It's Eyjafjallajökull, OK!!!

Sue and I noticed when it was the Philippines, you heard about "Pinatubo", but now it's just the "Iceland Volcano", not Eyjafjallajökull.

BTW the pronunciation provided here is much appreciated. It's not that hard once you've heard it, but, Icelanders excepted I'm sure, it's impossible to go by the spelling.

Starting to see Obamacare Information

Pilosi said we should just pass this thing and figure out later what we did. Looks like that is starting.

Good News For California Amongst the Bad

No doubt the price of a tomato at the stores will soon be shocking. Frozen tomatoes in Florida merely prove global warming though of course, to some folks. Maybe California will avoid general default on its bonds with a boost in these prices. Looks like a 5-fold price increase may be possible. LINK

Apparently the Downside is Exaggerated

The downside of cancelling credit cards is supposed to be that it can hurt your credit rating, but my opinion has been that it is something to do fearlessly with perhaps only some caution if you are about to apply for new credit somewhere. Finally here is an article that says much the same. Note that they don't say it is a complete myth, however.

Sue and I are on guard for shenanigans, like all of a sudden an annual fee.

Not a Bushie but...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp

Good thing Hawaii has mountains

Check this out. Hopefully the link hyperlinks, had a prob. last time.

Boy Are We Dumb

" [The underwear bomber] spoke openly about what he'd done and why, and provided valuable intelligence...But when they read him his legal rights nearly 10 hours after the incident, he went silent. "

I'm starting to feel sorry for those East Coast Nazi Sabateurs now, clearly they had rights we violated.

from

http://www.breitbart.com/print.php?id=D9DEACHG0&show_article=1

Object Lesson

I think it is best not to really know what goes on with "helping the homeless" etc, etc, etc. Every once in a while you get a glimpse of the ugly side of it.

I'm not saying to quit giving, I'm saying it comes with the territory and you can't think about it if you are going to try to help people.

Sue and I will give something to some organization to help Haiti. But we got treated to watching a reporter go in to Port-Au-Prince, and he was talking about how riots could break out easily. He finally showed some irate guy they were having to deal with, and it turned out he was vigorously objecting to the MRE's being past expiration date. Turned out he was wrong. But what the hell was he doing? People are starving to death and he's going ape over the expiration date? The reporter didn't seem to see the irony, at least it wasn't in the report.

Clearly this guy was just some trouble-maker with God knows what motivation. Another case, no doubt, of the help not going where it was needed. I am quite convinced he himself did not actually need anything to eat, perhaps just had some plan to profit from getting the supplies.

*Sigh*

Yep, best just not to know what really goes on.

This One Hits Home

You have to stay to the end on this you-tube chuckle.

Follow Up Post

Regarding the last topic, here's another good article. One quote:

"...climate change seems tailor-made to be a low priority for most people. The threat is distant in both time and space. It is difficult to visualize. And it is difficult to identify a clearly defined enemy."