Saturday, April 30, 2011

A nice day on the beach with Robin (part 4)

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I took so many pictures on that day with Robin. I had to get some more.
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This is a funny bunny we found outside the theater house of Helsingborg.
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Why Water for Elephants Works

"When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate." - Jacob Jankowski, Water For Elephants

Tonight I accompanied my friend and dad to see the critically acclaimed Water for Elephants.  The movie reflected my favorite genre, romantic drama set in an historical context.  The film transports you to Depression era America and the world of a struggling circus, where you get a bird's eye view of the complex relationships between the people (and the animals) who inhabit that world.

The film, based on the New York Times' bestselling book by Sara Gruen, who grew up in Ontario, delivered the goods -- keeping me and other moviegoers transfixed. The movie had unforgettable flashes of both inhumanity and humanity, played out by Jacob (played by Rob Pattinson of Twilight fame), a young vet-in-training who flees unspeakable tragedy by hitching a ride on a traveling circus; Marlena, an orphan-turned star performer and circus wife (played by Reese Witherspoon); and of course, Christoph Waltz as the controlling, ruthless and jealous ringmaster August.

It doesn't hurt that the story takes you inside the gritty world of a struggling circus during a time when one in four Americans was jobless.  I found myself asking, "Why does Marlena stay?" and "Why does Jacob?" at times when August's violent outbursts are at their most out of control.

To me, Water for Elephants is storytelling at its best -- with unforgettable (and flawed) characters. It's a story about relationships and the bonds formed by people and animals, and includes a surprising climatic conclusion. Kudos to the filmmakers in crafting the final scenes of the movie using black-and-white old home movie flashbacks.  

Gruen writes in her book, "Life is the most spectacular show on earth."   This movie certainly lives up to that billing.

Check out the movie trailer and a MovieJungle interview with Sara Gruen about her story and its transformation to the big screen.

DRILL NOW - Part Three - Obama Working for Foreign Oil?

In Part Two, I talked about some of the consequences of high gasoline prices, and how President Bush brought gas prices down from a high of $4.20 a gallon to $1.61 a gallon in 6 months. 

Yes, that was the average price of gas Nationally when George W Bush left office. 

I talked about President Obama's message to us, the American people, is the same old line that "We can't drill out of this problem" and how "We can't drill out of the high gas prices."  

Obama says that "High prices at the pump are inevitable because we are in an Economic Recovery," and that "High gas prices are just a reflection of Americans going back to work." Yet, that doesn't wash! 

Here's an example as to why I think the President is just plain wrong.  Before Bush left office, gasoline was $1.61 a gallon and we had 5% unemployment.  Now we have almost 10% unemployment and gas prices are well over $4 a gallon on the average. 

I really believe that whenever Obama looks into the camera an lies, he's just doing it because he thinks we're fools.

I sort of like his constant condemnation of American Big Oil but never Foreign Oil or countries with a vested interested on keeping politicians and political action groups like Environmentalist Groups happy.

Foreign Oil money is the real root cause as to why the Environmentalist, the Liberal Establishment, the Democratic Party, and Obama are so against drilling and using our own American natural resources.  

I talked about the Political Contributions and Obama Campaign Donations from Foreign Oil, and how it appears that President Obama works on behalf of the interest of Foreign Oil and Foreign Countries. 

Heck friends, it's all about money!
I'm sure that most of us read in the paper that Obama during a trip to Brazil gave those folks down there $10 Billion dollars of American Taxpayer money so that they can start drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. That's right!

Right after he tried to suspend American drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, he gave TEN BILLION DOLLARS to Brazil so that they could start drilling where he doesn't want us to drill.  

I like Brazil. They are a wonderful hard working good people. I'm just concerned with Americans having real jobs and not all having only to work at Burger King or Wal Mart. 

What gets to me is that after Obama gave them our money that he then had the outrageous gall to say that we'd be their best customers. Imagine that! With a lot of Americans already out of work and all of us having a tough time making ends meet, he says we can't drill but others can and that we'll be their best customers.


But he's a busy man, between Blaming Bush and Golf, he's been real busy. Especially when it comes to making sure Foreign Oil gets paid back for their contributions.  Just look at how Barack Hussein Obama has been helping to ensure Oil is at record highs while keeping Foreign Oil happy. 

He does it by attacking America's ability to produce oil.

And how does Obama help Foreign Oil while attacking America's ability to produce oil?

First -  Obama started his attack on American Oil Entrepreneurs by cancelling existing permits to drill here after Bush left office.
 
Immediately after taking office in 2009, President Obama’s handpicked Secretary of the Department of Interior, Ken Salazar, who in turn canceled 77 leases for oil and gas drilling in Utah. One year later, the administration canceled 61 more leases, this time in Montana.

The excuse Obama gave was that cancelling drilling permits throughout the United States was part of Obama’s "War on Global Warming." But to many many Americans, it's actually Obama's War on America.

It appears his mission is make the United States of America into a Third World Country, both economically and socially.

Second -  Obama delayed American offshore leasing.

Not long after Ken Salazar canceled the Utah leases, he decided to extend for another six months the public comment period for new offshore drilling. As allowed by law, the public had already been given 45 days to comment on the federal government’s pending lease sale to offshore energy producers.

After that Obama should have began developing plans for new leasing. But instead, Obama wanted to drag the process out further, which meant offshore producers would have to wait even longer before they could start drilling. Why? Because he is extremely opposed to oil and gas drilling.

This was in addition to the 25 years that no drilling was allowed for most of the Outer Continental Shelf due to a congressional moratorium that ended in 2008.

Adding insult to injury is that the additional public comments for which the White House asked for, actually supported expanding offshore drilling by a two-to-one margin.

This is a fact that the Obama administration deliberately kept hidden from the American people.

Put simply, the Obama administration did not want any additional offshore drilling. And yes, the fact that the public overwhelmingly opposed them wasn’t going to stop them from pursuing their ideological goal.

Third  -  Obama wants more taxes out of American Oil Companies in an attempt to make them less able to compete with Foreign Oil, which of course means that they can set their own prices and monopolize oil.

What will this do? Simple, it will raise the price of a barrel of oil.

Right after the Pelosi-led Democrat controlled House of Representatives passed its massive cap and trade energy tax, the Obama administration celebrated. After all, it was then-candidate that Barack Obama happily declared that under his plan of cap and trade that energy prices would "necessarily skyrocket."


Although his target was primarily the coal industry, which suffered badly in 2010 under President Obama’s watch, imposing new taxes on carbon dioxide would also heavily impact oil and natural gas production.

So if you have to use propane to heat your water heater, or cook with, or need to be able to run your furnace, well you can thank Obama for your higher bills when you get your gas bill or have to order your propane delivered like I do.

In fact, there was a new gasoline tax in the most recent cap and trade bill in the Senate, legislation President Obama helped negotiate and would have happily signed had both chambers of Congress passed it. And yes friends, if it wasn't for a Republican win last November - that would have happened as sure as there's a Sunday morning.

But then again Obama, our Prima Donna Flake, is smart and shifty.  This was very evident when a study from Harvard University found that a carbon cap that was less stringent than what Congress was considering would send gasoline prices soaring to over $7 per gallon of gasoline.

When all efforts to pass cap and trade legislatively failed, Obama ignored the message that the American public overwhelmingly oppose new energy taxes. Then Obama, seeing that he wouldn't get his way one way, instead decided to impose a carbon cap administratively through the EPA.

That sort of regulation affects all sectors of the economy, including transportation and oil production and refining, which of course means higher gas prices at the pump.

Fourth -  Obama helps Foreign Oil is by his imposing a moratorium on oil and gas drilling after the BP spill in the Gulf.

He imposed a six month moratorium on offshore drilling, claiming that the experts they consulted had advised them to take such an action. Even thought the experts say they hadn’t done anything of the such.

The experts stated publicly that they never supported such a moratorium, and that the White House had manipulated their opinions and expertise solely to advance a political agenda.

Because the administration had no basis for its ban, two Federal Courts stated on three separate occasions that the moratorium was illegal and unjust. Obama completely ignored the experts and the Federal Courts, and instead kept the ban in place.

Ken Salazar said that lifting the moratorium would make him “uncomfortable.” Such a decision ultimately led drillers to relocate their rigs. But worse, hundreds or even thousands of good paying jobs were lose.

And lastly, Obama's issuing a new offshore drilling ban. Imagine that.

Federal Judges say no, but Obama does it anyway. Within weeks of announcing that the moratorium had come to an end, Obama announced a new Executive ban on offshore drilling.

Meanwhile, in the few areas where the White House approves drilling, the administration has completely halted new permits.

Here's something interesting, the Energy Information Administration projects that offshore oil production will decline in 2011 by about 220,000 barrels per day.  Then just before the Obama administration’s bans, the EIA had actually predicted an increase in production for 2011.

OBAMA BOWS
TO SAUDI KING
It's obvious, Obama is working for others. Maybe it's Brazil where he gave them the $10 Billion that we can't afford to be giving out - just so they can start drilling in the Gulf of Mexico? Maybe he's working for Saudi Arabia or Venezuela? 

Heck, for the first time in American History we have a President who bowed to the Royalty.  He did in fact bow to the Saudi King,  and if I remember right he hugged the Venezuelan Dictator.

And though I don't know for certain who he's working for, from everything I read and see on the News, I do know he's not working for us.

As the high cost of gasoline takes a toll on politics and pocket books, Obama said on Tuesday, April 28th, that he's calling on all Foreign Oil producers to increase their oil supplies to help stabilize prices. 

When Bush tried the same thing in 2008, the Liberal Media said he was looking for a handout from the Saudi King. The Saudis refused to act on Bush's request to step up production.

That refusal actually helped President Bush justify his actions to lift the Drilling Ban.  When gas prices skyrocketed to over $4 a gallon in July of 2008, and in California during that time gasoline was over $5 a gallon.  Something more than more television time was needed.

It took President George W Bush almost 6 months, but he brought it back down to just over a $1.60 a gallon Nationally and a little of $2 a gallon here in California.

That tells me that gas prices can be brought back down with allowing more Drilling Now.

Story by Tom Correa

A nice day on the beach with Robin (part 3)

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I mean, we just had a great time together. I did some shopping for
new clothes in the morning. And then we decided to go to beach.

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It was so liberating to spend time with a friend you can really talk to.
you know?
A person who is on the same intellectual level.
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Here is a great of Robin in mid-air!
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To this day I don't understand why he didn't have shorts with him that
day. :)
(teasing him hehe)
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I know that from the look of these pictures, I must look like a real
narcissist. I'm not, but you have to admit, that I am probably the
sexiest man who ever lived, right? ;)
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Thank you Robin for a wonderful day!






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A nice day on the beach with Robin (part 2)

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We then decided that our feet had been covered all winter. And it was
time to let them out.
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What can I say... day couldn't be any better.
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Robin didn't want to remove his shoes at first. But did it finally.
And just look how happy that made him. :)
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I'm not sure why I looked so suprised at this photo, perhaps I realized
how sexy feet I have... :)

I will post some more pictures soon. (we took a lot of pictures this day)









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Friday, April 29, 2011

A nice day on the beach with Robin (part 1)

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Here are some pictures from a most excellent day on the beach with my
great friend Robin.
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It was like if we skipped spring, and went directly to summer. It was
that hot that day.
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We talked, and walked. And had a wonderful day.
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I will post some more pictures later today.








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Compare a picture (Canon, Samsung & Iphone4)

I have grown more and more in love with my Iphone4.
You see the camera is really good on it.
But it is in no way a SLR camera.

So I decided to take a picture with my iphone,
my Samsung (WB2000) digital camera,
and I borrowed Saras SLR camera (Canon 1000D).

The result for this blog, is that I can totally use
my Iphone... don't you agree??

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I hope people in my life know how much I love them

As a consultant, you really learn that a job is just a job. Just a work place really. People come in and out from offices and work spaces.

Its not always who people really are. I wonder if people ever really reveal their insides.

Anyway... as you could probably guess from the sappy beginning of this post, is that today I was "sort of" fired.

The client ended the contract with my consulting company. But I happen to have the best consultant boss in the world! She has already booked me for a new job on Monday.

What is sad is that I suppose, that I feel sort of like... you know, that the work reflects you as a person. And I suppose, being only human, I can't devide what I know in my heart, and what my mind tells me.

I try to focus inwards. Into something pure, that I have no doubt about. I hope that people in my life know how much they mean to me, how important they are, and how much of who I am as a person is ONLY because of what they bring out in me.

When people see something nice in me, its because of the love I feel from close people around me.

Okay.. Im gonna go and purify myself now... *hmm...*

Have a great weekend my dear reader!


Thursday, April 28, 2011

THE KNIGHT'S ARMORY

Dear readers, thank you so much for your patronage.  Some time ago I posted an entry in which I indicated this blog would go inactive after the start of the New English Missal on November 27, 2011.  Shortly thereafter I received a flood of emails begging me not to quit blogging.  Some of them were very touching.  Many of them indicated that this blog has served as a "ministry" that has helped them in their walk of faith.  Some even stated that their conversion to the Catholic Church was due in large part to this blog. Needless to say, after such a flood of positive support and appeals to keep blogging, I talked it over with my wife and we decided I should keep it going.

Now with that said comes the other shoe to drop.  You will notice that in the upper corner of the left sidebar is a new link to THE KNIGHT'S ARMORY.  Actually, this is an old idea I had a long time ago, but it has now been resurrected for present use.  I don't really want to go into the details as to why I was contemplating a shut down of this blog a while back, but suffice it to say that my wife and I agree it needs to be a little more "productive" to justify the time I put into it.  Now there are many other bloggers out there who regularly ask for donations to their blogging ministry.  I have resolved from the beginning never to do this.  I received the message I preach free of charge, and I will not leave my readers with the impression that they should donate for the same message.  If it came to me free of charge, than I will pass it on to you the same way.  So instead of requesting donations, I decided instead to open a web store through Amazon.com.  That way my readers can shop to acquire actual things while a portion of the proceeds go directly to me, which in turn go toward my childrens' education in Catholic school.  So by shopping through THE KNIGHT'S ARMORY, you're not only helping this blogger, but you're helping his kids and their local parish school.  By simply clicking on the link, and visiting the store, you can order from the items I've provided, or you can search for more items (not necessarily Catholic related), and a portion of every dollar you spend helps us out.

I feel a lot better about doing it this way.  By taking donations, it would be like you're paying for what I write on this blog, and I've always resolved that I would provide this blog free of charge.  However, by providing a web store, you're getting something tangible for your money, and you're helping my family out at the same time.  The way I see it, this is the way it should be.

I am open to suggestions.  If you see an item that you think should be offered in THE KNIGHT'S ARMORY please let me know.  If you have any editing suggestions, I am open to that too.  Don't like a product you got through the ARMORY?  Let me know, and I may get rid of it.  The ARMORY is there for you, my readers, and I want to do the best I can to make it work well for you.  My email address is: thecatholicknight@gmail.com

So next time you decide to do a little web shopping, for whatever it may be, stop by THE KNIGHT'S ARMORY first, and click through before going on to whatever product you're looking for.  If you would like to bookmark it, here is the link: http://astore.amazon.com/thecatholicci-20

Thank you very much.  This helps my family and it helps keep this blog going.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

The Catholic Knight

DRILL NOW - Part Two - Price of Gas Under Bush

In Part One, we talked about ANWR and the need we have to utilize our own natural resources.

We all need that small 2,000 acre area in the 19 Million acre ANWR to be open to give us all some relief at the pumps.

We have the know how, the tools, and the capability. We know what the size of the proposed area is.  We also know how near it is to Prudhoe Bay and Sourdough Oil Fields,  which means that the logistics to getting men, food, and equipment that can be done without a lot of work. 

Subsequently, a place to start from would be close and ready.

What we do not have? Well, we don't have the will and the motivation of the White House. We don't have the leadership from Obama and the Democrats in Congress to Drill Now to help America in the future.

History is amazing really.  They say history has a way of repeating itself.  I'm just amazed that it's repeating itself so soon!

I can't understand why the politicians who lived through those high gas prices 3 years ago, just can't seem to understand that what's going on now with these high gas prices - went on in July of 2008.

It's as if they are purposely ignoring what to place just a few years ago. Gas prices rose to over $4.20 a gallon Nationally in July of 2008, and yes it was well over $5 a gallon here in California. And now, now it's happening all over again. Right now in 2011?

It looks like the prediction of $6 for a gallon of gas by this Memorial Day will come true. If it doesn't happen sooner. The increase in the price of gas will not only affect our driving, but everything connected to driving. Food prices, and like in 2008 - whether we can pay our mortgages or not. 

In July of 2008, everyone blamed President George W. Bush. The News Media ripped him a new one over the prices.  The Bush White House said gas at the pumps was high because of the Oil Speculators and the Ban on drilling for oil.

We Americans imported about 14 million barrels of Oil per day in 2007 the year before it spiked. 

That means American consumers sent about $340 Billion Dollars overseas in 2007 to build huge golden palaces in Dubai and Saudi Arabia.

And yes, we propped up unfriendly regimes around the World.

In 2007, the Democrat took control of both sides of Congress - both  the House and the Senate.  A year and half earlier, they stated that they wanted to increase the price of gas to $5 across our Nation.

If I remember right, in Al Gore's book he said that a minimum of $5 a gallon was the only way to stop Americans from driving and fight Global Warming.

I'm sure you remember the Global Warming scam the bilked a lot of people out of a lot of money and got Cities and States and the Federal Government to all put out a whole lot of Taxpayer dollars to address a problem that in reality was just a lie. 

The Environmentalist so-called experts who came up with that scam wanted to control people so much that they faked findings, falsified stats, and then we found out that their data was manipulated and could not be verified anywhere.

When I was younger we didn't call that a "Scam," we called a "Con Game."

Of course that didn't matter because everyone blamed George W. Bush for all of our troubles during his 8 years in office. The Liberal Media had a field day selling Global Warming to the American public, and yes the rest of the world was gullible enough to join in. 

It seemed as though every media outlet was blaming Bush. And while that was going on, Liberals were working their standard magic trick.  They say watch this hand while their other hand is stealing your wallet.

And yes, it has worked real well for them over the years with the help of the National Media.

It's actually amazing when you really take a look at how the Left in America has learned so much from the world's most ruthless Dictators over the last century.  Their concept of honesty is that if you get caught doing wrong, you don't come clean, instead you simply deny it and then divert the attention to your enemy even if he or she has done nothing wrong. 

Lies through a propaganda network.  Corruption and pay-offs.  I hope you haven't forgotten ACORN.  The huge voter fraud in 2008 by ACORN, who was funded by Leftist George Soros and the Obama Campaign. 

That's the Liberal Formula for winning. Political Control of the News Media is a big deal.  Throughout the 20th Century it is the way to success if you are a political movement.

If you don't think that that's the Liberal "Formula for Winning" in America, then just look at the Obama White House. They have now started their own propaganda wing of the White House that puts out stories with of course their own bias, and they don't care about the truth. 

Heck, they now even produce their own YouTube videos all nicely edited with no gaffs and all on message. And yes, they stay on message at every event. 

The message right now, Obama says, "We can't drill out of these higher gas prices!"   

That's right! For about the last month now, Obama's line has been, "We can't drill our way out of this problem." 


He said this without even trying to drill.

He says, "We can't drill out of these higher gas prices" because higher gas prices can't be fixed.  Why? Well he says it's because it is a sign that we are doing better economically. Then he went on to say by him "creating jobs" that this is a consequence of more people working.

No kidding, he really said this. And just this week, he blamed the Oil Speculators. Imagine that!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RV8aIXm4DY

Friends, we sit on vast reserves of oil, natural gas, and coal.

During World War II, America furnished 80 to 85% of all of the oil that all our Allies needed. Not just for American forces, but also for all of our Allied forces. A mere 15 to 20% of the oil used during World War II came out of Venezuela.

Right now, we have "known" oil deposits in Alaska that puts the "known" oil deposits in the Middle East to shame. In the last few years, Oil Companies have used billions of dollars to search for more oil around the world. And where have they found the biggest deposits? How about right here in the United States and the Gulf of Mexico.

America is sitting on top of massive Oil Fields that could potentially make America Energy Independent.

Thanks to new technology,  both ANWR and the Bakken Formation in North Dakota could boost America’s Oil reserves by some estimates at least 10 times the amount. This my friends would give America's economy a trump card against OPEC’s control on both oil supply and barrel prices.

It would make Saudi Arabian and Venezuelan oil irrelevant to our success as a Nation.  And of course, that would go a long way in stabilizing our Trade Deficit while also cutting the cost of oil by more than half.

The problem with Shale Oil in the United States is the same problem with ANWR.  We simply can't get the EPA and the White House to support our drilling and building more processing plants especially for Shale Oil recovery.

So why are we paying so much for gas?

Well, the Environmentalist, the Liberal Establishment, the Democrats, and President Obama all receive huge amounts of money from the countries that belong to OPEC.

And if you're saying that President Obama hasn't received any money from say Saudi Arabia, or Yemen, or Kuwait, then please look at who has contributed to his election campaign in 2008.

Those multi-million dollar campaign donations that came in from overseas came from countries wanting favors from the President Obama are from the richest companies and the wealthiest individuals from around the world.

Foreign oil, in especially those oil producing countries in the Middle East who produce 56% of all of the Oil Reserves on earth, donated millions upon millions of dollars to Obama's Campaign in 2008. Now, just as back then, they are Obama's biggest money contributors in his re-election campaign.

And if you think this all started when Bush  was in Office? Well it didn't.

The result of the high gas prices in July of 2008 was that people were forced to make a conscious choice between buying gas to get to work or pay their mortgage.

That's the conclusion of the majority of Economist in the United States, those who aren't owned by the Liberal Establishment, who don't have their heads in the sand.

The price of gas was single most identified factor for people in 2008 not being able to pay their mortgage. They had lost their ability to pay their mortgage. They had to make a choice, Gas or Mortgage?

I remember having to cut down on my travel, eating out, and even the smallest thing like driving to the grocery stores in Jackson. Driving to Jackson, where the nearest grocery stores are, means going on a 34 mile round trip. That's how far it is to the nearest Grocery Stores and back.

Yes, I know that not everyone lives in rural America. But friends, we all have to drive distances. America is distance. Whether it's distance going to town to get to the Grocery Stores as in the case for many who live on farms and ranches or just in small towns, or whether it's living in the city and suburbs and have to drive two hours to commute to work - we all drive long distances.

Here is a picture showing the how high some of the gas prices are in California.



This picture was taken in March 2011. It is of a Death Valley, California, Chevron station charging $5.40 for a gallon of regular. It also charges $5.62 for each gallon of 91 octane Premium, and $5.77 is their price for diesel.

With fuel prices steadily going up, there are some folks who are asking what will happen to the prices in stores, in restaurants, and everywhere?

Companies using trucks to bring in goods and food, and paying over $5 a gallon for diesel, will certainly have to pass on the cost to the us their consumers. The American people, we, us, you and I, will pay higher prices for everything.

And yes, it all starts at the pump when we fill up. We will all pay at the store when we buy milk for our kids. We will pay more when needing everything from clothes to toilet paper.

So what can we expect from the State and Federal Government today in the way of help? Well Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, all the top Democrats in Washing DC, wanted to add HIGHER TAXES at the pump!

That's no kidding! Yes, when the citizens need a break - the people running the White House these days want to break the people!

It wasn't always this way, the White House did fight for us and not against us once. 

Take for example in July of 2008 when it was $4.20 a gallon Nationally.  By November of 2008, it was just under $2 a gallon Nationally.  When George W. Bush left office in January of 2009, he left us with $1.52 a gallon of gas Nationally.


So how did Bush do it?

Well, he announced that he was open to drilling. Oh, and he meant it!

He also ordered the Department of Interior, to see why there was a hold up on Drilling Leases.  Since he was an owner of a small oil business, he knew what it took to start producing more oil in our Nation.  He got things rolling!  

Once that happened, the Oil Speculators took note that America was actually doing something for itself to bring down our hostage like dependence on Foreign Oil.  And yes, prices dropped.

So whenever Obama says, "We can't drill our way out of this problem" or "We can't drill out way out of Higher Gas Prices,"  well I see the Oil Speculator as being reassured that Obama is not planning on doing anything to reduce our dependence on Foreign Oil.  Subsequently, the price of gas goes up.

Why is Obama doing what he's doing?   Well from everything that I've read lately, it's all about money from Foreign Oil. They have a vested interest in keeping us dependent on their product.  They're no different than Drug Dealers who will buy politicians for favors.

In Part Three, I'll talk about how he's helping Foreign Oil rip off Americans!    

Story by Tom Correa

Chicken with sunflower pesto vermicelli and spaghetti

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Here is a picture I took from this recepie in "Linas Matkasse".
The meal: "Chicken with sunflower pesto vermicelli and spaghetti."

review: (best of 6+)
Tommy: 4
Sara: 1
I loved it, but Sara didn't like it at all because of the Parmesan cheese.
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