Archive for April, 2006
“Stupid TV! Be more funny!”
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006Why not just start pumping out ANWAR?
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006Just received a Wall Street Journal news update:
“President Bush said he plans to temporarily halt deposits to the strategic
petroleum reserve in an effort to relieve pressure on gas-pump prices, which are edging toward $3 a gallon nationwide. Bush also set steps to ease environmental standards governing fuel grades.”
Unfortunately the strategic reserves have little to do with the actual reason gas prices are skyrocketing. The best that thing this halfhearted symbol will do is to console the average driver that our governement is doing something to ease pocketbook pangs at the pump. Commodity markets may take this into account and slow the elevating prices, but only slightly. It also seems a little questionable to stump on alternative energies and the environment for the last couple of months and then ease environmental standards. Our gas prices will keep going up over the summer due to consumption, but hopefully we are nearing the end (in the midwest anyways) of the springcleaning/mtbe-to-ethanol switch that has been a factor in the prices.
The Sage of Anacostia
Thursday, April 6th, 2006People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
Gambling is illegal?
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006“A great example of how ridiculous things are is ‘Texas Hold ‘Em.’ We invented the game and we can’t even play it here. Everyone else is getting rich off a game we invented.”
- Kinky Friedman (Potential Independent Candidate for Texas Gubenatorial Race ‘06)
Remember when you could drive from Austin to Dallas for less than 10 bucks?
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006An interesting look at gas prices for those of us in the Dallas area:
With refineries performing spring cleaning, the removal of MTBE, the switch to ethanol, and the summer vacation season coming, it doesn’t seem like these prices will be turning around any time soon.