Study reveals huge U.S. oil-shale field. No more discussion, no more hemming and hawing. If Leftists are so keen on weaning us off of "foreign oil" then we need to do this now. Today. Drill ANWAR and get this shale oil out of the ground. Build new refineries. None are being built now because any expansion in capacity may not have any increase in emissions. That is patently silly. Allow the expansion with incremental emissions. I'd be happy to pay 10 cents extra to buy domestic oil. I'd like to see stations open that only carry domestic produced and refined oil. I'd shop there.
Quarantine 2008 has ended
Fair warning: possibly graphic post and not for the squeamish. So it all started Friday night. Wife and I had a long day (as usual) and had finally finished with dishes, laundry and the rest of the normal daily grind. The baby had been fussy most of the day and had spit up here and there. Mostly we thought it had been switching from formula to milk which can sometimes cause this type of thing. By the time kid #4 rolls around you tend to let these things slide. If this were #1 we'd have called in a medivac at the first sign of vomiting in a 1 year old. He finally calmed down and we got him off to sleep. We watched a bit of The Wire and retired (very) late. About 10 minutes later #2 wakes up crying complaining of a stomach ache. I ask if he has to go to the bathroom and he says no, it's not that. His stomach really hurts. OK, into my bed and I'll get the heating pad for a bit. We get him settled and he calms down. Knowing that he tends towards the dramatic, I s...
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