Some of my recent blogsurfing has led me to some old friends with whom I haven't spoken in years. The most recent one I stumbled across was Josh "Stook" Stuckey, an Auburn native who relocated to Minneapolis, MN to pursue a career in music.
Apparently, Stook released an album in January of 2006 entitled "The Soundtrack to My Minneapolis," which is a strangely appealing blend of blusey folk/acoustic styles with some very engaging lyrics, performed in the gruff, raw manner which those of us who know Stook would totally expect. It's tasty stuff...check it out.

A "free listen" is available HERE.

An in-depth review of the album is available HERE. More reviews HERE.

The official STOOK website is www.stookmusic.com where you can buy the full-length 10 song album.

It should be noted that Stook was my boss in high-school, when I worked at an Auburn sub/pizza shop. All I can say is, "good times!"

Special Bonus Feature!!! This hilarious pic and snippet came from the same post!!! I love it when a plan comes together. Thanks to "The Atheist Jew" for a few good laughs.

Quote of the week: "Oh and you mocking me is like a Down's child mocking Einstein.Your lack of understanding and intelligence doesn't surprise me. Vox is pretty smart, and opposites do attract. My wife is limited intellectually too." The Atheist Jew Homepage 03.29.06 - 11:19 am

Just a few little side-notes to the recent time-change humbuggery:


From Webexhibits.org:

Time Change Riots

Patrons of bars that stay open past 2:00 a.m. lose one hour of drinking time on the day when Daylight Saving Time springs forward one hour. This has led to annual problems in numerous locations, and sometimes even to riots. For example, at a "time disturbance" in Athens, Ohio, site of Ohio University, over 1,000 students and other late night partiers chanted "Freedom," as they threw liquor bottles at the police attempting to control the riot.

Believe it or not, I actually attended a couple of these Mardi-Gras style street parties. Now they don't even compare to OU's annual Halloween bash...but it was still hilarious.

This is how Ohio University advises students on the yearly debacle:

What should I expect from local law enforcement?
You can expect that law enforcement personnel will enforce the law. Police from the City of Athens and Ohio University will work together to keep streets clear and open, to prevent overcrowding of sidewalks, to insure the safety of people and property, and to otherwise enforce all local and state laws.
As you know, it is illegal to block a public street. It is illegal to remain in a place after ordered by the police to disperse. It is illegal to drink alcohol if you are under 21 years of age. It is illegal to have an open container of alcohol in your possession in any public place. It is illegal to possess or consume illicit drugs. It is illegal to urinate publicly. It is illegal to destroy property. It is illegal to assault others. It is illegal to be disorderly. These and all other laws will be firmly enforced.
In addition to traditional enforcement, you can expect that police and city officials will be recording activities using video and still cameras, and that they will pursue prosecution of individuals identified through these means.

What if I just go to watch?
You can be arrested for failure to leave when a police officer tells you to leave and/or for blocking the sidewalk. In the past, students who said they attended simply to watch have become drawn into illegal activities and have been arrested and/or disciplined.

What if I get arrested?
You will be booked at the local police station.
You will be transported to the Regional Jail in Nelsonville.
If you post bond, you may be released and would need to find a ride home.
You will have to appear in court; you may decide to hire an attorney.
If you are found guilty in court, you could face a fine, community service and/or jail.
You will be referred to University Judiciaries.

Why can I be referred to Judiciaries for something that happens off-campus?
According to University rules about student behavior, you can be referred for behavior whether it occurs on-campus or off-campus. You will be referred to University Judiciaries if it is alleged that you have violated the Student Code of Conduct, regardless of where the behavior occurred.

There is more to read from OU HERE.

The state also mandated OU to withhold student aid dollars from persons convicted of certain riot related crimes. Read more HERE.

Do I think this will be a problem in Fort Wayne? No. I just wanted people to realize that the only folks out there that get enraged enough about DST are drunken students.

Well, there are these guys (also from DST on Webexhibits.org):

Palestinian Terrorists
In September 1999, the Palestinian West Bank was on daylight saving time while Israel had just switched back to standard time. West Bank Palestinians prepared time bombs and smuggled them to Arab Israelis, who misunderstood the time on the bombs. As the bombs were being planted, they exploded—one hour too early—killing three terrorists instead of the intended victims—two busloads of people.

DST saves the day!!!

Otherwise known as the "Pat White Show" time-slot...

Check out Fort Wayne Observed for the details!

Mitch does mention that a "FWOb reader criticized the choice to put Zimney on the poll in the first place." By my recollection, Pat White made the same criticism on the air, saying "Newsman Jon??? Newsman Jon is winning???" Then of course he recanted, stating that The Pat White Show is a "Team Effort." HA! Sounds like somebody who saw where that poll was going before all the votes were in!

Congrats, Jon Zimney! Hopefully it will be your show soon and they ditch the bottom two performers. I personally would LOVE to hear a Jon Zimney & Pat Miller Show (as a duo) every day instead of Dumb & Dumber.

I actually TIVO'ed this commercial so I can watch it over and over. My wife thinks I'm a jackass, but it makes me laugh every time.

Yesterday, the Journal Gazette ran a short piece discussing an upcoming event at Concordia High School. This event (coined "Celebrate Creation Week") will include several guest lectures by Mike Riddle, a speaker on creation from Answers in Genesis, a Kentucky-based non-denominational organization.

Of Mr. Riddle's lectures, Concordia's science department chairman Mervin Koehlinger says:

“He will emphasize the fact that in the past the church has been willing to reinterpret the Bible according to what science was saying. We don’t have to do that. We can interpret science in light of what the Bible is saying.”

Wow, is that backwards. Seems to me like the scientific community has done quite well with the "burden of proof" over the years. The same can NOT be said of those who strictly interpret Biblical passage.

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Scrap 2000 years of logic and research by using a 2-millennia-old book full of metaphors as a scientific benchmark.

Folks, I'm all about people teaching kids this stuff at Sunday School, but Monday-Friday school should really be more calibrated to cold, hard facts. These kids have to leave the nest sometime, and I would hate to think this is what they are being taught in lieu of actual science. Perhaps they will be prepared for a lustrious scholarly career at Whittenberg...but if this is the scientific knowledge they are touting...they will get SHREDDED at state schools.

People can believe anything they want, I certainly will not even try to stop them...but c'mon folks, give your kids a chance! It has been accepted practice for a VERY VERY long time to explain Biblical events through science. I (as a Lutheran) have always been extremely comfortable rationalizing these accounts/stories by using science. I am NOT, however, comfortable with turning that process inside out. It seems to me like that whole cart/horse thing. But what the hell do I know? I'm just a lowly blogger.

Today, WOWO reports that:

Fort Wayne School officials have had little success keeping students from
accessing blogging websites on school computers. It took students just days to
hack their way around blocking software. School officials say the sites distract
students and make them vulnerable to on-line predators.

Now, I hate to sound too prick-ish about this, but it seems to me that the local schools should be embarrassed. Outwitted by those meddling kids again...

On a side note: Does anyone really think that the "vulnerability to sexual predators" is actually the primary concern of the schools here? I'm thinking they probably just don't want to see an on-line repeat of the Carroll fiasco...

Just out of curiosity, when are kids finding the time to blog? Shouldn't they be in class, ummm....say, LEARNING or something?

In the article Family relives horror to fight killer’s parole, Journal Gazette reporter Frank Gray takes a look at a bizarre occurence in Indiana's laws which has literally allowed a brutal murderer to become elligible for parole.

Makes you wonder which is sicker: Some scumbag who killed a 19-year-old girl by stabbing her 96 times, or the penal system that decides he should be able to get out of his cage?

How sad.

William Larsen began yesterday with great flare by firing a well-deserved shot over the bow of long-time Journal Gazette editorial editor Tracy Warner.

Read Larsen's post here.

Then over on Warner's blog, Larsen takes him to school.

Sweet.

Where: Hicksville, OH
When: Sat. March 26, 2006
What: Exploding transformer at an AEP Ohio Stepdown Station
Sorry the pictures are so blurry...didn't feel like getting close enough to inhale the toxic fog from the potting compound or mastic...

I was directed to a relatively new blog authored by Robert Rapier, a chemical engineer. His blog primarily discusses the vastly interesting world of alternative fuels from a scientific (not political) standpoint. You will find this blog permanently linked at the right side of J4TR.com so that when alternative fuels become a matter of conversation or debate, this very bright man's material is readily accessible.

Beginning in 1994, the Fedayeen Saddam opened its own paramilitary training
camps for volunteers, graduating more than 7,200 "good men racing full with
courage and enthusiasm" in the first year. Beginning in 1998, these camps began
hosting "Arab volunteers from Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, 'the Gulf,' and Syria."
It is not clear from available evidence where all of these non-Iraqi volunteers
who were "sacrificing for the cause" went to ply their newfound skills. Before
the summer of 2002, most volunteers went home upon the completion of training.

A newly released prewar Iraqi document indicates that an official representative
of Saddam Hussein's government met with Osama bin Laden in Sudan on February 19, 1995, after receiving approval from Saddam Hussein. The document states that further "development of the relationship and cooperation between the two parties to be left according to what's open [in the future] based on dialogue and agreement on other ways of cooperation." The Sudanese were informed about the agreement.

First off, I want to state for the record that these reviews are not designed to be pretentious, snobbish, Robert Parker-esque profiles of wine containing off-the-wall analogies and boring anecdotes of how certain wines rouse the emotions and bring one to climax with their seductive, titillating flavors. Furthermore, I need to inform all of our visitors that I am not a certified wine expert with any professional accreditations. I did, however, work for a local alcoholic beverage retailer for 5 years hand-selling boutique wines, which afforded me the opportunity to sample a very large number of labels (at a substantial discount).

TODAY'S LABEL: Barale Langhe Chardonnay 2004

For the white wine drinkers that are turned off by the over-oaked, Napa Valley Chardonnays and are looking for something that is crisp and clean with wonderful, bright citrus and tropical fruit flavors, this is definitely well worth your time and money. Make no mistake, folks; when I tell you that this has tropical fruit flavors, I am not telling all of you Bartles & James or Bahama Mama (or even Riesling and Moscato D'Asti fanatics) to go out and and swoop this up. The appealing feature of this wine is the bracing acidity, which keeps all of the flavors together and provides a substantial amount of definition (Translation: For anyone wearing a flannel shirt, a trucker's mesh hat, or a tank top with a drool stain down the chest: this wine is very, very dry and may be a bit of a shock to the palate for all those that think Boone's Farm makes great wine).

Overall, if ranked in a class among similarly-priced wines, this is a tremendous value. I found it on sale at the Belmont Beverage at Time Corners for $10.98. Also, take note of the fact that it is in the same portfolio of wines that are distributed by Visentin Imports out of Ossian. This is the same local company that brought to Fort Wayne the wonderful, value-based line of San Giulio wines, which you can find on all of the Casa restaurants' wine lists. Lake season is around the corner and as the weather gets warmer, keep this one in mind for any backyard soiree where fish or pasta with cream sauce is being served.

J4TR.com Scorecard Ranking for $6-$12 wines: 9 out of 10

Considering the droves of brainless leftards that flock to www.dailykos.com every day to get their marching orders, I find it interesting that they do not have their #1 and #2 advertising slots filled (special instructions for any Democrats that might be reading: click to enlarge photo, look to the right of the green arrows). I suppose it's because they are pandering to the numerous (and often HILARIOUS) cause-head boycott lists ranging in focus from "Save the Whales" to "Free Sex Changes for Everyone!" Or maybe it's that companies don't want to be associated with that kind of hate-speak regardless how much traffic they draw...

Of course it's also possible that a bunch of loud-mouth know-it-all college students and egomaniac hippies (of all ages, shapes and sizes) just don't have the money to make advertising to them worth a squirt of $#it.

In a post from yesterday, blogger Michael Turk makes some interesting observations about Democratic Party fundraising. My favorite:

When you're being outplayed on the ground, why beg for money in every single e-mail you send? They proved in 2004 that more money doesn’t equate to winning.

True...true.

This is very interesting. It might not mean anything, but if nothing else, it warrants a phone call to Marla Irving to get her take on the issue.

This weeks winner: National Serv-All
Thanks so much for all of the garbage you dumped up and down my street, pricks. It was fun to go clean up garbage that my neighbors and I ALREADY collected to our hoppers. Hey, at least you're efficient. I'm sure it saves room in the landfill if you leave half of the garbage strewn about the landscape as you exit the neighborhood. See below for actual photos taken within two minutes of the time the garbage truck left my cul-de-sac. The red shaded areas indicate garbage that was NOT there before the Serv-All truck came through. In the lower picture, you can see my neighbor who was in the road cleaning up after the people who get paid to clean up after us.

So I guess the real question is which of these guys is the Duke and which is the Hogg? The following story from NewsMax indicates Duke's Piggin' days are almost through! With millions worth of supposed bribes and scandalous-looking transactions and deals...Randy Cunningham definitely deserves the white suit (but he looks like hell in it!).

'Duke' Cunningham's Loot to Be Auctioned

Silver-plated candelabras. A cedar-lined lingerie cabinet. Persian rugs. An oak hutch carved with lions' heads, tree limbs and acorns.
The spoils from former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's bribery scheme - a household of valuable antiques, rugs and home furnishings _ will be auctioned off by the government Thursday to help cover the back taxes and restitution he owes.
The public was given a preview Tuesday of the loot, which was laid out in orderly rows in a warehouse near Los Angeles.
Cunningham, who was sentenced earlier this month to more than eight years in prison for taking $2.4 million in bribes, received the items from defense contractors in exchange for helping them win government contracts.
"Lavish," said Jim Sudomir, a retiree from Fallbrook, summing up Cunningham's lifestyle as he looked over the display. "If he was going to be a crook he should have been a smarter one. He thought he was above all that. ... Look where he's at now. He's in jail."
The inventory reveals that the contractors spared little expense to appease Cunningham's collector's tastes.
There is a leather sofa. A solid cherry sleigh bed. Nearly a dozen rugs. Marble-topped nightstands, armoires and sideboards, many featuring stained glass, brass fittings and intricate carvings.
"There's a real mix of different styles - Art Deco, French provincial, American pioneer," said Britney Sheehan, who works for the company that will auction the goods.
Sheehan said she could not disclose how much the items are expected to fetch, since officials do not want to influence potential bidders. Some of the rugs have previously been valued at as much as $40,000.
Yeah, we'll give it to him on the merits of all of his corruption and greed....plus we've discovered he is the LEAST photogenic of anyone in Congress.

This seems an unusual move for a guy who usually seems to have his focus dialed right in on the good stuff! If I didn't have two little kids, I might agree with this idea. Since I HAVE two little kids, I know that this idea is bunk at best.

Here is the biggest problem in my estimation: Kids under, ohhh, say SEVEN need a nap. If indeed the kids are taking a nap at school, we are then subscribing to state-operated day care...which can lead down some seriously ugly roads.

At first, I started to take issue with this plan because nobody was discussing WHY they thought it was a good idea. Then I realized, THAT'S THE NEWSPAPER'S JOB....AHEM...Journal Gazette! Now we have thoroughly inspected the rectum of the proposed and available funding of this project, is there any chance just MAYBE you could have included more than ONE SENTENCE on why this is a good idea? How about a dissenting opinion?

But hey, you're the "news professionals," I guess you know how to write articles...I'm sure it's just that you CHOOSE not to do so.......

Durbin: Dems Want GIs Home ASAP

Reported by NewsMax

Repeatedly pressed by "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace to reveal his party's Iraq war plan, Sen. Dick Durbin's answer was that Democrats want to bring the troops home as soon as possible. Wallace quoted President Jimmy Carter's national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, as having accused the Democrats, "his own party, of political desertion on Iraq. "Democratic leaders have been silent or evasive. They have not offered an alternative to the war in Iraq. It's easy to criticize," Brzezinski said, according to Wallace, who then asked Durbin: "You talk about the lack of an administration plan. What is the Democratic plan? And be specific. What's the Democratic plan for Iraq?"

"I'll be very specific," replied Durbin, D-Ill. "But I can tell you, to start with, failed policies such as the one we have in Iraq gives us few options. And we understand that. We've been painted into a corner in this situation."

When Wallace countered that with, "Well, that's criticism, sir. What is your plan?" Durbin waffled, saying "Well, hold on, if you will, please. What we propose and what Senator John Warner accepted as a bipartisan approach in the Senate includes the following. This year, 2006, a year of transition, where the Iraqis take control of their own security and defense. "Secondly, the Iraqis are put on notice they have to form a government that embraces all of the factions within Iraq so that we can see finally a government of unity leading to some sort of progress for the people of Iraq. "And finally, we have to have from this president accountability, clear accountability, where he says every three months what progress is being made. His first report, incidentally, was not an encouraging one. It's an indication that despite all the rhetoric, we have not made progress this year."

Still looking for an answer, Wallace said: "But saying a year of significant transition, with all due respect, sir, is just a phrase. I mean, you know the situation there. There are 133,000 troops on the ground. Is it the Democratic plan that you could get all of them out by the end of the year, 30,000, get under 100,000? What's the Democratic plan?

Said Durbin: "My wish is to bring the troops home as quickly as possible." After Wallace observed that, "Well, that's everyone's wish, sir," Durbin said, "Withdrawing them tomorrow is not realistic. But I will say this. We believe that if this president has a plan, and I'm not sure that he does, that it will be demonstrated by the end of the year that Iraqi forces will replace American forces. If they do not, it's further indication of the failure of this administration."

In the end, Wallace's question went unanswered.

We'll just go ahead and put him on the 3-Strike-Loser bulletin board....he'll fit right in.

Check out the 'new look' we have taken on! If you like it, GRAND. Please send us lots of frilly emails, flowers and money. If you don't like it, please proceed to the next blog. Hey I'm just busting balls...you know you can send me hate mail too if you like. I'm a grown man, I can take it. Stop by Monday for a wine review and some more of the trashy and misguided political commentary you have grown to love to hate!

We'll be here, with bells on.

Apparently Mark Souder isn't comfortable enough with his legislative and political savvy to step up to the plate for an official debate with William Larsen (the Republican challenger for his seat). Mike Sylvester is throwing a fit about this...rightfully so.

Now, I don't blame Souder. Larsen is a f'n WOLVERINE (and I don't mean those Blue & Maize pussies from Ann Arbor **GO BUCKEYES**)...and far better armed to engage in a battle of wits than Mark-E-Mark Souder. I do however, think it would be funny to watch Souder get ripped a new @$$ by someone so obviously an intellectual superior.

As reported by the JG:

The parking garage co-owned by Allen County and the city of Fort Wayne has seen business decline so much that the two governments will likely have to cover the bond payments this year, officials said Friday. Hey, Mayor Richard, isn't your policy such that when an area of underperformance is recognized, we just condemn and bulldoze the thing and build something new there?
The Plaza Parking Garage attached to the City-County Building, 1 E. Main St., was at capacity in 2002 and 2003, officials said. But that was before the new Juvenile Justice Center opened on Wells Street, moving juvenile courtrooms from downtown and taking parking customers with it and before the Charles “Bud” Meeks Justice Center opened north of the garage and took more customers away. The justice center is just a half-block away, but people are parking on the street instead of in the garage. So what the hell, just quadruple the meter rates. FORCE those delinquents back into the garage.
“They’d rather pay a $5 ticket than park in the parking garage and walk a block and a half,” County Commissioner Marla Irving said. Hell, make it a $50 ticket. That'll teach 'em.
The garage, which owes about $3 million on its bonds, is jointly owned by the city and county through the Plaza Parking Garage Condominium Owners Association.
The city and county split the bond payments and – until the garage started losing money – any profits. Bond payments are due through 2021. I'm sure this was not even conceivable to those notorious for wearing the "Allen County Rose-Colored-Glasses." You know, the ones that all of these "Downtown Development" goofballs have been wearing while looking lustfully at their baseball stadium blueprints.
Friday, board members learned the Plaza Parking Garage brought in $56,000 less than last year, about $97,000 less than officials budgeted for. Evindently, they are passing out the 'Rose Colored Glasses' at many city functions. This year, officials said, the garage will make a profit only if it doesn’t make its $300,000 in bond payments. Both the city and the county have reserves in the parking garage accounts to cover their share of the payments this year, but unless things change they will have to cover the payments from somewhere else next year.
“We have enough cash flow to handle things as they are, but things are going to need to pick up,” Ed Rousseau said. Ignore the problem, it will go away.
In addition to the loss of customers when the Juvenile Justice Center opened, there is an aversion to walking downtown, officials said. They’ll walk miles through parking lots at a mall, but not a half-block from the garage to the new justice center. Maybe that's because people WANT to be at the mall.....
“We offer some of the best rates in the downtown area,” Rousseau said. “But people don’t want to walk two blocks.” "Come to beautiful downtown Fort Wayne! Pay your tickets! See your loved ones get convicted of crimes! Lots of parking! Don't forget to visit the jail..."
Revenue from festivals is also down, officials said. Well, they are starting to suck a little...and they are so friggin' expensive you damn near need to cash in some savings bonds before you head downtown...
In an effort to trim costs, the garage has been trying to switch from human cashiers to an ATM-like machine that takes payments, but the transition is not going well, said NAI Harding Dahm officials. Harding Dahm manages the garage. WHOA...WHY IS NAI HARDING-DAHM MANAGING THE GARAGE? Do these guys have their fingers in every piece of real-estate pie in the area?
“(Customers) don’t like machines, and they don’t want to put someone out of work,” Harding Dahm’s Pat Hayes said. “They’re just fighting us on it.” It's easy to see how the only thing worse than paying ridiculous amounts of money to park your car on public property MIGHT be getting forced into dealing with some pain-in-the-ass dollar-collecting contraption.

Win Moses came out swinging this morning on WOWO's morning news lobbing dud grenades at Governor Mitch Daniels and his 'Major Moves' legislation. Moses referred to 'Major Moves' as "one of the worst pieces of legislation we've ever had..."

I dunno, Win...sounds like a "done deal" to me. You might want to pick a different battle...or work on your timing (ever heard the phrase "A day late and a dollar short???").

How about we address this absurd "no OTC liquor sales on Sunday" BS??? You actually stand a chance of being a champion of THAT cause!

The President, First Lady and Dick Cheney were flying on Air Force One. George looked at Laura, chuckled and said, "You know, I could throw a $1,000 bill out of the window right now and make somebody very happy."
Laura shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I could throw ten $100 bills out of the window and make ten people very happy."
Cheney added, "That being the case, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out of the window and make a hundred people very happy."
Hearing their exchange, the pilot rolled his eyes and said to his co-pilot, "Such big-shots back there. Hell, I could throw all of them out of the window and make 56 million people very happy.

I'm sure the nut-jobs are going to find a way to blame this on Bush. We'll get to hear them blather on and on for months about how he should have "saved" these people. Smells like another round of protesting might be an order.

HA!!!

4. "Jumping the shark"

Only an hour left until we get to start listening again!!! Email me if you hear anything blatantly moronic and I'll post it!!!

In black and white, you are correct.
Several other things to consider:
-Less messy to manf.
-Bi-products useful in other industry (hydroponic agriculture, fish farming can use the virtually unlimited supply of 78degree F water....)
-Technology will catch up to the fuel...if they have to! We find ways every day to do more work with less energy consumption...but necessity is the mother of invention.
-Would help to roll back farm subsidies
-Less concerns with import dilemmas
-Less interaction with rogue nations
-No net loss of business or profit to oil companies, since they are the only industry that already has a distribution model in place for this sort of thing.
-Cleaner to burn

These points must be weighed carefully before a wholesale discard of the idea. As far as the aggregate inefficiency, is our current system of fuel procurement and/or refinement truly a good use of time and resources? I see wasted time and money at virtually every step of the process...each contributing to a fuel cost that is only sustainable because of demand...it's an excellent display of capitalism, but in a commodity market it comes across as almost criminal.
Addicted to oil? No, just addicted to the work oil does...there is energy "lost" (to heat or motion) in every transaction we affect (theory of conservation of energy). By your calculation, human beings are not efficient enough (by virtue of our extremely poor energy intake to work output ratio) to warrant survival...and yet we keep eating (we're such a selfish animal). If energy conversion was a perfected science, perpetual motion would be feasible....
My point is, work with what you've got. For now, it's petrol. For the future, we know science will evolve to make Ethanol a better fuel (or better engineered machines to burn it), but only if that is paying the bills for the scientists...nobody is going to do it if a) they don't have to b)they don't profit considerably from it.
Wrap your mind around this: Diesel takes less refinement that gasoline, yet it is more expensive. Why? Because of the refining capacity we ration for diesel production drastically (and negatively) effects the supply side of the economics. Now, take 80% of the gasoline out of the refineries and replace with diesel. Suddenly, diesel could feasibly hit $1.30 per gallon and agriculture is affordable again, making Ethanol vastly more cost effective to manufacture. Chicken....egg.....who cares? Just get one of the two out there!!!
I like you. I may vote for you (which means stepping out of my "modus operandi" and actually registering as a Republican in the primary...something I've never done. I've always voted "issues only" on primary ballots).

-Andrew