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Mon 5 May, 2008 09:27 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - At a Shell gas station in Washington, Rocky Twyman and an unusual group of activists were mad as hell about soaring fuel prices.
"Last week, this station was 3.51 dollars. Now it's practically 3.60. So it's gone up nine cents in one week," Twyman said as he pumped five dollars' worth of gas into his thirsty American car.
"Someone's making a lot of money and it's really, really wrong," added Twyman, who founded the Prayer at the Pump movement last week to seek help from a higher power to bring down fuel prices, because the powers in Washington haven't.
The half-dozen activists -- Twyman, a former Miss Washington DC, the owner of a small construction company and two volunteers at a local soup kitchen -- joined hands, bowed their heads and intoned a heartfelt prayer.
"Lord, come down in a mighty way and strengthen us so that we can bring down these high gas prices," Twyman said to a chorus of "amens".
"Prayer is the answer to every problem in life... We call on God to intervene in the lives of the selfish, greedy people who are keeping these prices high," Twyman said on the gas station forecourt in a neighborhood of Washington that, like many of its residents, has seen better days.
"Lord, the prices at this pump have gone up since last week. We know that you are able, that you have all the power in the world," he prayed, before former beauty queen Rashida Jolley led the group in a modified version of the spiritual, "We Shall Overcome".
"We'll have lower gas prices, we'll have lower gas prices..." they sang.
9c a gallon in a week. It's not unusual here to see a change of 10c a LITRE in one day!
Hah! We even have a change of 20 - 25 ยข from gas station to gas station
If no one bought gas for a week what would happen?
What would it cost to feed a horse for a week?
God helps those who help themselves........so help yourself........to gas.........steal it!
What could be more American and Christian, at the same time?
Sglass, what about the pooper scoopers. That's talkin' big time pooper scoopers!
I have to think about that one. Only you Diane, only you would think of that.
Oh sglass, I've done some scooping. I was also in a marching band in high school where only horses were used as transportation. Talk about stepping lively!
Sglass wrote:What would it cost to feed a horse for a week?
Could you imagine the smell, if every vehicle were replaced by horses? The world would become unlivable.
Yeah, and who would be controlling the hay cartel?
Wilso wrote:9c a gallon in a week. It's not unusual here to see a change of 10c a LITRE in one day!
Same here Wilso. Happens all too often, me thinks.
Owning a horse is not as easy as buying a car (at least in Pennsylvania).
Local rule dictates that , under the MPC (Municipal Planning Code),Section 243.12(c)-(as amended)
(c). ...For transportation needs or recreational ownership of horses, one is required to provide(and show evidence of control of), a minimum of two(contiguous) acres of pasture for the first horse and, an additional contiguous acre for each additional horse *.
(c)-1...Provide proper enclosures (in accordance with PaDept AGr rules of livestock quartering) in addition to the required two acres for the initial horse and each additional contiguous acre for each additional horse.
(c)-2...Waste management of manures and liquid wastes shall be in accordance with the rules and requirements of 25 PA CODE -section 241;(The Pennsylvania Solid WAste Management ACt)
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*Pasture, as identified under the Pennsylvania 25 CODE-section 256 (as amended) THE FREEDOM TO FARM ACT.
Horses require a daily ration of about 1/3 bale of good alafalfa(or a similar higher protein hay) and approximately 4 pounds of a grain/molasses feed. Grain-meal Products such as OMALINE, which are convenience horse rations containing dietary supplements such as trace mineral nutrients, vitamins etc, are available at feed mills (check your local phone directory since this may be a problem for folks who live in, say Boston, New York, or San Freancisco).
Average costs per horse per month(full service boarding facilities), usually provide care and feeding of a horse at about 400$ a month on the low end and up to 600$ a month for (Horsey Camp). This would help in case you cannot acquire the additional acreage (this is especially inconvenient if one lives in a high rise apartment).
who you callin a christian, bitch?
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