McCain announces plan to save Detroit & New Orleans

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In response to Hurricane Gustav, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain has proposed rebuilding New Orleans levees using unsold Chevrolet and GMC trunks. Under McCain’s Trucks to Levees Initiative, struggling American automaker GM would be guaranteed $25,000 per unit for an estimated 1,000,000 half-ton pick-ups or SUVs over the next four years. These trucks would be the foundation for the new levees.

McCain’s running mate, Alaska Governor Susan Palin was ecstatic about the idea saying trucks to somewhere is way better than bridges to nowhere. Even Democrats seemed to like the idea. Union officials were generally supportive although they would like the Chevrolet trucks renamed Hoffas in honor of the missing teamster leader. UAW Local 1112 President said it made sense calling the trucks the Hoffa as Jimmy hasn’t surfaced in 33 years and we sure hope to hell these trucks don’t either.

Joe Biden wrote a poem commemorating the plan and it went like this:

My My Miss American Pie drove my Chevy to the levee to keep New Orleans dry, let windbags like Katrina and Gustav try cause my UAW Chevy is going to keep New Orleans dry.

crude n British rule reply to Dems happy with McCain proposal to save N.O and GM and Biden's poem about it! Making it into a pee wee herman side show for kids accusatory word as wonka is plain chocolaty!

Geography

The Seward Peninsula has several distinct geologic features. The Devil Mountain Lakes on the northern portion of the peninsula are the largest maar lakes in the world. They were formed over 21,000 years ago as the result of an underground steam explosion.[3] The Killeak Lakes and White Fish Lake are also volcanic maar lakes of notable size on the northern Seward Peninsula. Four mountain ranges line the southern side of the peninsula, the most prominent being the Kigluaik (or Sawtooth) Mountains. The highest point in the range and the peninsula is the peak of 4,714-foot (1,437 m) Mount Osborn. Other mountain ranges on the Seward Peninsula include the Bendeleben Mountains, Darby Mountains, and York Mountains. The Lost Jim Lava Flow north of Kuzitrin Lake is a lava field formed roughly 1,000 to 2,000 years ago, which covers roughly 88 square miles (228 km2). Several geothermal hot springs are located throughout the peninsula, including Serpentine Hot Springs, Pilgrim Hot Springs, Granite Mountain, Elim, Clear Creek and Lava Creek.

The Seward Peninsula has several rivers. The largest include the Koyuk, Kuzitrin, Niukluk, Fish, Tubuktilik, Kiwalik, Buckland and Agiupuk Rivers. These play a vital role in the subsistence lifestyles of many peninsula residents and ease travel, hunting, and fishing. Most peninsula rivers have at least a small yearly run of several varieties of salmon, as well as Dolly Varden, Arctic Grayling, whitefish of various species, Northern Pike, and Burbot. Most rivers on the Seward Peninsula freeze in mid-October; spring break-up usually occurs in mid- to late May.

Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point on the mainland of the Americas, is on the western tip. The cape is only 52 miles (84 km) from Cape Dezhnev, the closest point on the Russian mainland.

The peninsula was named after William H. Seward, the United States Secretary of State who negotiated the Purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.