Comments on: World Asthma Day, Plus Politics http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/05/06/world-asthma-day-plus-politics/ Raising a breathless kid, traveling, and other adventures a mile high. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:32:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Allie’s Answers » Blog Archive » What’s Going On http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/05/06/world-asthma-day-plus-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Allie’s Answers » Blog Archive » What’s Going On Wed, 07 May 2008 12:15:44 +0000 http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/05/06/world-asthma-day-plus-politics/#comment-753 [...] Asthma Mom talks politics. [...] [...] Asthma Mom talks politics. [...]

]]> By: Asthmagirl http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/05/06/world-asthma-day-plus-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Asthmagirl Wed, 07 May 2008 02:02:46 +0000 http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/05/06/world-asthma-day-plus-politics/#comment-752 Happy WAD! Thanks for your comment today. You always make me sound wiser than I really am! Excellent post as usual. That's the first time I've really considered the political dynasty angle! Happy WAD!
Thanks for your comment today. You always make me sound wiser than I really am!

Excellent post as usual. That’s the first time I’ve really considered the political dynasty angle!

]]> By: Amy http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/05/06/world-asthma-day-plus-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Amy Tue, 06 May 2008 19:34:26 +0000 http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/05/06/world-asthma-day-plus-politics/#comment-751 This is an unpopular opinion in some quarters, I know, but we're probably not going to <i>get</i> better solutions to the foreign oil problem without these high gas prices. I mean, Europe pays around 8 bucks/gallon but they also have much better public transportation than we do, and part of that is paid for with gas taxes. Yet here in the U.S., all these highly congested areas (South FL, CA, Chicago area, etc.) have proposals for high-speed rail services, but they're dead in the water, mostly for lack of funding. Anyway, send me the link to your story when you get it---I'd love to read it. This is an unpopular opinion in some quarters, I know, but we’re probably not going to get better solutions to the foreign oil problem without these high gas prices. I mean, Europe pays around 8 bucks/gallon but they also have much better public transportation than we do, and part of that is paid for with gas taxes.

Yet here in the U.S., all these highly congested areas (South FL, CA, Chicago area, etc.) have proposals for high-speed rail services, but they’re dead in the water, mostly for lack of funding.

Anyway, send me the link to your story when you get it—I’d love to read it.

]]> By: kristi http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/05/06/world-asthma-day-plus-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-749 kristi Tue, 06 May 2008 18:18:17 +0000 http://www.theasthmamom.com/2008/05/06/world-asthma-day-plus-politics/#comment-749 Great post. And while I am a Clinton girl, I do like Obama for all the reasons you state here, and especially for his dedication to the environment. I'm writing an opinion piece for my city's newspaper this Friday on why drilling in ANWR is a non-solution to the real problem: this country's obsessive consumption of foreign oil. It is astonishing to me how short-sighted people can be when the environment is concerned. Great post. And while I am a Clinton girl, I do like Obama for all the reasons you state here, and especially for his dedication to the environment. I’m writing an opinion piece for my city’s newspaper this Friday on why drilling in ANWR is a non-solution to the real problem: this country’s obsessive consumption of foreign oil. It is astonishing to me how short-sighted people can be when the environment is concerned.

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