Allen November 29th, 2005
Charles admires good old skinflint Tom Coburn.
I’m beginning to think perhaps we need to get rid of the label Democrat and Republican. Those terms seem to mean less and less as time moves forward.
In a sort-of "truth in advertising" policy, we would have two political parties: The "Mama-Knows-Best" party and the "Just-Cut-Your-Damn-Hair-And-Get-A-Job" party.
The MKB would wrap each voter in a loving cocoon of security and safety. Well, it must be safe and secure cause you can’t see outside the cocoon to see what is going on. In the MKB-led country, you would never need to worry about having to make those painful decisions about finance and religion. Of course, it is a very expensive cocoon, but you really shouldn’t worry your little plebeian head about that.
The JCYDHAGAJ party wouldn’t pay for much and wants you out of the house pretty quick. Cause they’re tired of your lazy ass hanging around all day while they’re out working their fingers to the bone. Life can be brutal and tough in the JCYDHAGAJ-led country, but, strangely enough, the country as a whole seems to get more done than the MKB-led country.
The Christian Right? MKB. Most leftists and statists? MKB.
Libertarians and small government Republicans? JCYDHAGAJ. Old School Democrats (Zell Miller)? JCYDHAGAJ.
Allen November 29th, 2005
I really, really hate blogging about blogging.
But…
I’ve been incredibly busy at work, scurrying around interviewing users and working on programs and a documentation set. Given that we basically have a single computer at home (we really have another one that is very difficult to use), I haven’t been able to work much on the weblog from home.
All of this is a preface to say that I’m typing this on a laptop on which I finally got Damn Small Linux installed and the wireless card to work (for now). So perhaps I can start posting once again to my weblog.
I may loose Internet access with a new job that I might move to in the next few weeks (months?). Not that they don’t have Internet access, but rather it is a secured location that disallows even email to or from free sites (yahoo/hotmail/etc). So I doubt very seriously if they will let me post to my weblog during lunch as I am used to doing.
So if all goes well, the laptop with Damn Small Linux may be my ticket to posting more often to my weblog. This will be heartening news to all 3 of you who check here upon occasion. 
I may spend the rest of the night cleaning up some draft postings and clearing a bunch out that I no longer feel the need to discuss.
Good to be back, I hope.
Allen November 1st, 2005
In a quick-to-expire story, Yahoo reports that Katrina a Factor in Wash. Gas-Tax Revolt.
That is not so much of interest to me as a related paragraph:
Also in September, Hawaii’s wholesale gas prices were tied by state law to those of select mainland markets, an attempt to save island motorists from unfair prices at the pump.
Of course, you hear the same sounds as to how the US is going to start regulating the price of drugs that the pharma companies charge. Or how we will start importing drugs (which will have the same effect).
Unspoken in all of this is how this will drive down the supply of gas in Hawaii.
Put yourself in the shoes of a gasoline supplier in Hawaii and a mainland market. You can sell your gas for $2.67 (just picking a number at random) in both Washington (a state at random) and Hawaii. However, extra transportation costs, etc works out so that your cost of gas (as the supplier) is $2.50 for Washington or $2.60 for Hawaii.
Where would you want to sell your gas?
Me too.
What’s the Hawaiian word for "long queues at the gas pumps?" Sociawannamyway?