Sunday, April 13, 2008

"The Wife" and "HRC"


While the two of us are not as famous as the "talking-head" couples on national television, the picture above makes it clear who a certain woman in my life, who most often refers to me as "The Husband", is supporting for President.

Several of our local political wags have suggested that I have my picture taken with Mr. Obama. Then we could litter our fireplaces with pictures of the person who is obviously going to win and the person who is obviously going to loose.

To suggest which one is which, would put an unbelievable amount of stress on a relationship, that is in reality, the best of both worlds for each of us. And besides, I have a famed personal letter from a former President in my library from, let's see ... his name was ... hummmmm, oh yes, Clinton.

Friday, April 11, 2008

PRESIDENT BUSH AND TERROR


ABC NEWS
April 11, 2008
By JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG, HOWARD L. ROSENBERG and ARIANE de VOGUE

President Bush says he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details about how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to an exclusive interview with ABC News Friday.

Nothing I could say here will change this reality. I just don't know how this one man can lay havoc to the American way of life; destroy the legal systems and put himself above the law and get away with it.

The ABC News Photo Illustration above says it all ... except perhaps if Mr. Bush were in that chair, under that light bulb and being asked, "Why?"

Thursday, April 10, 2008

YARDDOG AND NOT BUYING FROM EXXON and MOBIL


With the price of gasoline going up each day – JUST THINK ABOUT THIS SUMMER, consumers need to take action. The simple approach outlined below will show you how to get the price of gas down to $1.50 a gallon. .Don’t believe it, read on!

Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


This NEW concept makes more sense than last spring’s idea of 'don't buy gas on a certain day'. In fact the oil companies laughed back then because they knew we wouldn't 'hurt' ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us, than it was a problem for them. BUT, THIS PLAN WILL REALLY WORK!

Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


OKAY, SO WHAT IS HAPPENING? By now you're probably thinking that $1.50 gasoline is super cheap. The oil companies and OPEC want you to think that because then you will be willing to spend $3.75 for regular unleaded and probably $4 this summer! THEY have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75! Wrong! It is NOT!


Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


Consumers need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace; not sellers. Consumers can do that by hitting the oil companies and OPEC in their pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.


Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.


Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


SO WHAT DO YOU DO? For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL.


Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


If companies are not selling gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, other companies will have to follow suit. (But, when they lower prices, DO NOT rush to their pumps. You have to avoid buying their gas completely, knowing that other service stations will follow suit in a matter of days. So hang on! Eventually prices WILL fall.)


Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


For OUR PLAN to work and have an impact, we need to reach millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do; you already know how!


Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


I HAVE SENT this to 30 people. If each of YOU did that 10 x 10 times, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends, then 30 million people will have been contacted! That's more than every gas buyer in the USA.


Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


HOW LONG WOULD all this take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within 8 days!


Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


There is nothing wrong with corporations making a reasonable profit. But $40.6 billion in just 13 weeks is a little over the top! COMSUMERS NEED RELEIF! There is no sign that any politician will help. So we must hang in there together.


Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!


I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential; that acting together we can make a difference? If our plan makes sense please pass this message on. And don’t buy from EXXON / MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $2 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
And remember: Join the resistance! Consumers take united action!