Monday, October 10, 2005
Monday Morning Ramblings
Go Astros!!!!! What an incredible game that was yesterday. Actually, after 18 innings, that was an incredible two games.
I seem to have confused some people. Perhaps this is just a Texas expression. John Wayne toilet paper is that stuff that's so rough that only a manly man can stand to use it. (Attilla the Hun toilet paper was roughly akin to #8 grit sandpaper.)
I have to rant today. I just read an article about how Florida has successfully kept drilling for oil out of the eastern Gulf of Mexico, even though it is believed that the eastern Gulf has just as much oil as the western Gulf has. Now I am not a rape-and-pillage-the-environment type, but this particular subject has always gotten to me. It would be a tragedy if the beautiful reefs were damaged, but only 2% of offshore oil spills are from drilling & exploration vs. 32% from small boats and land runoff. The chances of environmental damage from oil drilling there are extremely small. But okay, you Florida people don't want to run the risk of one tarball on your beaches, fine. But then you should be willing to pay at least 50 cents more a gallon for your gas than the rest of the country does. Say that to someone from Florida and listen to them scream. That wouldn't be fair! Apparently fair is when they take no risks and have all the benefits. I could go into a long dissertation about the economic pressures on oil, but that's not my point. I cannot stand people who think they are too good to do something unpleasant but necessary. I might be able to respect them if they admitted that they consider themselves above "dirty work", but are willing to pay to have someone else do it. But when they insist that they are entitled to have everything their way, I see red.
Well! I seem to be starting my week off with a happy attitude! Hope everyone else is having a good beginning.
I seem to have confused some people. Perhaps this is just a Texas expression. John Wayne toilet paper is that stuff that's so rough that only a manly man can stand to use it. (Attilla the Hun toilet paper was roughly akin to #8 grit sandpaper.)
I have to rant today. I just read an article about how Florida has successfully kept drilling for oil out of the eastern Gulf of Mexico, even though it is believed that the eastern Gulf has just as much oil as the western Gulf has. Now I am not a rape-and-pillage-the-environment type, but this particular subject has always gotten to me. It would be a tragedy if the beautiful reefs were damaged, but only 2% of offshore oil spills are from drilling & exploration vs. 32% from small boats and land runoff. The chances of environmental damage from oil drilling there are extremely small. But okay, you Florida people don't want to run the risk of one tarball on your beaches, fine. But then you should be willing to pay at least 50 cents more a gallon for your gas than the rest of the country does. Say that to someone from Florida and listen to them scream. That wouldn't be fair! Apparently fair is when they take no risks and have all the benefits. I could go into a long dissertation about the economic pressures on oil, but that's not my point. I cannot stand people who think they are too good to do something unpleasant but necessary. I might be able to respect them if they admitted that they consider themselves above "dirty work", but are willing to pay to have someone else do it. But when they insist that they are entitled to have everything their way, I see red.
Well! I seem to be starting my week off with a happy attitude! Hope everyone else is having a good beginning.
5 Comments:
Mitey Mite - I never knew that about Florida! You have a unique point of view. I consider myself enlightened! Michele sent me.
One of the few things we agree on....
hiya girlie.... hope your weekend was well, haven't blogged since wednesday myself, as i caught the horrendous flu bug going around. feeling a bit better this morning... don't catch it!!! keep up on your vitamins this winter..... post a pic of you and the professor... then i know what you look like :)
**waves**
caralyn
I know how you are about games....
Here's something to entertain you
This is the thing I find difficult about the whole environmental thing - there ARE some very hard choices to be made, more as time goes on. Looking at the truth of the statistics and acting accordingly, rather than emotively, is surely the best way forward ...
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