Oregon District Tonight - Excellent Art, Music and Belly Dancing

Stop down in the Oregon district and checkout the happenings at the Color of Energy. There will be Belly Dancing, music at the Paccia, Painting and maybe some handicapping for the Florida Derby. It is a beautiful night: Come on Down. Here is the Calender of Events.

The Color of Energy: A Mike Elsass Gallery

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Is This Logic Ironic To You?

I love parsing newspaper editorials and there is no better
place than Dayton Ohio to evaluate weasel wording.
Ohioans spend a great deal of their money at casinos in neighboring states, but
still retain enough hypocrisy to keep any revenue from gambling in
Ohio and the latest attempt by the Indians appears to be dead, but you have to
love rationale common sense of the DDN editorial staff in justifying a
Bush decision, which goes like this:



Because Americans drove the Shawnees out of Ohio more than a hundred years ago
and Ohioans vote, that justifies keeping the Indian Casinos out. I mean this
type of reasoning got the US
into Iraq
and allows Americans to justify killing other people for their resources. So
how about this reasoning - Iraqis, Iranians and Saudi Arabians obviously do not
understand how to use the oil wisely and the US voted; so we are justified to
drive them out and take what is rightfully ours.



Our
view: Feds get it right about Indian casinos

So long as the law allowing for Indian casinos really does
result in a significant number of Indian casinos — so long as it's not a dead
letter — there's just something commonsensical about a regulation saying that a
casino's location ought to have some connection with a tribe's residence for
the last century. Let the big decisions about gambling in Ohio be made essentially by Ohioans.

I think it is funny that Ohio,
and therefore Ohioans, is an Indian Word.

One in 10 Ohioans on Food Stamps - More Are Eligible

Do you think this is a trend we would like to continue? Ohio has made serious mistakes when it comes to putting the interests of Ohioans first. We have made policy choices that have not diversified the economy so that Ohioans can make Ohio work for them. Marching lock step to the tune of DC, NY or even Columbus has provided no value for those trying to make a living in this State.

The Columbus Dispatch : Food stamps double since '01

Nearly one in 10 Ohioans now receives food stamps, the highest number in the state's history.

Caseloads have almost doubled just since 2001, with 1.1 million residents now collecting benefits, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

Low wages, unemployment and the rising cost of groceries, gasoline and other necessities are to blame for financial hardships facing many Ohio families.

Patriot Act Used To Spy On Americans - Turner Is Enabling Fascism

Another article on the rise of the American Fascist State. The contract workers that have been hired to "protect us from the Terrorist Threat" are using the Powers of the Patriot to Spy on Americans. Americans have allowed the Federal Government to take power from them through fear. We are getting the government democracy asked for, but I say tyrants at the behest of the connected without a paper, that is owned by Billionaires, that does its job, are selling America out. The evidence mounts and the people are silent.

Obama passport files violated; 2 workers at State fired; 1 rebuked - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

The officials, all contract workers, used their authorized computer network access to look up files within the department's consular affairs section, which processes and stores passport information, and read Mr. Obama's passport application and other records, in violation of department privacy rules, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

Wall Street Killed The Unions - The Home Owner Union Returns the Favor

I have always encouraged groups with common interests to band together as a negotiating tactic. Be careful of what I ask for. Greedy CEOs have used chronic marketing of credit to allow rabid resource consumption to achieve instant gratification has finally reached its melt down phase. You may not believe in global warming, but one can bet if this trend becomes a tidal wave, then the whole system comes down. True or False?

The Housing Bubble Blog

The San Francisco Chronicle reports from California. “Foreclosure used to be a last resort, something that hard-pressed homeowners would scrimp and plead to avoid. But some are deliberately choosing foreclosure as an early option. ‘It’s throwing good money away after bad’ to pay an escalating mortgage on a home that’s plunging in value, said Army Sgt. 1st Class Nicklaus Skaggs of Vacaville. He and his wife, Tishara, stopped paying their mortgage in February.”

“They have no regrets about their decision. ‘I feel like the pressure has lifted off my shoulders; before I was trapped,’ said Nicklaus Skaggs. ‘In the long run, I think this is the best financial solution. I have to do what’s right for my family. I don’t care if someone judges me. I certainly wouldn’t put my family in a position to lose $150,000 if I can help it.’”

“A Discovery Bay man who asked not to be identified said he is ‘upside down’ on his house by about $260,000. Instead of bemoaning the situation, he plans to capitalize on it.”

Gas Prices Got You Down! – You Voted For It

The political class, the ones that can afford high gas prices; have helped bring on this mess, by not planning for the future, and you voted for it. They have continually voted to expand roads and build houses, while at the same time exterminating the small business owner or entrepreneur through onerous requirements and short sighted thinking. They still remain in charge while this crisis is unfolding. If you think they have done a good job, then I will pray that a miracle will occur for you and your family.

Me, I will encourage all that I can to grow their own food, buy a bicycle and keep their own chickens. It is time for the people to understand that world that we thought we could build, on cheap energy, is no longer affordable. It is time to convert lawns into gardens, roof tops into solar panels and GM’s Moraine Plant into a solar panel manufacturing plant.



Gas prices skyrocket to $3.45 a gallon in the Miami Valley

"And heaven forbid we have any problems with refining or delivery," Keyton said. "Combine that kind of problem with high crude prices and a weak dollar, and prices could get a lot worse."

Prices have already passed the $4 mark at many stations nationwide. But Tom Kloza, publisher of the Oil Price Information Service, thinks slower demand growth will prevent the national average from rising that high. Rising fuel prices affect much more than what we pay at the pump. They also affect the cost of business and government.

Dan Teaford, operations director of Boomerang Trucking Inc., said the Riverside-based company is paying $3.81 per gallon for diesel fuel these days compared to $2.20 a year ago. The company, which has 15 trucks used to deliver goods to five states, must pass the rising costs of fuel on to customers.

DaytonOS - Will it Suffer the Fate of Cassandra?

I want people to understand that I care so deeply for the world and its people, I do not want to see suffering. I have been trying to avoid it all my life. It has done me absolutely NO GOOD professionally or personally to talk about or discuss the issues that impact society. What happened to the appreciation of scientific truth? I guess the Catholic Church was replaced by the US Government.
The Oil Drum: Europe | Cassandra's curse: how "The Limits to Growth" was demonized

Prophets of doom, nowadays, are not stoned to death, at least not usually. Demolishing ideas that we don't like is done in a rather subtler manner. The success of the smear campaign against the Limits To Growth ideas shows the power of propaganda and of urban legends in shaping the public perception of the world, exploiting our innate tendency of rejecting bad news. Because of these tendencies, the world has chosen to ignore the warning of impending collapse that came from the LTG study. In so doing, we have lost more than 30 years. Now, there are signs that we may be starting to heed the warning, but it may be too late and we may still be doing too little. Cassandra's curse may still be upon us.