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Why?

Jehardy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:50:40 -0400

Why are we getting these continuous posts almost every hour that no one is responding to - and it's showing all, not the most recent posts like everyone else?

Just curious. Must be a boring weekend at the old Monitor.

Re: Kyle Busch

Monitor Sports Staff — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:55:07 -0400

While the action at NHMS has survived the weekend's shaky forecast, Busch's late-night late-model race did not. It was rained out.

Kyle Busch

Busch for Burgers — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:59:49 -0400

I thought I read somewhere in the Monitor that Kyle Busch would be racing in Epping on Saturday night. Any idea how that went?

This year's Nationwide

baltimoron — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:03:17 -0400

This year's Nationwide Qualifying blog isn't nearly as good as the one from two years ago.

Is this serious?

atari1977 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:24:15 -0400

This can't really be serious, can it?

New England sports fans tend to follow their local teams, which just so happen to be winning at the moment. If anything, New England fans are known to be loyal "non-bandwagoners" to that effect. There are reasons why the Celtics continued to sell-out games during their 18-game losing streak last year. To assume that local fans will simply "jump on the Kyle Busch bandwagon" because he's winning is insulting the common fan's intelligence.

Kyle Busch has loads of talent. He also has loads of attitude. Some folks like that, others don't. He's obviously young. Some folks like that too. He will win more fans simply by continuing to be successful and professional on the track. Heck, I know a number of folks who do not support him simply for the make of the car he drives. NASCAR fans can be fickle like that.

I just don't think an Interstate Batteries blog campaign is necessary to drum up fan support for their driver.

The Funny Thing Is

Bill Bunker — Thu, 8 May 2008 11:50:50 -0400

The funny thing about the present fuel crisis is the following.

Clinton and McCain want to roll back the gas tax which would be about 45 cents on fuel for the three months of the Summer.

Opponents argue that this would save the "average" person about $75.

When fuel was $3.12, no one was complaining or calling it a crisis. Over the last two months, it has climbed in price to $3.55-$3.60, which is by all measures the same amount the roll back of the gas tax would be...45 cents.

Now if you do the math, that means that over two months the gas increase has cost the "average" person $50.

Over 8 weeks that is an increase of $6.25 in their weekly gasoline bill. Heavy commuters aside, it seems to me that is not alot of money. Anyone who is anxious about the increase should be able to find a way to shift the burden and save $6.25 elsewhere.

Long commuters are the ones that would be most affected.

The second half of that story is that some politicians are saying that we would ONLY save $75. That tells me that those same politicians can not care much that we have ONLY spent $50 more over the last two months if we were an "average" person.

Americans feel entitled to certain things and I am not sure why. Fuel and health care are front and center.

Terri is correct that we do not need to drive monster vehicles. The ones that give me the biggest anxiety are the four wheel drive Dodge RAM trucks that many of the contractors and their employees drive 100 miles an hour on the interstate. These guys drive like they are shielded like a tank and as if they are invincible. There sitting on the back is strapped a ladder and nothing else in the truck and most of the time no passengers.

The speed and offensive driving aside, they are flushing fuel down the toilet!

American way of life

Terri Oberg — Wed, 7 May 2008 09:07:09 -0400

....that is essentially what it boils down to. We are a country made up of spoiled children. We have become a nation of people who like the freedom of just hopping in our cars and driving where ever we wish to go, from around the block to the pizza joint to cross country to visit friends or explore some wondrous place.

I am as guilty as the next guy. Until gas prices started sky rocketing, I thought nothing of making more then one trip into Concord in one day (a 15 + mile round trip each time). Trains went the way of the dinosaurs because they weren't as convenient as hopping in the car. There are schedules to keep, one would have to plan their trip to Boston around the train schedule. How much more convenient is it to just come and go when you want and/or need? Who wants to share a ride with strangers when we can go in the solitude and comfort of our own cars? New Hampshire is growing by leaps and bounds from the influx of people wanting to experience that solitude and comfort.

This is the mentality of the country we live in. I mean, seriously, do we really need to drive a vehicle that is nearly the size of a small house? Until I start using a bicycle to get around, walk to the pizza joint to get dinner and sell my S.O.'s big truck and boat I won't be complaining about the rising gas prices.

I remember the gas shortages in the 70's. That's when car companies started producing smaller, "compact" cars. I remember my Dad getting a Vega and calling it "the bug" because it was so much smaller than any other car they'd ever owned. Now it would be considered a mid-size car by today's standards. We are a nation that waits until there is a crisis that effects our way of life before we demand changes be made. This spike in gas prices is no different.

Also, those countries that have been around for so much longer then us, have an infrastructure that won't accomodate our big, gas guzzling vehicles. There is more then one reason they drive minis and find other modes of transport. There are plenty of times I think simpler is better. There are even times I think some of God's other creatures are smater then we are because they aren't raping and mutilating Earth; they just take what they need and leave the rest alone.

Election day - NH's biggest disaster in 84 years

CNHT — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:40:18 -0500

And so begins the nanny state indeed!

Threat to NASCAR

Will — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:29:53 -0400

I just read that the Kentucky Speedway is suing NASCAR to get a cup race and wanted to let everyone know about it so you can help protect the Lenox 300 and other races.

The owners of the Kentucky Speedway are trying to open up every race to the highest bidder so any race, Loudon, Richmond, Talladega, etc., could be moved anywhere and threaten the entire Nextel circuit. The strange thing is that one of the owners of the Speedway is Richard Farmer, who is also the chairman of the Cintas Corporation, a partner of NASCAR that sponsors drivers and provides uniforms. So if this is succsessful, we will be at the mercy of disgruntled executives like Farmer who could move any race to any track.

Here is the online petition to support NASCAR and the site has more information. Thanks and for anyone going, enjoy the race this weekend.

Unite Here