Imagine I blindfolded you and played the following clips back to back. Barring the obvious–and downright spot on commentary by Jack Cafferty–which gives it away, I think a a lot of folks would have a tough time telling the two apart. Funny? Sad? Or Terrifying? You decide.
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Black Monday, D-Day, the Kennedy assassinations, the Challenger explosion, 9/11 – mark September 19, 2008 among these momentous, yet tragic dates in American history. More importantly, add this to the ledger–9:oo AM E.S.T. This is the moment the bells on Wall Street came alive and the glow of the American empire irrevocably dimmed.
While the market […]
It’s been a while since my last post–some $24 dollars a barrel ago to be precise. Yet despite the escalation in oil and biodiesel prices, I have added another mount to my diesel stable: an immaculate 1983 240D with 112K actual on the odometer. My mechanic praised the condition of the vehicle, but went nuts […]
“If, by some magic, we could transport ourselves back to the days of the early Latin farmers, we should see a picture of a well-populated countryside with the land divided up into a number of small farms, often not exceeding five acres in extent.” — “Reconstruction by Way of the Soil” by G.T. Wrench
Not even […]
As the cost of petrol-diesel is rising to historic levels, so are the questions I’m receiving from friends now taking a closer look at biodiesel–many of whom, I should note, scoffed at the thought of swtiching when prices were lower. It’s kind of a sad statement that most Americans are more affected by pain in […]
Was filling up at Jay’s Garage and spotted a fuel truck sporting one of my B100 stickers. Kind of rad to see!
No this isn’t some Hannity-esque rant on obliterating the axis of evil and spreading freedom via the barrel of an AK-47; it’s simply a real life anecdote that illustrates how switching to biodiesel isn’t always the utopian hempfest it’s made out to be. After hundreds of miles of solid performance, the specter that haunts biodiesel […]
When I decided to switch to biodiesel, there was little to slow me down. As a dyed-in-the-wool Gen X’er whose opinions of the world were formed in the doom and gloom haze of King George the First’s recession, Magic Johnson’s AIDS announcement and Kurt Cobain blowing his head off, biodiesel offered a new way to […]
When I think about my first attempt at raising a vegetable garden, one word comes to mind: naive. What I thought was as simple as raking up some fresh earth, popping some seeds in the ground and putting a sprinkler on a timer, was one of the most difficult tasks I’ve ever undertaken. From learning […]
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The Omnivore\’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Visions of Glory by William Manchester
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins