In an effort to promote being "green," the Mayor of Seattle is closing neighborhoods to car traffic for an afternoon. These are dubbed car-free days and are supposed to promote walking, biking or taking mass transit.
"I think it promotes awareness of whatever we're promoting awareness of," said resident Thomas Hubbard.
Yes...what he said.
After realizing my current processor and motherboard was ordered over three years ago, and my current processor, an Athlon XP 3200+, was originally manufactured in 2003, I decided to build a new computer. It has taken me two months to decide what I wanted and to get the funds budgeted, but I finally ordered it tonight.
I purchased the case, an Antec Sonata III 500, over a year ago. It's an expensive case, but one of the best as far as silence and style goes.
From the tinfoil hat department...
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_081108WAB_marysville_racist_graffiti_SW.379b3b4d.html
An unknown Amazon Basin tribe was photographed recently along the border with Peru. It is incredible that tribes still exist completely isolated from "modern" life and these pictures are just astounding.
I was somewhat perturbed by two local radio hosts who insisted that the war on drugs was a waste of money and prostitution should be legal. The war on drugs is necessary and is about more than just a hippie smoking a joint. I doubt any recovering addict is supporting the legalization of drugs. And saving one or two families to me is more important than any amount of money.
I guess the host didn't see it that way:
When I hear someone ranting and raving about illegal immigrants stealing jobs, I just can't agree. Are people really lined up for the jobs illegal immigrants normally work?
Dave Ross from his self-titled radio show on 710 KIRO covered the story of Dan Fazio from the Washington Farm Bureau who is looking for Americans to legally work the farms for $10 per hour. Dave put an "APB" out looking for "any born and bred legal American -- of any age - who's worked on a farm picking fruit in the past year." His response? ZERO. And Mr. Fazio is having problems finding legal workers at that rate, even offering to bus youngsters in.
There are many reasons a mortgage bailout is a bad idea, but an excellent article at homeguide123.com, forwarded by patrick.net outlines the three biggest reasons why it is a bad idea.
Notice I didn't say crash or drop.
It infuriates me to hear a "real state market expert," from a major real estate sales firm or mortgage company, get on the radio or television and say things such as now is the best time to buy, or the market has never seen such low prices. Of course they are going to say that because these "experts" have an agenda.
If you haven't heard, there are a few websites that have sprung up that allow users to post gossip about other people anonymously. I am not going to post the link to, or the name of the website, but there is one in particular that is especially vicious.
I hate to say "I told you so," but I did...
The economy is now taking a beating as the situation with the housing market worsens. It all started about a month ago with record defaults in the sub-prime lending market. Simply put, people purchased homes they could not afford. I should say it all started with the mortgage boom back in 2003. Rates were at an all time low and housing prices were also low.
