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This article from the NY Times goes along with Mr. Tynan’s remarks on the Clinton-McCain proposals to eradicate the gas tax for the summer months.  Mr. Friedman argues his point quite well so I won’t add anything to his article, but I do urge you to read it.  Politicians these days are not only out of touch with Americans, but they are out of touch with the world it seems like to me.  They continue to look for short term “fixes” to problems that require real work and new ideas.

My economic stimulus check cleared this morning, and let me just say that it feels great to have $600 in borrowed Chinese money sloshing around in my bank account. This is amazing. I could buy a hundred cups of (Starbucks) coffee, a Playstation 3, or a half tank of gas. Excuse me while I go single-handedly lift the economy out of this so-called “recession.”

Try the coffee thing. You won’t be sorry (unless you don’t turn your volume down).

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Consider this fair warning: neuroscientists at the Helen Willis Neuroscience Institute at UC-Berkeley can read your mind–and will soon use their powers to take over planet Earth.

McCain’s temper snaps as he discusses DSL vs. cable.

(Sorry for the Comcast plug.)

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I was shocked to learn this evening that Wesley Snipes is going to prison for tax evasion. Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for failure to file tax returns. Apparently Snipes failed to pay more than $15 million in income tax returns by sending money to overseas accounts. Why Wesley Snipes tried to mess with the IRS is a complete mystery to me. Everyone knows you can’t get away from paying taxes. No matter how long it takes, they will get you. In any case, being a big Wesley Snipes fan myself, I am sad to hear that he is going to prison. It means we won’t see him in great movies like “The Marksman” and “The Detonator” for a long time. And this is a sad fact. So, in honor of Snipes’ career so far, I have decided to compile a list of some of his better scenes.
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According to a NY Times article today, charity bingo games have been taking a hit now that more and more states are adopting no-smoking indoors laws.  Are you surprised to hear that most bingo players are smokers? Or that bingo games produce hundreds of millions of dollars a year? My favorite aspect of bingo has always been that it is played in churches.  Places that tell their followers vice is a sin and yet offer casino night and bingo night as a way to raise money.  Since I know a lot of you won’t read the article I linked to above I will just pull out some hilights for you.

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I’m sorry but the democratic primary is just rediculous at this point.  For Clinton to continue to rationalize her candidacy while still losing the popular vote is maddening to watch.  As you may know by now Hillary won the Pennsylvania primary with 55% of the vote.  The 10 point win allowed her to gain 6 delegates though she still is down to Barack Obama by 154 delegates.  With 7 state primaries remaining Clinton will most likely fail to catch Obama, unless she can win the remaining states by 50 or more points.  The fact is that for Clinton to win the nomination she would need the superdelegates to come over to her side in the Democratic National Convention.  Which would be similar to the 2000 Presidential Election when the electoral college chose George W. Bush to be president even though Al Gore won the popular vote.
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Road Trip

9 hours, 33 mins and an indeterminate number of seconds to Greensboro
5 Piss Breaks, 1 break each for ribs, chicken and pies.
3 Mixtapes, 3 hours NPR, 3 Hours Sports Talk
6 packs Poland Springs, 1 Bags chex Mix, pound Sour Patch Kids
Arrival
Some shit.
Departure
15 hours to NY
1 Bob Seger Truckstop Best of Comp
4 Pee breaks, 1 squeegee break, 30 minute nap break.
New pound sour patch kids.
Nats Game/Nap/detox.
beltway traffic, philly traffic, jersey shore traffic.
rest-stop salad/green tea refreshment stop.
sunday radio baseball games.
drop off passenger one. continue home. reach home collapse.

Just to prove to Anthony that I know about obscure dates it came to my attention last month that March 14th has a special significance of its own.  Everybody knows about February 14th and it’s association with Valentine’s Day.  Basically a day where men are expected to lavish gifts and money on their significant others, even though there are anniversaries, birthdays and Christmas where men are expected to buy gifts as well.  Valentine’s Day is when you are supposed to show your love and if you don’t you can expect blowback.  Well, some guy (college kid most likely) decided that men need a special day of their own where the women can express their love.  Thus was born Steak and BJ Day.  A day that all men can rejoice in two of the greatest comforts in the world.  So Anthony, were you aware of this man-centric “holiday”?

Sunday evening, I was walking over to my aunt’s house to have dinner for my mom’s birthday. Normally, I would drive to Aunt Laura’s house but a few environmental articles I had read earlier in the day made me feel guilty about starting the car to travel only 3/4 of a mile from home. I took the walk and used the 10 minutes to return some missed call.

About seven minutes into my walk and during a phone conversation with my friend Joey, a white Honda Civic passes me slowly, with both the girl driving the car and the guy riding shotgun observing me. The car drives past me and uses the intersection ahead to pull a U-turn and comes back towards me, slowly approaching me with the intent of asking me something. I put the phone down and leave Joey on the line and enter into this conversation

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Eat the comb.

Teeth grinding teeth.

Idle Idolatry of the network.

Thu 12:20 AM

Comb Kazoo, passes the time, inadequately though.

7-hour respite, END.