If the rain holds off for another couple of hours I can get the place mowed. If not, there will be pressure to rename it Shaggy Acres. At least the Great Saturation of 2011 makes it unnecessary to water the tomatos, horseradish, and chives.
And speaking of farming, I wouldn't get too excited about that solid Senate repudiation of ethanol subsidies yesterday. It's part of one of those pretend bills which is going no where except into campaign talking points. Likewise its death blow to ethanol import taxes. The welfare queens of corn will not be denied their ethanol cocktails stirred -- not shaken -- with a golden straw.
Besides, if you read the reports even half carefully, a goodly slice of whatever money might be saved through reducing the direct subsidies would be re-shoveled into making you finance new E85-ready fuel pumps at the BP station near you. (Boot on their neck my ass, Mr. President.) One senator called it a necessary addition to our "infrastructure."
Jun 17, 2011
Jun 15, 2011
Don't Tell Me I'm Not Green
Green flora control
Green pest control
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As Cowboy Blob, proprietor of The Saloon of 1,000 Delights, says, "Nothing runs like a Deere." It is to him I owe the pistol photo.
(The twin JD318 tractors belong to the Camp Jiggleview, of which I am Commandant. They are assigned to the Base Maintenance Detachment, of which I am the garrison.)
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Green pest control
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As Cowboy Blob, proprietor of The Saloon of 1,000 Delights, says, "Nothing runs like a Deere." It is to him I owe the pistol photo.
(The twin JD318 tractors belong to the Camp Jiggleview, of which I am Commandant. They are assigned to the Base Maintenance Detachment, of which I am the garrison.)
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Comment of the Day
Tam has a riff on the feds banning rat poison, and commenter RJC said:
I was shopping for some rat poison. One brand said it killed rats up to 8 weeks. I told the sales clerk I was looking for something more permanent.
Jun 14, 2011
Ron Paul
I never intended this blog to hump for a candidate, but I think I'll make an exception.
Last night at St. Anselm's, Paul set himself apart. He said the American misery of 2011 is the logical result of 70 years of debasing the currency. He said the current crisis was predictable and certainly meant that it was predictable at any moment of the seven-decade runup to Weimar.
He also said the solution to the housing crises is to quit calling it a crisis. He said government should butt out and let home values fall to their actual worth, at which point they would find buyers and thus erase the market hangover of a million-plus "lender-owned" houses.
He said other things meant to engage the intellect of voters so equipped.
Too few, of course.
Love,
Don Quixote
Last night at St. Anselm's, Paul set himself apart. He said the American misery of 2011 is the logical result of 70 years of debasing the currency. He said the current crisis was predictable and certainly meant that it was predictable at any moment of the seven-decade runup to Weimar.
He also said the solution to the housing crises is to quit calling it a crisis. He said government should butt out and let home values fall to their actual worth, at which point they would find buyers and thus erase the market hangover of a million-plus "lender-owned" houses.
He said other things meant to engage the intellect of voters so equipped.
Too few, of course.
Love,
Don Quixote
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