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The actual shark was not

Keighla Schmidt — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:29:06 -0500

The actual shark was not released. It had to be killed before it was brought into the boat with eight people in it.
For clarification, this Savage resident was not out fishing to diminish the shark population, rather it was simply the catch of the day.

It doesn't say what became

Ruth Anne Maddox — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:16:28 -0500

It doesn't say what became of the actual shark (though I'm guessing they didn't pull its teeth and release it), but the story clearly states that the wall mount is a "fiberglass 70-pound replica."

Shark populations are

EnviroMan — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:40:39 -0500

Shark populations are declining worldwide ( http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972437,00.html ). These are key species who keep the oceans in balance. Hopefully we can stop killing them just for sport. Enjoy looking at it on your garage wall.

All I know is there seems to

Ruth Anne Maddox — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:15:00 -0500

All I know is there seems to be a lot more menu items than there were when I was eating onion rings and lemon slushes at the Ruston, La., Sonic back in the 1980s. Then again, I was a college student and that might have been all I could afford...

I've had Sonic once, but the

Keighla Schmidt — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:14 -0500

I've had Sonic once, but the drive-in experience I'm familiar with is the Minnetonka Drive-in in Mound. My grandparents live there and the summer time treat was always to go and get a corn dog, crinkled fries and root beer. It even has certain weekends that invite old pimped cars over. When it closes for the season we would always get sad because it meant summer was over.
Sonic wasn't quite the same as this little shop, and it's open all year. I'm not sure it will compare, but at least we'll know what all the awkward commercials are advertising ...

Yum! Can't wait for Sonic to

Joanna Miller — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:28:41 -0500

Yum! Can't wait for Sonic to arrive. My personal favorites: corn dogs, cherry limeade, a variety of milkshakes/floats, and tator tots.
It's not health food, but it is a little different than the other fast food we already have in the area.

Think your plan before you

Deena — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:14:43 -0500

Think your plan before you go out or take that first drink. The price of a human life can never be worth that drink! Please people show some respect and responsibility. What a shame and sad loss. My thoughts and prayers go out to Nick's family.

What will it take before

beagle44 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:08:15 -0500

What will it take before these repeat idiot offenders are off the roads for good?????
Lock this guy up and throw away the key already. He OBVIOUSLY has learned NOTHING from his past mistake and clearly DOES NOT care about anyone else!!

Looks like Michelle Bachman

Nancy Huddleston — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:59:04 -0500

Looks like Michelle Bachman got some press today about some federal legislation regarding this problem. What do people think about those proposals?

Agreed!

shawn hogendorf — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:53:39 -0500

Agreed!

Why can't we have both? Do

Blake Erickson — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:13:09 -0500

Why can't we have both?

Do we have to have either drilling or alternates? Seems to me that they don't exclude themselves. Drilling will be needed to stabilize the technology we run on today and in the next 20 years. Longer term, yes we should develop new means of powering transportation and I believe that that will roll out over the next 5-10 years. Fuel cell and other advanced technology will come of age when it is reliable and produceable.

We should not have to cut off our nose to spite our face!

I can agree with most of the

SavageResident — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:54:47 -0500

I can agree with most of the ideas Savage Guy has stated (minus the errant 'facts' and snits. The thing that puts me off is this constant mantra to drill, drill, drill like this is some how going to solve the problem. It's not. We need radical changes. I see this as an opportunity for change. We need to rally to find new and better ways of doing things. We put a man on the moon out of sheer desire. We can get off of oil.
How long will it take to get oil flowing and into our gas tanks if we started drilling tomorrow? Wouldn't it take years for a new refinery to be functional if it were being built today? Are either of those options going to provide us any more immediate relief than making more hybrids, substantially increasing fuel efficiency and dumping tons of energy and money in new American fuel sources?

Blame someone else?

Blake Erickson — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:26:20 -0500

Blame someone else? HMMM...... logic need not apply here.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that crude oil has gone from $30 per barrel to $130 per barrel in the last 4 years. Why? Numerous reasons that are beyond any purview of the evil and ever hated Bush administration. (increased demand in China and India, instability in the middle east, zero new exploration or refinery construction in the US, etc.).

This is a classic supply and demand case where demand has increased beyond as supplies have remained relatively stagnant. Blaming oil companies, though popular with some, will not bring gas prices down. Taxing oil companies further, though popular with some, will not bring gas prices down.

Oil executives have been paraded in front of congressional hearings on two occasions this year and each time , after the distinguished Senators were through thumping their chests, the execs said that if there was a larger supply of oil, prices would go down but regulations that prohibit drilling and refining do not allow them to get more oil in the US.

I checked on my version of the Rand McNally Road atlas and saw something astonishing. ANWAR is not depicted but rather it is identified as the "National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska" and in fact was set aside that way by the Carter administration. Since then, the Dems have fought at every front to prevent any exploration while citing the few caribou that might have to look at the wells while they graze as the reason.

I agree that alternative energy needs to be developed, but it will not be viable until it can be a real market solution that can sustain itself . This means that there will have to be "evil" corporations involved that (gasp) have to make a profit on it. This will not be available in the short to medium term due to factors outside the actual vehicles used (as they will need fuel and service outlets that are readily available). In the mean time, we need to supply more of our own energy by allowing the safe drilling of our own land and coastal waters.

Solutions to this issue need to be real and viable rather than strictly rhetorical and abstract. It is clear that the real solutions are being blocked while the abstract are being pushed.

What a strong boy and

shawn hogendorf — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:55:19 -0500

What a strong boy and family.
Great story!

Many conservatives (like me)

Savage Guy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:48:59 -0500

Many conservatives (like me) propose more drilling, more refineries, AND more research and development of renewable fuels. The radical environmental movement says "NO" to any more drilling or refineries and refuses to compromise. You cannot solve $4 gas or our energy needs with renewable fuels only. The math is there for everyone to see and it doesn't add up. You simply cannot generate enough energy with renewable sources.

Does that mean we give up on renewable sources? Of course not! We continue to encourage R&D of renewable fuels. At the same time we need more refineries (no new ones in 30 years) and more drilling in places that we can drill without radically harming the environment (i.e. offshore and ANWR). New technologies exist for drilling and exploration that are far more environmentally friendly than the old ways.

We also need more nuclear power plants. It burns very cleanly so it is good from an emissions standpoint and we have had a national storage facility at Yucca Mountain that has been ready for use for about 20 years. Again, the radical environmentalists (and a complicit congress) has stopped us from storing one drop of spent fuel in the Yucca Mountain facility. Ridiculous. They are builing nuclear power plants like there is no tomorrow in Europe. Liberals are fond of saying we should do what Europe does, but apparently NOT in this case!