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Energy information and Answers ! I ran into some info and sites that might be of intrest to you so I thought I 'd share. The first is :  http:/www.instituteforenergyresearch.org.

The second is :  info@americansolutions.com

On Saturday, September 27, American Solutions will be holding it's second annual Solutions Day, to have a positive, solutions orientated dialog-- exactly the opposite of what you are seeing today.

If you are in the Atlanta area, you can attend at the Cobb Galleria Centre. Solutions Day will also broadcast live on DISH Network channel # 219, Dire TV channel # 577, and at  www.solutionsday2008.com. There will be presentations from Governor Roy Romer, Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams, former VP canidate Geraldine Ferraro and to name a few. Newt  will also be present.

If you get a chance, check it out !               :)

So they say ! Just some quotes from the past, just as relevant today. " 

" You will kill ten of our men and we will kill one of yours, and in the end it will be you who will tire of it. "  Ho Chi Minh, speaking to the French, 1948.

" War cannot for a single minute be seperated from politics. "  Mao Xedong, Lectures

These are just two quotes and easy enough to find. They are fairly easy enough to understand as well.

Something to ponder ? Or are they just words, in speeches or lectures ?

Water woes ? Who determines where or when ? Recently both FOX and the Orlando Sentinel did news articles on a water bottling plant near Groveland slated to open in the very near future. The St. Johns Water District Management approved both the opperation and amount of water to be drawn and sold. Local residents are " now " in an uproar and planning to sue to halt this bussiness. Orange county commissioners, with Tereas Jacobs at the forefront, have talked of joining the suit. This after the company has spent aproximately 20 million dollars to open a facility that had PRIOR approval. My first question is why did you wait this long to consider or take such action ?  The aquifer is an underground river of water that flows south, that is a fact. Is the Orange County Commissioner's concern due solely to the fact that this plant is farther upstream, to the north of us, possibly effecting our water supply ? Has the same consideration be given to bussinesses and developement in this county  and the impact to counties farther south that rely on the Florida Aquifer as a primary source of fresh water? Osceola county has several large developements going in around East Lake that are labeled as having REGIONAL IMPACT, do these projects bear any consideration on available water resources and the impact on water availability to counties farther south that rely on the Florida Aquifer ?  As some of the more sparcely populated counties to our north are developed, do you think their water consumption and it's impact farther south will be taken under consideration  in their  planning, permitting and developement process? Or is it every man and woman for him or herself ?

Think you should ask those Tampa/ St. Pete residents paying for desalinated water what their bill is ? Just just might want to, it won't alieve the comming pain, it will probably cut down on the shock just a little.

Alachua county is looking better every day !

Got books ? What are you reading ?  I like archeology,astronomy,science, nature/natural history and military history.  I'm hitting the military history at the time .I just finished with : WOLF OF THE DEEP- Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS ALABAMA by Stephen Fox, THE WINTER WAR  - Russia's Invasion of Finland  1939-40  by Robert Edwards, SUB - An Oral History of US Navy Submarines by Mark K. Roberts. They are intresting reading. I just started HELL'S ISLANDS - The Untold Story of Guadalcanal  by Stanley Coleman Jersey, and it is quite good. My next will be : COMMAND of HONOR - General Lucian Truscott's Path to Victory in World War II by H.Paul Jeffers.

So what are your intrests ? What do you read ?  

One can only wonder !  The longer you're around the more you tend to observe and sometimes remember in your travels. I've seen all sorts of bumper stickers and  most had a simple message. For example I'll use a favorite from my teen years :   SEX, DRUGS, and ROCK and ROLL.  Pretty simple bumper sticker, pretty clear message, no arguement there. Of course my parents didn't appreciate it, and the parents of the girls I dated didn't appreciate it, and the cops weren't real fond of it either. Oh-Well !  Needless to say, I outgrew the need to make that kind of statement publicly. Because not all of the attention that it drew was favorable.

However I saw one the other day that did make me wonder :  GOT POOP ?  Had there been a car seat or toddler on board that vechicle I could possibly understand.  Had it been a Roto-Rooter truck or Comfort House hauler I could have understood.

Am I missing something here ?  LOL

For the gals, a warning !  Yes , ladies it's that time of year again when the wet dollar bills make their appearance. Those bills come from the wet wallets of those of us that work out of doors or AC. So ladies if you have a nice purse beware. I tend to frequent the 7-11's for their Slurpees, so this means that all of Orlando falls under this warning. All should return to normal around the second or third week in November.    :)

Talk radio comes through again ! Yesterday afternoon, I was listening to Clark Howard the consumer warrior on AM 580 radio. He mentioned what I thought to be an intresting and revealing fact. Detroit recorded it's worst quarter in new car sales since 1998. Automobile sales are considered a good economic indicator. But wait a minute, 1998 was a Clinton year wasn't it and the worst until just now.  So the economy has been in worse shape minus George W.

That kind runs counter to the claim that : I had more money when Clinton ( a democrat ) was in office. If you had more money when a Democrat was in office, then why weren't you spending or saving it ?

I love hearing about all of the fine and wonderfull things you think Obama, a Democrat,  is going to do for you. If you were PAYING ATTENTION during his tire inflation/ no offshore drilling speech , he used TWO words to describe the result, ACTUALLY and PROBABLY . Actually and factually are one thing, probably and possible are another.

I believe that should you elect Obama, you will PROBABLY have a vechicle with properly inflated tires sitting in your driveway. I also believe it will ACTUALLY sit there for most if not all of the time because under his energy policy you ACTUALLY won''t be able to afford  a tank of gas !

Black holes part II !  Will this be a black mark for me and my blog career ? I was trying to come up with something earthly that had some or all of the characteristics of a black hole. Best I recall a black hole is the remains of a white dwarf, a sun that has burned out and collapsed upon itself. When that sun finally goes out and no longer emitts light, it's very dense mass remains. The gravitational effects are so great that even light cannot escape it's grasp. So much for that part of the explanation, now back to the comparison.

I believe Democrats and black holes might just have some things in common.  First, they are both OUT THERE.  Second , they both have strong gravitational effects, Democrats suck in all information and the TRUTH will never see the LIGHT of Day !  Thirdly, an encounter may not be survivable and the possibility of another dimension is in theory possible. For example we currently reside in a CAPITALIST dimension and the probibility of that changing,  through exposure to Democrats, into a COMMUNIST dimension is in theory entirely possible with a very high degree of probablity. How many of us would survive ? Black holes do emitt radiation  as best I recall. While Democrats do not emitt radiation they do emitt other life threating things : misconceptions, falsehoods, and plain 'ole outright lies. Not to mention that the vacume that they create sucks the money, will and intellegense from those that they suppossedly support.

So much for today's installment, I had some fun ! Have you ?

 

Whale Falls, a unique residential community. This is an exclusive , pristine, developement offering zero crime levels in a non-gated community. Intrested yet ? If so I'm sorry ,  I may have some bad news for you. This will be a segregated community catering solely to DEMOCRATIC  lawyers and politicians in the first and second phases. The third phase will allow residential space for those that foolishly voted them into office. The fourth phase will accomidate ALL the RINO's. The fifth phase will offer residential opportunities for those that foolishly voted  them into office.

Facinating name right ? Here's the inside on that. A whale fall is the biologist's term for an expired whale that has settled to the ocean's floor and the small ecosystem that has sprouted to devour his remains.

I figure it would make a nice community for the wayward politician and his support group. If they resided there their activity would no longer be considered offensive or eckless endangerment ! They'd actually be doing something for the enviroment that they so falsely use in arguement.

Sounds like a win-win to me ! Any thoughts from the blog community ?

A California commentator on oil. The gentelman's name is unimportant, I'd forgot it anyways, but his comments were of intrest. I caught this on AM 580 radio and the Sean Hennity broadcast. Contrary to what the tree-huggers and Democrats state, a single sane and intellegent individual states drilling off of California's coast is good. There are approximately 27 platforms and they directly contribute to less oil pollution on California's beaches. Amagine that ! Due to natural forces ( earthquakes ) and the local geology, oil and gas seep up through the ocean's floor off California's coast, so much oil in fact to be the equivalant of the EXXON VALDEZ SPILL over a 5 year period of time. This is a natural occourance, but it is diminished due to oil extraction relieving pressure on the oil reservoir. This individual state that the beaches are currently cleaner now with drilling than they were in the 40's and 50's before drilling. Amagine that !  Less tar balls on the beach and cleaner feet for those that prefer barefoot.  He then went on to explain about all of the additional marine life that congregates around the rigs forming new reefs, reefs that are not exploited  or damaged by either commercial or sports fishing. One species of fish, the rock fish, is almost non-existant elsewhere on the natural reefs. Amagine that !

You hear of news like this on TALK RADIO. Wonder why broadcast television can't come up with a single enviromental and capitalist achievement ? Guess news like that's bad for the Democratic politicians and their ignorant  communist following as well !

Hey ya'll, read this, it might be good for a laugh. This is based on a June 30 th article in the Orlando Sentinel, titled : You Be The Judge

The names and location  have been changed since I haven't acquired permission to copy the article. However this will not alter the situation or events.

Ernest and Mary had mechanical problems with their Chevy and upon arriving in Reno, Nevada drove straight to a garage. Joe, the mechanic on duty, stood in front of the car and started the engine by short circuiting the electrical current to the starter. The car which was in gear, lurched forward, breaking one of Joe's ( or was that Jerk's  ? ) legs.

Joe's lawyer filed suit against Ernest and Mary and their insurance company, alleging that  THEY were negligent in failing  to warn Joe ( or was that Jerk ? ) that the repair that he had attempted was " A PERIL TO HIS SAFTEY " !

The article then posed the question : If you were the judge, would you order the couple and their insurance company to compensate Joe ( or was that Jerk ? ) for his grevious injury ?

Times like this kinda make me wish I were a Judge. I'd tell Jerk and Scumbag ( the lawyer ) to get the " F" out of my courtroom !

Now you know my opinion,. What's yours ?

D.C.'s gun-ban, banned. The recent Supreme Court ruling threw out the gun control law fosteres by those in Washington D.C.  It is a victory and once again the ordinary law-abiding man or woman can legally protect themselves as guarenteed by the Second Amendment in the Constitution, right ? That's right, but did the justices did a little two-step shuffel as well ? In that ruling, they struck down D.C.'s ban and then stated that the Second Amendment Right to bear arms is not ABSOLUTE. I fully understand what that word means , it means your rights, as a law-abiding citizen, by this ruling are conditional.  It is my belief  this wording opens the door and allows further litigation and dissent. , Suppossedly we have a system of checks and balances, has anything been " checked " ? Has  " balance " been restored ?  Does this ruling state " conditions " ?  Does this ruling state who has the specific authority to set  " conditions " and under what circumstances ?

I understand the need for " martial law " , that authority, and those conditions. I understand the "need " to deny convicted felons the right to bear arms. I understand the " need " to deny those that are mentally ill the right of possession.

But what about those that abide by the law ? Will this word " absolute " , it 's use in this case, and some unfinished bussiness open the door and leave MORE VICTIMS ?

Your thoughts, your comments, do you care ?

A lesson for some ? A practice by others ? Maybe, maybe not, I guess it depends on you. I've read , by now,  thousands of posts and commented on hundreds. I lean towards those that are of my personal intrest and of my friends, many are of great educational value. However there is one type of post I stay away from, that of the personal attack. I don't take sides, even if it's a friend. I myself have made few if any personal attacks on another blogger for any reason. I have ONLY deleted comments at the request of those that commented and have requested that I do so. I have NEVER deleted any of my posts. Don't believe me, check the archives.

Personal attacks are UNBECOMMING, reguardless of the person or reason. They cast the commentor in a bad light as well. I do my damnest to refrain !  I do not want to be involved in anyone else's personal issues as well !

I will however make remarks about the lawyers and the politicioans, as I believe them FAIR  GAME.  MANY , I believe to be : POS's, Liars, Thieves, Idiots, Imbecils , Fools and Sexual Deviates. In these SPECIAL cases, I will offer what I believe to be proof, their own words and their own actions. I do this because this group of individuals is suppossed to represent us, and they will, while on earth, be either our salvation or damnation.

Remember you never really have to make a negative comment on another blogger, for if it is true, they and their words will leave little to no doubt !

Enviromentalists and their liberal lackeys, are they always right ? I thought this example might just make a fine case in point. Ever hear of the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant ? The enviromentalists fought it for almost a decade before construction was started. Late last year, the Orlando Sentinel ran an article that Florida Power was considering shutting the plant down. This wasn't due to accidents, but the fact that it was an old plant, less efficient, and with greater maintainence costs. Did the enviromentalists cheer ? No, as a matter of fact they threatened to sue, sue to KEEP a nuclear plant open. This despite the fact that previously they had sued to halt construction. Strange twist of fate ? WAS it because nuclear plants emmitt little to no greenhouse gasses ? Was it because people benefit from cheaper electricity ? Well not exactly. The enviromentalists are not worried about spent fuel, a China- Syndrome, or a Chernobyl.

The enviromentalists are worried about the manatee. Seems the manatees have become accustomed to wintering near the warm  water discharge tubes. The enviromentalists are worried that denied that the manatees will suffer.

Remember the Alaskan Pipeline and the enviromental conscerns, permafrost and the caribou were the top two. The damage to the permafrost has been monitored and is negligable. The caribou can still migrate. The caribou seem to prefer wintering near the pipeline as a matter of fact. The oil has to be heated to flow through the pipeline and that warms the close surrounding air , to their benefit and their numbers seem to have increased.  Amagine that. I kinda wonder if BP said we need to shut the line down, if the enviromentalists would sue ?

Any thoughts ?

No endeavor is without risk !  Just getting out of bed in the morning, one can trip,stumble,fall, throw a back out or break a neck. Any of that is possible, so do you spend the rest of your life in bed ? How about taking a shower or bath, you can : fall, break a hip, scald yourself, or drown to name a few. Any of that is possible, you hear of it all of the time. Because of the risks do you forgo a bath ? What about driving , what are the risks ? Do you just quit ? What about work, any accidents there ? Too risky, do you just quit ?  Ever hear of any cooking accidents ? Too dangerous, why eat ? Now that you've somehow made it to the end of the day, do you dare sleep ? It has it's risks as well. People have died in their sleep, both at peace and  violently at the hands of another, then there's fire. These are just a paltry few risks that you run every day, but you still do.

Energy independence is a noble endeavor and a laborous quest. It is not without risk. Do you think it can be done ?  Or is it too tough and full of risk ? Do you just quit ?

Every means presently available to achieve that goal has some varing degree of risk, both enviromental and financial.

I think it can be done !

Any thoughts ?