Oil and ‘Oy vey’ the GOP
October 12, 2011Yesterday, I put another $20 worth of gas in the old Jeep with the pump price down now to $3.99 a gallon for regular — a dime drop since the last time we visited a…
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‘Let Them Eat Cheesecake’
October 10, 2011On Wall Street this morning protests continue as a now-major force in the news cycle, making folks pay attention to one of the great scams of world history. And today is for the future —…
Sad Sack
October 9, 2011One thing that aggravates me to no end is George Jr. — the man can’t really disappear because of all the horror he left behind haunts the entire planet. Now he’s afraid US troops don’t…
‘Hot…’ — Not!
October 6, 2011Jobs has finally topped the news cycle with an overpowering media assault and now maybe more US peoples will have a chance at getting employed… Whoa, wait a sec! Not that kind of jobs, dumb…
Captivating Conundrum
October 1, 2011Everyday appears a mystery, and the mystery more wonderful. ‘Light at dawn, shone through clouds, thick with weather. Even in the gray a beauty of quiet, potent perplexity Awaiting this day. A most-astonishing sight.’ Poetry…
Happy While Unhappy
September 30, 2011Early mornings has always been the best time of any day for me as life is still fresh and the earlier the better — optimism and hope swell the mental membranes. The air is clear…
Ornery Oil
September 25, 2011“If you don’t want it to be the most expensive year [for gasoline prices,] you’re surreptitiously rooting for an economic debacle.†— Tom Kloza of the Oil Price Information Service (via the Washington Post last…
Crazed
September 23, 2011Life has become back-ass backwards: Obese people now outnumber the hungry globally, but hardship for the undernourished is increasing amid a growing food crisis, the International Federation of the Red Cross warned on Thursday. ……
Backyard Nightmare
September 20, 2011Either resigned to fate, or highly naive: Rebecca Sparks, who works at the town’s Barber Shop, says she’s not nervous: “I believe they’d tell us if there was a problem.” Ugly business, nuclear power. Near…
Smiley Faces
September 19, 2011From McClatchy Newspapers: Sniping and snide remarks are out on Capitol Hill. Being nice — and seeking common ground, or at least appearing to — is suddenly in. Since returning from their summer recess earlier…