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September 2008
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Gas Slipping
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As gasoline prices head down, we hear little rejoicing from the DeMedia, and that is because they hate America, it's citizens and Capitalism, and are loath to report any upbeat news that doesn't involve beneficent big government or Obama.
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September 2008
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Squaw Peak Weaver
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Friday, after dropping Mr.Wonderful III off at work at Desert Ridge Mall  (the one with the NASCAR inspired parking lot) I headed west on the Loop 101 getting off at the 51 (Squaw Peak Freeway) going south. (Note: the governor in her almighty righteousness, and alone, has renamed the 51 to the moniker of the first Native American female ever killed in an auto accident while not inebriated and not on the reservation.)
So this ancient Crown Victoria, driving far below the accustomed speed on the sweeping exit and weaving side to side in the single lane not blocked off due to construction, easily is holding up 30 vehicles behind her by the time we hit the three lanes (not blocked off by barricades) on the 51 south.
When I got within sight of this byatch, oblivious to the world, I saw that she was reading from a three ring binder balanced on the lower rung of her steering wheel. Another Phoenix moron.
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September 2008
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Pedaling for Global Warming
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Well, here is a former Lehman Brothers employee transporting himself in the manner the Whacko Liberal Left would like us all to travel.
Of course that's while Lefties like Ron Burkle flies in his 757, just like the Google-Boys 757, while Gore and Steve Bing fly in their own private jets,  just like Clinton supporter Vinod Gupta joined by Frank Giustra in his personal MD87 not forgetting Jeffrey Epstein in his 727. (Remember all these different models of the same mode of transportation burn dozens of gallons of fuel per hour.)
Understand that if we were as important as the above individuals it too would be okay for us to use private jets as our personal transportation. But being we are not quite that important, we get to ride bicycles.
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September 2008
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Seasonal Grifter
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Fall is back in Phoenix, and to prove it, here come the grifters, the beggars and the bums relocating from climes that become too cold during the winter months.
I sometimes need a cane too, but I'd probably lose my job if I brought it to work.
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September 2008
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MPG Conscious
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Conscious of high fuel prices (thanks to the Democrats who are working for the 'little guy'--you know: the 'little guy' in Russia, in Iran,  in the United Emirates...they're all short in stature) Phoenix drivers are on the leading edge of the switch to high-mpg vehicles.
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September 2008
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Miss Garage
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Before driving into the garage you would first raise the garage door and then carefully
pilot the vehicle through the entrance. I thought that was common knowledge, but then again,
this is in Peoria, Arizona.
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September 2008
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Burning Rubber
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People don't think there is a price to be paid for cheaper labor or cheaper products. Sometimes that price is your dog ending up dead (Chinese dogfood) or your infant ending up dead (Chinese baby formula) or being horribly burned because an Illegal Alien crashes into the back of your stopped patrol car at 60mph.
Thankfully, sometimes equipment failure is the only penalty. Perhaps a man who took pride in his work would have seen the tire was damaged and would soon deflate prior to driving to the construction site.
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September 2008
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Davy Crockett Headgear
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 The other night I was up at the tennis courts just about ready to get out of the patrol to lock up the gates to the most remote of all of them. I looked through my windshield and saw a lovely thick-haired, well cared-for cat. And then I saw another and another and one crawling over a boulder like smoke on the water.
I turned on my spotlight and saw that they were not cats but raccoons. Altogether I counted six of them in their posse. Remaining in the car and using my spot light like a broom I gradually herded them away from the courts and back into the desert where what they eat doesn't walk on two legs.
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September 2008
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Wooden RV
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In an era of one-upmanship among the ultra-wealthy, here we see the Log Cabin RV being moved from KOA Campground to KOA Campground.
If you live in an HOA controlled community, can't you just hear what the board would have to say when uncle Bob and aunt Dorothy pulled up in front of your house with this accommodation for an unannounced ten-day stay?
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September 2008
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Bullets
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When heterosexual he-men get together, unlike homosexuals comparing privates, they instead compare bullets. There is a clear difference, isn't there?
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September 2008
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"Danger Will Robinson"
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Here I am holding a very deadly white-striped black mamba snake (whose one drop of venom could kill the entire population of Mexico, City) in one hand, while the other holds my camera.
Yes, your Mr. Wonderful is fearless.
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August 2008
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Bunny Blowout
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 After listening to George Noory on Coast to Coast AM, I was inspired to attempt to telepathically communicate with another mammal.
Sadly, shortly after I began with this rabbit, his nervous system became overloaded, blowing off one ear and causing his brain to bleed.
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August 2008
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Bug Migration
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Once a year the migration occurs. Couldn't precisely identify these usually beneficial critters, but I believe they may be a type of borer beetle.
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August 2008
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Postal Bunny
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Protesting high gasoline prices, the recent postal stamp price increase and the drop in housing values, this bunny hung himself on the community mailboxes.
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August 2008
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Miss Piggy
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Here's another shot of the non-Olympic type javelina, ( peccary ) pig that haunts the streets of the desert towns that skirt the Arizona deserts.
These actually may be the un-shaven French versions of our domestic pigs since that would also explain their skunk-like smell.
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August 2008
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Green Machine
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This is almost as weird, a Prius taxicab, and makes about as much sense as the El Centro 'Stairway to Nowhere', since the power burned simply to create the battery alone in this beast consumed more energy than it could ever conserve over its five to eight year life.
How'd you like to purchase a used Prius only to have the battery wear out at year five and be faced with a $3,000 replacement cost?
You think the seller is going to advise you of that possibility? Of course. Certainly.
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August 2008
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Weird Church
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Here's the weird church outside of El Centro on the north side of Interstate 8. I missed getting 'The Stairway to Nowhere' in the photo.
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August 2008
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Barely Bobcat
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Many of my really good photo ops are destroyed by not leaving my pocket camera on the proper setting so that I can whip it out and take a shot. Here you can barely see a bobcat about ten feet away from me on the other side of the glass which my unneeded flash lit up quite nicely.
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August 2008
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Barrier
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People refuse to obey the lower construction speed limits on the I-17 so this kind of
nonsense happens. This would've been particularly nice during a Monday rush hour morning.
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August 2008
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Flying Saucer
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The world famous Space Age Lodge in blistering Gila Bend, Arizona.
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