The biggest piece of crap legislation

Known as the Enron Loophole, this piece of crap was the brainchild of the wife of Senator Phil Gramm and the Wife of Tom Delay.

Hopefully, there will be some action to repeal this scrap of legislation that has allowed to commodity futures markets to create their own self fulfilling prophecies. We are all paying a price when the market are creating shortages on paper that translate to higher prices for consumers but no real shortage of actual supply.

As tankers loaded with crude sit in the gulf of Iran waiting for someone to buy them, we are paying  brutally high costs for things that are supposed to be in short supply.

H. R. 5660

Dallas News -Oil Insider Manipulation by fear

ICE, ICE, Baby - Ed Wallace | Star-Telegram.com

ICE, ICE, Baby, conclusion - Ed Wallace | Star-Telegram.com

We should be really angry. I am.

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Didya ever feel as if some was trying to hoodwink ya?

I was at the bike shop last Saturday for a ride. I arrived early but on the way, I noticed I needed some chain lube. I was already down the road aways when I came to this conclusion. Anyhow, I asked if they would throw some lube on my chain. The shop manager did and I thanked him. It was what happened next that caught me off guard.

While my bike was on the rack, and him going through the gears with the shifter, he decided to try to sell me on a shifter overhaul. I wasn't sure what prompted that question may answer was: Why? Oh the shifter's seem a little soft, "the Ergo rings sometomes crack" when So and So's shifters get like that, he has me rebuild them right away. First, these are Campy Record shifters that I know inside and out. Second, the bike is on a rack not on the ground. Bikes do tend to behave a little different on the road than what they behave like on the rack. Next, the Campy shifters aren't "one size fit's all" like the other brand. I can use cable tension as a tool for adjustment available for on the fly adjustment at any time. I tend to run mine a little softer than others may do but that is just me. I just don't like listening to the heavy "clunk" of the shift all the time.

I took off on the ride and had a great time. What was more impressive was just how crisp and clean the bike shifted, just as it generally does, unless both g-springs are broken.

I guess this was just an attempt to drum up business.

Anyhow, after the name drop of So and So, I ran into So and So at the park the next day and mentioned the conversation from the shop a day earlier. Anyway, So and So said I would probably be rebuilding his shifters the next time rather than the shop. He was tired of getting hosed.

I got robbed!

Cyber-crime has struck me and I am pissed.

I got online this morning after a premonition and a conversation. I looked at my balance and said WTF happened to my money! I opened my account tab on the website and apparently I paid 820.00 to some company on the east coast for some web seminar. I hit the ATM this morning insearch of $20.00. I opted not to get a receipt, I usually do. As I drove away, I thought, what if my account had some fraudulent action on it like in 2006? I got online at work and found the little issue and just thank my lucky stars I was vigilant enough to catch such an issue.

After a few minutes testing the maze that is telephone customer service, I finally reached someone who could help me. I also called the merchant regarding the issue and after some questions they confirmed that the transaction was initiated from Ghana (in Africa) for those unworldly travelers, and that they would credit my account but it may take days.

Anyhow, I found the banks to not be open after 4:00 unless it;s Friday. That bites, I now have to take off early in order to get a new debit card. No ATM card at the moment and I feel DIRTY!!!!!!!!

Economic Warfare

Well, if there was ever a time in this world that could ever be called Economic Warfare, we are now at the lions gate of such a beast. We now have economic giants of the world trying to topple governments by ruining currency values, overturning economies, ruining public trust and generally making life rather unpleasant for many.

We are now finding that fear is playing a tremendous role in various economies by spooking investors triggering the most volatile trading of commodities this country has ever seen. This is being brought on by massive dollars leaving the US and heading to the middle east as oil money and coming back as speculator money to keep the price escalating.

There needs to be some drastic action and it needs to happen very soon. First, someone needs to figure it out, we are at Economic War. Our very existence depends on quick and decisive action. First we have to figure out our weapons. No, it isn't conventional weapons of war or nuclear arsenals. It is the very earth, rather, what comes from it that holds the key to economic stability and recourse.

Now that the farm bill is going to be law, we need to stop feeding the world. Yeah, there are going to be some people hurt, some will even starve. Guess what, if it ain't them, it will be us. We need to make the dollar worth something again and sending it overseas ain't getting it done. Take care of ours at home, quit worrying about some mouth in Bangladesh or Rwanda. Let the wealthy bastards in Saudi Arabia handle it, if they muster the energy to lift a finger.

If the world can't afford fuel, economies of continents will stop. If the world can't eat, it won't matter.

It is time to kick OPEC's collective ass and take them on. If Hugo Chavez wants some shit, give him some. If Ahmadinejad wants world domination, lets give nothing but grief. They want to play hardball, lets play. Quit sending our domestic product overseas and quit sending money as well. Do not allow foreign investment on domestic energy and commodity markets and screen who plays the game. If some dentist in Sheboygan wants to buy 800000 barrels of West Texas Crude, he must have the means to store it at the time of purchase of the futures contract, otherwise get out. If you want to buy grain, buy it US dollars and transport it to US markets.

It is time to say FUCK the world, we are taking control of our situation. Creating worldwide panic has been their method now let it be their undoing.

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