fast food coupons...

Got one today, a new contest, from Del Taco. It came with a coupon for $10 in free slot play at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino. This economy makes strange bedfellows.

the best explanationI've seen...

This explains how government works.... how it really works... and why we will not get health care reform. I know the author is not known for hard journalism, but he says it so well.

another attack by the government on computer peer to peer networks...

It seems the peer to peer (P2P) programs are seen as threats to national security.  Just one more piece of evidence that the government wants total control. The argument isn't about file sharing, but about the type of information found on these networks. As the public becomes more computerized, and information becomes widely distributed, the government worries. They worry about the public being privy to the game being played on the public.

What's next? I expect the government to find Twitter something to have concerns about. Got to keep the people under control.

The Obama Dilemma

It seems we voted for change and we did get some change at the top, but that is not where change needs to occur. It seems that Congress did not get the same message because their campaigns were financed by the military/industrial/media complex. We are not going to see change as long as the Republican/Democratic cabal are still in office.  I'm thinking third party. It will take time, but until such time as we have a real democracy (more than two parties) we will not see change.

We are being governed by a cabal of rich people.... they are rich themselves, they have a great health plan, they have one of the best retirement plans in existence, they have it all. Do you really think they care about the average citizen? Their only aim is to get enough funds to stay in office long enough to retire or become a lobbyist for some special interest.

a lot of food on the web...

Memories of food....

When I was a small child I always remember that when at my grandfather's house it was always butter, real butter, and fresh strawberries year-round. It helped that he made a fortune during prohibition working for the bootleggers.

Then my aunt had a thing for avocados, and the small bottles of Coca-Cola.  This was the fifties and she would pay a lot for an avocado. We always got a Coke when we visited.

In New England, the lobster fishermen considered crabs a pest. We used to have a friend George Bracy, who would drop by a bushel basket of live crab every time he passed our house, so we cooked crab and picked and packed the crab meat every time.

Spring was for fiddleheads, then came summer and the wild strawberries, and blackberries, and raspberries, and blueberries. That was the summer. Add to that smelt, wild trout,  alewives (smoked), codfish (salted), and many varieties of heirloom apples.

Spring was for gathering, summer was for preserving, and fall and winter was the time you enjoyed the harvest. That is where I want to live again.