Christopher

Gasoline Prices

I paid $2.82 a gallon at the pump yesterday. I’ve paid as much as $3.09 over the Labor Day weekend last year, right after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In the Scotland last year i paid £1.09 a liter (or $6.79 USD a gallon). If another Katrina or Rita sweeps through the Gulf Coast oil infrastructure that’ll push gas to $4.00 a gallon this summer. Thankfully, I have a Honda Civic. It gets 33 MPG...

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Underpants Gnomes

That headline got your attention. The Underpants Gnomes appeared in an episode of South Park. They would steal people’s underwear. The boys find out what it’s all about: Steal underwear ???? Profit This seems to be how most companies work. I’m a big fan of capitalism. It works in practice much better than communism, but people are people. Any system can be corrupted. Capitalism is...

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Conserve This!

You’ve heard the question : What are conservatives conserving? It doesn’t appear they are conserving the environment. This is about future of oil. When it came for me to buy a new car, I seriously looked at hybrids. I wasn’t trying to be ecologically friendly, that was just a benefit. I’m a geek and I love cool technologies. I determined that it just wasn’t cost effective for...

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Let’s Get Political

Will this be yet another, bash Bush blog entry? It depends on how you look at it. Today’s topic. Immigration. We are a nation of immigrants. Even the Indians who were here first. You might say they were colonizers. In that sense, that is true. Why is everyone up in arms over illegal immigration? The Europeans stole this country fair and square. They marginalized the original population in the most...

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Tear Down The Wall

I just watched the most appalling news story on Anderson Cooper the other night. It showed the Minutemen building a portion of fence along the Arizona border. They were sending a message to the President and Congress to help keep out illegal aliens. Remember the lesson of King Canute? If not, I’ll get back to it. 1. I remember growing up with the idea that America was a melting pot, but now a better...