Once again I missed my Friday date. I guess it's easy to see that I may not be destined to make this a worthwhile task. But I'll keep doing it just because it's a forum I can practice writing thoughts and opinions. If you want to stay involved, give me some ideas or topics that would be worth having discussions about. It will keep it interesting for you too.
On to today's topic.
I think it can be generalized that people migrate towards certain "types" of people. Whether that be strong personalities or tall, dark and handsome, those people have something that others desire.
As a parent, I can't wait to see if my children possess any of those qualities. My daughter Cara has made a new "friend" at preschool. It seems that there is already some sort of "triangle" involved in it as well. I saw a picture of their preschool today, and it appeared that her friend fit into the tall, dark and handsome category. The interesting thing is that Cara seems to be on the good end of the triangle, while another girl in the class is on the unfortunate end.
I have to thank my wife for this fortunate turn of events in my gene pool (insert your sympathy comment here). I know there's still a lot of growing up to do, and a four year old hardly is the end of your development. But at least it's a good start.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Fixing the World
Sorry I'm a couple of days late. I was busy building a shed and bringing my lovely wife on her first ever round of golf on Friday, and I just didn't get to it yesterday. If you've never been golfing, Susan loved it. She didn't hit the ball every time she swung the club, but she did get a few good hits in as well! It's a fun little hobby.
I've hinted before that I feel inadequate to solve the world's problems. I'm not "in the know" enough to know if my opinion is the same as spewing out a bunch of phlegm at a King's feast. But that doesn't (and shouldn't) stop us from forming opinions, but I like to ere on the side of caution when I have the stage.
Now, I would like to ask two questions to my faithful readers, and any new one's who you would like to bring in to this conversation.
1. - Did you approve of the bail out? What would you have done differently?
2. - What is your concept for energy independence.
For the record, I did not approve of the bail out. I don't believe the American people, nor it's government, can work smart enough to avoid the crisis, that is simply just delayed by the bail out. I hope to be wrong. I hope that someone with the right idea can pull the economy out, but I think it would have been best to let America fall, and then force the good ol' American pride to bring the country out of the depths.
As far as energy independence. I'll post my thoughts as responses to your comments. I will be more interactive with each comment this time and will continue to do so as long as my popularity amongst my readers can be controlled :)
Thanks for supporting this experiment.
I can't figure out how to respond to each comment individually, so I'll respond to them here. I really enjoy having this dialogue with friends. It makes me happy.
To Susan:
I agree that it's time to drill again in the United States, but I don't think it will solve all of our problems. Knowing you better than anyone else, I know you already know that. However, I don't know if you realize the congressional ban on drilling oil has lapsed (just recently) and won't be re-addressed until after the election. It is highly possible we will see new drilling soon.
To Leah Marie:
The term "appropriate" is very appropriate when you say "appropriate government oversight." My job deals with "appropriate" government oversight every day and I can't tell you how many regulations and procedures can be optimized, but all that happens is costs keep driving up. I'm frustrated with that in my job. I am very skeptical that "appropriate" can be achieved and I am betting you will see something along the lines of a $0.50 return to the dollar on this investment. I believe the American people hold the power.
I don't know where you're getting your figures of 10 to 15 years of oil resources is all we have within our borders. Obviously, Alaska is completely untapped. And despite the "save the Caribou" cries, most of the primary oil fields would be where it is primarily barren in the area and the impact to the environment is not nearly as bad as we are lead to believe. Also, when it comes to oil shale (here in my lovely back yard), it is estimated there is more resources there if it can ever be harnessed effecively, than there is in the current reserves in the Middle East and Venezuela combined. Now, after that long shpeal, I 100% agree that oil is not the wave of the future, but it will have to be the bridge. I am in awe of all the ideas that are coming out and am looking forward to see which one comes out on top.
To mytee sooperox:
It's good to hear from you and before I respond to your comment, I'd like to say you have a very long memory. I found your insight very interesting. While I've always considered "change of life style" a necessary component to this whole mess, but I've never considered it as the "only" consideration. While I am intrigued, and we have already seen the effects of what small changes can do by a large population (falling price of gas), my first reaction is that if used as the only path moving forward, it only delays the inevitable. I think now is as good as time as any to invest in more efficient AND renewable sources of energy. Without a change of lifestyle and new sources of energy, you simply push the problem to generations beyond our own. I'm all for doing what I can for the world in this generation.
I've hinted before that I feel inadequate to solve the world's problems. I'm not "in the know" enough to know if my opinion is the same as spewing out a bunch of phlegm at a King's feast. But that doesn't (and shouldn't) stop us from forming opinions, but I like to ere on the side of caution when I have the stage.
Now, I would like to ask two questions to my faithful readers, and any new one's who you would like to bring in to this conversation.
1. - Did you approve of the bail out? What would you have done differently?
2. - What is your concept for energy independence.
For the record, I did not approve of the bail out. I don't believe the American people, nor it's government, can work smart enough to avoid the crisis, that is simply just delayed by the bail out. I hope to be wrong. I hope that someone with the right idea can pull the economy out, but I think it would have been best to let America fall, and then force the good ol' American pride to bring the country out of the depths.
As far as energy independence. I'll post my thoughts as responses to your comments. I will be more interactive with each comment this time and will continue to do so as long as my popularity amongst my readers can be controlled :)
Thanks for supporting this experiment.
I can't figure out how to respond to each comment individually, so I'll respond to them here. I really enjoy having this dialogue with friends. It makes me happy.
To Susan:
I agree that it's time to drill again in the United States, but I don't think it will solve all of our problems. Knowing you better than anyone else, I know you already know that. However, I don't know if you realize the congressional ban on drilling oil has lapsed (just recently) and won't be re-addressed until after the election. It is highly possible we will see new drilling soon.
To Leah Marie:
The term "appropriate" is very appropriate when you say "appropriate government oversight." My job deals with "appropriate" government oversight every day and I can't tell you how many regulations and procedures can be optimized, but all that happens is costs keep driving up. I'm frustrated with that in my job. I am very skeptical that "appropriate" can be achieved and I am betting you will see something along the lines of a $0.50 return to the dollar on this investment. I believe the American people hold the power.
I don't know where you're getting your figures of 10 to 15 years of oil resources is all we have within our borders. Obviously, Alaska is completely untapped. And despite the "save the Caribou" cries, most of the primary oil fields would be where it is primarily barren in the area and the impact to the environment is not nearly as bad as we are lead to believe. Also, when it comes to oil shale (here in my lovely back yard), it is estimated there is more resources there if it can ever be harnessed effecively, than there is in the current reserves in the Middle East and Venezuela combined. Now, after that long shpeal, I 100% agree that oil is not the wave of the future, but it will have to be the bridge. I am in awe of all the ideas that are coming out and am looking forward to see which one comes out on top.
To mytee sooperox:
It's good to hear from you and before I respond to your comment, I'd like to say you have a very long memory. I found your insight very interesting. While I've always considered "change of life style" a necessary component to this whole mess, but I've never considered it as the "only" consideration. While I am intrigued, and we have already seen the effects of what small changes can do by a large population (falling price of gas), my first reaction is that if used as the only path moving forward, it only delays the inevitable. I think now is as good as time as any to invest in more efficient AND renewable sources of energy. Without a change of lifestyle and new sources of energy, you simply push the problem to generations beyond our own. I'm all for doing what I can for the world in this generation.
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