Environmentally friendly commuter transportation or foxy head-turning automobiles?

You make the call.

Nice idea but I prefer a two seater, it takes two to tango, if you know what I mean. This baby makes more sense to me.

While thinking about the subject of driving, I'm compelled to jot down some of the mundane annoyances that I usually encounter on my commute to work.

• When there's traffic behind you, always drive 8-20 MPH below the posted limit.
  
• When traveling with pets, make sure they sit on your lap with half their body hanging out the window.
  
• Use the top of your car to transport cargo and make sure everything is loosely tied, if tied at all.
  
• When carrying large things on the roof of your car, drive with your left arm out the window and use your feeble little hand to keep the cargo from falling off.
  
• Whenever possible, cut off other drivers and slow down.
  
• Slow down drastically for every little bump in the road.
  
• Whenever you see a police car, even parked, slam on the brakes and drive 15-20 MPH slower than the speed limit.
  
• While traveling down residential streets, drive 2 MPH and look at all the houses and landscaping. In fact, look everywhere except out the front windshield.

Bullshit

We live in a world of “bullshitters”, but what the hell does the word really mean? Research shows that the average pound of the stuff is constituted thus:

Audacity, Lies, Exaggeration, Gastric wind, Humor and a very tiny bit of truth.

The ability to sling it is a gift, some people are born with it others work hard to obtain the ability.

Bullshit is the instance where the choice is made not to offer a rational explanation or a thoughtful, honest response but to sling a load in the face of the situation instead. The verb to sling is key. Imagine throwing a load of wet material against a wall and waiting to see if it sticks. Bullshit is not offered, you do not put it forth … you sling it. On a rare occasion you may find a willing and receptive audience where you can serve it up but that is a rare occasion indeed.

Be careful, always leave the bullshitting to the professionals – public relations people, sales people etc. Never put yourself in a position where you have to say "did I just say that"

A good load of truth always and immediately neutralizes the most powerful bullshit. Keep that in mind next time you see some being loaded up and getting ready to be slung your way.

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Man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

Corporate Responsibility?

Gabriel Bell makes sense out of the nonsense.

There was a time when the phrase "Corporate Responsibility" wasn't the outrageous oxymoron it has become. There was a time when it meant that corporations were responsible, vaguely ethical entities in this country. There was a time when it meant that Corporate America felt as if it had to answer to the stockholders. Those were the good old days. Alas those days are gone.

While we were all busy investing in Corporate America, our eyes glazed over in the face of ever escalating stock prices and personal paper wealth, we lost sight of something vital. We forgot phrases like "those who fail to remember the past are condemned to repeat it". In our mad scramble to amass wealth, we forgot that, at times, stock markets the world over can be volitile and even, dare I say, risky. We forgot. We got lazy. We cared only for reported earnings, profits, assets and stock tickers. We forgot that behind every faceless corporate monolith there were people. And we forgot that people are flawed and greedy.

And now, many of us are paying for our lack of hindsight and insight. It's too bad foresight is never 20/20. With 401k earnings and investments vanishing faster than you can say 'Enron', we are finally beginning to awaken to the fact that Corporate America has little, if any, sense of responsibility.

BET: Usher Wins Best Male R&B Artist, B2K Takes Viewers' Choice Award!

A house in Pinedale, Ariz., is consumed by the Rodeo Fire, Thursday. Authorities announced Friday that the mammoth fire racing through eastern Arizona had grown to 120,000 acres.
(AP Photo/The Daily Star, David Sanders)June 21, 2002

Proud to serve
I've been a licensed Amateur Radio operator since 1994, (Call sign N2IJ). There are over 700,000 of us in the U.S. and most people are not aware of the contibutions we have made over the past several decades. It's great to see some recognition being realized, and by none other than "W" himself.

White House Greets Amateur Radio Operators

President George Bush has sent his greetings to all Amateur Radio operators, acknowledging their role in emergency communications and in generating international good will. The White House letter comes as hams in the US mark Amateur Radio Week June 16-23 and prepare to participate this weekend in ARRL Field Day--an emergency preparedness exercise.

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"I salute amateur radio operators for your work on behalf of public safety officials," the President said in a letter dated June 18. "I also commend your interest in communicating with persons in other parts of the world and learning about other cultures and countries. Your involvement builds understanding and goodwill around the globe."

The President's letter acknowledged ham radio's "important role in emergency communications, assisting law enforcement personnel and other emergency services as they carry out their responsibilities."

ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, expressed his delight at the presidential communication. "I'm extremely pleased that the president has decided to recognize the accomplishments of Amateur Radio operators throughout America," he said today. "Amateur Radio is a real asset to America, and even more so after September 11. Amateur Radio has always played a big role in disasters and emergencies, and I'm very proud of it."

President Bush said First Lady Laura Bush "joins me in sending our best wishes."

Governors in several states have issued proclamations designating Amateur Radio Week or Amateur Radio Month.

Want to learn more about Amateur Radio, it's many technical aspects and how to get licensed by the FCC? Visit The national Association For Amateur Radio

Oops, Sorry
Ray Krone spent the last ten years in prison. Two of those years were spent on death row. But recently, DNA testing proved that the crime for which he was convicted was actually committed by another man. So Ray Krone got an apology and fifty bucks.