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I just got back from seeing DieHard 4: Live free or die hard

This is hands down the best action movie of the year, and probably the best Diehard film to date! Bruce Willis isn't getting old, he's getting tougher, like a good steak. This movie starts out fast and accelerates like car out of control (and that's a good thing)! The bad guys are bad, and Bruce Willis cracks wise left and right.

Justin Long as Matthew Ferrell, a computer hacker turned reluctant hero makes a great sidekick for Willis. as they try to save John Mclaine's daughter, Lucy, played by Mary Elizebeth Winstead. The action is fast and intense and doesn't let up for a second, well, maybe a couple of seconds here and there to propel the story forward, but even then it's fun!

HA! It is to laugh...

Well, it's official, the world has gotten completely STUPID over global warming! The mayor of San Francisco, California has banned bottled water in all city departments (except where potable water is not in existence)

Apparently Mayor Gavin Newsom believes that using city tapwater instead of bottled water will reduce global warming due to the fewer plastic bottles going into landfills and water not having to be transported by truck. Uh, get a life Mayor Newsom! There are a lot better ways that you could conserve than by banning bottled water in city departments.

Have you tasted what city water usually tastes like in your average water fountain these days? It tastes horrible! If the water itself hasn't been ruined by the chemicals they put in it at the treatment plants, the rusty corroded pipes that transport it does the job! Most water fountains make the water taste of rust, and it's usually way too warm. If the water fountain is making the water nice and cool, guess what that means Mayor Newsom! It means that water fountain contains a cooling system which is operated through the use of refrigerants that are more harmful to our atmosphere than the trucks used to transport bottled water!!

Do I smell a Mayor who got pissed when he didn't get his kick-back money from the bottled water guy?

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Junebug in January...I was in a "blue" period ;)

High gas prices...are Big Oil & the Government really the bad guys?

You know, I was thinking the other day, that maybe the Big Oil Companies and the Government aren't really the bad guys as we've mostly made them out to be when it comes to high gas prices.

Now it hurts me to admit this, I think anyone who has ever visited my blog or knows me, knows that I'm a bit one-sided when it comes to this issue, and I'm certainly no big fan of the government. However, it occurred to me the other day as I filled my tank up at the price of $2.99 a gallon, where would we be today if we were paying $1.25 a gallon for gasoline as we were seven or eight years ago? Would we be buying hybrid cars, would we be discussing on a national level about alternative fuel sources and eco-friendly alternatives for power? I doubt we would be. We'd be driving our gas-guzzling SUV's and pick-up trucks without thinking about the money we're plopping down for the gas to run them. We wouldn't be looking for ways to wean ourselves off of our dependence on petroleum.

Now, if the Big Oil Companies were really in total control of the price of gasoline, and wanted to keep us dependent on them...wouldn't it behoove them to keep the price of gasoline low, so that we'd not be looking into other forms of fuel? I think it's going to take even higher prices for gasoline before the people of this country decide to take alternative fuels and eco-friendly vehicles seriously. A sustained price of $5.oo a gallon for gasoline is probably the minimum it would take to keep us on track to finding alternatives for petroleum. Let's face it, the minute gasoline drops a few cents, most people rush out to fill up their tanks and immediately take off on a trip or start driving around for no purpose other than feeling like they can.

If anything, the Big Oil Companies and the U.S. Government are helping to encourage the U.S. population to want these new alternative fuel sources and alternative vehicles. Because let's face it, if gasoline were to drop back to $1.25 a gallon, it wouldn't take two years for hybrid cars to go the way of the dinosaur, and alternative fuel sources like bio-diesel would become nothing more than a foot-note in the annals of history.

Terrorist's aren't enough, Bush wants "cold war"

President Bush isn't satisfied with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he'd like to ressurect the Cold War with the former Soviet Union. Bush isn't concerned with Russia's very verbal concern over his plan for a "missle defense shield" to be put in place in European countries.

Russia's leader, Vladamir Puttin, has stated that they will be forced to point nuclear missles at Europe in response to this missle defense shield.

We've spent years taking missles out of Europe, trying to reduce nuclear tension, and make the world a safer, saner place. Now it looks like all those years of work will be for nothing as every nuclear country will feel it necessary to step up their "defensive" capabilities.

I'm sure Mr. Bush doesn't see this as too much of a problem, after all, how much time does he really spend in Europe?

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No free speech even for Vets fighting for Democracy!

Apparently, even veterans who have fought in Iraq for "Deomocracy" have no real rights to free speech! Read here about Marine Cpl. Adam Kokesh, who is being penalized for practicing his right to free speech. The man has spent his time in Iraq fighting a war for our government that more and more people realize is nothing but a way for a few people to get rich, and when he gets home after being honorably discharged, he is punished for trying to help stop the war!

My GOD! When is everyone in this country going to wake up and realize who the real dictator is here! George W. Bush, and the cronies he's placed in places of power in our government. No wonder the U.S. is held up to ridicule everywhere in the world these days. It's our shame that we're taking so long to rectify the mistakes that were made immediately following 9/11.

TB patient bypasses border security....

If a personal injury lawyer can so easily bypass our countries border security, how can the Bush administration claim that we are protected from terrorists entering the country?

Read here how this lawyer flew not twice, but seven times and managed to get back into the U.S. even though his passport had been flagged that he was not to be allowed to cross back into the country, and that he was a public health threat.