Category Archives: 2010s

Gas Junkies Are Weeping

May 9, 2011 – 12:21 am

Gas prices hit $6 a gallon in Hawaii. On the mainland the gas stations are demanding $4 a gallon. 9% of the average person income is dedicated to the pump. Exxon and Shell and the other oil companies are reporting record profits. There is no oil shortage. The price fluctuates according to the whims of […]

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A Change in the Weather

May 7, 2011 – 9:03 pm

The hot season is swelling in the Middle East. The temperature for today is in the 70s. By Wednesday the thermometer will hit the 90s. A long hot summer is predicted for the Fertile Crescent and the heat influences people in very strange ways. This week in Cairo over 2 million people gathered in Tahrir […]

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Thanks But No Thanks

May 5, 2011 – 6:57 pm

The American media has been slicing and dicing the Osama Bin Laden raid faster than a Benihana chef’s flashing steel knives. America’s joy over the murder of the purported mastermind of 9/11 has come under criticism by the foreign press assailing the operation’s coup de grace to an unarmed man. The hardcore GOP are demanding […]

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WANDERLUST by Peter Nolan Smith

April 7, 2011 – 11:43 pm

The 60s were a time of rebellion. My father was straight. I was a hippie. His politics and mine were in conflict for most of our lives and I swore that I would not be my father. He was no fan of my lifestyle. We were worlds apart from the 60s into the 90s. A […]

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Long Ass Winter

April 7, 2011 – 11:12 pm

This winter started in October. The temperature dropped below freezing. Snow fell in November. A blizzard shut down New York at the end of December. The rich mayor blamed the the unions for the city’s failure during the crisis. He belong to the wealthy class. I escaped the cold three time. Twice to Thailand. Once […]

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