The Great Ethanol Debate?

So, is Ethanol really the answer to gasoline? This is a big question. One idea of this site is I want to spark some good debate on things. I myself do not think it is the entire answer to the oil problem. One thing is for sure. Oil won't last forever, and quite frankly with the state of the american consumer, we are not going to be able to keep affording it. Now the big thing is cars that run on E-85 fuel (chevy in particular). Yipee. Let me first say that I am a chevy man. However, as I have gotten older, I have learned to not believe everything I see, hear, or read. I think it is great that we have come up with this ability to run this fuel, however, the first time I saw a gas station that sold E-85 I was taken aback. I thought, "Now how can this be? This can't be right...........This crap is just as expensive as regular 87 octane gasoline!"

So what is the point? What the hell does it matter if it runs on E-85. It doesn't. They just want you to feel better because you are running a flex Fuel. I mean, seriously people. Have we come to the point that we are so stupid? I am going to put some links at the end of this for you to read about the pro's and con's of Ethanol and let you make the decision for yourself. I can tell you one thing though. I may seriously become a farmer soon. Also, if you are a smart investor, invest in all the non oil related energy commodities that you can right now because in 5 years, it will have made you a ton of money (but I dont have my stockbrokers license, so I'm not "advising" you to do this.). One other stock tip, invest in ECO FRIENDLY companies as well. We are still on the tip of these, and as you can already tell, it is becoming a popular trend now. Maybe a Fad? I'm not sure. Sorry to get off topic................So to close, I just want to add this- If I were to get the idea that I could run head first into a brick wall and break through it, eventually, after running headlong into that brickwall 30 or 40 times (i have a hard head) I am going to start realizing that the same result is going to happen everytime. I am not going to break through it. I could have just ran into it once, said ouch that hurts, decided that was a real dumb ass idea, and tried something else. However, it seems that our government, and our politicians want to keep running into that wall over and over again on an array of topics including the energy problem. How about we save ourselves some concussions, and put all our heads to better use by figuring out a way to bust through that wall with something other than our heads. Did you follow all that? Or are you too concussed to understand?
http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center-article_46/
http://www.cecarf.org/Programs/Fuels/Fuelfacts/Bio-Fuels%20Facts.html
http://www.wilson.edu/wilson/asp/content.asp?id=1928
http://madisonpeakoil-blog.blogspot.com/2007/04/ethanol-pros-and-cons-debated.html

Is Dale Earnhardt Jr. a "good" NASCAR driver?

Jr., let me first say that I am a big fan. I mean no disrespect by this post. I want to see you succeed. I want to see you win, and more importantly, I want to see you win a championship. As many Jr. fans can probably attest, it has been painful to watch him drive the last 3 years. All this potential, but no consistency. Was it the team? Was it the equipment? Or is it the driver? I tell you what. I have never seen the wheels fall off of any other sports team (no pun intended) quite like what happened to the 8 team this year. It got to the point where when poor Jr. blew an engine it didn't surprise me. I dont know how many he blew, but it was more than a handful. However, there is much to debate on why. Was it faulty equipment? Bad Engines? Or was he driving it too hard (if that is possible). I love the arguements of the far right of the junior fans who were drumming up a vast conspiracy involving teresa tainting Jr.'s equipment after he announced he would leave DEI to drive for Hendrick in '08. That is just rediculous to think that, period. Why would she even put a car out there if that were the case? She had too much to lose to do something like that. I mean, millions to lose.

I myself am very excited for the '08 season to get here. I am tired of hearing my friend's Scott and Brent constantly rib me every week about Jr.'s poor performances (they are Gordon, and johnson fans, respectively). I guess now we are all teamates, but man, it is going to be rough if he ends up being like casey mears. That would be a disaster. I'm not sure that I could go to work everyday if it ends up like that. I will give him a year to warm up though. I suppose we shall see. I myself, believe Jr. is a great driver, he has just had a run of bad luck (which just so happens to be a long time now)
GO number 8!.......I mean number 88. That is going to take some time to get used to! Here is a run down of the the distraction filled season if you would like to read-
http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/11/18/dearnhardtjr.post.homestead/index.html

For Crow Crowley

This post is for my buddy who left the comment yesterday on Our American Heroes. I just wanted to clarify for him what I meant by left wing radical liberal. When I say this, or left wing nutjob, etc, I am talking about the extreme left movement that we are seeing in this country. A good example would be Moveon.org. I am talking about people who are so far left, so out of touch with the common sense majority of america, left and right, that you cant hardly believe some of the things they say. I have lots of liberal friends. We disagree on things yes. I listen to what they have to say, and to be honest, once i understand their point of view, we sometimes end up agreeing, and vice versa. There is nothing wrong with being liberal. I am in no way ever going to say that. We have a free country. However, there are those who think their views are the only views that are acceptable on each side. They won't listen to others opinion. Perfect example of this is an editorial that was in our local paper the other day. This guy in my opinion was attacking the right. Attacking christians, republicans, etc. Basically saying that we are so stupid, so crazy, that there is no hope. I took exception to this, as you will see if you read the comments on this article at the bottom of the page. This guy not only wrote the article, but then he filled his comment board attacking other people who didnt agree with him. There were some people representing the right though that were doing the same thing, so it goes both ways. I have basically swore off commenting on that sight after the other night.

You also wanted some factual accounts of the left wing attacking our soldiers. Here are some examples- http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus.html
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/hughes/060206
And an array of other examples-
"...This NBC report is just an ugly reminder of the price we pay for a mercenary - oops sorry, volunteer - force that thinks it is doing the dirty work." -- Liberal Washington Post blogger, William Arkin
"One of the losers in the weekend oratorical marathon was retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who repeatedly invoked the West Point motto of "Duty, Honor, Country," forgetting that few in this particular audience (at the Democratic National Committee) have much experience with, or sympathy for, the military." -- Liberal columnist David Broder
"American fighters of the Pacific War were not heroes. The desperation of island combat included exchanged barbarities of which no one would willingly speak for a generation. On the American side, there were foul racism, vengeful refusals to take prisoners, a generalized brutality that extended to a savage air war." -- James Carroll in the Boston Globe
"For those of you who do, as a matter of principle, oppose war in any form, the idea of supporting a conscientious objector who's already been inducted [and] in his combat service in Iraq might have a certain appeal. But let me ask you this: Would you render the same support to someone who hadn't conscientiously objected, but rather instead rolled a grenade under their line officer in order to neutralize the combat capacity of their unit?"
Later, in a question-and-answer period, Churchill was asked whether the trauma "fragging" inflicts on that officer's family back home should be considered, he responded: "How do you feel about Adolf Eichmann's family?" – From Ward Churchillvia WorldNetDaily
"Real freedom will come when [U.S.] soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors." -- Warren County Community College adjunct English professor, John Daly
"In Vietnam, our soldiers came back and they were reviled as baby killers, in shame and humiliation. It isn't happening now, but I will tell you, there has never been an [American] army as violent and murderous as our army has been in Iraq." -- Seymour Hersh
"You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq." -- John Kerry, in what he later claimed was a botched joke.
"There is, Hugh, I agree with you, a deep anti-military bias in the media. One that begins from the premise that the military must be lying, and that American projection of power around the world must be wrong. I think that is a hangover from Vietnam, and I think it's very dangerous. That's different from the media doing its job of challenging the exercise of power without fear or favor." -- Liberal ABC reporter, Terry Moran
"Do our government's poorly paid contract killers deserve our 'support' for blindly following orders?" -- Ted Rall
"If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq." -- Charles Rangel

Quite sickening to me. Like I said before, these men are heroes. They keep us free. As always, there is always that 1 percent that may do something bad, or wrong, but you are going to have that. The left wing media machine always has to focus on the bad happening in Iraq, but you never hear any of the good if you have ever noticed that. Here is the editorial I talked about from the local news. Read it, then read all the comments on it.-
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/nov/24/avoid-paranoia-fear-at-elections/?bcsi_scan_9695D4E2A2CB3BED=erifXDvSm17s6Of7ICjdvBAAAABLcfcD

Alarming state of the country

My friend Scott sent me a very interesting link to a website that is a running clock of the National debt. Look at the counter that goes second by second. Blows your mind doesnt it? Here is the link-
http://zfacts.com/p/461.html
What also is amazing is the amount of public debt. I tell you what. I think i said in a previous post that I believe we are heading towards a major recession next year, or even a depression. The government has been lying about inflation all year, and if you notice, the numbers they release to show there is not a high rate of inflation are not even accurate.
I am going to try to find some facts about how many american based companies stock have a majority ownership that is foreign. We dont even own our own country anymore. We owe China gobs of money. They in turn are spending the money that we spend on them on their military. They also are not behaving very well in their relations with the U.S. We have been getting all kinds of tainted toys and products. They killed our pets, and now they are trying to kill our children. When is enough, enough already? Today I read an article about the Chinese Navy refusing entry to our naval ships, and more importantly before that, they refused a fleet that needed refueling in the midst of a bad storm that was blowing in. Here is a link to the FOXNEWS article about it- http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313244,00.html
A Saudi company bought a stake in Citigroup today- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21988383/
These things are happening daily. If they get to the point where they own majorities in these companies, they could really initiate a hostile takeover, and then we really wouldnt have an true American companies anymore. Maybe I am overreacting, but I think it is definately a sign of things to come. We are giving up the sovereignty of our country day by day, and our politicians on both sides of the aisle seem to not care a whole lot about it.

Our American Heroes

I just wanted to write about something that I hold near and dear to my heart in this post. There are thousands of Americans fighting for our freedom in different parts of the world right now. I get upset when I see my beloved left wing radical liberals attacking our brave men and women who are serving our country. My Grandpa fought in World War II. He was in the battle of the bulge. He served his country bravely. He was really my dad, because he raised me along with my grandma and mom. He was my hero, and will always be. Part of the reason he ended up raising me is because of the problems my dad had after he served in the Army in the Vietnam war. I dont have much of a relationship with my father, because I never met him until I was 16. We have had an on again off again relationship since then. But, despite it all, I respect him for what he did for his country. Some people dont understand the amazing sacrifice that these people make. Some come back without limbs, and terrible injuries. Some have been disfigured, burned, and some may look fine on the outside, but they are emotionally torn apart by what they saw, and the battles that they were in and deal with it every day for the rest of their lives. And of course, some pay the ultimate price in death. I recently went with my wife to the Marine Corp ball in Cincinatti, Ohio. It was a great experience to see the pride on these young men and women's faces, and to see how much they love their country. My brother in law, Jay, is a United States Marine. He already put in his 4 years, and then re-enlisted. We kid around, and he gives me a hard time a lot, but I think the world of him because he serves our country, and is a great man. I worry about him possibly having to go to Iraq, but I know that is why he signed up, to defend his country. I appreciate everyone man and woman who serves in every branch of our armed forces. When I see a person in uniform back here in the states, I try to make it a point to go and shake their hand and thank them for their service. You can tell that they appreciate it very much, so next time you see someone in uniform, stop and talk to them, or at least tell them thank you. It is because of them, and the men and women who served before them that we are able to live in a great country and be free.

Stupid Rap Music Line of the Day

Well boys and girls, I am going to start you off tonight with the Rap Music line of the day. Again, it is a song that i heard today flipping through the local stations on my way to work. I have to admit, I had no idea what they were saying in the chorus. This is a song by my boy Lil Boosie called "Wipe me down"
Chorus Cuz im on (wipe me down)(8x) Shoulders, chest, pants, shoes (4x) Verse 2 (Lil Boosie) B.O.O.S.I.E.B.A.D.A.Z.Z. that's me (wipe me down) Red bones caramel all of em stop and stare all of em try and steal my underwear (wipe me down) I like to floss like Rick Ross got a hit called set it off when i sing it everybody set it off (wipe me down) Black mink damn im on play wit me i bust ya dome 8 whips on chrome you can gon (wipe me down) Fresh fade fresh j's on the corner playin spades im an ordinary person but im paid (wipe me down) Foxx flippin Webbie smokin and we chokin on a whole pound of purple man it's like a ninja turtle (wipe me down) Just left New York City hooked up wit P. Diddy finna blow past 50 you gon have ta (wipe me down) We the best im a fool im the hemi man red like green like yellow like diddy man

All I have to say is when a song mentions someone trying to steal your underwear, and then you use the words ninja turtle just so you have something to ryhme with purple, it's quite obvious you have a serious hit on your hands. Or that is how stupid we the consumer are that we pay to hear this stuff. You probably think that I hate Rap Music, but I dont. Maybe Im just too old school, but I listened to Tupac, Biggie, Dr. Dre, Snoop doggy dogg (the old snoop, not the stand in we have now) At least if you overlooked the gross language, gratuitous violence, and degrading of women, they actually had something to say. They weren't just rapping about their ice, and how much money they spend on a daily basis. I guess there is one good thing about it. They keep the car industry, rim and tire industry, diamond industry, nightclub and strip club industry, and tennis shoe and clothing industry going. They are helping the economy. Thank goodness.

Do Something Nice Today!

I don't know why all of the sudden this popped into my head. I want to encourage you to do something nice for someone today. Help someone with something. Call your mom or your grandparents just because. Buy a homeless person a meal, or two, or three. Give someone a ride that needs one. Drop some money in a charity box, do something nice for your wife without her having to ask, compliment someone on a job well done. Pray for someone that needs it. Drop some change in the Ronald Mcdonald house box. Just do something nice today. Make a difference for someone directly or indirectly. Then, I challenge you to try to do it everyday. It will make your life much happier, and the world will be a better place because of it.

Stupid Rap Music Line of the Day

Okay folks, here we go again! It is time for the Stupid Rap Music Line of the Day. This one is really good. It is a song called Bird Flu (yes, Im not kidding) and the artist is Gucci Mane-

pay me 15 gs
yo track ill sneeze on it
ah-choo im rich say gazuntie b*tch (yeah)
please excuse me miss pardon my french
my necklace look like cris
yo diamonds look like p*ss
i spent a quater million dollars just to look like this
in the kitchen cookin chickens tryna pay my rent
got a cock-eyed bent and a bow-legged benz
pigeon-toed aston martin wit the off-set rims
im not like them i done out-shined him
i done flatlined him
gucci im still here gucci dont drink beer but he does drink don
hundred thousand dollar murder charge i made bond
its gucci (Hook X2) i got bird flu shawty sellin birds my bussiness (yeah) catch that bird flu shawty thats a terrible sickness (yeah) i got bird flu shawty in the summer its christmas (yeah) catch that bird flu shawty handle yo bussiness(its gucci)

I shouldn't even do this song the justice of commenting on it. All I can say again is............ARE YOU SERIOUS? Bird Flu? This makes blood want to shoot out of my eyes! Someone actually paid for this CD, or downloaded this song for money. This Gucci Mane guy more than likely has a lot more money than I do (although it doesn't sound like it because he is cookin up birds to pay his rent still). Maybe I'm jealous. I don't know. It just amazes me that there is a place in society for this trash. Unreal. If I were grading this, going back to my elementary school teaching days, I would give it an F-. It sucks. Looking this stuff up and reading it makes me want to vomit. Maybe later in the week, I will write a rap song about being a redneck and driving my 4 wheel drive, and shooting at turkeys (that is sort of like flippin birds right?). Okay, no, I'm not going to do that because I definately am far from a rapper. One line is he spent a quarter million to look like this, well, with what I have on right now, I spent less than a quarter hundred, what ya know about that?

Unbelievable Locals

Good grief! I am worn out. I just got done arguing with some people on our local newspapers website. One story was about 3 low lifes who were driving around shooting people with paintball guns. The other was a editorial by some Left Wing liberal. I have no problem with liberal people. I have a little liberalism in me myself..........Okay, that is a joke. My problem if any that I have with them is how it seems that they believe that only their views and opinions are the right ones. Every one that I have encountered on blogs, comment boards, etc, have attacked me for offering a different point of view. I have been called delusional, a moron, and idiot, a neocon, gosh, the names go on and on. However, for the most part, I have contained myself and not stooped to name calling back at them. It sure is hard. Right now, all I see the left wing media, and left wing democrats doing is attacking President Bush on everything that he does. It is a wonder why this country is so divided right now. I think if people could all get together with their different views and opinions, and put things together, this would be a much better country.



The people who were defending their friends who shot at the people with paintball guns (nearly shooting one's eye out) just totally dumbfounded me. One seemed to be one of the men in custody's girlfriend. I just wonder if she is so blind to think that a guy like this, is the kind of guy that she should be with. The guy has previous convictions for battery and has served jail time before. Chances are, he will be battering her in the near future as well. She probably thinks that I don't care what happens to her. I dont care what happens to her boyfriend or whatever, but I do pray that she doesn't end up a victim of domestic abuse, or even worse, dead. Sweetie, if you are reading this right now, I hope that you can peel yourself away from this guy for your own sake.

I HATE Oil and Gas

Okay, let me first say that you can absolutely hate something, but still have to use it and spend money on it every day. A while back there was a very interesting movie/documentary on F/X called Oil Storm (or something like that, gosh I can't remember, if you can, please correct this!) This movie was on probably 2-3 years ago (again, I may be wrong) If you saw it, it is frightening how much that was in that movie seems to be coming true now. But, any idiot knows that we are eventually going to run out of oil. There is no doubt about that.

I may be way off base here, but folks, next year is going to be a very rough year for this country. Gas prices keep going up, the government tells us the economy is strong, but I think we are going to see a big recession next year. Maybe even a depression. America has stretched itself beyond it's limits economically. People don't have money anymore. They have credit. If you are one of these idiots that are living in a $300,000 home, and you are making $40,000 a year, you need to wake the hell up. Just because a mortgage broker got you "qualified" for that loan doesn't mean that you can actually afford it. This way of living is going to drive the country under soon. Why? Because our government does the same thing. China has us by the balls so bad we may never repay all the debt we owe them. Oil has got to be replaced. There is no question about it. Instead of fighting about global warming, and the cons of other energies, such as nuclear, we need to sit down together regardless of opinions, and put some ideas on the table so that we can save our country. With the talent and intelligence of some of the great people that live in this country, we could have a solid plan in place to make us independent of oil in a months time. It may take $5.00 a gallon gas to make us get there, or a bigger catastrophe, but lets not let it get that far............for our own good. Unfortunately, I am far from a scientist, but there are a lot out there that need to get together.

Stupid Rap Music Line of the Day

Okay, first off, there are some bad words in this sample of lyrics from a song that is on pop radio right now. I sware if I hear this song again, or see the dance again, I may go postal.

I'm Jocking On Yo Bitch Ass
And If We Get The FightinThen I'm Cocking On Your Bitch
You Catch Me At Yo Local PartyYes I Crank It Everyday
Haterz Get Mad Cuz"I Got Me Some Bathin Apes"

I mean, come on..... are you serious? I know all the haterz is gettin' mad at me for all the bathin apes I got. I don't even know what this means? It is probably something terrible, like skeet, skeet. Which, by the way, if you don't know what that means, then I advise you to look it up. Just FYI, your kids sing these lyrics. Might want to switch to country music after you find out what they are saying. Good grief. Maybe I am a hater, but the fact that these idiotic thugs are getting rich off this, it makes me sick. I tell you what, these gangsta's, and rapper's think they are so tough. Let them go to Iraq for a month. You do that, and you can say you are tough then. These pansies wouldn't last a day over there.

Hello Friends and Neighbors!

Well, folks. The end of the world as we know it may be starting today. Jason Pennington has his own blog. That is a sign in itself. Let me give you some insight into why I have chosen to start doing this. No, it isn't that I don't have a life. No, It isn't that I can't get a date (I'm actually married, yeah I know, who'd a thunk it....) I am here to save the world. Here to save the world from getting dumber by the second. Dumber because of what is going on in the world today. In our media, in our music, in politics, you name it, I am going to tackle it head on. You may not agree with my opinions (which i encourage you not to!), and you may not even like what I write about. I can guarentee you this though. You will get an honest, common sense (which i think is important), passionate ramble of thoughts kind of patched together for your enjoyment (or utter annoyance).

On this blog, I will tackle things from the alarming state of our country and world, all the way to local happenings in my area. There will be humor of course, but there will also be some things that I hope will make you stop and say, "whoah, what the hell really is going on here!". Please feel free to comment, to email me, but I do ask you, don't be classless, or attack me, because this is supposed to make you think. I also hope that it will spark some ideas that will make our world a better place to live in (isn't that thoughtful?).