Robert Hall

We definitely need to beef up Homeland Security's role in NASA to protect us from alien invasions from across teh galaxy! Though I worry more about Cyberdyne and Skynet.

And the Repubs can't even pronounce 'nuclear'. Time for them to STFU.

Hmm..so McCain is 'rebooting'.... I wonder if he's upgraded the OS from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 now..

This is one the better articles I've seen yet analyzing the economic and government policy angles of the current situation, from Fortune: Fortune article: How to Rebuild America

I don't see that happening to myself in suburbia. I have heard of mountain lion attacks in the parks and trail areas...some places I've been for hikes and bike rides in the Denver area have had mountain lion sightings.. I couldn't imagine carrying a gun when out riding, though.

The thing is, the reality context of today is not what it was in the 1700s...things that were relevant then aren't necessarily so today... times have changed, including the language, so the interpretation of the document has to evolve through time.

I wonder if they will lauch new 'McCain 2.0' TV ads.. a New McCain for a New Era! He needs an image makeover...instead of an angry old white guy that should be out golfing, he needs to play up his military career and brand himself as a badazz action hero, in a Navy pilot uniform or something.. Anyhoo, did my by-mail voting over the weekend, looking forward to the last debate this week..should be entertaining.

A $31k starting point for the V8 isn't bad at all. A 300hp '08 Mustang GT equipped the way I wanted one was about $36k when I priced one out a few months ago online.

While out at lunch today, I saw a very clean 1987-1990 Caprice 9C1 police cruiser, in full City of Phoenix Police Department trim, with steelies and DDs. Interesting to see a car that old still in use (had a uniformed cop driving it).

Nothing wrong with that..it would balance out the court...there are too many conservative judges on it now..

I'm surprised McCain pulled out of Michigan...just gave up.

It's too bad they killed Plymouth.... I think some affordable, efficient Plymouths could do well in today's market. And Valiant is a name that still has positive brand equity...

And the Big Money contributors (corporations, wealthy individuals, PACs, etc) fund both the Big 2 parties. Given all the buzz about environmentalism, I'm surprised we haven't seen a viable Green party in the US, but it's probably the lack of Big Money contributions that have kept it small...

Wishing Well -Free

We had a late breakfast at about 10 am at Dennys this morning.. I had a tasty skillet dish w/ scrambled eggs, cheese, hash browns, bacon and sausage concoction with pancakes to roll it up in like burritos. Tasty. Dennys is a guilty pleasure once in a while. I haven't been to a Cracker Barrel or Original Pancake House in a while, those were some of my favorite weekend breakfast places in Colorado..love the ham and biscuits at Cracker Barrel and the bacon, pancakes, crepes and french toast at the OPH. There is a great local place called Dozens with lots of different omlettes, etc in downtown Denver that I love. During the week, it's usually OJ, a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, a Starbucks doubleshot or 2, or a bagel, or occasionally, a bagel sandwich from Einsteins or Sticklers (excellent local sandwich shop in downtown Phoenix), or a breakfast burrito (used to work in a place in Denver where a local company brought in burritos a couple times a week--delicious).

Just looking at the numbers, it's not a pretty picture.. Google Finance: GM

If McCain wins, I'm definitely getting out of AZ....either back to Denver/Boulder or maybe Seattle or Portland...

I'll go see it...I usually always like Oliver Stone's films...saw 'Body of Lies' tonight, quite good.

I'm looking forward to seeing how Colorado goes.. I'm voting there by mail, since I still maintain residence there while in AZ.

About 10 min ago, on the way back from lunch, I saw a goregous black '65 GTO convertible, black interior, top down, red line tires and Hurst wheels. Drool.

I don't think Chevy is even in Australia...I know in Europe they have Daewoo generics badged as Chevys, Holdens badged as Chevys in the Middle East, Opels in Mexico and South America as Chevys, etc..

Cool..

Maybe Cerebus is looking at unloading Chrysler on GM..

I would definitely miss Jeep and their RWD cars!

GM could use their minivans, since GM has given up on them. And Jeep would give them some good compact and midsize SUVs.