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Last updated on August 6th, 2017 at 05:29 am
Remember this the next time Democrats tell you global warming is a crucial issue requiring urgent action:
A flock of small jets took flight from Washington Thursday, each carrying a Democratic presidential candidate to South Carolina for the first debate of the political season.
For Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden, it was wheels up shortly after they voted in favor of legislation requiring that U.S. troops begin returning home from Iraq in the fall.
No one jet pooled, no one took commercial flights to save money, fuel or emissions.
Frauds. (Via Charles G.) In other speedy travel news, Georgian motorists have some late-night windows of opportunity:
Between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., there are no state troopers patrolling Interstate 85 near Newnan. Nor are any troopers patrolling highways in the rest of Coweta County or in Fayette and Heard counties.
That’s also true in Greene, Jasper, Putnam, Cherokee, Pickens, Clarke and 86 other counties.
And around 2 a.m., all of Georgia’s troopers call it a night, leaving only radio operators in 21 out of 49 posts statewide.
No state troopers? Iowahawk will be headed down Georgia way as soon as he reads this. Visit the Hawk for latest Earth Week Virtual Cruise-In news, by the way; the grand champion has now been revealed.
- There are very rarely troopers on the Maine Turnpike in the wee hours. Maybe one week every two or three months. Feeling lucky?Posted by Dave S. on 2007 04 27 at 01:23 PM • permalink
- And sweet indeed it is.
Starting in Atlanta on my way to visit WDW (Hey, I have a nine year old to keep amused, so lay off) it is approximately 260 miles to the the Georgia/Florida state line.Leaving at 3:00 a.m., even on major holidays, I can be past Voldosta before 6:00 and in Orlando by 8:30. Less time than it would take to go to Hartsville (ATL), fly to Orlando (MCO,) rent a car to drive the final miles to WDW.
Posted by joe bagadonuts on 2007 04 27 at 01:55 PM • permalink
- Will these people shut the hell up. Damn!
I fly through most of these counties on trips to my Fl. beach place. Radar detector on, drafting hot truckers and my holstered 9MM neatly ensconsed between the the storage console and the passenger seat…just in case. The .25 is small enough to carry in the rest stop restrooms.
Alabama, damn near the same. Especially the back roads into NW Florida.
Florida, completely different story. the detector goes off about every 10 damn minutes, maybe less. These damn things are everywhere and if it isn’t them, it’s the local county mounties, trying to be cute with their “instant on” crap.
- “Georgian motorists.” Reading that, it just occurred me that when American English-speakers make an adjective out of a state name, we do not change its form: “Colorado hunters,” “Vermont pacifists,” “California girls.” So, the conventional form would be “Georgia motorists.”
But step up to the national level, and we do change the form: “American wilderness,” “Tanzanian national,” “Chinese food.”
Curious thing, this Anglish language.
Posted by Rittenhouse on 2007 04 27 at 04:17 PM • permalink
- #6 True dat, Rittenhouse.
And a fella from Wales would be Welsh but a resident of New South Wales would not be New South Welsh…
I’m gonna have another beer and ponder this.
(And forget speeding or having a drink in Upstate New York. Traffic fines, legitimate and otherwise, augment our shrinking tax base.)
- Back in the early 1980s, the Texas Highway Patrol used to stop at midnight or so.
I did a run from Tyler to Austin in two hours on a motorcycle.
That’s 210 miles in 120 minutes flat. With a five minute gas stop in the middle.
I just bought a really nice used bike exactly like the one I used to ride, but I’m a bit too old to do anything that nuts…
- #7 Someone from New South Wales is indeed a New South Welshman.
Of course here in Victoria, we used to be Victorians, and now we’re unlucky.
I didn’t vote for our gummint. Just saying.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 04 27 at 08:20 PM • permalink
- Rebeccah—but all that hot air in the cabin provides tons of lift and would save on fuel…Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 04 27 at 08:37 PM • permalink
- “it just occurred me that when American English-speakers make an adjective out of a state name, we do not change its form”
Yes, in American terms they are best described as Georgia drivers, not Georgian drivers. And I would know. 🙂 (I don’t think those other Georgians had cars. Just coaches.)
And the same is especially true with the word Texan. As soon as you see someone referring to a Texan businessman (or a Texan whatever – one article I read referred to a “Texan professor”) you can be pretty sure that what follows is to be taken with a grain of salt because the person generally has a stereotype in mind and doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Especially if said reference is to be found in a BBC drama.
Between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., there are no state troopers patrolling Interstate 85 near Newnan. Nor are any troopers patrolling highways in the rest of Coweta County or in Fayette and Heard counties.
That’s also true in Greene, Jasper, Putnam, Cherokee, Pickens, Clarke and 86 other counties.
And around 2 a.m., all of Georgia’s troopers call it a night, leaving only radio operators in 21 out of 49 posts statewide.
“It’s two hundred and fifty miles to Chicago. We’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of smokes, it’s night, and we’re wearing sunglasses…”
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 04 28 at 01:43 AM • permalink
- cirby—If you can read the speedometer, you’re not going as fast as you could. Southern State Parkway, 3 A.M., about 110-120mph averaging out the wiggling needle…Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 04 28 at 01:48 AM • permalink
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