Archive for the 'Travelling' Category

Biofuel vs Food - Stop putting Corn in my Gas

Posted on April 15, 2008 - Filed Under Pelosi, Reid, Fair Tax, economic recession, McCain, Taxpayer Pledge, tax pledge, Democrats, Global Warming, North Carolina, Travelling, World politics, McIntyre, Legislators, National Politics | 1 Comment

I’ve been ranting for a long while (since before I started blogging) that turning corn into a “fuel” was bad policy and stupid economically (except for “Big Corn”).
Turns out other people have finally come to the same conclusion.
At a weekend conference in Washington, finance ministers and central bankers of seven leading industrial nations called for […]

A blimp, some busses and lots of sign waving

Posted on January 12, 2008 - Filed Under Taxes, Will Breazeale, Mike Huckabee, Fair Tax, Legislators, Presidential Primary, North Carolina, Travelling, Fred Thompson, National Politics | Leave a Comment

I drove to Myrtle Beach the other day and attended a Fair Tax Rally before the GOP Debate. The Elks lodge was full to overflowing of people fed up with the income tax. There were lots of Fair Tax hats and shirts, some food and a pretty darn good C/W band. Then the party really […]

Finally a solution to rush hour road rage!

Posted on January 7, 2008 - Filed Under dirty tricks, animal rights, Democrats, general nonsense, Travelling, World politics, Global Warming | Leave a Comment

We have all had that simply make the driver of the car that cut us off in rush hour traffic just disappear, well GM is proposing an answer:

GM Researching Driverless Cars
And just think how much better it will be if they build special new lanes - like HOV lanes - for these empty cars. I […]

Global Warming snow job

Posted on December 30, 2007 - Filed Under Media Bias, Democrats, Taxes, Travelling, New Hampshire, Global Warming, National Politics | Leave a Comment

I’m sure that the global warming crowd will somehow try to tie the recent winter extremes in the mid-west to CO2. The ice storms in Oklahoma and Kansas. The blizzards in Kansas. These are not “normal” and to the disciples of Algore and the Global Warming zealots anything out of the ordinary must be caused […]

Traveling after 500 miles

Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under Travelling | Leave a Comment

Cleared 3 inches of snow and an eighth inch of ice from the cars and trucks and left Wichita just before noon today. The roads in Wichita were sloppy (they barely understand the concept of snow removal and seem to rely upon the solar method). Once on the Interstate it was cleared but wet, with […]

blogging on the road again

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Christmas, Travelling | Leave a Comment

Vicky (my other half) and I have spent the past week helping her son’s family prepare to move from Wichita, KS to Denver. Christmas morning saw the presents opened (mostly by the 7 and 10 year olds) and then about an hour later the Tree and ornaments were in a box.
The 26th the two […]

SPACE RACE: Rocket launched; carries satellite to guide weapons…

Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under Media Bias, Christmas, War on Terror, World politics, Travelling, National Politics | Leave a Comment

That headline is Drudge’s. It leads to a story about a satellite that was launched to replace an existing GPS satellite.
I know, Drudge gets more traffic if the headlines attract attention but this one is deceptive and misleading. Space Race? Hardly. It is part of an ongoing program to replace all the old […]

Holiday travel - what a difference a day makes

Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under Christmas, Travelling, Global Warming | Leave a Comment

Yesterday, 12/21 we flew from Raleigh Durham to Kansas City and then drove from KC to Wichita.
I Carried my jacket, rolled up my shirt sleeves and enjoyed the nice weather. Smooth flight, the light rain that had hit Raleigh backed off just before we loaded the plane (one of those scale model versions of […]

Gas Mileage, ethanol and other nonsense

Posted on November 11, 2007 - Filed Under Legislators, general nonsense, Democrats, Travelling, Global Warming, North Carolina, New Hampshire, National Politics | Leave a Comment

Why is it I am being forced to use ethanol added fuel in New England? Oh I know - it is that some bureaucrat at the EPA decided it would reduce air pollution somehow.
I don’t believe it.
Adding ethanol to gas results in higher costs for everything made from corn or fed corn. That I […]

The NH primary filings are done

Posted on November 2, 2007 - Filed Under Legislators, general nonsense, Will Breazeale, Presidential Primary, Travelling, Immigration, Hillary, National Politics | Leave a Comment

The slate of candidates for the NH primary is set - well almost!
It seems at least one of the Democrats who signed up has a deficiency in Civics education.
Sal Muhamed signed up and paid the $1000 fee but is ineligible to hold the office. He proudly points out on his web site that he was […]

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