Looks like an NCAA day for 2 and I on this Saturday. I've been asked to join a client at the Iowa-Purdue game in IC. 2 is coming along, although she and 4 may take in the game at a non-disclosed location. After the game, and any post game festivities, we're off to Indianola (south of Des Moines) to get to the Augustana basketball game with Simpson College. It will be a late night coming home.
There is little going on in Washington to create any economic confidence in the hinterland. Every big corporation is converting itself to a bank so as to be eligible to feed at the trough of the Federal bailout. GM and Ford are desperate, and the politicians in affected districts are lined up to plead for their constituents. American Express is now a bank. Srarbucks might be next. Paulson now says that the bailout money won't be used to buy bad paper, like the original intent. Rather, they want to get more capital into the banks. Ostensibly to have them with more money to lend.
So gas prices are coming down. Oil is down in the mid-50's. Explain to me why it was $145 this Summer. Supply and demand. Right.
Wait. Latest word: Exxon has just been reorganized as a bank. I mean, they do issue credit cards. They need a bailout. To find storage for their last quarterly profits.
Actually, if you look at the approximate $2 per gallon reduction in gas prices over the last few weeks, Americans are again receiving a modest economic "stimulus". This time at the pump. Say a 15 gallon fill-up once a week. $30 times pick-your-number-of-weeks and its not a small number. Certainly more than the $0 that I received on the first go-around. And more than the $0 that I'll likely be eligible for on the next brainchild from Nancy, Barney, Harry & friends.
I used to like the CMA awards show for the female stars that could make a man daydream about the possibilities. Now, the females on the show aren't old enough buy beer. Watching it has the feel of going to a high school musical.
4 is Daughter of the Day. This was on the last roll taken on my old camera. At the tailgate at the Hawkeye game last month. I'm not saying that the new Canon digital would have eliminated that glare, but the new Canon digital would have eliminated the glare. Or a second pic would have been taken. We're talking progress. Anyway, 4, you 'da girl!
Have a good evening/day.
BCOT
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What I want to know is why it can be $1.99 in Iowa and still $2.33 in California. Why does it cost more in San Ramon than it does in Brentwood, which is about 40 miles away from San Ramon? How does that make sense?
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