Change the name in the caption to "Mike" ...................................

& this is my spousal unit & me at times ........................ ;-)


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My spousal unit & I were talking yesterday ............................

CORRECTED/UPDATED - gallons per barrel number was incorrect.

{he ACTUALLY took off work for 3 days - not that we WENT anywhere, but he's catching up on some sleep & maintaining vehicles} ................... DID you know, ARE you cognizant {to quote Old Blue Eyes} that the "barrels" of oil the prices of which have the world in a dither, are only FORTY TWO gallons? That's right, the $130.00+ price is/are for 42 gallons, NOT 55, which is the more common standard. Sooooooo, for every 10 barrels of oil, it isn't 550 gallons cumulative - it's 420 - at the 55 gallon figure, it's around $2.36/gallon, but at the 42 gallon figure, it's around $3.09/gallon {using $130.00 as the rate-per-barrel} .......................... so, BEFORE IT'S EVEN REFINED INTO GASOLINE, it's da## near $4.00/gallon ...................... now, I'm not real clear on 'futures speculation', but I'm willing to acknowledge that people betting on future price spikes have a deleterious effect on consumer prices - and that any drilling OK'd here in the U.S. {whether offshore, or ANWR, or the HUGE deposit in Wyoming/Montana/Dakotas area} wouldn't have a big immediate effect, it would soon alleviate OUR dependence on 'foreign oil', give 'the rest of the world' a break from the U.S. competing for 'foreign oil' {as of 6/16/2008, Belgium is paying USD$9.02, France is $8.75, Germany is $8.88, Italy is $8.93, Netherlands is $9.85, UK is $8.76, while the U.S. is at $4.31, per gallon of gas - yes, I KNOW that in Europe, it's sold per liter} Source for prices. If we're going to "encourage" development of alternative sources of energy, HERE'S the thing - it CAN'T BE DONE if the people who have the smarts to develop it CAN'T GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TO DO IT, OR IF THEY CAN'T GET THE SUPPLIES THEY NEED SHIPPED TO THEM.

From my Colonel ............................................ ;-)

I've decided to confess, that I am a Liberal ...


I believe in the liberal use of firepower
because
there is no problem too big,
that the right amount of explosives can't cure!





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From my Colonel ............................................ ;-)

( A scene at City Hall in San Francisco )

'Next.'



'Good morning. We want to apply for a marriage license.'

'Names?'

'Tim and Jim Jones.'

'Jones? Are you related? I see a resemblance.'

'Yes, we're brothers.'

'Brothers? You can't get married.'

'Why not? Aren't you giving marriage licenses to same gender couples?'

'Yes, thousands. But we haven't had any siblings. That's incest!'

'Incest?' No, we are not gay.'

'Not gay? Then why do you want to get married?'

'For the financial benefits, of course. And we do love each other.
Besides, we don't have any other prospects.'

'But we're issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples who've been
denied equal protection under the law. If you are not gay, you can get
married to a woman.'

'Wait a minute. A gay man has the same right to marry a woman as I have.
But just because I'm straight doesn't mean I want to marry a woman. I want
to marry Jim.'

'And I want to marry Tim, Are you going to discriminate against us just
because we are not gay?'

'All right, all right. I'll give you your license. Next.'

'Hi. We are here to get married.'

'Names?'

'John Smith, Jane James, Robert Green, and June Johnson.'

'Who wants to marry whom?'

'We all want to marry each other.'

'But there are four of you!'

'That's right. You see, we're all bisexual. I love Jane and Robert, Jane
loves me and June, June loves Robert and Jane, and Robert loves June and
me. All of us getting married together is the only way that we can express
our sexual preferences in a marital relationship.'

'But we've only been granting licenses to gay and lesbian couples.'

'So you're discriminating against bisexuals!'

'No, it's just that, well, the traditional idea of marriage is that it's
just for couples.'

'Since when are you standing on tradition?'

'Well, I mean, you have to draw the line somewhere.'

'Who says? There's no logical reason to limit marriage to couples. The more
the better. Besides, we demand our rights! The mayor says the constitution
guarantees equal protection under the law. Give us a marriage license!'

'All right, all right. Next.'

'Hello, I'd like a marriage license.'

'In what names?'

'David Deets.'

'And the other man?'

'That's all. I want to marry myself.'

'Marry yourself? What do you mean?'

'Well, my psychiatrist says I have a dual personality, so I want to marry
the two together. Maybe I can file a joint income-tax return.'

'That does it! I quit!! You people are making a mockery of marriage!!'

Sooooooo, the Looney Tune of Libya believes .....................................

that the Obamessiah's allegiance is to "African & Arab nations"??? Silly me, here I thought the absolute first, last, ALWAYS primary allegiance of the President of the United States of America, IS TO AMERICA!!!

Story here.

Oh, and the UN believes the UK should do away with monarchy ....................... THAT story, here.

Via my Colonel ......................................

Unfortunately for my spousal unit & me, our town is between Humble & Beaumont, but NOT part of Congressman Poe's district - go figure!