Wish us Luck!

Hey guys did you miss me, ol’ Fred the Cat?

Two weeks in a row I’ve spent two nights in the vet’s clinic boarding area. And you know what? I’m getting soft in my old age. I didn’t terrorize one single employee there. They are so sweet to me that I just don’t have it in me to scare or scar any of them anymore.

Something’s afoot here at the Pop household. I think I know what it is and if I’m right, it could be a quasi good thing for me and a great thing for Pop and Mr. Pop. Actually, it would be a fun thing for me. I can’t tell you the details now because we don’t want to jinx the possibilities. Let’s just say it would add even more love to our household.

I better leave it there for now. If it works out I’ll let Pop tell you as soon as she knows for sure. Just to be clear, no she’s not going to have a baby. Egad, that would not be fun for me or her at this point.

Have a great weekend and feel free to guess what’s going on here.

Sincerely,
Fred the Cat (the cat who loves you guys!)

Was it a part of a plan?

The ever increasing gas prices have benefited someone. They have benefited people like Ted Stevens of Alaska along with all the others who have been drooling to drill for oil all over and around the United States.

As they sat by and watched prices soar to the point of strangling the American public, they were happily awaiting the public to cry “uncle” and beg for drilling here in the US. When you make it such that the public is cutting back on food in order to purchase gasoline, the environment is sadly pushed to the back seat. I fear that is exactly what is about to be done.

Notice when Republicans talk about weaning our country from oil, they always say “foreign oil”. They have no serious intentions that I can see to wean the country off oil, they just want to substitute American oil.

What Should be on my Shopping List?

The microwave I have was used when I got it. It’s a Gold Star and it’s at least 15 years old. I know that because I have had it that many years. This thing is so old that it has a dial rather than pushbuttons. It has no light inside and no revolving action, and no clock. It offers no choices except the amount of time it runs.

Catering to my frugal self, I have made do with my dinosaur microwave saying that I wouldn’t replace it until it died. Recently I have arrived at the sad conclusion that the thing is indestructible.

Because I am so tired of looking at it and all its ugliness, and because I am so tired of people coming to my house, seeing it and commenting on how ancient it must be, I’m up for shopping for a new one. The dinosaur will be donated to the thrift shop.

I have no idea what brand to look for as I shop. So here’s where you come in. What kind of microwave oven do you have? What do you like or dislike about it? What features do you like or dislike and which ones do you feel are absolutely mandatory?

I sincerely will appreciate all recommendations and suggestions.

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We are off to the Daytona area for a couple of days. Mr. Pop will be giving classes to people who will be monitoring the sea turtle nests on the beaches up there, now that hatchlings will soon be emerging.

Judging by one visitor’s comments here at this site last week, I guess he would prefer that we walk from here to Daytona, the equivalent of a three hour car trip. Not gonna happen.

Senator Clinton needs Senator Obama?

We hear that there might be a possibility of an arrangement where Senator Obama might hold benefits to try to raise money to help Senator Clinton pay off her campaign debts.

If Senator Clinton can’t raise the money herself and has to turn to Senator Obama for his influence, what does that say about Senator Clinton and Senator Obama?

Who would give money at such an event? I know that not one cent would come from my purse. Why would I, a supporter of Senator Obama, want to give money to someone, who has a combined wealth with her husband of over a hundred million dollars, to help them clear up a debt that is estimated to be around twenty one million?

Tripping

Today Mr. Pop and I are off on another trip. This morning we’ll driving up to Gainesville Florida. He has a meeting there tomorrow and I’m going along for the ride and the fun.

I haven’t been to that part of Florida in a long time so I’m looking forward to visiting the area again. Nothing in the world like a big college town and the home of the Gators is one of the best. Although having lived in Knoxville, Tennessee some years back, the home of the Vols is also one of my all time favorite places.

We’ve going to stay over Thursday night and return home sometime Friday. We have such a good time traveling together. I look forward to laughing, exploring and sharing it all with my sweetheart.

See ya either Friday or perhaps Saturday, depending on what time we get back on Friday. I doubt Fred the Cat will have a post this weekend because I’m sure he’ll be in a snit from having to spend two nights at the vets. The only upside for him is that when he’s there he gets to terrorize everyone who works there. He puts on his bad self to max.

Be sweet and I’ll see you soon!

Pandering? Yes, but there’s more

A possible upside to Senator Clinton and Senator McCain offering the American public a gas tax holiday is they are attempting to buy your vote for thirty dollars or so. With everything else being so expensive, it would appear that the price to purchase a vote is relatively inexpensive.

There are numerous downsides to the tax holiday. Besides encouraging more gasoline purchases, there may also be a desire by some to hoard gasoline in tanks or cans at home. The possible disasters there are obvious. Of course the fact that one hundred top economists say it’s not a good idea should be noted also.

But here’s the bottom line as far as I can see. Even if this was a fantastic idea, how in the hell would this get the approval of congress before the summer and what are the odds of the bill receiving a big fat veto from the president?

So if you and I know these things, wouldn’t you expect Senators Clinton and McCain know them as well? So are the senators being deceptive? Is anyone up for more deception these days? I don’t think so.

Without Credible Reason

I think there are some white people who would never ever vote for Senator Obama or any other black man or woman.

Perhaps these same people cannot condone giving up what they see as their last grasp on their superiority over African Americans. If a black man can become president of the United States he will have achieved a position that has until now been the private domain of white males. I don’t know if seeing a black man in the oval office frightens these people or angers them or both. They may vote for Senator Clinton because, even though she’s a woman, at least she’s a white woman.

These are the people you could talk to until you were blue in the face and you just couldn’t change their mind. They are so comfortable in their denial that they have no desire to change. They may be poor or ignorant or whatever but they take pride in the fact that at least they aren’t “black”. To them that elevates them in some way, even if it’s only in their own mind.

I believe I can backup my opinions here by telling you that my own father would have been one of these people. If he were alive today he would be one of the people that this post describes. No matter what else he was, poor, a drunk, a terrible father and husband, he took pride in the fact that at least he wasn’t black.

Of course his reasoning was not credible and made no sense in any way, but I suppose in his mind that fact buoyed him above the harshness of his own reality in some pathetic way.