Recommended Attire for Drinking Corona

Just when I thought I knew a lot about beer, I get humbled. Newsflash: DO NOT drink Corona with lime at the beach without proper safety gear!!!  That's right, a new report says that if the carbonation in the beer accidentally sprays you it can, in combination with the lime, leave spots all over you like age spots that last for months. So put the swimsuits away and put on the right stuff. Or go with the leopard look. Or just forget the lime, which I always thought was an affectation anyhow. Cheers!
 
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69H4R420101018?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=22&sp=true

There Be Monsters There!

This is the short name from the Democrat's playbook for the strategy used when one of their incumbents is in trouble, as is Peter DeFazio in Eugene. DeFazio is the guy who voted against Obamacare because it didn't go far enough! Yikers. Art Robinson, an internationally known scientist with very impressive credentials in many other areas as well, is running against DeFazio and running very well. So well, in fact, that the Dems have pulled out their "There be monsters there!" gambit to turn him into an evil, slobbering monster with giant tentacles who eats children. Forget mere lions, tigers, and bears, oh my! It's a total crock, of course, as this article lays out in detail. Vote for Robinson if you live in the 4th Congressional District. If you don't, send him some money, and read about how the crap merchants smear good people. Leave Halloween for the kids.

www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=216589

The Chilean Miners - The Rest of the Story

I always liked to listen to Paul Harvey for the rest of the story behind the headlines of the day. I posted earlier on the massive rescue effort for the Chilean miners and how the private sector stepped up and got the job done, but the rest of the story now emerging is that God was with the miners in a very present way and it is a story that needs to be told. Where is God when it hurts? In this case, He was a 1/2 mile down in the earth with these men, as well as on the surface and around the world with their rescuers. Gracias a Dios!

townhall.com/columnists/JaniceShawCrouse/2010/10/18/faith_and_the_rescued_chilean_miners

Viva Chile!

The rescue of the miners in Chile has been a wonderful and welcome change to the usual drudge of the news. The whole world watched with delight as the miners came up one-by-one to the cheers of the crowd on site and the tearful hugs of loved ones.

There is a back story, though, that the Wall Street Journal reports that is worth knowing and that is that private businesses from the U.S. and around the world were the ones that made it happen, not the government. To be sure, the Chilean government to doing everything in its power to save these men, but from the drillers to the drill bit, to the drilling rig (U.S.), to the drilling cable (Germany), to the fiber optic cable that allowed visual and voice communication (Japan), down to the socks with copper wire (U.S. again) that kept the miners' feet dry and free of infection, it was the private sector that stepped in with the expertise and the unwavering commitment that ultimately led to the television pictures that made us all smile. So good job Chile - we are glad your people are back safe and sound! But great job to all those folks in the private sector who made it possible!

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703673604575550322091167574.html

Statesman Journal Addicted to Lame

I thought the New World Order had arrived the other day when I saw that the Statesman Journal had endorsed Chris Dudley for governor. "You can teach an old dog new tricks!", I thought with a smile. Alas,  I have just read this morning's edition and we are urged to give Kurt Schrader another shot at screwing up the country from Washington, DC rather than letting Scott Bruun go back and begin repairing the damage. Sigh.

Here is the newspaper's reasoning in a nutshell:

"He is moderate, he listens, he is accessible, he stands to up his party leaders when necessary and he represents Oregon well."

Oyvez! Where does one start with this statement? When did he stand up to party leaders? On healthcare? Nope. On anything of substance? Nope. The Democrats have replicated Sherman's march through Georgia behind Generals Pelosi and Reid, pillaging the country's basic institutions and values, and where was Mr. Schrader? Marching along obediently behind and voting with them 97% of the time, albeit in a flannel shirt and Rockports in a low key Oregon-sort of way! The whole darn house is on fire and instead of putting it out he is looking and sounding like John Denver while saying incisive things like "Gosh, we hope it will be okay." No, the SJ is addicted to lame.

www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101013/OPINION/10130422/1048

Holy Grail Pushed Back a Year

Remember the Chevy Volt? This is the hybrid car built by Government Motor Company with lots and lots of taxpayer dollars that was going to launch the U.S. into automotive Nirvana. Al Gore's legs were already tingling. Well, hold the phone and Al, break out the Gold Bond powder.

Actual road testing on the Volt has begun and tech writers are throwing brickbats at the car, charging that they were misled on the mileage. In all-electric mode under ideal conditions with no air conditioning, it got 31-35 miles on a charge. Gas mileage was only slightly higher. Big whoop. My daughter just drove a 2003 Honda Civic from Oregon to Colorado and got almost 40 mpg. I guess we'll just have to wait for Nirvana. I'm shocked, shocked!

 www.gearlog.com/2010/10/uh-oh_chevrolet_volt_electric.php

What's Wrong with this Picture?

A commentator on the Hannity show last night asked whether anyone else found it ironic that many of the same people in California who have restricted tobacco smoking almost out of existence in the state are fervent supporters of the pending Proposition 19 to legalize dope. Good question.

 www.csmonitor.com/USA/Election-2010/2010/1006/New-poll-shows-California-tilting-against-legalized-marijuana