Thanks for The Advice.....Dusch-bag!!!

We're all up in arms over the rising fuel prices (yes, me too). The question is, what should we do about it (I'll save MY thoughts as they may be too logical for the vast majority and I kinda wanna fit in). I see people on the news EVERY DAY. "the Oil Companies should do this....that....this...." One commercial drew my attention. It's for Brittish Petroleum (BP). In it, there's regular folks explaining how the oil companies have to move into alternatives etc, etc, to get the prices down. After this, it shows the investments BP is making in alternative fuels. Nice touch!

Now, do you really think explaining to the oil companies is going to work? There's a reason those guys are bringing home 50 million a year as compared with your 50 thousand. They're not stupid! Just picture someone explaining to YOU how to decrease your Net Worth! Even the dumbest among us wouldn't go for that. "Thanks, but no thanks." Think people... Or at least shut up!

FL & MI

Yet another thing that blows my mind... With all the reporting that's going into this story, and I just want to know who the people are that made the decision to hold thier primaries before they were allowed. If these people have not been forced into retirement it's an abomination of the democratic party considering one of thier main beefs with the Bush administration is the lack of 'accountability'.

This whole thing is a joke. If you ask me, the dufuses who made the decision should be fined enough money to pay for another state primary. If I can get fined for going 50 in a 40 zone these people should definately have to pay for wrecking a national election.

So when it comes down to it, we do have a choice. 4 more years of Bush, or 4 years of a new incompetant party.

For those of you out there who want change, just go out & buy a new shirt.

Think For Yourself (Or At Least Let Someone Intelligent Do It For You)

OK, it's taken a while to find another thing that bugs me, but I finally did it (and yes, it involves politics). It's commonly accepted that the economy is issue #1 in the upcoming U.S. election. Of course if you ask me it should always be issue #1, but most people don't mind being blissfully ignorant until oil hits 100 bucks a barrel.

So here's MY issue. We know the economy is #1. Hillary & Obama are pretty much neck & neck in the race (although Obama is looking to clinch the nomination). But, Hillary Clinton's campaign is $20M in debt! And she keeps lending money TO HERSELF! And she's performing solidly in the national polls? WHAT? The economy is issue #1, and we have a finalist (who is still performing very well) that can't even run a campaign without going into serious debt? And she's supposedly doing extreemly well with voters who say the economy is the biggest issue.

I'm no genius, but I'd think twice before I took financial advice from someone up to thier neck in credit card debt, so I sure as hell wouldn't want them running the country.....

"Pregnant Man Speaks Out"

Ok, I'll make this short. This has been all over the news for two weeks now. A dude. A PREGNANT dude! I'll admit I was a little curious, but never read up on it, or looked into it until I saw it coming up on Oprah (ya, I know...). So I turn the channel to see whats the fuss.

Sure enough, out he strolls. A dude. A PREGNANT dude! And two minutes later comes the kicker... HE was born a SHE! Needless to say, this sucker turned the channel out of disgust. And not because of the sex-change deal, but because it's NOT a big story. It's NOT a pregnant man, it's a pregnant woman. Big deal...

**Trying Hard Not To Laugh**

I really shouldn't find this funny, since it pains me as much as it pains everyone else. But here goes... The price of wheat has increased nearly 2.5x over the past 12 months. Why? Interesting question. It seems farmers are growing more corn these days. This is due to the rising demand of alternate fuels, namely Ethanol. Ethanol is viewed by some as a godsend. It's better for the environment (and it USED to be cheaper than gas).

It didn't take me long to find out that, as I had expected, Ethanol actually leaves a LARGER carbon footprint than gasoline. One of the largest carbon emissions in the world is due to deforestation. And yes, to grow more crops we'll need to cut down more trees. Obviously the rainforest is the first to go.

My main sense of joy comes from the ironic fact that the environmentalists against these big oil companies are completely misled. We need energy, that will never change. Isn't it better to get it from beneath the earth's surface, where you can gain access to a 10,000 acre field that's several meters thick just by drilling a 9-inch hole, rather than cutting down 10,000 acres of trees and planting on it for the next 100 years?

In the meantime, I'm stuck paying three bucks for a loaf of bread. Thanks guys, you're really helping the situation.

Reviving the U.S. Economy

Yup, it's a big focal point of the government. They're working on it... HARD! Once again I must admit not to be an expert on the matter (I have to do this a lot), but, much like other issues I tend to think this works to my advantage. Since I'm not just looking at the advanced figures, I can look at the bottom line and notice you've put a '+' where you should have a '*'... an 'A' where you should have a 'G'.

So the FED cuts interest rates... Fantastic! Now I can afford that mortgage! Prices drop... I'm saving more money to either bank or buy more things! Call me stupid, but I fail to see how this will effect the economy. Yes, we're buying more stuff...cash is changing hands...I see the obvious things just like you do. However, while you go along with what the government may be telling you, I'm saying... Wait, we forgot about the REAL bottom line. The bottom line is NOT consumer confidence amoung the American people... It's not going out and buying things like they're all telling you to do... It's PRODUCING the things for people to buy!

We just have a glorified trade network people... If you're not skinning a deer you're not gonna have anything to trade for that sack of potatoes. The more skins you can WORK to get, the more potatoes you can trade them for.

Now we're all swiping our credit cards... the bank is giving us the skins to trade for the potatoes, but they're gonna make us give them two skins back next week before they call it even. The sad thing is that the government is doing the same thing, with the largest deficit of all time... This is the example they're setting for us... I certainly won't take THIER advice on what to do with my money.

The bottom line is that we've gone from a nation that works today for what we can buy tomorrow to a nation who buys today what we'll have to work off tomorrow. And we've reached beyond what we're able to work off. Brace yourself, because the bank is finding out they're never gonna get those skins back from you... they handed out too many, and now someone's gotta burn! My only advice is to ignore the world falling down around you... Go out and get that deer. Get two. I don't care how long it takes or how hard you have to work to do it. Get out there and MAKE IT HAPPEN!

Consistancy

To illustrate my point I'll use an example. Not too long ago, on Megan's blog, a lady spoke up against Huckabee due to his early release of a prisoner, who then went on to rape & murder. OK, so this guy was given another chance (and I'm not implying whether or not he may have deserved it). He screwed it up. I'm sure he'll never get another chance like that again... That would be stupid, right???

I just read a headline "Bush insists Iran biggest terror sponsor". Now I'm not sure who's the 'biggest' sponsor, and I'm not sure about America's trade relationship with Iran. Either way Iran is only one of many sponsors of terror, many or which are funded by US. We give them $, they buy weapons to kill us. We give them another chance, they do the same thing... Time&time again. Isn't that pretty STUPID or am I not seeing something here?