A Quick Flush

When one wishes to flush away unnecessary waste one flushes the toilet.

 

When Mother Nature decides to do the same she crates hurricanes.

Be Prepared

 Dayum...
It seems that the East Coast wasn't much better than those in N.O.L.A. when it came to disaster preparedness.
I was once a Boy Scout so I was taught to always be prepared.

Growing up in SoCal we had; earthquakes, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, mudslides and any other natural disaster one could think of.
Most public buildings were built to withstand enough damage to be classified as a designated Fallout Shelter (Just in case the Russians dropped the  Big One on us - we were told.).

But as we become more and more dependant upon technology for our everyday lives we discover how tenuous our lives have become.
We learn that as our society becomes more technologically advanced that the same society loses many of the basic survival instincts many once thought were imbued upon birth.

I Guess I Should READ the T.O.S.?

Who knew that after logging out on a facebook account (using a different e-mail address) and then posting on a blog using Discus that someone could view ones facebook page?

Dumbasses

Q. On what product do I make the largest profit at my club?
A. Bottled Water

I buy 24 bottles of water for less than $4.
I sell each bottle of water for $4.
Since the bottled water has less minerals than the free tap water I give away - people never quite have their thirsts quenched so they buy more water!?!?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1495189/

Most people are just suckers for smart advertising.

Back In The Day...

 My girlfriend's son is so into shoes that it's almost woman-like.
I used to get the shoes I wanted but never a whole closet full as though I were Emelda Marcos.
We came from a family thought to be relatively affluent but we never had as many shoes as many kids from the hood have have today.

Back in the day...
Everyone wanted a pair of Chucks.
These shoes offered little support and ones feet would be sore and burning after a long day of play.

Then Dr. J, Magic and Bird broke out with this model and all the sportiest brotha's wore these.

 At that time, the Nike Bruin was also popular - causing many pairs of blue stained socks in the process.

While the Nike Cortez was worn by many cheerleaders - it was also a popular 'walking around' shoe for many guys.

 But then I became influenced by all the Tennis Moms I would see in K-Swiss.
These shoes were hell one ones Achilles tendon but they did look oh-so-sporty.

 The Bo Jackson craze upped the ante by causing many to fork out $139 for his signature cross trainer.

 Probably my all-time favorite were the Nike Air Flare/Agassi model
(I'm still waiting for the re-release at this moment.)
The color blocking, comfort, performance and moderate price made this shoe one of the best designed athletic shoes of all time.

These days I just kick it in Nike Shox (NZ or Monster).
Sure, I still like a comfortable sneaker but it blows me away that so many kids have more shoes in their closet at one time than I've had in my lifetime.

Half Of New York Is ABOVE Sea Level

Oh wait... That's New Orleans.
http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/04/study_bust_myth_that_new_orlea.html

FreeMan Doesn't Like Her

But I do.
Think the GOP will buy this for a billboard?
(Click image to enlarge.)

What Choice?

It seems that Mr Romney wants to get rid of FEMA and the Federal responsibility of disaster relief. That Mitt wants to transfer the burden of recovery to each local governing body is similar to Obama's way of thinking (Obama, "Please listen to whatever state and local officials are saying. When they tell you to evacuate - you need to evacuate. ...").

 

But Mitt goes too far in the idea that local governments should do as much for themselves as possible.

And Mitt even thinks it would be best to privatize the onus of disaster recovery.

The thing that is wrongheaded about this idea is that the private companies would just ultimately bill the federal government for the cleanup costs - as is now the case with cleanup after a natural disaster.

But if the government had to pay market value for these services - without any oversight - many of these companies would over and double-bill the government for their work.

I could just see Halliburton KBR getting into the local (read; on American soil) cleanup business that it seems to have perfected overseas in war torn countries and making even more insiders richer in the process.

But now Mitt seems to be backing away from such silly ideas.
The Romney campaign has recently issued a statement stating that Mitt is in favor of the federal government's role is disaster relief.
What changed?
Is Mitt just a Yankee who thinks himself better than those from other races and regions?
Remember; Romney's prior remarks were made immediately after a series of tornadoes ripped through many Southern states.
Does Mitt consider the Hillbillies and Blacks in the South to be inferior and unworthy of federal assistance?

This election won't change a thing.
Just pick from the homunculi pretending that it does.

 

Drill Baby, Drill...

 So, one candidate stated that permits for drilling in the Gulf have dropped by more than fifty percent under the Obama administration?
OK, I'll agree with that.

But let's not forget that many permits were reviewed and/or denied predicated on safety concerns following the BP Oil disaster back in 2010.

Drill Baby, Drill....?
NOT if it is going to have such a negative impact on state and local Gulf economies and ecosystems.