Dean Regrets 'Pain' Caused By
Confederate Flag Comments -- Sharpton On
Dean's Comments: 'Imagine If I Said That
I Wanted To Be The Candidate Of People
With Helmets And Swastikas'

washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A3651-2003Nov5?language=printer
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Paul Krugman: When will we learn that
we're not going to end the mess in Iraq
by getting bad guys? There are always
new bad guys to take their place. 4/13

nytimes.com/2004/04/13/opinion/13KRUG.html
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In the Wild West of the Internet, there
are good guys and bad guys

Good guys versus bad guys--who's ahead?

I Like Big Trucks and I Can Not Lie

It may not be as big as that Liebherr truck we linked to a couple of days ago, but these are exactly the sort of construction site antics that make me wish somedays I hadn't goofed off in shop class all the time. I guarantee that if there were more giant trucks crushing cars in America's schools, we'd see attendance rates double, even if that means over 100 percent. (Thanks, Matt!)

Related
World's Largest Truck [Gizmodo]

Trucks

Seth and Xeni write about this new American monster pickup truck, the CXT. According to Xeni it is "about 2 feet taller x 4 feet longer than the honkin' Hummer H2. Which, btw, it could tow along with that yacht, if need be." (MSNBC article and debut site)

I just bought a 10 year old Daihatsu HiJet pickup truck. I got it because it's small enough to drive on the narrow paths between the rice fields. It can carry as much gravel or dirt as I would be willing to move on any given day. Just about every single neighbor has one of these little pickup trucks. And no, I didn't buy it just to fit in... although I think it helps. I think my HiJet is about 130" long and about 45 horsepower. (approximately 1/2 the length and 1/5 the horsepower of the CXT)

That CXT would be completely useless in my village. So you can keep your gas guzzling monstrosity and whatever weird culture that created it. I'm happy with the spartan aesthetics of my little HiJet. (Web page about Kei class Japanese trucks)

Confederate Sub Crew Taken to Burial
Site (AP)

Hundreds Attend Mo. Confederate Ceremony
(AP)

2004 Confederate F124 HellCat

The new 2004 Confederate F124 HellCat is a hand-crafted, limited run, New Orleans-built motorcycle that puts 130 horsepower to the ground in over-the-top American style. Each of the V-Twin machines are assembled in batches of five or less and stripped of any extra needless ornamentation (well, they never put it on in the first place).

No idea about the price (they want you to call), but I think it's safe to say it's pretty darn expensive. (Thanks, Buck!)

Read - Product Page [Confederate]

Related
Motorcycle Archives [Gizmodo]

Update: Jesse sends word that the Hellcat retails somewhere between 35k and 65K. A pretty big range, but there is potentially a lot of custom work on these types of bikes, too.

No Permitted Trucks Allowed

They never forget they're tough trucks

Trucks, Texas, and Toyota

Teen Sues Over Confederate Flag Dress
(AP)

"CNN.com - Dems battle over Confederate
flag - Nov. 1, 2003 "

CNN.com - Dems battle over Confederate
flag - Nov. 2, 2003

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"Oost-Europese trucks in het vizier"

Live Trucks Online and Across the
Country

Shelby Steele: Why Did Dean Have To
Embrace The Confederate Flag?

opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004295
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CNN.com - Edwards slams Dean again for
Confederate remark - Nov. 10, 2003

cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/09/dean.edwards/index.html
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UPS deploys fuel-cell-powered trucks

"According to this article in Fleet Owner, UPS has deployed three fuel cell-powered trucks, a first in the US. "Our test programs showed the on-road reliability of fuel cells is excellent, equivalent to our current fleet," said Chris Mahoney, UPS senior VP of global transportation services in a press release. "But what's truly exciting is how fast the technology is progressing."

Aid Trucks Roll Into Asia's Tsunami-Hit
Areas

Pentagon Looks To Robo-Trucks To Protect
Personnel

When Red Flags Are Waving

Weighing Six Flags

Flags Of The World

Six Flags Misses the Bus

Red Hat's Red Flags

Girl Kicked Out Of Prom For Wearing
Confederate Flag Sues

CNN.com - Teen sues over Confederate
flag prom dress - Dec 22, 2004

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Nuts For Trucks, Balls on Cars, ATV'S
with Testicles

nutsfortrucks.com
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Ruling Lets In Mexican Trucks (Los
Angeles Times)

Sun critics hear the sound of two
garbage trucks colliding

Six Flags at Half-Staff

Hutchison flags 3G float

Pickup Games, Vol. 3 - Bookworm

MATT GALLANT -- Bookworm is my favorite Popcap game, even though I haven't played them all. It's another game that can run long but is easy to walk away from when necessary.

It's a word game with simple rules: just trace a path around the game board to spell a word. Those tiles are then removed and new tiles drop in to take their place. Longer words get you more points. The challenge increases as your score gets higher, as the game will drop burning tiles that will eat their way down to the bottom of the screen and end the game if you don't spell a word with them. If you make a lot of short words, you get more burning tiles. Conversely, spelling longer words will get you green, golden, and crystal tiles that give big bonuses when used. The game also starts picking random words for you to try and spell for an increasing amount of bonus points.

The game is great for a quick distraction or extended play. In the standard mode of the game, there's no time limit for spelling a word, so it's very casual. Best of all, you can play it for free on the web. The $19.95 downloadable version does add some nice features though, including the ability to save and quit, and both an internet and local high score list (which keeps track of both scores and longest words spelled).
Read [Bookworm Download Page]
Play [Bookworm Free Online Version]

How to Pickup Women Easily

Sorry.  I was just wondering why there aren't more posts like this which would be more useful to geeks than waka waka about blogging or poo poo about Bush.  To avoid disappointing you altogether, here is a golden rule I learned when I was single:

Don't ask questions that could be answered with a No.

Until she got to know you well enough to make an informed decision about you, stick with the rule and ask other types of questions.  If she gets that twinkle in her eyes, check your wallet to see if you need to make a run to the drug store.  If she gets that pestered look, walk away happy knowing that she wasn't your type after all.  Delusions can be useful when you are single.  ;-)

If you are a complete loser, stick with the rule until she calls the cop or makes a run for the door.  If you are a persistent bastard, keep at it until she gets a restraining order against you.  If you are a clueless idiot, follow her to Texas and congratulate her for getting a gun license.

If a butterfly in Beijing can destroy Kansas, this post has a good chance of triggering a population explosion.

" Dean's comments on pickups,
confederate flag, spark controversy -
billingsgazette.com"

""I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks" "