Friday, February 22, 2008

Lovely Weekend in the Mountains

Hello. No new strange news posts this weekend on this site since I will be camping out for a few days out of Internet and cell phone range.

With gas at or over $100/barrel it really is time to start rethinking our energy use. Instead of cutting back, I think people see the end of the age of oil in sight and so people are taking MORE trips... while they still can.

It looks like Obama will be president, don't you think?

And isn't it odd that the death of an officer in Clinton's motorcade happened very close to where JFK was assasinated? How often do people die on motorcycles when they "clip a curb on a viaduct"?
Dallas police said 49-year-old Sr. Cpl. Victor Lozada-Tirado was thrown from his motorcycle when it clipped a curb on a viaduct near downtown. He was in the rear of the motorcade, police said, following it as it took a turn not far from Dealey Plaza, where John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

Clinton canceled an appearance in neighboring Fort Worth, telling about 2,000 people gathered outside the Tarrant County courthouse that it would be inappropriate to campaign in the wake of the accident. Instead, the New York senator visited Lozada-Tirado's family at the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Chron

Stop back by for more strange news on Monday.

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