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The southern part of the state has had tolled highways ever since the Turnpike was built and we've survived. Toll I-80, but give local residents a version of the EZ-Pass that exempts them from tolls on short trips on the highway. This way, the burden falls on through traffic. I think the Turnpike should do this, too, FWIW. As for residents of the
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I think it's very premature to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize -- and I voted for him. The committee should have waited to see if any of his initiatives bore fruit.
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I told my kids that duck sauce was made out of real ducks.
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I like to make homemade breadcrumbs with the leftover ends of baguettes and other breads that get stale quickly. I wait for the bread to dry out completely, then run it through the food procesor. With good bread, the crumbs are fine plain; sometimes I add seasonings, toast them, etc. I use breadcrumbs most often to make meatballs. A pound or so of lean
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Pittsburgh's a great place to live if you can find a decent job. And that's what makes this city less livable: a lack of jobs. We need to do better at nurturing our own, home-grown companies and helping them grow -- particularly technology companies of one sort or another (biotech, software, robotics, specialized manufacturing, and the service
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Pittsburghers don't spruce up -- we redd up ! So, to redd up Pittsburgh, I would: - Drape hot pink fabric over the UPMC sign, the casino parking garage, the orange seats at Heinz Field, the parking lot where the Syria Mosque used to be, and other local eyesores. Out of towners will think they're cutting-edge art installations. - Lay fresh flowers
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I'm going to send my kids to summer camp at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
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Lynn Swann is a good guy, but he ran a terrible campaign and failed to make the case to voters that he'd be an improvement on Rendell. As for voters being "brain dead," that's a two-way street. There are any number of people who reflexively vote Republican regardless of the qualifications of the Democratic candidate.
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Rendell's school district consolidation idea is pretty drastic. I think he's trying to stir the pot and get people thinking about the idea. Poorer communities with struggling school districts would benefit the most; wealthier districtsw less so. On the other hand, I don't think merging all the schools into giant districts would reduce costs
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A bunch of people where I work watched it in the auditorium. Very moving and uplifting ceremony, with Aretha Franklin's hat providing some comic relief! Pity that Chief Justice Roberts bobbled the words of the oath of office, though. Obama's speech pretty much repudiated everything his predecessor stood for. It is such a relief to finally have