yeah, those promises that Mr. Obama made while he was campaigning, about not allowing special interests and lobbyists to write bills and get special treatment...
Well, we see that Mr. Obama can't even keep a promise for what, 2 weeks? Check out the latest spending bill. I can't call it a "stimulus package", because it's not stimulating the economy of the country - even though that's what its proponents are calling it. Stimulating the economy of the special interests that are getting our tax money - and our CHILDREN'S tax money thrown at them? Oh heck yes.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Beethoven's Fifth - New Horizons In Music Appreciation
For your listening enjoyment...the music of P. D. Q. Bach.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
I found all the global warming!
I just found out that Melbourne, Australia is having problems with extreme temperatures. Their railroad service had to shut down the other day due to failed air conditioning and buckled tracks. Yup, the tracks are buckling due to the extreme heat. Apparently they're in a heatwave that's posting overnight temperatures of around 100 degrees Fahrenheit!
So that's where all our global warming is - The Australians are hoarding it all.
Mister Gore, please call Australia and make the Aussies give us some of their global warming!
So that's where all our global warming is - The Australians are hoarding it all.
Mister Gore, please call Australia and make the Aussies give us some of their global warming!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sign the petition - save the unborn
I don't know if signing this will do any good or not, but I have to try.
Please, go out and sign the petition AGAINST the "Freedom of Choice Act".
Please, go out and sign the petition AGAINST the "Freedom of Choice Act".
Ford Focus Floats on Flakes
I was much grieved when Ford stopped making the Escort. My Escort was a little mountain goat in the snow - handled pretty much everything a bigger car could with very little problem. However, I have come to discover that the Ford Focus actually does very well in the snow, too - although not so much on ice. More on that later.
First: we got POUNDED last night with snow. The news people were saying "biggest snowfall in a 24-hour period in at least 4 years, and maybe since 1979". That's a lotta snow.
My car was parked along the side of the road, so it sorta got "plowed in". Sorta. Mostly the plows cleared one lane, so I actually didn't have that much EXTRA snow to deal with. Good thing. Rocking the car back & forth finally got it out of my parking spot, and off I went. The car seems to pretty much float on the snow, and once it gets going, it stays going. I was traveling faster than some trucks were, with NO problem!
Sure, I only went about 40 mph the whole way to work, but hey, lots of people were going way, way, waaaaay slower. If there's no traction to be had, however, I have to slow WAY down because the car starts to slide out almost immediately.
All in all, pretty happy with the way my Floating Ford Focus handled last night & this morning.
First: we got POUNDED last night with snow. The news people were saying "biggest snowfall in a 24-hour period in at least 4 years, and maybe since 1979". That's a lotta snow.
My car was parked along the side of the road, so it sorta got "plowed in". Sorta. Mostly the plows cleared one lane, so I actually didn't have that much EXTRA snow to deal with. Good thing. Rocking the car back & forth finally got it out of my parking spot, and off I went. The car seems to pretty much float on the snow, and once it gets going, it stays going. I was traveling faster than some trucks were, with NO problem!
Sure, I only went about 40 mph the whole way to work, but hey, lots of people were going way, way, waaaaay slower. If there's no traction to be had, however, I have to slow WAY down because the car starts to slide out almost immediately.
All in all, pretty happy with the way my Floating Ford Focus handled last night & this morning.
Weekly Webness - TV Tropes
Weekly Webness: TV Tropes!
It's a self-described "wiki of a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction."
You can see every cliche, every common theme, every "trick" you've ever seen in TV, Anime, Literature - if it's in a fictional work, chances are it's on this website somewhere, fully described with several examples.
Be warned - it is a wiki site, with many, many links to other pages on the site, so you can get lost for days in there.
It's a self-described "wiki of a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction."
You can see every cliche, every common theme, every "trick" you've ever seen in TV, Anime, Literature - if it's in a fictional work, chances are it's on this website somewhere, fully described with several examples.
Be warned - it is a wiki site, with many, many links to other pages on the site, so you can get lost for days in there.
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