artimis’ blog

Should he go free or to prison?

What would happen to you or me, if we skip off from going to jail in a child rape case? I suspected we would be hunted to the ends of the earth and thrown under the jail. For Hollywood to look the other way, because he makes good movies is B.S. A pervert is a pervert and should face the music. Maybe he could make some great prison movies while doing time, and those in Hollywood who thins she should walk, can star in love scene with Bubba or Bobbie Jo.

Today is Repeat Day, so we want to know: what song do you have currently have on repeat? Bonus points if you share it with us!

On repeat: Imma Flirt - Bow Wow, R. Kelly, T-Pain, T.I.

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All I can say is OUCH!!!!!!!

   "production cuts by the OPEC cartel may be having an effect, along with growing tensions in the Middle East and the sentiment by traders that the precipitous drop in prices went too far"*. Any one of these or all, will be the excuse for gas companies to start raising prices again. Actually, it's all ready happening. Gas jumped in my area a couple days ago, from $1.45  to $1.59. Today it went to $1.69. All over five days. I know this is probably cheap compared to other areas.

   Why does gas only drop a few pennies at a time, rise five to ten cents at a time? I'll call it what I think it is, GREED. If you are raising the price of your gas in the tanks, and haven't gotten a fresh delivery, it's greed. How can the gas in the ground be affected by world events? These gas stations are no better than the government, They all put the screws to the little guy because he can't do much about it. He's got to take and half like it.

Gas prices

   Maybe the auto industries shouldn't have gotten a bail out until they signed a  contract to produce a hybrid type vehicle that the average person could afford. Then OPEC can be kicked to the curb. Gosh, wouldn't that be ashame? OPEC told to hit the bricks. Maybe gas and oil should not be a speculators market. Then speculators couldn't drive the price of  oil and thereby messing with the price of gas.

   Seriously, those in charge really don't care. If there is a buck to be made, they'll go for it. So what if it puts some in a bind, gots to have that dolla bill man. Makes my article "Screwed At The Pumps" (May 22 2008) all the real. But I could be wrong  about all this, but I bet I'm at least half right. 

 * New York Times 1-06-2009 Clifford Krauss

Another year has come and gone. I hope your 2008 was a good one and that 2009 will be even better for you all. Come on in Mother Time and thank you Father Time, for a wonderful 2008. Happy New Year to all on Vox and the world. Now I must go and get my Steaks on the grill before the stoke of midnight. Ahhhhhh sooooo goooood. "Bust the cap on the bottle baby, fire up the grill......It's time to get my grill and swerve on."

This is one of my dogs. This is a Terrier mix and she thinks she is human. She likes to watch you eat, in hopes that something might, just might fall to the floor. No five second rule here. If it hits the floor, it's toast. She's a bit fat because she'll eat anything that wont eat her first. She has this thing for chewing up soda bottles....when they are empty. Soon as she sees that it's empty, she starts barking and raking her little feet. She wants it now. This is the first and only dog that I know of that sleeps on it's back most times. This is one strange dog.

Ginger

My sister thought it might be a good idea to work at out local food kitchen serving a Christmas Eve lunch. Feeding the hungry she said. I had always wanted to do something like this, but never seemed to find the time. Well, I could have found the time, but never did. My sister volunteers there once a month through our church, so she knew how the system worked.

This year, I made the time. I started my X-Mas vacation a day early. I went to the food kitchen around 8:15 met up with my sister, her daughter and one of my nephews, and got busy. We dished out 137 meals, small compared to larger cities, but it seemed like a lot of meals me. Yesterday they served 117 meals. My wife missed the event as she is under the weather a bit.

While we were there, a local gas station chain, came in with a check for what I think was a $1,000. They held a fun raiser to support the food kitchen. A elderly man donated several boxes of bread, cupcakes, hot dog and hamburger buns, for the people to take home. It was all taken. Several people came by to donate items for future meals. And a group was making the meal for the Christmas dinner tomorrow.

I noticed one thing about the homeless, the poor, those who are down on their luck, they all said thank you, or yes sir no sir, and please. How often have you helped someone who "has it made" and hear a thank you? Even the little kids were polite.

 I enjoyed the time spent helping out today. If only for a moment, someone's life was made a bit better.  

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TO ALL ON VOX. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING YOU  PEACE, JOY AND HAPPINESS.

On Oct. 9 2008, I went to a Democratic rally for Sen. Biden. I had never gone to a political rally before. I went, to see what all the fuss is behind the rallies they show on TV. I could feel the excitement in the air as the crowd waited to hear Sen. Biden talk. I talked with a Republican, a man, who said he wanted to see Sen. Biden and hear the message. They, he put it, he was sitting "on the fence and leaning toward Sen. Obama."

There was a long line of people waiting to get in. Security was tight of course, and they screened everyone before they went in. One elderly gentleman lost his pocket knife. He asked if he could get it back when the event was over, and was told "No."

Of course they were the protesters with McCain signs. What bothered me was, they had children holding signs and protesting, as if they knew anything other than what they were told by a parent.

I listen to Sen. Biden talk about the changes they wanted to make, the direction the country had gone in the last eight years and where they wanted to take the country if they won. I found myself believing in that change. Later I shook the hand of the V.P candidate and said "You have my support." he looked me in the eye and said "We need ya." I knew at that monent, I was looking at the next Vice President of the United States, and that Barack Obama would indeed be the 44th President of the United States. Now, President Obama must do some of the things he has promised and most of all right this ecomomy and put people back to work. 

President Barak Obama