was produced using fossil fuels, transported to your homes (including potable
water) or was built (including the transportation of materials) using fossil fuels. Let's ground those big jets before we worry about Captain Mike,
could we start with Gore and Pelosi, or maybe Obama's "Campaign One?" Or simulate cap and tax and reduce your use by 50%. Use all the solar and
windmills you like, just make sure they were not made with fossil fuels. Come back to us in a month (when you have turned your computers back on in
your homes, business and universities and tell us how it went. And, give us your plan for how, with the sun and the wind and the upcoming taxes on
fossil fuel energy, we are going to face the immediate need
of getting not only ours, but the global economy off its knees.
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k-rico
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"Use all the solar and windmills you like, just make sure they were not made with fossil fuels."
That's something few think about. For example, it takes far more energy to make a battery than you'll ever get out of it.
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oldlady
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Absolutely k-rico. We can also stick a straw in a few places in the US, create a bunch of US jobs, and instead of enthanol send all that corn to
Mexico "gratis" where it will do a helluva lot more good for the planet than ethanol.
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k-rico
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Some light reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_T._Odum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_quality
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oldlady
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Thanks, k-rico, but the means to measure how far that is beyond my intellectual capability have yet to be defined.
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Lee
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Bad Pilot! No Plane!
This thread is about Pilots who don't deserve to own planes and is a reappearing subject for those flying into MX.
I can't think of a more elitist bunch sharing the same out of touch with reality mentality.
That has to exclude Nomad Pilots though as this group has to know that it's NOT safe to fly a plane into MX and leave it UNATTENDED overnight --
including airplanes that have been ''locked.''
Maybe a course in Security 101 is in order. This isn't rocket science.
Don't leave a plane unattended overnight. Maybe it's too simple.
Bet Capt. Mike doesn't leave his plane unattended overnight.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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capt. mike
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"Bet Capt. Mike doesn't leave his plane unattended overnight."
i'm not the only owner here.
but yes i have and do - it depends on where.
mine is not a target for cartel thefts - but it is insured.
200 series have been ripped from attended paved towered airports too.
you can't stop a determined thief - but you can slow him down and discourage the less pro among the bunch.
if i flew a 200 series Cessna i would never take it to mexico now, period.
many disagree and continue to go with theirs but are selective where.
my concern today is more about stealing my gas than anything else if i was at a remote camping strip or places too far from town and sans guards like
BA for e.g. - a great place to fly to but lack of security bothers me.
if i can't look out and see my plane i am worried to a degree.
flying around baja is the best form of recreational private AC use i can think of. Nothing else satisfies me as much for spending recreational $$s
when i have them to spend.
state side my use is now restricted to business so i can deduct it.
there are 5 planes from PHX headed to Mulege right now as part of charity flight medicos. some are brand C but none are in the target group.
i can be in Mulege in 3 hours + 30 on the ground most any day. it took me 4 days the one time i drove it - going slow yes.
having a time machine doesn't cost more than a high end fishing or power/ski boat if you know what you're doing - it's all about choices and
knowledge.
if they EVER start ripping planes in my category and class...i will be through.
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fishabductor
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Goat...How do you get to baja when you come? Are you one of those idiots that I see riding bikes down highway 1. Must be since you are all aggro on
fossil fuels...to fly in a plane or ride in a car would be plain hypocritical!!
"what's the last thing that goes thru a baja bicyclist's head when he hits the front of a mack truck?
His ass!
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capt. mike
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now that's funnie right there i don't care who you are!!
good one Abductor.
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Curt63
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Is this the plane that was stolen?
I took this pic on 6/2 or 6/3. I believe it was flown by Richard, wife and his guest Dan from New Zealand. nice folks and longtime residents. very
Baja experienced. Thats a shame.
[Edited on 6-15-2010 by Curt63]
No worries
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capt. mike
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might be. can you get a better pic of it up? N number?
and i'll ask on BBP.
there was a 182 there same time BJ i think who got them out.
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fishabductor
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Mike....are your eyes that bad....That is the blown up version of the original....it was taken from outer space with a disposable camera!!
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rzitren
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Here is a link to the reward for N210HA stolen from San Francisquitos.
http://wethepeopleofleisureworld.info/stolen-aircraft/N210HA...
You will have to copy and paste as I do not know how to make a direct link. It includes a picture of the plane. Not sure if still looks the same now.
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capt. mike
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that WAS Dr. Crenshaw's nice 210.
i was thinking it might have been.
Dr. Crenshaw is a long time medico with LIGA serving remote villages in mainland areas like sonora and south.
he has a home at PSFO - one of the few that have been allowed by the campo owners.
very sad this has happened to a guy that has given so much to Mexico over a good many years.
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Ken Bondy
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This thread saddens me on many levels. It is now dangerous to fly a C-210 or other 200 series Cessna aircraft to Baja...100LL is considered a
pollutant...flying small piston aircraft is somehow bad for the environment...YUCK. How things seem to have changed.
While I was flying actively (70s and 80s) I made 69 trips to Mexico, departing from Van Nuys and Burbank. 6 trips were to the mainland, the other 63
to Baja. About half those trips were made in my beautiful old 1963 Baron 95-A55, the other half in an eclectic collection of rented airplanes,
including a variety of Cessnas C-172, C-177RG, C-182, and many in the C-210. I never thought twice of leaving the airplanes unattended and unlocked
overnight, and often did so at both controlled and non-controlled fields. It never entered my mind that anyone would rip off an airplane. Things
have sure changed.
Many of those trips were with my 4 kids. My kids grew to love Baja, and the trips taught them a lot about life and how to accept and savor
differences in people and places. They are in their 40s now and their time in Baja has enriched each of their lives in ways I can't begin to
describe.
Our favorite destination was San Francisquito. Like Mike says, I could be there in less than 4 hours. It would take about an hour to get to Mexicali
from VNY, about an hour to clear customs and immigration and gas up, and then about an hour forty minutes from Mexicali to PSFO. In the Baron I would
burn about 45 gallons of 100LL on that trip, one way. Almost all of the exhaust gases from those 45 gallons were deposited over a mile above the
surface of the earth.
Flying to and in Baja was an important part of my life and remains forever embedded in my memory. I will never do it again, but it saddens me that
others may never have the chance to experience it. That is a big loss.
[Edited on 6-17-2010 by Ken Bondy]
carpe diem!
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