Are We There Yet?
The effort on our Gulf Coast continues to expand. Once things got into motion, the results have been nothing but remarkable….phenomenal. Just another great showing of the kind of stuff that the people that live in this country are capable of. We do not need government to run our lives. No indeed. It should be clear to everyone that WE need to run government. It is going to take a lot of money to attempt to get somewhere near where the life of the devastated area used to be. It will never be restored. That will be impossible. The destruction wrought by this storm changed everything in this country. Here is where government can come in with the sort of relief effort that truly counts. That would be the monetary backing of the Treasury and loan backing to any or all banks and financial institutions. Part of the bill ought to go the major oil companies. If they could suck water as fast as they stink money out of your pocket, the levee breach in New Orleans would have gone unnoticed! It was interesting to see gasoline go to $2.99 here which set off a howl of protest because the major pipeline ends in a tank farm near the Orlando International Airport. The supply never waivered nor diminished, despite the efforts to make it appear that way. Within a couple days the price slumped down to $2.75 a gallon. I note that yesterday, it crept back to $2.82 a gallon for unleaded regular. Most hi test stuff was over $3.50.
Perhaps of relatively minor news has been the discovery of oil in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming in a field that is estimated to be larger richer reserves than that of Saudi Arabia. Don’t know what is going to happen, however, it needs to be explored with an eye on eliminating the dependecy on foreign oil interests of all types. Also need to keep a weather eye on Congress that they don’t seek to raise your taxes in the name of “relief.” There is more than an ample amount of money within the Federal Reserve Banks to cover any or all the debts or relief efforts out there!
Along that line, I just want to keep putting the subject of government and taxes in front of as many of you that I can. Need to read and get involved in the effort to rid ourselves of another blood sucking entity whose name I won’t mention but the initials are the INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. There is a book out there that every one needs to read, even if you don’t agree with a “fair” tax plan. At least if you don’t you will have enough information to make informed decisions for yourself. The FAIR TAX just makes way too much sense not to enact and fully support it. The economic boom to this country would make it the envy of the world and put any doubt about China onto a back burner. Buy the book. And remember this is not a flat tax, but a fair tax. It kicks in when you buy something, rather than hit you for your hard earning money you get for working. There are also tax credit chekcs that are sent out monthly to individuals that are deemed as being unable to pay the tax. Now how about that? It just keeps getting better and makes the IRS look like the sorry bullying obtuse unfair pack of skullduggers that the world has ever seen. As well, it gets the image of big government off your back by removing a huge tool of intimidation and intrusion into your affairs.
Detroit News had an interesting article about the state of affairs in the automobile world, and in particular the summation of the mergers over the past few years. Basically, economically, it has only been Toyota and Renault that have managed to make a successful alliance. Yes, your vaunted DaimlerChrysler was termed as a great big “FLOP.” So much so that the grand scheme of Jurgeen Schreemp to add high speed production to the Mercedes line ended up being a detriment to the Mercedes car. The quality has gone way down, cost Schreemp his job (FINALLY) and brought more of the take over of Chrysler in 1998 into another round of severe oversight. Specualation is that Chrysler would have been able to take care of itself, acquiring a world partner that IT owned while Mercedes basically would have wandered a bit, but would have refocused on its core value. Makes an interesting read.
I note that poor Dave is struggling with the change over to this new server or board of whatever it is that powers us here. Some of it seems to be working. Some of it seems to be slow. Some of it, just ain’t! However, given Dave’s work ethic, he will get it to his liking with tireless unending efforts on our behalf. We need to thank him for all that he does…… and I do that here. THANKS DAVE! I also wrote a short article for ALLPAR about the early DeSoto cars. The article about the last DeSoto jogged my nostalgia button. As soon as Dave gets things to near normal, I have given him publishing authority, as always.
Well that is my $2.82……
