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Posts from ‘January, 2010’

New Voice

There is a new voice in the blogasphere (however you spell it-my dictionary wasn’t much help).
Go visit Red Bull Rising
Say “Hi” and Welcome to the neighborhood!!!

State of the Union

Unemployment
December 1999  4%
December 2009  10%
Source – US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gas prices (per gallon\US)
January 2004     $ 1.39/gall.
January 2010      $2.52/gall.
Source – Gas Buddy.com
Median Home prices are falling,  foreclosures are rising,  insurance rates are going up (while coverage is declining),  grocery prices are rising, livestock feed prices are going up, existing taxes are going up, tax credits [...]

Irritation Intended

Evidently, this video irritates some people. Good.

We’re Invading Haiti?

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez thinks we are invading Haiti, using the earthquake as a pretext.  Quote from This Blog Is Full Of Crap:
“If the US wants poverty, AIDS, unemployment, suffering, and pissed-off people who don’t speak English, we could just invade Detroit.”
It would be much more convenient.
If you feel the need to help out, (REALLY [...]