Charlie Weaver

[mallorys_camera]

I desperately want Charlie Weaver. He costs twenty-five bucks at a local antique store – a bargain really, but I can't justify spending any money at all on non-essential items right now, not even toys, not even twenty-five bucks.

There's a calculating machine in my head that never shuts off.

In other news, the Republicans filibustered to death a windfall profits tax on big oil. I guess we follow the money trail and see who contributed to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's most recent campaign. More and more I am realizing that Obama's money-raising model is progressive and brilliant and leaves him beholden to no one single corporate interest.

Repubs also killed a bill that would have given tax credits for alternative energy uses. One of those energy "alternative energy" thangs was... (ualp)... riding a bicycle.

Some big moronic Senator got on CBS and told the camera, "I love bicycles. Why, I rode my mountain bike just last weekend. But you can't ride a bike to work --"

You can't? I do.

Comments

[cake-o-rama.livejournal.com]

Anytime desperate=the low, low price of $25...I'd jump on it, quick as you can!

I'm with you with non-essential spending right now ;(

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

Really? You'd go for Charlie?

I'm tempted. Really, really tempted.

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Kindly explain to me how taking investment capital from oil companies will increase oil production or decrease oil prices? They killed it because it's a really stupid idea that only appeals to liberals who never passed their econ 101 course. Gak!

And come by here and ride your bike to the closest grocery store. If you survive, I'm fairly confident you'll take your car the next time.

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... I like you, and that makes me very reluctant to explain anything to you since I've always figured we were on opposite sides of the political spectrum. (Though I am a strong Second Amendment advocate! I like guns.)

But I'm willing to argue with you so long as you promise not to drop me from your flist.

Frankly I would like to see domestic demand for gas go down. And as you imply that happens when the price goes up. I hate automobile culture -- malls and those vast suburbs with no commerce. It makes me sick when I read those histories of California and realize there were all these cities with great public transportation systems that were dismantled so developers could push freeways and suburbs.

You make a choice to live where you live. The plus is the rural tranquility. (Wouldn't be a plus for me because I'm a city girl.) The minus is that you're dependent on your truck. I wouldn't want to be that far away from a grocery store.

Now remember -- you promised not to hate me! :-)

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Not to worry ;)

Domestic demand has gone down, but the speculation-driven oil prices haven't. They continue to pingpong up and down based on tiny, trivial bits of information so speculators can squeeze money out on every spike. Just before the last spike, most professionals were talking about the bubble bursting and lower prices. They were obviously wrong, so I don't pay much attention to the "experts". The problem is that nobody really has a handle on how much each part of the oil price/demand equation is affecting things.

LA. If you kept the public transit they had, didn't build the freeways, and dumped all the people they have now into the system, what would you have? A big mess. Best way to deal with all the people is to eliminate them. That would solve a lot of problems. We could start with the professional politicians...

Yes - I made the choice to live where I live and I don't complain about the compromises I make. I could (and might) get a motorcycle for local trips. However, I only drive the truck about 4000 miles a year (unless I take a road trip) and use less than 200 gallons. So at $5, I spend $1000 a year. At $3, I spent $600. So the increase in the price of gas will cost me about $400 a year, less than I spend on shooting supplies. In other words, it's not going to kill me, although it'll pinch a bit. I plan on finding a way to fix the car so I can use it more, which will cut my gas expenses even more without affecting my quality of life.

But going back to my first point - "excess" profit taxes. As a small business person, you have your capital invested in an enterprise. If you're successful, you make a lot of money. If a Democrat (and it's always a Democrat, you'll notice) proposes taxing you for being "too" successful (and the definition of excess success is always in their hands), how would you feel? Nothing like being penalized for being successful to encourage others from working hard...

Oh, oh - big fire in Bonny Doon - you can probably see it from the shop - gotta go check the scanner...

[pageeater.livejournal.com]

Oh, Bandi. :-(

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

Bandi knows I'm a flaming liberal -- well. Except for guns -- and he wuvs me anyway. :-)

[fireflylive.livejournal.com]

If the price of oil continues to rise bicycle or horse will be the only practical mode of transport...

[mallorys-camera.livejournal.com]

My tourists tell me petrol is around $8/gallon in Britain. But your cars are so much more fuel-efficient.