Chupacabra Report
News that gets my goat:
Did you see that Hugo Chavez is threatening to shut down a Venezuelan TV station for broadcasting The Simpsons? I could never get much hate on for somebody that called Bush “the devil,” but, eat my shorts Hugo!
I heard a “Marketplace” economist discuss McCain’s proposed Memorial Day to Labor Day gas tax holiday. Scientifically speaking, if this tripe could pass Congress, (it won’t) it would result in increased demand for, and therefore, increased price of, gasoline; benefiting only refiners and foreign suppliers.
Will we fall for this?
More worrisome than the price of gas? How about the cost of air. It rises everyday as it is polluted. If you think bottled water is silly, wait till they sell canned air like in Spaceballs. Water too should rise in price, so that we would value it. My mother in law is from West Texas. She is incapable of letting water go down the drain. Someday we’ll all be that careful, but out of necessity not out of virtue.
Last week the Supremes gave the go-ahead for the states to resume executions. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott were celebrating the opportunity to whip up their base at the cost of the lives of some miserable bastards on death row. Cast that first stone.
I won’t list arguments here opposing the death penalty, referring you instead to Sister Helen Prejean, who just published another book on the subject. (http://www.prejean.org/) I would point out that polls show that people who favor capitol punishment are in the minority, as are people advocating a ban on abortion. And most Americans want our troops out of Iraq.
If we have the numbers, why aren’t we winning?
Did you see that Hugo Chavez is threatening to shut down a Venezuelan TV station for broadcasting The Simpsons? I could never get much hate on for somebody that called Bush “the devil,” but, eat my shorts Hugo!
I heard a “Marketplace” economist discuss McCain’s proposed Memorial Day to Labor Day gas tax holiday. Scientifically speaking, if this tripe could pass Congress, (it won’t) it would result in increased demand for, and therefore, increased price of, gasoline; benefiting only refiners and foreign suppliers.
Will we fall for this?
More worrisome than the price of gas? How about the cost of air. It rises everyday as it is polluted. If you think bottled water is silly, wait till they sell canned air like in Spaceballs. Water too should rise in price, so that we would value it. My mother in law is from West Texas. She is incapable of letting water go down the drain. Someday we’ll all be that careful, but out of necessity not out of virtue.
Last week the Supremes gave the go-ahead for the states to resume executions. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott were celebrating the opportunity to whip up their base at the cost of the lives of some miserable bastards on death row. Cast that first stone.
I won’t list arguments here opposing the death penalty, referring you instead to Sister Helen Prejean, who just published another book on the subject. (http://www.prejean.org/) I would point out that polls show that people who favor capitol punishment are in the minority, as are people advocating a ban on abortion. And most Americans want our troops out of Iraq.
If we have the numbers, why aren’t we winning?
posted by Julia B. @ 3:14 AM
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