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	<description>I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in.</description>
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		<title>By: Below The Beltway &#187; Blog Archive &#187; It&#8217;s My Second Blogiversary !</title>
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		<dc:creator>Below The Beltway &#187; Blog Archive &#187; It&#8217;s My Second Blogiversary !</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] versions of the site and I&#8217;ve received links from several big-time bloggers, including my first Instalanche last [...]</description>
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		<title>By: mwargo</title>
		<link>http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/01/missed-it-by-that-much/comment-page-1/#comment-143254</link>
		<dc:creator>mwargo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dumb shit!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dumb shit!</p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
		<link>http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/01/missed-it-by-that-much/comment-page-1/#comment-142394</link>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>?Why don?t roads with low clearances have, in addition to the current signs and warnings, a ?warning pipe? suspended above the road at the correct height in order to hit too-tall vehicles?? ? KSM

As others have noted, Storrow &amp; Memorial Drives in Boston have low clearances and they do, indeed, have rubber-bottomed signs suspended at the appropriate heights at the on-ramps.  A few years ago I was walking over the spot where Mem Drive goes under Mass Ave and saw a speeding box-truck clock one of these hanging signs and disappear beneath my feet.  I thought for half a second &quot;they must exaggerate those signs a bit, since the truck made it&quot; and then I heard a huge griding sound.  A quick look from the other side of the road showed the truck firmly wedged in the underpass, with 3 starburst patterns on the windshield, where the passengers were taught a quick physics lesson  (always wear your seatbelt, kids =).  The cops were still trying to get the truck out several hours later when I was heading back the other way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>?Why don?t roads with low clearances have, in addition to the current signs and warnings, a ?warning pipe? suspended above the road at the correct height in order to hit too-tall vehicles?? ? KSM</p>
<p>As others have noted, Storrow &amp; Memorial Drives in Boston have low clearances and they do, indeed, have rubber-bottomed signs suspended at the appropriate heights at the on-ramps.  A few years ago I was walking over the spot where Mem Drive goes under Mass Ave and saw a speeding box-truck clock one of these hanging signs and disappear beneath my feet.  I thought for half a second &#8220;they must exaggerate those signs a bit, since the truck made it&#8221; and then I heard a huge griding sound.  A quick look from the other side of the road showed the truck firmly wedged in the underpass, with 3 starburst patterns on the windshield, where the passengers were taught a quick physics lesson  (always wear your seatbelt, kids =).  The cops were still trying to get the truck out several hours later when I was heading back the other way.</p>
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		<title>By: Billy Beck</title>
		<link>http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/01/missed-it-by-that-much/comment-page-1/#comment-142393</link>
		<dc:creator>Billy Beck</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mohjho:

I&#039;m pretty sure that the stigmatism part only comes after the tunnel.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mohjho:</p>
<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure that the stigmatism part only comes after the tunnel.</p>
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		<title>By: Al</title>
		<link>http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/01/missed-it-by-that-much/comment-page-1/#comment-142365</link>
		<dc:creator>Al</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What language is flashing lights and sirens in?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What language is flashing lights and sirens in?</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Marier</title>
		<link>http://belowthebeltway.com/2007/06/01/missed-it-by-that-much/comment-page-1/#comment-142359</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Marier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s like the old joke: &quot;I don&#039;t see any cops around, let&#039;s go for it!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s like the old joke: &#8220;I don&#8217;t see any cops around, let&#8217;s go for it!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Thomas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I knew a guy named Cantu (as a last name). Long term American family. From Louisiana.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I knew a guy named Cantu (as a last name). Long term American family. From Louisiana.</p>
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		<title>By: Steve Skubinna</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve Skubinna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Don&#039;t tell me the bridge is too low.&quot;

&quot;The bridge is too low, Max.&quot;

&quot;I &lt;i&gt;asked&lt;/i&gt; you not to tell me that, 99.&quot;

Come on, give the guy some slack, he&#039;s gotta right to drive his truck wherever he wants.  Look for the ACLU to weigh in on this one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me the bridge is too low.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The bridge is too low, Max.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I <i>asked</i> you not to tell me that, 99.&#8221;</p>
<p>Come on, give the guy some slack, he&#8217;s gotta right to drive his truck wherever he wants.  Look for the ACLU to weigh in on this one.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
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		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What if there was a big ol&#039; nuke or conventional bomb in that truck.

Maybe this IS a dry run.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What if there was a big ol&#8217; nuke or conventional bomb in that truck.</p>
<p>Maybe this IS a dry run.</p>
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		<title>By: Mohjho</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mohjho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A squad of terrorist ripped the top of my truck off, would you believe it?
No?
Would you believe 6 juvenile delinquents with a cutting torch?
No?
How about a low tunnel and a stigmatism?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A squad of terrorist ripped the top of my truck off, would you believe it?<br />
No?<br />
Would you believe 6 juvenile delinquents with a cutting torch?<br />
No?<br />
How about a low tunnel and a stigmatism?</p>
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