GAS PRICE`s are going up I heard it this morning,...

[Jabba]

Peace on ya brother.

Good luck with the Bus driving gig.

Jabba

[Wolvie]

Thank Ya Bro!!!!

Later All
SAFE HUNTIN~

[fabsroman]

Wolvie,

Good like with the bus position and I hope you get it.

As far as the government guys are concerned, it is really hard to blame them. Try being in their shoes and making everybody happy.

Just to give you an example of what I am talking about, I used to give referees a tough time and thought a lot of them were terrible. That was until I had to referee a intermural basketball game in college as a condition of being in the league. I had guys giving me hell for calling fouls and others giving me crap for not calling a foul. Everybody thought they were playing fair and that everybody else was breaking the rules. That was a tough situation and I no longer give refs a tough time.

As far as the house is concerned, here is some advice I give to my clients with rental property. Do a credit check on the prospective renters and find out how long they have been employed by their current employer. Get an attorney to draft a lease. Lastly, and probably most importantly, video tape a walk through with them right before you give them the keys to the place. Later on, if anything is damaged, you can sue them for the damage. If they have a good job, you can garnish their wages. This prevents a lot of headache later on.

[fabsroman]

Here is what I am talking about in the Middle East. Russia and China are very wary about the US military presence in the Middle East. Time for a new resource for energy.

WASHINGTON - The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan has ended its agreement allowing U.S. military aircraft and personnel to use an air base that has been an important hub for American military operations in Afghanistan, administration officials said Saturday.

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No reason Uzbekistan was evicting U.S. forces from Karshi-Khanabad air base, commonly referred to as K2, was offered by either the State Department or the Defense Department. The Washington Post, which first reported the eviction notice, said no reason was given by Uzbekistan and that U.S. forces would have six months to leave.

The New York Times reported Saturday on its Web site that a State Department official cited the abrupt action as a response to a secret United Nations operation to take hundreds of Uzbek refugees from the region. The official said most of the 450 refugees who had fled to Kyrgyzstan after an Uzbek uprising in May had been airlifted to Romania and other countries on Friday despite the Uzbek government's desire that they be returned.

The U.S. Embassy in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent received the diplomatic note terminating the agreement late last week, State Department spokeswoman Nancy Beck said. A Pentagon spokesman, Glenn Flood, said the notice was received Friday.

"This is a bilateral agreement between two sovereign nations, and under that agreement either side has the option to terminate that agreement," Beck said. The State Department had no further comment, she said.

The Uzbek government in recent months had tightened restriction on use of the base, including banning night flights.

"We have to step back and look at our options now and see where we go from here," Flood said. "That airfield has been very important for our operations in Afghanistan" — humanitarian as well as military.

K2 has been a critical staging point for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan since the earliest days of the war, which began in October 2001.

More recently, the base has been used to move supplies, including humanitarian aid, into northern Afghanistan. It also is a refueling point for transport planes.

The eviction notice came just days after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld returned from a Central Asia visit to two Uzbek neighboring states, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Officials in Kyrgyzstan affirmed to Rumsfeld that U.S. forces can continue to use Manas air base for as long as the Afghan war requires.

U.S. forces do not use any bases in Tajikistan, which shares a long border with northern Afghanistan. The Pentagon has an arrangement that permits U.S. planes to refuel there under certain circumstances.

During his trip, Rumsfeld said he did not believe U.S. operations in Afghanistan would be hurt if the Uzbek government denied continued use of K2 because there are other air base options in the region.

"We're always thinking ahead. We'll be fine," Rumsfeld said on Monday.

In early July, a regional organization led by Russia and China issued a statement calling for the U.S. to set a timetable for withdrawing its forces from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Uzbekistan's ties with Washington have deteriorated after the Bush administration joined other Western nations in urging an international investigation into the suppression of a May uprising in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan.

Uzbek government troops fired on protesters in the city after militants seized a prison and a government building. Authorities denied that troops fired on unarmed civilians and said that 187 people died in the unrest; human rights groups put the figure as high as 750.

Uzbekistan's president, Islam Karimov, who has ruled for 16 years and tolerates no dissent, has blamed the violence on Islamic militants.

He has rejected the demands for an outside inquiry, and, facing Western criticism, has found a strong support in Russia and China. Both of them are wary about the U.S. military presence in the strategic and resource-rich region.

[Wolvie]

****GAS PRICES : NY Upstate,....wk of 7/31-8/6 2005 at this time (7.31.05) prices are $2.37 - $2.47 for reg Unlead and $2.87 - $3.02 for Super unleaded.

As for Fabs articial,....I agree that the U.S. needs to find another way to get around so to speak,...or just open our reserves,...and our refinnerys our pipe lines and what ever else needs to be done.
But let`s stop this BS war ,which is nothing more then a witch hunt anymore,...and let`s get down to puttin Americans back to work,..and allowing them to enjoy their freedom,...and lives!

Give Us Back Our Lives Mr. Bush !!!!!!!
And stop taking the lives of our ,Brothers,Fathers,Sons,Mothers,Sisters,and Daughters,....Bring em home ,.........NOW!!!!!!!!!!


Later All
SAFE HUNTIN~

[Andy L]

Calm down Wolvie.

President Bush hasnt drove up your fuel prices or taken your job or made your girlfriend blow off a credit card several years ago that got you in a jam now.

Im gonna be kinda blunt here, but dont take it personally Wolvie. I agree with you that NY sucks. I have never lived there, but from what Ive seen of it, it sucks, no doubt. Cant be too good, its full of democrats and they elected another Clinton. But is Ohio the Mecca or what? Seems like you got it in your head that if you go to Ohio, somehow things are magically going to turn around and your life will be all better.

Sorry, but Im afraid you dreaming. Ohio is a fine place, dont get me wrong, but if you struggle one place, chances are, your gonna struggle other places as well. Same with the other way around.

Dont take it personal Wolvie. I think your a bascially good fella thats workin himself into a tizzy over nothin. Slow down and take a deep breath.

At least if you were in Ohio, you wouldnt be in NY. Thats a plus no matter how you look at it.

Andy

[fabsroman]

From what I have been reading, the economy isn't doing too bad.

Greenspan believes the economy is strong and that has been the reason for his interest rate hikes over the past year. He needs to keep inflation down. Home sales hit a record high last month; that was not on NEW home sales, but all home sales.

If people are out there buying homes in record numbers, the economy cannot be all too bad.

As far as what Bush is doing with the war, it is kind of like a witch hunt because we do not know who the enemy actually is. The enemy is not an entire nation, as it was in World War II with the Germans, Japanese, and Italians. This war is more like the Vietnam war where you don't know if the muslim next to you is friend or foe.

When I flew back from Vegas, I had three muslim looking guys in the row next to mine. I can assure you that it wasn't easy to sleep, especially when one tried to get up when the seatbelt sign was on. However, we made it home safely and there were no other incidents with them. Were they friend or foe? Who knows?

That is the problem with this war. It is a war to create a better life for these people in the Middle East so that they can stop hating America. Granted, we did the same thing for Japan after World War II and then they started clobbering us in the trade department.

Life isn't cut and dry Wolvie, that is for sure. I am sure Bush is dealing with our economy as well as the war. If you don't already know this, he instituted a bunch of tax cuts over the past two years, and they were mostly a result of him and his administration, not anybody else. Those tax cuts have helped a bunch of my clients; however, a person has to make money before he can take advantage of the tax cuts. There is also something called the Earned Income Credit, but you probably make just a little too much money. Talk to your accountant about all the tax matters that might apply to you and see what can help you.

[Wolvie]

I dont know what you guys(Fabs & Andy L), are talkin about,....But I am chilled ,..and calm, or was,....

As for Ohio , I lived there for 38 yrs,...and it was all good except for an exwife that was and still is (but not as much now), a pain in the Azz,...As for Earned income credit ,..who gives 2 SH*$ about it,...I have 5 kids and can only claim 1 on taxes and i dont get it anyways,...she does.

And Bush and the rest of the goverment should do something,we sure as hell didnt make this life,...we are here and we are stuck with whatever our RULERS want and want to do!

So I will ask that anyone who thought I was UN-Calm,...and Un-Chilled You were wrong,..I was being or trying to be uplifting or a patriot to my country and fellow Americans.

life Sucks all over , I know that,...i am 42 yrs old I know more of this world then I am being giving credit for.
Trust me,...
And as for my girlfriends credit history ,...I was appreciative of advise and so on.But dont allow this to be a forum of dropping hints of BS ,...I am not that type of guy to set back and read of someone judging me or my family or friends.
judge yourself,...Again I do appreciate the advise and the rallying,..but PLEASE dont sit there and think I am some interent idiot,...or someone looking for smpyathy,...thats not what i am all about.
I voice my concerns and experiences,...like everyone else,...if I am not allowed to do that then I guess there are other forums and other places to do so.
Just let me know!
And remember this I was calm and chilled,...but dont rattle my cage if you dont like my GRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

LOLOL!!! I must say ,..that was very liberating,....I am only acting here,...Do you think I am worthy of an Oscar?!

"Don`t Always try to read what your reading,...cause it`s only words until you hear them". (QUOATED BY: Wolvie)


Later All
SAFE HUNTIN~

[Hawkeye6]

Wolvie:

You should cut the whining. Bush didn't make your life, you did. Your "rulers" don't make your life, you do. Fabs, Jabba and Andy have all given you good advice, take it and make the most of it.

You're all over the place on this. One post you're clammoring for a war, then later you're whining about US casualties in the war that we do have going.

News flash! Bush does not make the economy worse or better. He does not create jobs. Productive businesses and productive employees do that.

The economy is doing fine. Home building and the housing market arre going great guns. Unemployment is very low right now. Interest rates are favorable. Life really is not all that bad.

But then, life is what you make of it.

Hawkeye

[Wolvie]

Prices here in Upstate NY for this week, are rounding out about $2.33 for the cheap stuff and about $2.84 for the high end stuff.


Sorry if everyone thinks I am a little crazy here so I will stick to the update part,...

But I do appreciate the constructive critizim,...and advice.

Later All
SAFE HUNTIN~

[Wolvie]

UpState NY gas prices are at $2.51 a gal for the low grade stuff,....and about $2.90 and I seen one place at $3.01 a gal for the high stuff.
Deisal fuel prices are gettin as bad as well,...$2.69 a gal at the local truck stop off I-87, Exit 17N.

And that`s the updates for this area,

What is your prices for gas going for in your area?

Later All
SAFE HUNTIN~

[Jabba]

$2.49 for 87 octane

[Hawkeye6]

$2.49 yesterday, 2.39 today.

[Rocky Raab]

I'm headed for Reno tomorrow, and on the western side of Nevada, it's 2.99 for regular. OUCH!

It's 2.24 here in Ogden, Utah and last week I bought some at 2.06 in Wyoming.

[fabsroman]

I'll be happy if it ever gets below $2.00 again. I remember when I was in undergrad and it was 87 cents. Once it got above $1, I was hoping to see it at 99 cents again.

Right now, it is $2.23 here.