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30 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Are lower gas prices good for America?

A couple years ago I blogged about ExxonMobil having record 3rd quarter profits because of higher gas prices. Since then almost every major gas company has had record profits every quarter. It hasn’t just been hurricanes driving up prices. The actual price of oil per barrel has shot up, too. It’s been a trend that [...]

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29 August 2008 ~ 1 Comment

The Presidential race is officially heating up.

It’s been a busy week in the political world. Barack Obama officially announced that Joe Biden would be his running mate, the Democratic Party held their national convention, and John McCain announce that his running mate would be Sarah Palin would be his running mate. Normally I don’t really pay a whole lot of attention [...]

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11 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Faith & Politics

These days it’s not popular to talk about religion or politics. That makes the email I got today so odd. Rick Warren, Senior Pastor of Saddleback Church in California, will be interviewing both presidential candidates for a nationally televised forum. The email he sent was soliciting questions to ask and prayer for wisdom.  This will [...]

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26 February 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Political Buzz

I’m starting to think that whoever ends up being the Republican Party representative (John McCain) might be doomed from the start. Not only does he have the negative associations that a lot of people have with George W. Bush, but no one is talking about him. Here in Texas, every commercial break on tv has [...]

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13 February 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Hillary Clinton as President would make the USA less safe

I assumed it was true before, but now that I’ve read this article from the Wall Street Journal I know it is true. If Hillary Clinton succeeds in her quest to become the next President our country will immediately become less safe. She is a politician in the worst sense. She makes decisions and holds [...]

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12 December 2007 ~ 0 Comments

UPS = Innovate Thinking

The NY Times has reported that UPS, the delivery company with the brown trucks, has reduced “28.5 million miles off its delivery routes, which has resulted in savings of roughly three million gallons of gas and has reduced CO2 emissions by 31,000 metric tons.” How did they accomplish this? By not turning left (when practical). [...]

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19 November 2007 ~ 0 Comments

University of California Marching Band

Whoever their marching band director is needs a raise. This is greatness!

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