Baby Talk

Here is more from the guys at Powerlineblog and their Debt Contest. This is not just baby talk either.

Weight

For any interested Powerlineblog has been running a contest to see who could produce the best explanation of the national debt problem. Here is #8 in the judges opinion. I'll try and keep on top of the rest of them for you.

Reckless Endangerment

I finished this book on the financial collapse in the housing market that ricocheted through the economy affecting just about everybody. There are many questions in my mind, many of which were catalyzed by this book. The first question I have is "why aren't there a bunch of people in jail right now?" This includes a bunch of politicians, bankers, Wall Street big shots, mortgage brokers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac people and community organizing groups and union officials.

My reading has included several books on this particular topic and this is probably the best, because it is clear on who the major participants were, the greed that drove them and the attitude they had towards the rest of the citizens of this country and the people of the world. Read it, let me know what you think.

Salt and More Salt

This just came out in the Scientific American. There is controversy in diet and nutrition and we are not all subject to the same dogma because of genetics, metabolism, existing disease, etc, etc. I don't use a lot of salt because I just don't like the salty taste. Pepper however is another story altogether. The movie Fathead is worth a look at, especially if you have seen Supersize Me.

Eat The Rich Revisited

Courtesy of the legendary Iowahawk you may find this piece of Americana illuminating. This inspired post was the inspiration for Bill Whittle's video.

Neighborhood Wildlife

I went out to try a new camera lens out and I noticed the bikes parked in the driveway across the street. I assumed they belong to somebody, and sure enough look what showed up. You might find young women as cute as these three but I doubt you will find any cuter. For their protection I will withhold their names, but I see them around a lot.

Prager in the Review

I happened to catch this today. One doesn't have to agree with everything here, but they are food for thought and much of it does jibe with my observations of society.

Day Lilies Are Really Talking

I was out in the yard working and took some time to appreciate the day lilies in our yard. The cool wet spring we had with the warm temperatures now have been a flower's paradise.

NY's JFK Just Sucks

I plan on more regular posting in the next couple of weeks. We just returned from a trip to England. I'll have more to say about that in a couple of days. I have to talk about JFK Airport and the Immigration mess that I experienced there.

Our plane landed and they pulled us to the gate but we were told that we could not get off the plane because Immigration services were too busy. When we finally disembarked the plane we headed to clear Customs and we were shepherded down a hall behind some ropes. There appeared to be 3 or 4 other flights crammed into the hall. Our connection was about 90 minutes away from taking off to Salt Lake. We were handed a little card that said Quick Connect. Evidently we were supposed to kind of jump to the front of the line. After standing in the herd for 10 minutes I went back up to the shepherd girl and showed it to her. She said that we should go right in to a special line.

We headed in and followed the special line to a dead end. Asked by some Immigration worker why we were there we told him we were Quick Connect. Evidently we weren't supposed to be there. They sent us in a different line and we eventually made it so we had a shot of getting through. Looking around I saw a line of US citizens that had about 3-4 hundred people in it. I wondered why it took so long to clear US citizens through.

My thought process led me to think that Customs and the airlines could work together so Customs could have some idea as to how many people were coming in. Most of the Custom booths were empty, there was not enough man power there to do the job. And planes just kept coming and unloading more people. I suppose it could be shrugged off as Government in Action, but I think we deserve a little better than that. My advice is avoid JFK at all costs, especially on a weekend. Talking to some friends Miami seems to be much better at getting people through and my experience at Houston has been really positive.

Don't get me started on TSA.