Did you know that more than 40 per cent of all globally traded oil passes through the 35-mile-wide Strait of Hormuz, putting tankers entering or leaving the Gulf at risk from Iran. This is something to think about.

I'm just sayin'

When I was growing up...me and my gang use to jump trains for kicks. We had a rail line that ran from the other side of the hill to who knew where. I missed a few...got aboard most...never fell onto the tracks under the wheels...but I have never hitched a ride like this.

Damn!!!

This guy wants to be our President and control our government. Pay close attention to the last comment!! Below are a few lines from Obama's books ... his words:

From Dreams of My Father: '"I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."

From Dreams of My Father : 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mothers race.'

From Dreams of My Father: "There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white."

From Dreams of My Father: ; "It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names."

From Dreams of My Father: "I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela."

From Audacity of Hope: '"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

Tip of the hat to Jack.

The very name Yucatan is derived from "uic aithan" the phrase spoken to the Spanish conquistadors by the Maya when asked what their land was called: it means "what do you say, we do not understand you".

[From Lost Languages by Andrew Robinson, 2002]

Everyone needs to know this.

One way to save gas is if employers allowed their employees, who can, to telecommute. It would also save money on office space among other things. I've worked virtual for well over a decade, and I can say for certain I'm more productive.

This is not really the same thing, but it is a close parallel. If you call a US company for say "customer service", the chances are you're going to get someone in India answering your call. If you send an email...no telling where it will be received. Do you know why this is? I'll tell you why. During the dot com bubble from 1997 - 2001, the US wired the whole damn planet with fiber optic networks, then most of the dot com companies went belly up. At about the same time, India decided to open up it's economy and, as a result of their change in thinking, bought all of these networks for ten cents on the dollar. For example, if a computer programmer in the US earns 100K annually...the same programmer in India will earn 5k or 10k, and will be just as productive as their counterpart in the US. Sad but true.

Back to telecommuting...if you make an airline reservation by voice...you're speaking to someone in a home office or their kitchen...the airlines have been doing this for many years...it works, and saves them a pile of money.

Telecommuting is the future, and companies who don't realize it, or are too damn plain ass backwards...are going to suffer the most. The US must adapt, period.

This is not good

At any rate, I recommend reading this book. He gets a little political toward the end, but all in all he nails it.

Margaret May

Every picture tells a story, don't it?

I'm putting a little cheese on you now.

Bwahahahahah!!!

I guess it's time to get serious about something.

Bwahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!

The three most widespread activities for the Duanwu Festival are eating (and preparing) zongzi, an angular rice ball wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves; drinking realgar wine, and racing dragon boats.

Today, the Dragon Boat Festival begins.

I knew you needed to know this.

Bwahahahah!!!

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Yes friends and neighbors, in my little town we have a Gang problem...a big gang problem. We've got the Crips, the Bloods, the Mexican Mafia (aka...the Fat Ass Mexicans)...and all of the rest of 'em. The powers that be insist they're taking a proactive approach in addressing gang related issues within the community. Bullshit...they can't depend on informants...undercover drug buys, or undercover surveillance, or identifying tattoos. The fact is...these little gang cells are organized by people who understand how organized crime works. They use the worker bees, so to speak.

I heard a good one..."the Gang Task Force members are seeking out older / senior members of these gangs in an attempt to persuade these individuals to help affect change in our community."

Bullshit...who do they think they're kidding.

If you ever find a pair of tennis shoes (sneakers) hanging from the power lines in front of your house...a good bet would be it is not you local high school gym class playing a joke on someone. Fact of the matter is...these people are dangerous...really really dangerous. They don't know and they don't care. Like I said...worker bees will die for their Queen.

My advice is to get a dog and a gun, if you don't already have 'em. Nobody can sneak up on a dog, and a gun makes it 50 / 50.

Also, make sure your gun is loaded...because an unloaded gun is like throwing a rock...one chance to get really lucky.

I'm just saying...a dog and a gun...and I live in the nicest neighborhood in town.