Me: Honey, look at my Jawa Report post and tell me if you like it.
She: Ok, hold on.
She: ...
She: ...
She: ...
She: I don't get it.
Me: Gah!!!!!!!
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We are battening down the hatches, so to speak, here in Austin! They are forecasting an interesting weekend, even this far inland.
Love the sentiment, o' sandcrawler!
I needed a smile!
Will send pics (provided my power is still on!)
Posted by: Melissa in Texas at September 21, 2005 09:45 PM (bbxLM)
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Not to wish ill upon Mexico, but hey, better them than us! At least they don't have an economy to ruin, and if we take a hit, they suffer too.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 21, 2005 10:39 PM (0yYS2)
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Melissa,
I live in East Texas and I'm expecting the worst. Get gasoline for your generator before it's too late.
Posted by: jesusland joe at September 21, 2005 10:42 PM (rUyw4)
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See, that's what ya get for marryin' a woman...
Posted by: Christopher Cross at September 21, 2005 10:47 PM (zGVkJ)
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I'm a woman, I'm not a Star Wars junkie, and I got it. I even laughed. I think you must have just caught your wife at a bad moment.
Posted by: SheriJo at September 21, 2005 11:14 PM (avkJ2)
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If it veers west, I'm pinning it on you! I would like to see somebody else take the credit other than Art Bell...
Posted by: kermit at September 21, 2005 11:17 PM (DX+fh)
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Everyone knows George Bushitler won't let the thing hit Mexico; there are black people in Houston he can kill.
Plus, global warming is all the President's fault because he didn't give enough money to improve the levees he blew up.
Good lord. We can put men on the moon but we can't stop flooding from a hurricane. Is anyone else getting tired of this?
Posted by: Chris Short at September 22, 2005 12:04 AM (0OCQY)
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we could hope that it hits the Mexican side of the Texas-Mexico border, wipes out all those towns that are owned and ran by Mexican druglords, they all drown in cocaine and mud, while the Hurricane digs a 40foot wide, 40 foot deep trench from one side of Mexico to the other....voila!!!...instant trench!!!....and ya didnt have to call Acme
Posted by: THANOS35 at September 22, 2005 12:19 AM (FMsU7)
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If it hits Mexico ... where do you think all the 'refugees' will go? Mexico City ? (schea ... right).
This is bad as it is heading towards our other 'major' petroleum port, but as I've blogged recently ... it is but a miniscule portion of the global energy effected by these storms. Just another excuse for oil companies to increase their profits by ripping us off over anything they can use as an excuse.
Last night gas here in mid Texas went up 7 cents a gallon ... why? (hurricane in the gulf ... no damage yet ... quick profits.)
Stock market speculators (profiteers) need to stop 'speculating' with their doom gloom end of the world attitudes. (Of course it is the ones who profit by it that drive the price up.)
Capitolism is great ... but gouging is a crime ...
Posted by: Jonathan at September 22, 2005 01:29 AM (wdVtc)
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SheriJo, you're very prescient. She had an "oh NOW I get it moment" about a half hour later. :-)
Posted by: Vinnie at September 22, 2005 06:48 AM (Kr6/f)
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I needed that post!! Thanks Vinnie.
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at September 22, 2005 07:49 AM (JQjhA)
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Jonathan:
It isn't profiteering?
Lets imagine for a second you own a paper napkin company, suddenly you get a phone call from your rep saying that the roll of paper you normally buy could be effected by X natural disaster, and you could expect to pay $44 dollars extra a roll. You have 28 rolls of paper left, so in order to ensure that you can afford to buy more paper and still be profitable you charge an extra 10 cents per box of napkin, in expectations you will have to spend more money to buy paper.
The petrol pump business owner doesn't get the "hook up" on Gasoline, he has to pay the inflated rate too, so in order to ensure he can afford to pay for the next batch of Gas he has to put his prices up in expectation he will have to pay more for it next order.
Posted by: dave at September 22, 2005 08:18 AM (CcXvt)
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Bypass the poor in Houston, swipe Sugarland and follow the rotten prairie blossoms straight to Crawford.
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 22, 2005 08:34 AM (VhNDM)
Posted by: Howie at September 22, 2005 08:38 AM (D3+20)
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God says only to hit the refineries marked "Arbusto, Spectrum 7 and Harken".
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at September 22, 2005 08:42 AM (VhNDM)
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We can put men on the moon
Not until 2018...
Posted by: Anachronda at September 22, 2005 11:06 AM (xGZ+b)
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I have had that exact conversation with the nuggets on any number of occasions.
Posted by: V the K at September 22, 2005 11:12 AM (F26eZ)
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"If it hits Mexico ... where do you think all the 'refugees' will go? Mexico City ? (schea ... right)."
Jonathan, you're absolutely right. However, you also proved another point. If those on the dirt-poor side of the border can get out of the way, then what does it say about those who complain that they can't because the government didn't do it for them? (Disclaimer: Before anyone beats me up, I'm talking about those who really CAN help themselves and don't. So don't put words in my mouth or misconstrue what I've said.)
Posted by: Oyster at September 22, 2005 11:34 AM (fl6E1)
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YOU DONT NEED TO SEE HIS ID. WE DONT NEED TO SEE HIS ID. THESE ARE NOT THE DROIDS YOUR LOOKING FOR.THESE ARE NOT THE DROIDS WERE LOOKING FOR.HE CAN GO ABOUT HIS BUISNESS YOU CAN GO ABOUT YOUR BUISNESS. MOVE ALONG MOVE ALONG MOVE ALONG
Posted by: sandpiper at September 23, 2005 08:56 PM (2cLBb)
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