Generally speaking I am not a fan of political bumper stickers, even the ones whose message I happen to agree with. By their very nature they don't add anything to the discourse, they are often mean spirited or simple minded or both. They just kind of feed into the current atmosphere of the political landscape that I loathe and do not wish to contribute to.
That said, on my way to bomb my quiz in Income Tax this evening I saw a bumper sticker in the parking lot of my school that I liked for its message and for its cleverness factor:
1-20-09: The End of an Error
Thursday, June 19, 2008
I think I'll stay in the closet a little longer
Four years ago I took a trip to Seattle for a wedding. It was my first visit and I fell in love with the city. I went to a Mariners game and fell in love with Safeco field. Ever since then I have considered myself something of a closet Mariners fan. I follow them online, read a few great M's related blogs, and put their games in heavy rotation as I flip through games on the MLB package I have on satellite.
All I can say, is what a disaster. They have the worst record in baseball, they had the worst GM in sports until they fired him, and now they let go of Jim McClaren. The firing of McClaren was probably a step in the right direction but they have MILES to go. King Felix is going to look good in pinstripes in a few years, they are quite slimming.
I think I'll stay in the closet a little while longer.
All I can say, is what a disaster. They have the worst record in baseball, they had the worst GM in sports until they fired him, and now they let go of Jim McClaren. The firing of McClaren was probably a step in the right direction but they have MILES to go. King Felix is going to look good in pinstripes in a few years, they are quite slimming.
I think I'll stay in the closet a little while longer.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Oil: An amateur analysis
With gas hitting $4 a gallon I thought I would break this blog's recent silence and tackle this complicated subject.
Here is what I know about why gas prices are so high, it has something to do with foreign demand, tumult in the Middle East, inefficient refining, oil company greed, political ineptitude, ethanol, electric cars, hummers (with those cool spinning rims), global warming, polar bears having a place to hang out, and ethanol (which as I understand it is making fuel out of green beans).
The fuel crisis is far too complex for my little pea brain to understand or discuss even quasi-intelligently. However, I was talking with someone about gas prices and he was giving me the "more drilling, less regulation" line of argument.
I responded with this analogy, and I think it works:
"You know, the often used metaphor of America's addiction to oil I think is perhaps a little tired, but that doesn't mean it isn't true. So based on your argument, if you knew someone who was addicted to crack, who had spent all their money on crack, gotten into mounds of debt, been in jail, risked their health, lost their house, and lost their family, your solution would be something like 'but his problems would be solved if we could just find a way to get him more crack.'"
Here is what I know about why gas prices are so high, it has something to do with foreign demand, tumult in the Middle East, inefficient refining, oil company greed, political ineptitude, ethanol, electric cars, hummers (with those cool spinning rims), global warming, polar bears having a place to hang out, and ethanol (which as I understand it is making fuel out of green beans).
The fuel crisis is far too complex for my little pea brain to understand or discuss even quasi-intelligently. However, I was talking with someone about gas prices and he was giving me the "more drilling, less regulation" line of argument.
I responded with this analogy, and I think it works:
"You know, the often used metaphor of America's addiction to oil I think is perhaps a little tired, but that doesn't mean it isn't true. So based on your argument, if you knew someone who was addicted to crack, who had spent all their money on crack, gotten into mounds of debt, been in jail, risked their health, lost their house, and lost their family, your solution would be something like 'but his problems would be solved if we could just find a way to get him more crack.'"
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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