I Wanted A Wrangler.. Then I Expanded My Options… Then I Lost My Mind! So Many Choices. Please Help!~?
Ok, so I started out determined to buy myself a Jeep Wrangler. Then I conveniently hit a deer and totaled my car. Which was really a blessing because I’m getting $2k more for it than I would trading it in and I don’t have to pass a total lemon onto someone else. But now I really need to speed up my little search and make a freaking decision! I had a 2000 Mazda Millenia. It had it’s good points, but it took premium gas and was OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive to try to fix anything. The more I think about getting a Wrangler… as much as I want one, I think I might try to get something a little more versatile. So then I started considering small trucks and SUV’s… and then I lost my mind. This is so hard!
-I am going to buy a used vehicle under $10,000. I would like to stay under $8,000 and find a great deal… I can dream! I want something under 100,000 miles too because I plan on keeping it for a good while.
-I don’t think I will be happy with a 4cyl unless it just has a ton of $h1t and git to it. I would like to find a decent 6cyl but I will consider 4cyl.
-I would like to get close to 20mpg hwy. NO PREMIUM gas!
-I live on a 3200 acre ranch, so inevitably, no matter how many trucks we have, I always end up having to drive my car across the pasture for some reason or another and I would like something that has a little better clearance than your average car and 4WD would be AMAZING just so I don’t tear it up. I also have to run errands to get horse feed etc, and getting 80lb sacks out of the truck of my car has not been my favorite activity.
-I have a big dog that I love to take with me, but I don’t like his dirt/hair/slober to be right on top of me, so I was thinking of trying to get an SUV or truck that he can have his own space. I’m very “outdoorsy” and go to the lake, woods, river etc a lot. I’m not planning on doing any serious offroading, but me and my dog get dirty. lol I have no kids.. and don’t plan on having any for several years.
-I drive back and forth from Ohio to Oklahoma (1000 miles) about 5 times a year. Comfort and reliability and at least enough room for 2 peoples luggage is a must (hence why I’m not considering wranglers as much anymore).
-There is a good chance I will be moving cross country in the next few years (no furniture to move really). The most room for the mpg the better… or maybe the capability of pulling a small U-haul.
-Yes, I know how to do my research… and I have done a ton of it… but I am still lost. I use msn reliability ratings, I have an unlimited carfax account, kbb, fueleconomy.gov… you name it, I use it.
I looked at a 2003 Jeep Liberty last night. The price and milage on it are great!!! It doesn’t have the best maintenance records, but no accidents. Has a few flaws, but nothing major. It is a private seller. I like the look. MPG is okay. Has 4×4. The test drive was okay. The seats kinda suck.
I found a 2004 Toyota Rav4 online. Price and milage just within my acceptance, but good for it’s actual value. 4cyl… only 2 wheel drive. Very cute. Excellent maintenance records and 1 owner. I’ve never driven one? Don’t know what to expect from it? Should I go see it?
I can’t find any Honda CRV’s within 300 miles or I would check one out. I live in a really really rural area… so it’s a 2 1/2 hour drive to the nearest city.
I’m open to american cars, but I love the reliability of Toyota and Honda.
Also, is it just me or are the interiors of the small SUV’s really cheap and uncomfortable compared to what the same makers put in their cars?!
Thoughts, suggestions, advice anyone?
I am serious about making a good decision.
In summary, 4-6cyl with good acceleration and decent mpg. Room for my dog Max (boxer). Comfortable for long trips with lots of crap. Not too fancy… I’m a country girl. Holds value. 4WD a bonus!!
Has Anybody Noticed A Surge In Bandwagon Fans This Year?
What’s going on? I live in Tulsa Oklahoma, and after the BoSox won the World Series, you could swear Tulsa changed it’s name to Little Boston, same deal with the Patroits. What happened to loyality? I’m a huge sports fan (Jets, Knicks, Mets, Rangers), none of my teams really have much to brag about, but that doesn’t mean I’m swapping sides. As the manager of a Lids Hat Store I sell tons of BoSox and Patroits hats daily to people who I swear didn’t even no the city they played in last year. It’s frustrating! Come on folks, stick to your guns and support your teams regardless of the year there having.
PS. to all you people who have been fans of this year’s fantastic teams, congrats! I hope you kick your butts next year!
Is This Harrasment ,what Can I Do, Do We Have Any Rights Even Though We Are Not In The Wrong?
we were buying a home from a man but decided we need something bigger and we were behind in payments anyways, wheni told him we were moving he got really rude and toldus we better be out in two weeks. zi told him he had to go through the court although we had already rented something else.He then said dont make us enemies. we agreed to be out in two weeks but then the next day child protective services showed up at my door for an investigation. I left with my children that night and came back the very niext day and there were no trespassing signs on the door and window. I had a springer spaniel that was only 1 yr old that is missing and my childrens bunny was kicked into the wall and killed. I called the city police of Log Cabin Texas and the officer wouldnt take my report right then.Instead he harrasedme saying that he was working on a warrant on me for terristic threat. I contacted the cheif of police which has agreed to deal with this officer once i make a formal complaint. But what can i do about this Landlord and Child proctective service realize this is a malitious report. I sent my kids to their grandmothers until this investigation is over then when i spoke to the caseworker today she said that since they were enrolled in school in Oklahoma then If I try to bring themback then she would come take them away. I have done nothing wrong and they act like i have no rights to my children. Is this really legal. What can i do to sue the landlord as well as cps for degrading me in front of my children,And how could i do it?
Ski Trip Advice Needed Please.?
i will be goin for a ski trip to Durango Co, from Oklahoma City.It will be a 5 day trip that will include 3 days of ski.I am renting a car to drive down there.What things do i need to take care of or keep in mind?
thank you
My Fiance’ Is Trying To Join The Marine Corp And Is Having A Problem Getting A Tattoo Waiver.?
His tattoo contains the word Hub City in it and they keep denying his waiver. They say that hub city means citys where they fly in drugs so it mean that he is affliated with an organized crime unit. He Doesnt even have a traffic ticket on his record, and has never been affliated with any gang. He has written statements about what the tattoo really means and spoken with several gang task enforcement officers to further clear him. The waiver has been submitted in oklahoma twice and denied twice. How is it that someone that has lived their life accoring to the law and want to go protect our country but is being held back because of a tatto that means nothing that they think it means. We need some help, so if there is anyone who has ever dealt with this or has ever help someone else through it please contact me as soon as possible. I cant express what a shocker and a dissapointment this is, i feel like this cant be possible. So please if you can lend a hand or some advice please contact me Thank you and God Bless!
Need Apartment Advice!?
im 18 and wanting to move out into a low income apartment in the oklahoma city area. i make anywhere from 600 to 900 a month but i have a car payment and insurance that is 443 all together. the car is not in my name but i do pay for it. so i have no credit. how hard will it be to get a low income apartment?
What Does The Financial Bailout The New Powers It Gives To The Federal Reserve And This Have In Common?
Forclosure crises is made up excuse, for 125 billion you could pay off every foreclosed loan and every loan three months delinquent in the whole country written in the last three years
Did McVeigh
really die? The Oklahoma City Bombing
Connection to
the WTC Attack
Pentagon Report Reveals Multiple
Blasts in Oklahoma City Bombing
According to the March 20, 1996 issue of Strategic Investment newsletter, a classified Pentagon study confirms that the Oklahoma bombing was caused by more than one bomb. A classified report prepared by two independent Pentagon experts has concluded that the destruction of the federal building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 was caused by five separate bombs. The two experts reached the same conclusion for the same technical reasons. Sources close to the Pentagon study are reported to have said that Timothy McVeigh did play a role in the bombing but peripherally, as a “useful idiot.”
We reported in Freedom Network News at the time that seismograph readouts at the University of Oklahoma indicated more than one blast impulse. Independent ordnance experts, including a Navy Commander, unanimously agreed that a car-bomb with low intensity fertilizer explosives could not have inflicted such extensive damage to the building and that it was highly likely that high-intensity explosives had been wired directly to the columns. Our suspicion then as now is that it was an “inside job.” But by whom is the mystery. Strategic Investment reports that the multiple bombings had a Middle Eastern “signature.” Others find the whole business to be extremely fishy because of the fact that no ATF or FBI agents were in their offices at the time of the blast [about 9:05 a.m.] — and that evidence pertaining to both Waco and Mena had been stored there.
— Strategic Investment, 1217 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21202-4799.
From Freedom Network News (June/July 1996, pages 5-6), the newsletter of ISIL, the International Society for Individual Liberty, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94102, tel: (415) 864-0952, fax: (415) 864-7506
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See also:
Oklahoma City: Two Blasts and Strange Facts
William F. Jasper: Multiple Blasts: More Evidence
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America’s Reichstag Fire
On 1997-06-13 Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City (dead men tell no tales). The “useful idiot” has indeed turned out to be useful, effectively deflecting attention from the real perpetrators of this crime.
The Oklahoma City bombing was America’s equivalent of the 1933 Reichstag Fire.
A fire destroyed the Reichstag Building on February 27, 1933. Hitler blamed the fire on the Communists. The fire symbolically destroyed the only remaining institution capable of placing reins on Hitler’s grab for dictatorial power. Although the case is still somewhat disputed, the fire was very likely instigated by the Nazis and blamed on a Dutch Communist who had committed arson, Marinus van der Lubbe. There was no sign whatsoever of a revolution, but van der Lubbe gave the Nazis the excuse they needed and the pretext for new emergency measures [the Ermächtigungsgesetz, enacted on 1933-03-24]. — The First Steps Leading to the “Final Solution” [link expired]
Timothy McVeigh is America’s version of Marinus van der Lubbe (who was tried by the Nazis, found guilty and executed). On 1995-04-23, only four days after the bombing, with public outrage still at its height, President Clinton signed into law the so-called Counter-Terrorism Bill.
Future historians may write:
Several bombs destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. President Clinton blamed the bombing on domestic right-wing terrorists. The bombing destroyed the records of the 1993 massacre of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, and also records relating to Mena. Although the case is still somewhat disputed, the bombing was very likely instigated by a secret criminal organization parasitic upon the U.S. government and blamed on a member of a right-wing militia, Timothy McVeigh, who was known to be sympathetic to violent resistance to the federal government. There was no sign whatsoever of a revolution, but McVeigh gave the U.S. government the excuse it needed and the pretext for new emergency measures, the Counter-Terrorism Bill.
Again from The First Steps Leading to the “Final Solution:
Hitler induced a confused and frightened Hindenburg to sign a decree euphemistically called, ‘For the Protection of the People and State,’ suspending all of the basic rights of citizens and imposing the death sentence for arson, sabotage, resistance to the decree, and disturbances to public order. Arrests could be made on suspicion, and people could be sentenced to prison without trial or the right of counsel. The suspe
What Do You Think Of My Mock 2009 Nfl Mock Draft?
There are a couple of surprise picks in here. Also I have some players falling out of the 1st round that most people have going in the early to mid 1st. You have to remember though, NFL Drafts are always unpredictable, so you have to do the unexpected.
1.Detroit-Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma
- Think, a faster Peyton Manning.
2.St. Louis-Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss
- Orlando Pace’s replacement.
3.Kansas City-Andre Smith, OT, Alabama
- Franchise left tackle that could achor the line for the next 12 years.
4.Cleveland-Malcolm Jenkins, CB, Ohio State
- May be too early to draft a corner, but it’s an obvious hole that needs to be fixed and Jenkins could very well be a Pro Bowler in the next 2-3 years.
5.Seattle-Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia
- Walter Jones’ replacement.
6.Cincinnati-Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
- Cincy’s new superstar after Chad and TJ leave for free agency.
7.Oakland-Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri
- Al Davis loves speed and Maclin brings plenty of that to the table.
8.Jacksonville-Rey Maualuga, ILB, USC
- Since Mike Peterson will most likely be gone, they bring in Rey to anchor the linebacking corps. Move over Ray, there’s a new Rey in the NFL.
9.Green Bay-Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
- Best available player.
10.Buffalo-Aaron Curry, OLB, Wake Forest
- Brings size to a small front seven.
11.San Francisco-Vontae Davis, CB, Illinois
- Walt Harris’ replacement and possibly take #1 corner spot from underachieving Nate Clements. Also brings a brotherhood to San Fran, literally.
12.Denver-Brandon Spikes, ILB, Florida
- If he preforms well in the National Championship Game, then Brandon Spikes could very well be a top 15 pick.
13.Houston-Everette Brown, DE, Florida State
- Make it 3 years in a row Houston has drafted a D-lineman. Anchor the line for the next decade with Mario Williams and Amobi Okeye.
14.New Orleans-Taylor Mays, FS, USC
- Freak of nature. Faster than Champ Bailey. Covers like Asante Samuel. Hits like Ray Lewis.
15.Washington-Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech
- Brings youth to an aging defensive line.
16.Detroit (from Dallas)-Jason Smith, OT, Baylor
- Sam Bradford’s insurance policy.
17.Tampa Bay-Percy Harvin, WR, Florida
- Joey Galloway’s replacement. Punt/kick returner. Electrifying speed. Line up opposite of Antonio Bryant or great slot receiver. Downfield threat.
18.Chicago-CJ Spiller, RB, Clemson
- Think, Chris Johnson of the Titans. Two-headed monster of the NFC North (Forte=thunder & Spiller=lightning)
19.New York Jets-Clint Sintim, OLB, Virginia
- Helps to solidify a good linebacking corps.
20.New England-Brian Cushing, OLB, USC
- Bring much needed youth to a very old linebacking corps (besides young star, Jerod Mayo).
21.San Diego-William Moore, FS, Missouri
- Upgrades free safety position.
22.Arizona-Chris “Beanie” Wells, RB, Ohio State
- Franchise runningback.
23.Minnesota-Patrick Chung, SS, Oregon
- Darren Sharper needs a replacement sooner or later and Chung may just be the guy.
24.Miami-Alphonso Smith, CB, Wake Forest
- After getting burnt through the year, Miami decides to take a cover corner to stop the bleeding.
25.Atlanta-Sen’Derrick Marks, DT, Auburn
- Move Jonathan Babineaux back outside. Run stuffer.
26.Baltimore-Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR, Maryland
- Close enough to be a home-town kid. Able to stretch the field. Could be the next Peyton/Harrison, Aikman/Irving, Montana/Rice kind of deal.
27.New York Giants-Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU
- Move Kiwanuka (sp?) back to linbacker and good enough to give Osi (when he comes back) and Tuck a needed breather. Good pass rusher for passing situations.
28.Pittsburgh-Ciron Black, OL, LSU
- Ben Roethisberger can’t get 2 seconds in the pocket without some defender having a hold of him. Ciron could help to solidify the inside of the line.
29.Philadelphia-Duke Robinson, OL, Oklahoma
- With John Runyan and the other guy probably being gone after the season, Duke can step in for them. And we all know how Andy drafts with his 1st pick.
30.Indianapolis-Terrance Cody, DT, Alabama
- Bring much need presence back in the middle of the D-line after Ed Johnson’s release. Great run stopper. HUGE kid.
31.Philadelphia (from Carolina)-Chase Coffman, TE, Missouri
- LJ Smith just isn’t getting it done.
32.Tennessee-Peria Jerry, DT, Ole Miss
- The Titans are going to need someone in the middle after Albert Haynesworth leaves during free agency. The kid who stepped in during the Pittsburgh game was solid, but in the next 3 years he’s gong to need someone next to him. Think, John Henderson and Marcus Stroud of Jacksonville few years back or Pat/Kevin Williams of the Vikings.
*Note: I do have Matthew Stafford (QB, Georgia) coming out, but with the lack of need for quarterbacks, I have him falling to the early to mid 2nd round. Also LeSean McCoy, Knowshon Moreno, and Shonn Greene would normally be a 1st round pick in most drafts, but there is a lack of need for runningbacks this year.
Did Democrat’s Forget About Terrorism Attacks In The United States?
1980s
• 1980 March 15 Armed members of FALN raided the campaign headquarters of President Jimmy Carter in Chicago and the campaign headquarters of George H. W. Bush in New York City. Seven people in Chicago and ten people in New York were tied up as the offices were vandalized before the FALN members fled. A few days later, Carter delegates in Chicago received threatening letters from FALN.
• 1980 June 3: Bombing of the Statue of Liberty. At 7:30 PM, a time delayed explosive device detonated in the Statue of Liberty’s Story Room. Detonated after business hours, the bomb did not injure anyone, but cause $18,000 in damage, destroying many of the exhibits. The room was sealed off and left unrepaired until the Statue of Liberty restoration project that began years later. FBI investigators believed the perpetrators were Croatian terrorists seeking independence for Croatia from Yugoslavia, though no arrests were made.
• 1980 July 22: Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian exile and critic of Ayatollah Khomeni, was shot in his Bethesda, Maryland home. Dawud Salahuddin, an American Muslim convert, was apparently paid by Iranians to kill Tabatabai.[14]
• 1981: Michael Donald was randomly selected to be lynched by two Ku Klux Klan members. He was beaten, had his throat slit, and was hung.
• 1982 January 28: Kemal Arikan, the Turkish Consul-General in Los Angeles, is killed by members of the Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide.
• 1982 May 4: Turkish Honorary Consul Orhan Gunduz was assassinated in his car in Somerville, Massachusetts by the Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide.
• 1983 November 7: U.S. Senate bombing. The Armed Resistance Unit, a militant leftist group, bombs the U.S. Capitol in response to the U.S. invasion of Grenada.
• 1984 In what is believed to be the first incident of bioterrorism in the United States the Rajneeshee cult spreads salmonella in salad bars at 10 restaurants in The Dalles, Ore., to influence a local election. Health officials say that 751 people were sickened and more than 40 hospitalized.[15]
• 1985 October 11: Alex Odeh, a prominent Arab-American, was killed by a bomb in his office in Santa Ana, California. The case is unsolved, but it is thought the Jewish Defense League was responsible.
[edit] 1990s
• 1990 November 5 Assassination of Meir Kahane head of Israel’s Koch party and founder of the American vigilante group the Jewish Defense League in a Manhattan,New York hotel lobby by early elements of Al Qaeda.
• 1993 February 26: First World Trade Center bombing killed six and injured 1,000.
• 1993 March 10: Dr. David Gunn of Pensacola, Florida, was fatally shot during a protest. He had been the subject of wanted-style posters distributed by Operation Rescue in the summer of the year before. Michael F. Griffin was found guilty of Dr. Gunn’s murder and was sentenced to life in prison.
• 1993 August: Dr. George Tiller was shot outside of an abortion facility in Wichita, Kansas in August of 1993. Rachelle Shannon was charged with the crime and received an 11-year prison sentence.
• 1994 The Earth Liberation Front since its founding that year has committed more than 1,200 acts of vandalism and arson in the U.S., causing more than $200 million in damage to property that they believe is being used to injure animals, people, or the environment. The FBI has classified the group as the top domestic terror threat. Because they do not target people they have objected to being categorized as terrorists.
• 1994 March 1: Rashid Baz, a Lebanese national opens fire on a van carrying members of the Lubavitch Hasidic sect of Jews, killing one and wounding several others. The attack took place on the entrance ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge.
• 1994 June 29: Dr. John Britton and James Barrett, a clinic escort, were both shot outside of an abortion facility in Pensacola. Rev. Paul Jennings Hill was charged with the killings, received a death sentence, and was executed September 3, 2003.
• 1994 December 30: Two receptionists, Shannon Lowney and Lee Ann Nichols, were killed when two separate abortion clinics in Brookline, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia were both attacked on December 30, 1994. John Salvi was later convicted. He committed suicide in prison and guards found his body under his bed with a plastic garbage bag tied around his head.
• 1995 April 19: Oklahoma City bombing: A truck bomb shattered the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people-including children playing in the building’s day care center. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols launched the attack in protest of the US government.
• 1996 July 27: Centennial Olympic Park bombing occurred in Atlanta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Olympics. One person was killed and 111 injured.
• 1996-2001 The Animal Liberation Front engages in arson attacks against meat-processing plants, lumber companies, a high-tension power line, and a ski center, in Oregon, Wyoming, Washington, California, and Colorado.
• 1997 February 24: An armed man opens fire on tourists at an observation deck atop the Empire State Building killing a Danish national and wounding visitors from the United States, Argentina, Switzerland and France before turning the gun on himself. A handwritten note carried by the gunman claims this was a punishment attack against the “enemies of Palestine”. His widow claimed he became suicidal after losing $300,000 in a business venture. In a 2007 interview with the New York Daily News his daughter said her mothers story was a cover crafted by the Palestinian Authority and that her father wanted to punish the United States for its support of Israel [16]
• 1998 January 29: Robert Sanderson, an off-duty police officer who worked as a security guard at an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, died when his workplace was bombed on January 29, 1998. Eric Robert Rudolph, who was also responsible for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, was charged with the crime and received two life sentences as a result.
• 1998 July 24: A gunman storms the United States Capitol and fatally wounds two United States Capitol Police officers.
• 1998 October 23: Dr. Barnett Slepian was shot dead at his home in Amherst, New York on October 23, 1998. His was the last in a series of similar shootings against abortion providers in Canada and northern New York state which were all likely committed by James Kopp. Kopp was convicted of Dr. Slepian’s murder after finally being apprehended in France in 2001.
• 1999 April 20: Columbine High School Massacre: Two teenage students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed 12 fellow students and a teacher and wounded 24 others before committing suicide.
[edit] 2000-present
• 2001 September 11: September 11, 2001 attacks.
• 2001 September 18: November – 2001 anthrax attacks. Letters tainted with anthrax kill five across the United States. The case remains unsolved.
• 2002 July 4: Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, a 41-year-old Egyptian national, kills 2 Israelis and wounds 4 others at the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport. The FBI concluded this was terrorism, although they found no evidence linking Hadayet to any terrorist group.[17]
• May 2002 Mailbox Pipe Bomber: Lucas John Helder rigged pipe bombs in private mailboxes to explode when the boxes were opened. He injured 6 people in Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Illinois, and Iowa.
• October 2002 Beltway Sniper Attacks: During three weeks in October 2002 John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo killed 10 people and critically injured 3 others in Washington D.C, Baltimore, and Virginia. An earlier spree by the pair had resulted in 3 deaths in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, California, Arizona, and Texas to bring the total to 16 deaths.
What Is The Cheapest Airline??
my boyfriend and i are wanting to go to North carolina for spring break. and i was wanting to know the cheapest way to fly from Oklahoma city to either Raleigh or fayetteville (Some airlines don’t fly to fayetteville) and it might be cheaper to go to Raleigh because it is a bigger airport but i don’t know we don’t need hotel or car rental because we are being picked up and staying with my cousin who lives there
