The Smoking Man Casts His Vote

Was the 2008 presidential election fixed? Possibly by this guy?



Is this his new boss...



He's not a registered voter you say? Oil prices ramped up shortly prior to the election, kicking the economy in the groin. The bleeding economy pressured voters to dump anything remotely resembling the current administration. Change...you betcha...Conspiracy? Only the smoking man knows for sure...

Financial Crises

It would appear after many years of redefining "recession", "consumer price index", etc we have run out of rope. The government is presently forced to admit the economy is in a downturn. (Translate...the party's over...) The new administration (Street Gang), The Obama Boys, as well as every world leader, politician, minister, and professional con man, promises to "fix the system...so this never happens again!"

While politicians have an influence on the economy, I think it improbable they have more control over it than I can can "control" the weather. Can the squiggley measurements of economic gains vs time mean we should have a turbulance free growing economy? I doubt it! While not totally losing compassion for those less fortunate than us, which is a big chunk of the globe, economic downhills are an integral part of mountains.

The wild animal is subject to feast and famine, a subject of free will. The person who lives in a world of constant plenty (pictured below) has a surprise coming...

Ceiling Fans

It's time to write candidly about ceiling fans. After years of nodding to winter or summer directions of rotation, I end my silence. A fan will not cool a space. In fact, the fan adds heat. The energy it uses is not destoyed, and is dissapated into the space as heat from mechanical friction and motor losses. The actual air movement is kinetic energy, faster molecules, heat energy. Sound crazy? Refrigeration calculations include evaporator fan heat load. These are small numbers.

The fan "cools" by providing air movement which aids evaporating cooling of sweat on the skin. It "heats" by agitating the air in a room to prevent stratification, moving warm air from the ceiling to create a uniform air temperature.

Soooooo which direction should it turn? I say what's the difference. It will ciculate air to a uniform temperature, regardless of direction. But I will still nod to whatever direction you say.

Voter Qualification Exam

In order to ensure quality future leadership for the USA, voters and candidates should pass the following exam.




1) Identify picture to the right
a) elbow
b) asshole
c) hole in the ground
d) none of the above




2) Identify picture to the right
a) elbow
b) asshole
c) hole in the ground
d) none of the above





3) Identify picture to the right
a) elbow
b) asshole
c) hole in the ground
d) none of the above

4) If the government gives you $600, where does it come from?
a) the mint...they just print it
b) Uncle Sam (who is a bazillion-aire)
c) tax surpluses, mountains of "spare cash"
d) the government finances it, then taxes you $600 plus interest someday

5) How often do you get fact mixed up with stupid?
a) never
b) sometimes
c) all the time
d) fact and stupid are the same

6) What does it mean when a traffic light is red?
a) stop the car you're driving
b) I don't know
c) stop the cars others are driving
d) go

7) What can be done to reduce gas prices?
a) drive faster to reduce time using gas
b) complain to politicians who control the free market economy
c) complain to OPEC, who "feel your pain"...you arrogant, obese Americans
d) reduce demand by reducing consumption

8) The letter a is the correct answer
a) the correct answer
b) wrong answer...do not select
c) wrong answer...do not select
d) wrong answer...do not select

9) Which of the following is an actual person?
a) Batman
b) Superman
c) Uncle Sam
d) Ben Bernanke

10) Which of the following is a number?
a) letter
b) utube
c) not a number
d) 1

Strange Brew

This morning I made two cappuccinos, one for me, one for my fiance'. Nothing unusual until she sipped and said "This tastes salty...!" I verified the sugar cup contained sugar, not its evil twin salt. I smelled her cup...yes indeed, something is awry.

My cappuccino is simple and pure. Coffee and milk, no sugar, no cinnamon. Hers contains a spoon of sugar, and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Actually, the cinnamon was a bit easier to apply today.

"You used All-season instead of Cinnamon!"
"Preposterous. Statistically, I'm never wrong!" Well, true enough, I don't claim I don't occasionally make mistakes. My analytical skills are in fact...flawless. I opened the cabinet, the spices perched in one place, Cinnamon, All-Spice, Strychnine...

So now come the questions
...did some "axis of evil" manipulate the spices?
...was it a "Freudian Slip"...did I subconsciously want to end her?
...Could I be ...perish the thought...imperfect?

Quote of the Day

"I can't even say what I did to piss her off..."
(Bill)

The Human Trap

I once repaired a latch on 2 outside swing doors for a trash area. It was a rudimentary mechanism, simply a steel rod held by gravity into a hole drilled in the concrete pad. I realized it possible to be locked inside if the door were to close, the latch was on the outside. I went into the truck to get a tool, and sure enough, an employee had locked herself in.

I thought, if I was an alien with a taste for humans, how easy prey we would be...

Having recently completed some network training, I realized the perception of privacy on the internet is imaginary. You may believe your ISP IP address is dynamic, but guess what? Not likely. And the modem inside your house? Your computer? Your network router? Every NIC (Network Interface Card) has a unique physical address. It wasn't me! OOooops, the long arm of the law, if it knows what it's doing, can reach right down that cable, telephone line, or wireless connection, and document physical evidence if seized during a search. Hal? I doubt it. Big Brother, maybe...

Free Money

I am pleased to learn that the United States Congress and George Bush will soon be sending me the princely sum of $600 US. Yeah Baby! Way to go! Perhaps my credit card lenders will also send me checks for 600 bucks!

This is precisely the "new accounting" used by ENRON (I'm joking of course. Enron was reporting theoretical future revenues as assets). I could pay one credit card with another, and provided they increase my limits until I win Powerball, or am killed by a lighting strike, whichever comes first (statistically the latter) I'm set for life!

It takes the towering intellect of genius Rush Limbaugh to discover the government does not generate its own wealth. It comes out of our wallets. Fortunately the federal deficit is financed at a much lower interest rate than VISA. But the $600 will come back out of our wallets in the future...with compound interest.

Yeah sure, the economy might be stimulated, keeping tax burden from escalating...or will it? Wouldn't it make more sense to cut spending? Reduce fuel demand? But noooooooooooooo...!!!Let's party! See you at the Gas Station...