Windshield Wiper Blades are the Latest Consumer Ripoff

Windshield wiper blades. I needed some more for my truck and I went to Walmart and was confronted with an angering shock. It seems this shock is taking hold in the windshield wiper blade replacement market.

You see back some time ago when you wanted replacement blades you could buy a pair of rubber replacements in a box for about $4 to $6. Now they insist you buy the whole supporting mechanism with rubber blade installed for about $13 apiece for about $30 total for a pair. This is an outrageous consumer ripoff! The rubber part is all that usually needs replacing and it is easy to do so.

Sudan and Darfur

Today it is being reported that the Muslim Sudanese government has executed some Darfur rebels for what the government claims as an act against the state etc. For a long time now the Muslim government of Sudan has been waging a war of extermination against the black Christian element of their society. The report clearly didn't tell the whole story.

Disabled Vets

An observation. Their are many disabled vets in America these days. I notice that stories pop up in the news from time to time about how they have so much trouble getting some kind of financial help. The noticeable fact is they have to try so hard and sometimes it doesn't seem to be working.

Rush Limbaugh. A staunch and vocal proponent of the war. He just got a new $400,000,000.00 contract. Enough to support every disabled vet in America, to a point. Plasma TV's in every room at Rush Plantation. A 12 cylinder turbo car. All that money gets Rush a lot of bragging rights but it doesn't do much else does it.

Congress Shoves Our Faces Into Pile Of Gas Tax

America showed their desire for relief of high fuel prices by showing their desire for removal of the fuel taxes. Congress responded in typical tyrannical fashion by burning the polls and shoving the tax in our faces. They're planing to raise the tax. They think their may be a loss in construction jobs. So I ask this. Since when does taxing the poor into bankruptcy help the poor?

It has always been the policy of this rag to base taxation on peoples ability to pay it. If they think they need more money for highway construction then I say get it from somebody who can pay it. How about from Rush Limbaugh. He just got a new $400,000,000.00 contract. Let's see if he's willing to make a little sacrifice for his o' so beloved freedom to drive!

McCain and Adoption

Their is a serious problem in the world today. That is the moral breakdown that creates the situation of lots of children being available for adoption. This is something that in itself is actually emotionally abusive to children. This problem is only compounded when allowing homosexuals to get possession of these children. This type of environment is child abuse.

McCain said the right thing in that he doesn't support adoption by homosexuals however he fumbled the ball when he said he wouldn't support federal legislation banning the practice. Obama on the other hand is abominable for supporting adoption rights for homosexuals. Few politicians have had such a great start and blown it so quickly.

Car Tip. What If It Dies?

You've all seen it. The car that dies on the highway, in the parking lot, when you're trying to leave home. You crank and crank it but it wont start or if it does start it sputters and runs poorly.

Try this first before shelling out lots of money on a mechanic. All electrical connectors will eventually open up over time so what you do is open the hood and find the computer and the distributor. Then just unplug all the computer connections then plug them back in again. Most of the time it will be enough to fix a bad connection and you'll just drive it off.

Blazing California

California is going to fall off into the ocean because of the evil there. That is what I used to hear when I was a kid. But now it doesn't have to because it's burning up.

They're saying now that it could be weeks before some of the fires are under control. The thing is this could have been prevented. If people could or would glean the forests for dead wood to burn in their fireplaces then they would save on their heating bills and their wouldn't be any fuel for these forest fires. Pity.

The Penny

You hear a lot of talk these days about getting rid of the penny. Short sighted at the least of course. All though the dollar is money it is based on the decimal system and this makes a lot of cents. You get rid of the penny and it wont make cents anymore.

The reason the penny is in a quandary is because the fed believes that a little inflation is good for an economy. Translated this means that it is acceptable so the fed can print more money than is necessary so this means that a lot of free goodies can also be acquired with no more effort than printing. The draw back is that eventually you're going to have to fork over a $100 bill one of these days just to get a jug of milk. The same kind of thing is currently happening with the yen and lira and some South American banana republic currencies.

The thing is South America has shown us a better solution for this problem. That is government mandated devaluation of everything at the same fixed rate. Let's say for example divide the price of everything in America by 10. A gallon of milk would be about $.40 as would a gallon of gas but this also means that if you make $100,000.00 a year you would end up making only $10,000.00 a year. All the same relatively of course. Then the penny would have value and a decimal based money system would be kept intact. A better solution than scrapping the penny.